Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Oct 3, 2018 17:23:53 GMT -5 Gordon Lee and zepherusbane like this

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Post by youpiao on Oct 3, 2018 17:23:53 GMT -5

I've no idea why, but his thread came up as the top entry when clicking on Recent Threads. Haven't seen it before, though, and I found it quite entertaining. I will have to dredge up some of my "Ugly" candidates.

Last Edit: Oct 3, 2018 17:24:11 GMT -5 by youpiao

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kacyds Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it. Posts: 16,186 Location (Country): United States	Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Oct 3, 2018 18:30:24 GMT -5 Gordon Lee likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kacyds on Oct 3, 2018 18:30:24 GMT -5 youpiao, I bumped up the thread because it's the Thread of the Week.

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Oct 3, 2018 18:34:48 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 3 more like this

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Post by mourningdoves on Oct 3, 2018 18:34:48 GMT -5

youpiao , this is one of the older threads that has been consecrated "Thread of the Week" (in the right panel), and part of the power of threads of the week is that they magically rise^[1] from dormancy back into the Top 10. I just thought I'd show off my knowledge, because it took me about a year to figure it out.

I'm an admirer of Austrian stamps, but I saw this one and said "OMG!", which is something that the young people say and I should keep away from it, but I couldn't help myself. Was this poor guy eating a squid but forgot to cook it? Was the squid eating him? Did he have a tumor that will be written about in medical journals for all of infinity? Did the bubbles mean that he was drowning in a vat of champagne and was lost in the throes of hallucination? Did he really think that green and orange go well together? The answer is much worse....

He's playing bagpipes. Bagpipes! The horror... the horror...

It's not really fair to pick out a work of art - in this case Augustin, the Piper, by an unknown (to the Scott Catalog, DuckDuckGo, Google, and me) 20th-century artist - but I couldn't really make out what was happening on this midsized stamp, and I admit it gave me a serious case of the creeps.

^[1]Since I started writing this, I have learned it's not magic; it's kacyds in administrator mode - which is almost the same thing, if you think about it.

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kacyds Administrator Stamp Bears Supporter Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it. Posts: 16,186 Location (Country): United States	Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Oct 3, 2018 19:12:53 GMT -5 youpiao likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kacyds on Oct 3, 2018 19:12:53 GMT -5

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Oct 3, 2018 20:52:19 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 2 more like this

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Post by darkormex on Oct 3, 2018 20:52:19 GMT -5

Oct 4, 2015 18:14:07 GMT -5 Gordon Lee said:

Oct 4, 2015 7:40:08 GMT -5 clif said:

and then there's this pair on cover ... I've seen a lot of Madonna stamps .. but I can't remember one with a baby Jesus that ugly ... and then the 'ugliness' of what the other stamp commemorates ...

Greetings Mr. clif
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The only thing that could make this cover really eerie would be if that curly tiny head had a little round-bald-spot-on-the-top.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

Is it just me or does the person on the Cypriot refugee stamp look like a young, down-and-out Darth Vader?

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Dec 15, 2018 16:40:30 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 4 more like this

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Post by mourningdoves on Dec 15, 2018 16:40:30 GMT -5

Here, for your...uh, edification is a Greek stamp celebrating International Education Year. Prepare to have termite cyborgs drill into your cerebellum....

It is only just to point out that you can't totally blame the Greeks; it was an omnibus issue and I have several types of this same design. The good news is that I can't find them. The true news is that I think I know where a couple of them are, but I refuse to get up and try to find them. The bad news is that this design apparently got through an international commission of graphic artists.

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Jan 19, 2019 17:57:23 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 2 more like this

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Post by mourningdoves on Jan 19, 2019 17:57:23 GMT -5

Winston Churchill (more or less) on a stamp from Yemen. Maybe they grabbed the wrong stock photo and got somebody else; I've never seen a photograph of Sir Winston that looked anything like this. But whoever it is, he has the....

Worst. Haircut. Ever.

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Jan 19, 2019 21:11:05 GMT -5 Gordon Lee and mourningdoves like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Jan 19, 2019 21:11:05 GMT -5 As well, the color combination on this stamp is far from attractive.
	Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Mar 3, 2019 23:18:03 GMT -5 Gordon Lee and Butterfly like this

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Post by mourningdoves on Mar 3, 2019 23:18:03 GMT -5

If you were to look for ugly stamps, you probably wouldn't look to Italy. But I found a couple....

This pair is supposed to make you enthusiastic about starting a Postal Savings account. I don't know. It makes me want to stuff my worldly belongings in the mattress, go off the grid, and never, ever drink apple cider that somebody poured out out of a barrel. (Maybe you've never been tempted to drink apple cider out of the barrel, but it's a big thing around here.)

Moving back a few years... in 1933, Torino hosted the International University Games and made the mistake of telling the world.

Since the moment I saw that stamp, I can't get "Baba O'Riley" or the Who's Next album cover out of my head.

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Gordon Lee's Search for Ugly Hidden Stamps Mar 4, 2019 9:52:53 GMT -5 Gordon Lee, JanetC, and 1 more like this

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Post by Butterfly on Mar 4, 2019 9:52:53 GMT -5

Here is the artist for that Austrian stamp(Augustin, the piper), Arik Brauer, apparently living up to his reputation(Vienna school of fantastical realism). The stamp also relates to a Viennese children's song "Ach, du lieber Augustin".

Last Edit: Mar 4, 2019 10:01:02 GMT -5 by Butterfly

Now downsizing, really!

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