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Spirou Stamps (continued)

Monday, April 16th, 2007

This is the last post I’ll write about the fake stamps that were included with the comics weekly Spirou in 2001. In order to make enough fuzz about this campaign, the first issue also contained a few stamp-themed features and strips, such as the cartoon above about “Les Tuniques Bleues” creator Willy Lambil who is famed for the large size paper he uses for his battle spreads.

(The editor is saying : “Are you sure, my good friend, that I didn’t give you any indication as to the format ?”)

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Spirou Stamps

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

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I mentioned the fake stamps that were added to four issues of the Francobelgian weekly “Spirou” in february-march, 2001 once or twice before. As I managed to buy these issues from a guy in Brussels who was selling his complete collection on Ebay, I’ll just go on about them for a while.

It must have been quite a big deal, as for three of the issues special a stamp-themed cover (see above).

I scanned the for sheets on 200 dpi, so as to make the scans And so, I present you large scans of all four sheets.

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The mystery of the Spirou stamps

Saturday, April 7th, 2007

Earlier I blogged about some very beautiful fake stamps I found on Ebay that supposedly had been issued as a supplement with the Belgian comics magazine Spirou in 1961.

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Tout Spirou, a wonderful website covering everything about that magazine, gives the lowdown on the stamps, and also shows some more recent examples, from 1972 and 2002 (see below) respectively. Well worth the read…

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Baden Powell stamps with Jije art

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

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On april 30, the Belgian Post plans to issue two stamps celebrating the centennial of the Boy Scout Movement. The stamps will feature art by Belgian cartoonist Joseph Gillain, or Jijé. Besides creating great comic books like Spirou Et Fantasio or Jerry Spring, Jijé also produced a series of biographical books about inspirational people, such as Don Bosco, Christopher Columbus. And Baden-Powell.

Later this year, more stamps are planned that are interesting to the comics ephemerist :

  • May 11 : a special sheet featuring all Tintin albums by Hergé
  • June 18 : a special sheet celebrating Belgian presence on the South Pole featuring art by François Schuiten
  • July 9 : a set of holiday stamps by Jan van der Veken
  • October 15 : a set of stamps about writing by Ever Meulen

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Fake Spirou Stamps

Monday, March 26th, 2007

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In 1961, the Belgian comic weekly Spirou produced a few very nice stamps as a freebie for their readers. The stamps featured popular heroes, such as Benoit Brisefer, Tif et Tondu, Jerry Spring, and others. Enjoy (and yes, I nicked these images from Ebay)…

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Comics Stamps - Nero

Monday, March 19th, 2007

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This is a very nice stamp, published by the Belgian Post office in honor of Marc Sleen at the occasion of his retirement. Sleen had been drawing his newspaper comic Nero for more than half a century, and is widely regarded as one of the grand old men of the Flemish comic. Incidentally, he’s also mentioned in the Guinness Book Of World Records for single-handedly drawing the longest-running newspaper strip (even though the Guinness web site doesn’t mention this).

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Stamps from Portugal

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

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I finally got hold of some comics themed stamps from Portugal, a country that was still sorely missed in my collection. They really are beauties, and I hope the scans do them justice. Now if only I could find out more about the characters they show…

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Comics Stamps - Asterix Et Les Belges

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

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Asterix Et Les Belges was the last Asterix book René Goscinny wrote before he died in 1977. The album was published in 1979, and it was one of the first I read when it first appeared. It may not be the best book, but I feel a special attachment to it, since it deals with my own country (and it is very recognizable) and since I was aware of its publication being something special. I had the same thing when Tintin Et Les Picaros came out, the only Tintin album to appear for the first time since I was born (I wasn’t around when Les Bijoux de la Castafiore was published).

Anyways, since 2005 gave the world all kinds of Astérix celebrations, the Belgian post office decided to issue a special sheet, featuring five stamps with the main characters from the books, along with the Brueghel pastiche from Astérix et les Belges.

In my opinion, this is one of the best comics themed issues the Belgian Post has done so far. Its design is balanced and calm and the printing quality is superb. It pops up on Ebay sometimes, but not often.

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Stamps (4) - Mezieres

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

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Finally, a nice sheet from France, by J.-C. Mézières. Next month I’ll try to post more interesting stuff, more regularly.

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Stamps (3) - Alix

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

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I’m currently trying to catch up with my blogging by posting some gratuitious scans from my stamp collection. Today’s item is this year’s “Youth Philately” issue by the Belgian Post Office. it features Jacques Martin’s Alix.

Alix is a series of books in the Franco-Belgian adventure tradition, focusing on the adventures of a young foundling from Gaul who is adopted by a Roman gentleman and travels around the Roman Empire with his young friend, the Egyptian boy Enak. It has been a while since new books were published in this series, which makes you wonder whether next time the Post Office will actually choose a currently running book ?

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