Prints & Engravings of Famous Places

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Pictured in this entry is 1914 print depicting one of the most historical structures: The Parthenon. This ancient temple is located in the city of Athens, Greece. It is in the Acropolis and was dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena. It was built over the period 447 to 438 BC. It is considered by historians to be the most important surviving piece of architecture of classical Greece. Buildings such as these are often the subject of print makers.     

Postal History Covers

While ofen ignored by history buffs, with the exception of philatelic collectors, postal history is a great insight into the past. Postal History is the collection of mail...in the forms of letters & postcards...mailed from points all over the world to friends, relatives & business acquaintances...well, all over the world. Pictured here are a couple of examples. 

The first is a 1893 envelope from the Newton, Iowa, Knights of Pythias lodge. The stamp used was one of the Columbus Issues, a beautiful set of stamps. The envelope has a pre-printed lodge insignia on its left side.  

A second example is beautiful air mail cover commemorating the change in the postal rate for air mail service to 5-cents (those were the days) that occurred August 1, 1928. It has a rubber-stamped cachet (a graphic image of some design). It bears a beautiful airmail stamp known as  the Beacon and Rocky Mountains stamp. Just great engraving on this colorful stamp.

Third example is a 1933 rubber-stamped cachet cover commemorating the presence of the U.S. Frigate Constitution in Seattle WA. Used to pay the postage are three 1/2-cent Nathan Hale stamps. 

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Flowers of Cyprus Color Lithographs

 

 

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Here is shown two of the 40 lithographs developed for Flowers of Cyprus, a work based on the watercolor art of Electra Megaw. The lithographs depict 51 species or subspecies of wildflowers found in Cyprus, although these flowers also grow throughout the world. The prints capture beautifully the watercolor look of the original paintings. these prints are folio-sized at 11" x 19".         Plate #2: Anemone Coronaria and Plate #3: Grecian Windflower.