Black Cats
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Topic: Black Cats
Posted By: Jonty
Subject: Black Cats
Date Posted: 23 August 2014 at 03:09
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Got my sheet today (and of course the 2 single stamps) well chuffed with them and got the added bonus of extra stamps/stickers on the envelope, see below particularly like the "Chat Noir" cigarette advert sticker. bad punning at its best http://s17.photobucket.com/user/jontyhird/media/4thAnniversarystamps_zps2ba4f262.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> ------------- Life is natures way of keeping meat fresh until it's needed |
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Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 23 August 2014 at 03:30
A similar set of extras on the cover for me too, but with a difference.  How many more more products is that Black Cat aadvertising? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Artypharty
Date Posted: 25 August 2014 at 00:18
Here's a picture of mine. Arrived in France in a flash! Very nice, too. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 25 August 2014 at 11:39
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An interesting set building up here All the cats seem to be redrawn somewhat ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 25 August 2014 at 20:49
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Thanks for suggesting we move these Steve - I don't want them to detract from the forum anniversary stamps thread. The cat designs were put together to use as a consistent test bed for sample gummed papers I had been sent from all over the world. We needed a sheet of artwork that would test the printing of dark areas, small type, tiny detail and big blocks of colour on matt, silk and gloss papers. There are quite a few of them and if I am ever able to produce lots more stamps I might put them in the 'Bags of Bits'. We have nicknamed them 'The Catastrophes' here as a reflection of the lack of gummed papers, but also because - due to the rush in which they were put together - each of them has a fault, most often in the text. If I DO ever print them properly then the errors or deficiencies will be addressed, and then they will be perfed rather than straight-cut.. I thought they might be a fun thing to decorate the envelopes! ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 26 August 2014 at 02:56
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That they are just a test bed does not make them uncollectable Colin, at least in this house. So if anybody is willing to send me their's I promise to give their Black Cat a good home. What does now concern me is how many are there, and how many papers were used? Basically there could be more variations floating around that even I could imagine. Anybody else old enough to remember the inspiration for this design? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 26 August 2014 at 04:04
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I have only cut up one sheet so only one weight and finish of paper to collect, should you wish to. I love the idea of a Black Cat Home! ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 28 August 2014 at 05:04
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I think I may have spotted something of a variant on those envelope scans but the only image I can blow up on my monitor in order to make absolutely sure is Jonty's. Without wishing to spoil anyone's fun, here is a clue:  or possibly:  But then again it might just be a trick of the light. More scans please!? |
Posted By: Hilary
Date Posted: 28 August 2014 at 08:56
I got this particularly afflicted bunch of cats! It's a hard life being a cat. ------------- With a memory full of ships, and seas, and perilous headlands, and the shining Pharos, he must apply his long sighted eyes to the petty niceties of drawing. - Robert Louis Stevenson |
Posted By: Carole
Date Posted: 31 August 2014 at 09:09
http://s7.photobucket.com/user/MisssTick/media/Colins-stickers1.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> Scott and I received these Kitty Krunch cats |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 September 2014 at 04:51
I have Kitty envy. I only got one stamp on my envelope, Carole got two...   I can see what 'Parrot' was hinting at though... Has anyone noticed that on the Discworld labels Great A'Tuin is either winking or sleeping? Well spotted parrot! |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 02 September 2014 at 04:56
Don't tell everyone! ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
watermane wrote:Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 09:18
There are more!   I can't see the join, can you? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 08:21
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That makes 11 of these so probably 1 missing. Colin you say these are just postal decoration, but to me they are quite valid as Cinderellas - even if they have to be classed as fantasy poster stamps. Whether or not they eventually appear as finalised stamps, rejigged and tidied up, it great to be be surprised by these, unasked for and for free. Thank you! ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Murgatroyd
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 11:41
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Mine seems to be the same as the first one in the sequence of three that Steve posted above, though on close examination the "Ugly Cat Co" words are in a darker shade. ------------- "I've got twenty minutes to save the world and I've got a Post Office, and it's shut." The Raggedy Doctor. |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 16 October 2014 at 08:26
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Has anybody found any different Black Cats in their Sticky bits bags? ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Keith
Date Posted: 17 March 2015 at 03:04
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The Black Cats labels have now been added to the Askme website http://www.askmeaboutstamps.com/?page_id=4304" rel="nofollow - and can be seen here . Don't follow the link if you are allergic to cats. Keith |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 07 May 2015 at 03:45
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-CAT-lot-43-CATH-DDU-Fantasy-Cinderella-Stamps-MINT-MNH-/291455513006?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43dc1a31ae" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-CAT-lot-43-CATH-DDU-Fantasy-Cinderella-Stamps-MINT-MNH-/291455513006?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43dc1a31ae There appears to be a complete set of PERFORATED Black Cat stamps here  |
Posted By: Steve
Date Posted: 07 May 2015 at 03:47
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Not quite a full set Ken, but they are on my shopping list ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Discworld-Stamp-Collector/809424215750892" rel="nofollow - The Discworld Stamp Collector on FaceBook Have a look! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11 May 2015 at 22:42
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Missed these. They look so much better perforated. |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 11 May 2015 at 23:19
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These stamps were another printing test - actually an error as the printer got the size totally wrong - although I also think they looked great smaller and perforated. I won't be selling another complete set of these so I am very happy to say they have all gone to one buyer and hopefully will stay together as a unique set. ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |