Postage Stamp - Country Motifs - Woodcarver - Nigeria 1961 - Michel Nigeria 96 - my hobby

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Postage Stamp - Country Motifs - Woodcarver - Nigeria 1961 - Michel Nigeria 96 - my hobby.

Greetings friends!

Today I propose to visit one of the countries of the African continent, and let it be Nigeria.

I think that the biggest engine of progress are people who know how to do something with their own hands and they have a creative approach to everything.

The continuity of generations, the transfer of skills from grandfathers to grandchildren, is not in the last place in this.

I have always enjoyed watching the work of a sculptor, or a person who weaves baskets.

Some postage stamps and images on them can take a little aside.

Until I began to find out what kind of art is depicted on this postage stamp, I thought that it was a sculptor, or, a basket seller.

As it turns out, a 5 Nigerian penny postage stamp issued in Nigeria in 1961 features a woodcarver.

About forty years ago, wooden African masks carved from mahogany were very fashionable.

This mask, which adorned the wall of the apartment, added points to the pride of the owner of this mask, lol.

I suggest you take a look at this little postage stamp.

Description of the postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: Nigeria.
Subject: #Nigeria, #Crafts, #Woodcarving, #Africa, #Traditions, #Creativity.
Series: Country Motifs.
Name: Woodcarver.
Denomination of a postage stamp: 3 d Nigerian penny.
Michel's Nigeria catalog code: 96.
Episode release date:January 01, 1961.
Perforation: comb 15 x 14.
Postage stamp size: 20 x 24 mm.
Printing technology: Photogravure.
Circulation: ?.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ 0.22 - $ 0.24.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.01 - $ 0.12.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Clean postage stamp:

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Important!

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. If you are afraid that the postage stamp sellers will want to deceive you, you are doing the right thing, do not doubt it.

  5. 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.

  6. When buying postage stamps, pay special attention to the back of the postage stamp. The adhesive layer must not be damaged.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. In terms of quality, postage stamps can be divided into three groups: used postage stamps that were pasted on and removed from the envelope, canceled postage stamps that were canceled at the post office, by order and sent for sale, and clean, uncanceled postage stamps. As you can imagine, these three types of postage stamps, their conditions, greatly affect their value.

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

For my publications, I do not use stock photographs, it is fundamentally important for me to use photographs that I have made with my own hands for publication and I can name them - authorial work.

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