Combat Insignia / War Insignia albums for World War II Disney unit stamps

These were done by Disney cartoonists, and other animation studios, and at least 201 were printed. There's information from Douglas H. Henkle about the first 5 volumes (#s 1-201) at https://www.folklib.net/fdc/wwii-combat-insignia.shtml and https://www.folklib.net/fdc/wwii-combat-insignia2.shtml and for the mysterious volume 6 which apparently had 200, most of which were not repeats of the first 200. Also, he's found horizontal and vertical versions of the stamps.

 

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One thing Mr. Henkle may have missed is that the first 4 albums were also sold as a boxed set. I recently bought one on e-Bay. I've emailed him my photos.

Disneyana on Stamps Society launches

Bill Silvester writes in:

Disneyana on Stamps Society has just become a Study Unit of the American Topical Association.

As a member of DoSS you are entitled to access to the Society's Journal Disnemation, a complete Disneyana on Stamps Checklist, access to back issues of the Disnemation newsletter and more to come. Enjoy and have a Magical New Year.

Visit http://www.disnemation.8m.com/HOME.htm fill out the membership application and send it to me and then I’ll send the access information to the Journal.

I signed up this evening and checked out the site. It's in the early stages, but should be a great resource.

Disney on Stamps

I am in the process of starting a Disney on Stamps Study Unit with the American Topical Association. Anyone can join. Membership is free. The society will be online only. At present my Disnemation website has had a few changes made to make it the headquarters of the Disneyana on Stamps Society and once the society is functioning (hopefully by January 2012) a quarterly newsletter will be available for members only. If you are interested check out my website at http://www.disnemation.8m.com/HOME.htm. There is a membership application form on the site, fill it out and email it to me at disnemation@yahoo.ca and you will become a life member. No dues!

Also of interest to Cartoon collectors is the new ATA Handbook of Disney on Stamps due early next year. Every Disney stamp from 1968 to 2011 including postal cards, souvenir stamp sheets, aerograms and of course every single stamp!

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Bill Silvester

Art of Disney Stamps book out from US Post Office

The US Post Office is selling Art of Disney Stamps, a US$50 hardcover book on the making of the 4 sets of Disney stamps they've issued. Their description reads:

Offering a rare, behind–the–scenes look at a popular stamp series, The Art of Disney Stamps book is filled with seldom seen developmental sketches and beautiful artwork from the Disney creative team.

Discover the fascinating process of bringing the full magic of Disney to a space the size of a postage stamp. This unique book comes with all 20 The Art of Disney stamps and a special Walt Disney stamp issued in 1968. A true collector’s treasure!

The 1968 stamp is the one issued for Walt Disney after his death.

They've got other new Disney products too like The Art of Disney Postmark Collectibles Collection (Set of 4) which is also US$50. All of their Disney products can be seen here - if anyone adds up the complete cost, let me know.

Disnemation is back

Bill Silvester wrote in recently to note that his excellent Disney in stamps site is being updated again:

After almost five years in hiatus I have finally found time to update my Disnemation website. Anybody with the remotest interest in Disney on Stamps will find something of interest here. It is still under construction but the checklist has been updated to 2008. Check it out at: www.disnemation.8m.com/HOME.htm