grain edit: Bike Stamps from Italy
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They say it's up for auction again...
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17 "First Day of Issue" United Nation Envelopes
a set on Flickr by Draplin
via This isn't happiness
"Welcome to the Mid Century Modern Sticker, Label and Stamp Club."
says ring leader Dave (Grain Edit). He continues: "This group features Stickers, Labels and Stamps from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s. This would include: vintage matchbox labels, buvards / blotters, luggage Labels, airline labels and stickers, first day covers and stamps.
We are particularly interested in Eastern European match box labels ( czech republic, hungary, yugoslavia, russia etc.) Airline labels + stickers from Swiss Air, Boac, Braniff, Air France, Air India, SAS, CSA , Sabena and Varig and French Buvards ( especially ones by Herve Morvan, Raymond Savignac and Lefor Openo)"
I just want to say, in addition to the last post, that wackystuff's Flickr and blog doesn't only contain wacky, cool and funny ephemera but also ATC's - Artist trading cards and artist stamps that he produces himself. Check 'em out.
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A few Swedish stamps from the 60s.
(The bottom pair promoting "The right-hand traffic diversion" in 1967. Mer om detta på svenska.)
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Hammer horror and Carry On stamps
released by Royal Mail.
Via I like
The royal mail issues six stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Bond's creator Ian Flemming. The stamps all features four James Bond book covers of the same novel and can all be seen at the web site of the stamp designer A2/SW/HK (scroll down).
I thought Bond never got licked...
Via El Burlador
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You may have heard that Greta Garbo would have turned 100 years old on the 18th of September, if still alive. Here follows a few links in her honor.
Have a look at newsreel fotage (silent) from a swedish Greta Garbo look-alike contest held in 1931.
Garbotävling (utan ljud, 4 delar) (00:05:08)
Garbo contest (silent, 4 parts)
Who's the winner? I don't know...
Wikipedia on Garbo
IMDb on Garbo
In pictures: Garbo 100 years since her birth
Greta Garbo - the ultimate star
Swedes in Hollywood: not just Greta
The american/swedish Garbo stamp 
Other Garbo Stamps
Another Garbo stamp released by the Swedish Postal Service (Posten) this month
Artist: Einar Nerman
