tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post3876676576253801945..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: Going PostalPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-885956233749294562014-10-16T10:20:15.346-07:002014-10-16T10:20:15.346-07:00I've visited the shop on several occasions. (I...I've visited the shop on several occasions. (It's only about 35 miles up the road from me.)<br /><br />It's decked out to look like a post office in there. They even have a cat. Last time, I picked up my qualification from the UU in Cruel & Unusual Geography. The lady in the shop not only packed the graduation certificate in front of us, but they stuck stamps on the box, and franked it too.<br /><br />The shop itself (in Wincanton, Somerset), is owned by Bernard Pearson who was mentioned in the comments re: Buried Treasure.Oneiroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485697777829348211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-50467029136392410942014-10-16T04:21:04.585-07:002014-10-16T04:21:04.585-07:00I didn’t know that they actually produced the stam...I didn’t know that they actually produced the stamps, which appeared in Going Postal. I scanned the stamps from the book to make my own for prop use and did my own coloring. I hadn’t thought of them for years. When I was a kid I collected 19th century colonial possession stamps because they were very diverse and rather inexpensive. I never did get my 1853 Cape of Good Hope triangle. My interest in that case was a convergence of stamp collecting and reading SF. The protagonist of the Cordwainer Smith story Norstrillia, lusted after one of those stamps. Then Discworld came along with a stamp-driven story and that link between SF and philatelic activities …CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-68587291622114352462014-10-15T16:20:32.760-07:002014-10-15T16:20:32.760-07:00@ Oneiros, Ministry Minion
Oh, Sweet Fancy Moses....@ Oneiros, Ministry Minion<br /><br />Oh, Sweet Fancy Moses. I hate you both. I'm already up to my eyeballs with packages of bizarre items and you point me toward yet another wallet sink.<br /><br />It never even occured to me that there were Discworld props, much less an entire line of collectable stamps.<br />Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-10149934315816988392014-10-15T13:34:26.333-07:002014-10-15T13:34:26.333-07:00Those are stamps from the Cunning Artificer (now D...Those are stamps from the Cunning Artificer (now Discworld Emporium : http://www.discworldemporium.com/ )<br />They were created for the release of the novel in 2004, originally only those mentioned in said novel.<br />Sold in Little Brown Envelopes, you got a mix which could contain sports (rarities due to misprints). <br />In the following years, some of the rarer reached incredible prices.<br /><br />Now most places on Discworld have been given stamps, and the styles are reminiscent of early 'Roundworld' stamps. While most are printed by a large firm, some were printed using an engraved zinc plate. Quite a few are still perforated at the shop, using an old manual perforator which was refurbished. <br /><br />For more info, have a poke around the forum http://www.discworldemporium.com/forum/Ministry Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371311035484536985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-38000754042131358442014-10-15T11:05:29.532-07:002014-10-15T11:05:29.532-07:00Ever visited the Cunning Artificer?
http://www.di...Ever visited the Cunning Artificer?<br /><br />http://www.discworldemporium.com/discworld-stampsOneiroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485697777829348211noreply@blogger.com