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Decades ago when I was small and collected stamps, I remember very large, colourful stamps, often triangular, which were much more exciting than the boring old European ones.

Does anyone know what countries they would have come from? This would have been 1940s, 1950s.

Allen.

allen Mon 01/10/07 13:26

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Hazlinny
Mon 01/10/07
13:38

Looking at my stamp album, I have triangular stamps for Monaco and San Marino - probably around the 50s.
The book itself has pictures of triangular stamps from Costa Rica and Hungary.

allen
Mon 01/10/07
20:08

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Thanks Hazlinny, Monaco and San Marino certainly ring bells. I'll have a look on ebay.

Allen.

kujawski
Wed 24/10/07
22:51

the classic triangular stamps are actually from
Cape of Good Hope, from the 1880's,

many are available on ebay, for a lot less then what they are worth.

allen
Thurs 25/10/07
15:41

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Yes, kujawski, but are they pretty? (Not the best criteria for stamp-buying, I know, but I'm chasing a 50-year-old memory of amazingly attractive stamps).

Allen.

kujawski
Thurs 25/10/07
19:40

ok must agree, they are not particularly exciting to look at

i have some polish ones that where triangles , circa 50-60's, (mushrooms and horses)

many countries produced triangle stamps

try the link below:

http://www.realcooltoys.com/twendiftrian.html

they look mostly east european/ussr.

or you can get yourself a stanley gibbon catalogue and flick through that.

good luck.

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