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So far in my philatelic journey I have discovered that stamps are tiny works of art, they make memories resurface and evoke emotions.
Well now, stamps can come "to life" using AI!
These are two stamps:
that were turned into living stamps please click on the links to view.
First the 1929 Scott 158 Bluenose I: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1317166853534908
And the second 1973 Turkish Angora Cat: https://www.facebook.com/reel/795583683573891
Amazing!
Our guest speaker this week was Richard Weigand, with a new presentation on the founding of the Red Cross and collecting Red Cross stamps. The group really enjoyed listening to Richard, and appreciated the additional information he provided about the Kingston Stamp Club.
This group is bringing some great items for Show and Tell. I am learning so much from them!
There is no class March 16 because of school break. Our guest presenter on March 23 will be Ted Luhtala, speaking about collecting stamps from Germany.
See the thread at the top of this Forum for what's going on!
These are the participation gifts available leading up to the meeting for March 12.
Make your post, reply or comment in the proper forum and then come here and "Reply" to this post, say where you posted and claim one of the following gifts for delivery at the club on March 12, 2026. Webmaster (Roy) will put it aside with your name on it. Pick it up at the club. If you miss the meeting, so sorry, gift goes back into the pool. (We want you at the meetings too!)
More than one of each of these is available, but supplies of each are limited. Webmaster may not get to posting "This Gift is gone" in time, so it is possible you may be asked to pick an alternate.
#1 Great Britain Lundy Island 1961 Europa FDC
#2 Canada "O Canada" 1980 set of 2 House of Commons FDC
#3 Germany 1947 Stuttgart Industrial Exhibition cancel on uprated postal card
#4 San Marino 1971 art maximum card - ships
Roy
I was delighted to be the winning bidder on this cover from China. I was attracted to the large stamp with calligraphy on the upper right. It looked like a poster.
The stamp was issued in 1999 by the PRC to commemorate the 22nd Universal Postal Union Congress that was held in Beijing.
The calligrapher was Jiang Zemin, who in 1999 was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, the President of China, and the Paramount Leader. His message on the stamp would make a wonderful slogan cancel:
Develop modern postal services, meet social needs.
When I looked at this stamp, it reminded me of 1982, when China and Canada collaborated to bring a special exhibit to the Ontario Science Centre. It was called “China: 7,000 Years of Discovery” and master artisans travelled from China to Canada to demonstrate skills like silk weaving and embroidery, paper making, and calligraphy. We attended a special show with friends who had recently emigrated from China. As a surprise for Hugh, they had a master calligrapher write something of Hugh’s choice on a sheet of freshly made paper. It was a privilege to watch the artist’s strokes evolve into a quotation from The Art of War.
After posting about a stamp that was embroidered rather than printed on paper, I found that Canada Post released, on February 15, 2015,
Canada's first-ever fabric stamp, issued to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canadian flag.
How perfectly fitting is that!
From: https://canadianstampnews.com/flag-anniv...c-stamp-2/
Scott 231 broken hat or any other columbians used or not used
What fun that was!
- Watching mini-bidding wars ( 
), and even finally benefiting myself, although I had sworn up and down I wouldn't do it, but hey, how DOES one stop oneself from bidding on a $4 GB lot?! It called to me, ya know? 
- OOH, and I brought home some GB new stamp issue packets for review from Roy over the next couple of weeks!
- And thanks to Richard for the unexpected Belgium stamps he found and gave me... what a Mentor! 
- Finally, I spoke to Bob about some stamp stuff going on with a friend of mine and her sadly-unwell parents (because it's above my pay grade), and he offered to email her and let her know what steps she could take. THANKS Bob! I'll get that info to ya! She's very grateful.
This club rocks!
The UN has recently issued the last stamp of a joint issue set.
But these are not stamps printed on paper, they are stamps that are embroidered.
Please click on the link below for the story:
United for Peace "Stitch by Stitch"
https://unstamps.org/united-for-peace-video/
Session 3 of Stamps and Their Stories (SATS) started today, in the Friendship Room / Library at St Andrew’s on the Lake United Church. There were six participants - three new faces and three KSC members. This is the very first time that every participant is a collector, so we are looking forward to some exciting show and tell and good discussions.
Hugh MacDonald provided an introduction to philately and postal history that was very well received. We have a list of topics the group would like to see presented in future sessions, so please be prepared to say YES with enthusiasm if we come your way at this week’s meeting!