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1990? One page of stamps titled "Fiabe e favole," apparently album folio 92 from Meraviglie dei Francobolli. Twelve stamps from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. "Album e Taschine Brevettati Bolaffi Torino." Fratelli Fabbri Editori. $5 at the…

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1913 An Edison Blue Amberol " cylindrical record, "Fables Roberts" (#1632 G-324). Lyrics by Jeff Branen. Music by J. Fred Helf. Sung by Bob Roberts. With the lower part of its cylindrical cardboard storage chamber. $9.99 from YSI Antiques &…

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1995 Six envelopes, about 3¾" x 6½", each offering a different illustration of the scene shown on its stamp. Each image has a border made up of animals against a differently colored background for each envelope. Each cancelled with a first day…

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1995 Six maxi postcards, about 4" x 6", each offering a different illustration of the scene shown on its stamp. Each cancelled with a first day postmark on June 24, 1995 at Chateau-Thierry. Éditions Philatéliques, Nice. $15 from Topical Paradise…

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Eduard Prüssen, FC, woodcut. 7" x 10¼". Beilage zu Illustration 63, Heft 3. 1980

A beautiful ink drawing on fine paper featuring the fox and the crow, who are the main characters of Jean de la Fontaine’s fable, Le Renard et le Corbeau. The…

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1920’s to 1990’s Eight French cheese labels from a variety of regions, all displaying some form of FC. $6 each from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., ’20. Different Ligueil label for €7.50 from Albert van den Bosch, Antwerp, June,…

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1959 Eight Hungarian stamps of various value celebrating children's stories. Among them is a GA stamp for 60 filler. The stamps are on a FDC envelope, canceled in Budapest, apparently on December 15. Each of the stamps lists "Eva Gabor,"…

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Elephant and Pug, 6"

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Also various sets of the eight Greek postage stamps marked ELLENIKE DEMOKRATIA and MYTHOI TOU AISOPOU. Mint. Issued March 5, 1987. Scott Numbers 1581-88. Purchased for $3.80 from Bulldog Stamps, Bethesda, February, '92. Also cancelled extras of 22,…

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1992 Embroidered cloth bookmark by Sheila Janofsky, featuring grapes on an arbor and the saying: "If the fox had a good book to read..."

Sheila's work is an excellent example of the wonderful things I have received from students during and after…
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