Browse Items (895 total)

Cabo_Verde_Resized_Stamps_GA_x_4.jpg
1995 Four GA stamps celebrating the 300th anniversary of the death of Jean de La Fontaine. FDC from December 15, '95. On an FDC envelope celebrating "Contos Infantis" with an image of the grasshopper and ant, including a cameo of Jean de La…

ChinaGunwaleStampSeriesIV.jpg
1981 Set of five PRC China postage stamps. "Marking the Gunwale" Series Presentation Folder. Mint. Issued March 10, 1981. £7.19 from Simon Andrews Stamps/The Cecil Court Stamp Shop, London, through eBay, Nov., '02.

This is a favorite fable of…

ChinaFDCenvelopeIV.jpg
1998 Set of four "Chinese Fables Postage Stamps" on an envelope devoted to the series and marked with "First Day of Issue" postmarks: "Taiwan, ROC, 25.9.98." The verso of the envelope gives the title of the stamps' four scenes. FDC Designer: Rolland…

ChinaBrochureFrontResized.jpg
And now I have found a brochure signed by the artist explaining his sense of fable, in sometimes imperfect English. Directorate General of Posts, Republic of China. Unknown source, July, '18.

The brochure comes in an envelope dedicated to this…

CiskeiStampLittleJackalandLionA.jpg
1989 Set of four full-color Ciskei stamps illustrating "Little Jackal and the Lion." Johan van Niekerk. $3.50 from Carolyn and Dan Lequerica at the CarDan Company, Fairfield, CA, through Ebay, Sept., '01.

Ciskei is a former black homeland and…

Envelope_Washington_Resized_Grape_1865.jpg
1865? "The Washington Grape." An envelope with an illustration of FG. The Ebay seller describes it as "black printed Civil War Patriotic," and identifies the fox with the South and the grapes with the North. 5½" x 3¼". $9.99 from Douglas Uzakewicz,…

RouviereFCcropped470.jpg
1975? 6 Eaux fortes etchings by Daniel Rouvière: "Les fables de La Fontaine." Each matted with a resulting space of 4½" x 6½". €80 from matbooks through Ebay, Sept., '23.

Daniel Rouvière (1913-1985) seems to have done etchings like these and…

JosLamOFcroppedForWebMaxi.jpg
2018 Thirteen laminated exhibit guides for the exhibit "I See That Fable Differently." Together with a duplicate set. 8½" x 11" descriptions of each of the artworks in the exhibit, grouped according to the thirteen fables represented. Gift of the…

beartrap2m.jpg
1910? Five Piedmont Cigarette Fairy Tale Stamps. Reynard the Fox #2 (with an extra), #3, #4, and #5. Sixty in series. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. Printed in Germany. Berlin and NY: Wentz and Co. $10 for an envelope of many in the series from Clipper…

FlipOvers2.jpg
1998 "Fables." Reading Words Flip-Overs. Four flip-over pages using TH, GGE, GA, and FG. Bryan House Publishers, Inc. Printed in the USA. $1.75 from Kim Douglas, Baytown, TX, through Ebay, August, '00.

I had not known of the existence of this…
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2