One FDC from Albania featuring "Zhan de la Fonten."
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Title
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One FDC from Albania featuring "Zhan de la Fonten."
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Description
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1995 One FDC from Albania featuring "Zhan de la Fonten." Postmarked August 20, 1995. The three full-color stamps used for posting the letter display each a variety of fable characters. Even the postmark is peculiar to La Fontaine. $20.50 John Rydzewski at JR Stamps through Ebay, Feb., '02.
Now here is a surprise! I would not have thought of Albania as a country that would celebrate Jean de la Fontaine. The spiffy design on the envelope, rendered in brown, blue, and violet, slenderizes and stylizes La Fontaine as he almost dances up to a book with pen in hand. The first of the stamps, worth 2 leke, includes TT, BC, WC, and LM. The second stamp, worth 3 leke, features FG, FC, FS, and DS. On the third, worth 25 leke, I think I can make out AD, OR, and perhaps OF. The characters seem to be rendered in pastels of some sort.
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Date
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1995
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Source
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$20.50 John Rydzewski at JR Stamps through Ebay, Feb., '02.
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Subject
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Talkative Tortoise
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Belling the Cat
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The Wolf and the Crane
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The Lion and the Mouse
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The Fox and the Grapes
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The Fox and the Crow
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The Fox and the Stork
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The Dog and the Shadow
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The Ant and the Dove
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The Oak and the Reed
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The Ox and the Frog
