Postage Stamp - 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo - Christ and the Virgin Sistine Chapel 1536-1541 - USSR 1975 - Michel 4334 - my hobby
Postage Stamp - 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo - Christ and the Virgin Sistine Chapel 1536-1541 - USSR 1975 - Michel 4334 - my hobby.
Greetings friends!
For a collector who gradually collects a series of postage stamps, a day like today is excellent.
After all, we have come to the last postage stamp from series 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo, which says that our mission has been accomplished.
And we became one of the 4,000,000 possible owners of the complete series.
From this number, you need to subtract a myriad of postage stamps, which, due to uselessness, went out of circulation, and you get a pleasant picture.
Let's take a look at this postage stamp - Christ and the Virgin Sistine Chapel.
This postage stamp is in denomination of thirty kopecks of the USSR.
The color and texture of the postage stamp resembles the color and texture of the USSR ruble.
In previous posts, I talked about the information that a postage stamp should convey to its lucky owner.
Postage stamps are not just a banknote, part of the financial system, they are a weapon in the information war.
Jesus Christ, depicted on this postage stamp, kind of brushes off the suffering woman and it looks like the phrase - Get away from me, I don't know you!
Perhaps this is a message to the world proletariat that the time may come when the Soviet Union will tell you - Get away from me, I do not know you!
This is just what I see, analyzing the images and comparing them with that time and those events that took place back in 1975.
Description of the postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Anniversaries and Jubilees, art.
Series: 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo.
Name: Christ and the Virgin Sistine Chapel 1536-1541.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 30 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4334.
Episode release date: February 27, 1975.
Perforation: comb 12¼ x 11¾.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4000000 copies.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.38.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp:
Previous postage stamps from this series:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Anniversaries and Jubilees, art.
Series: 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo.
Name: Staircase of Laurentiana Library, Florence 1524.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 20 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4333.
Episode release date: February 27, 1975.
Perforation: comb 12¼ x 11¾.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4000000 copies.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.18 - $ 0.38.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Anniversaries and Jubilees, art.
Series: 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo.
Name: Creation of Adam - detail, Sistine Chapel ceiling, 1515.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 14 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4332.
Episode release date: February 27, 1975.
Perforation: comb 12¼ x 11¾.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 4000000 copies.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.28.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Anniversaries and Jubilees, art.
Series: 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo.
Name: Rebellious Slave 1513.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 10 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4331.
Episode release date: February 27, 1975.
Perforation: comb 12¼ x 11¾.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6000000 copies.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.28.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Anniversaries and Jubilees, art.
Series: 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo.
Name: Crouching Boy 1524.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 6 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4330.
Episode release date: February 27, 1975.
Perforation: comb 12¼ x 11¾.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6000000 copies.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.12 - $ 0.55.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp:
Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: USSR.
Subject: Anniversaries and Jubilees, art.
Series: 500th Birth Anniversary of Michelangelo.
Name: David 1501-1504.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 4 kopecks of the USSR.
Michel's catalog code: 4329.
Episode release date: February 27, 1975.
Perforation: comb 12¼ x 11¾.
Postage stamp size: 52 x 37 mm.
Circulation: 6000000 copies.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.28.
Photo: original from @barski collection.
Clean postage stamp:
Important!
Please note that the cost of shipping postage stamps to other countries can be many times more expensive than the postage stamp itself, approximately $ 5.5.
I see that it is not profitable to purchase one postage stamp if, suddenly, you need to replenish your collection. It is always more profitable to purchase the entire series, and, surplus, to change, or sell.
If you decide to buy a postage stamp online, be careful. sometimes sellers use stock images. But this option is unacceptable. You need to see exactly the product that you are buying.
If you are afraid that the postage stamp sellers will want to deceive you, you are doing the right thing, do not doubt it.
To get started with this hobby, buy a good magnifying glass, tweezers with flat and thin edges and a stockbook for postage stamps, they will come in handy.
When buying postage stamps, pay special attention to the back of the postage stamp. The adhesive layer must not be damaged.
There is such an expression - How many people, so many opinions, this also applies to sellers of postage stamps. Each of them believes that his postage stamp is in perfect condition, but only you yourself can find the perfect postage stamp for yourself.
Sometimes, a small, white scrap of paper with a round stamp on it and a number inscribed in the center circle can be a very valuable postage stamp from the days when postage stamps were not printed.
The cost of a postage stamp is determined by supply and demand, but usually in catalogs you can see the estimated cost of a postage stamp in Pounds Sterling.
To be continued.
You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog
I edited a photo in the program PhotoDirector, which I also installed on my smartphone.
Author @barski
Ukraine
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This post triggered me. I've collected stamps when I was a kid. I must have hundreds of them in a couple of books on the attic. Never thought about them anymore and they are just collecting dust at the moment.
I was just a kid, so the quality of the stamps could be very poor. But who knows there are one or two that are worth something.
Maybe I'll try to find the books to see what I'm going to do with it.
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Thank you! I'm sure it's worth doing, it's a good idea. Sometimes it's very helpful to remember your childhood lol.
Those stamps are really neat! Thanks for taking pictures of them for us to admire. You have a really nice collection.
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Shabbat shalom, my friend!
If God permits, I will increase the collection many times over. Have a great day!
Good Shabbas. You have a great day as well!
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