Mad's Talking Stamps

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Does anyone here remember Mad Magazine, and especially their book, Talking Stamps?



This thread is for pages from it, but using actual stamps from our collections, or for similar gags based on your own stamps.

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Ve're being followed by a beagle flying a VOT?

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Brace yourselves, girls! Here they come again!

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Livingstone?
He was here for lunch just yesterday.

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Before we operate, we'd like some proof of your ability to pay.

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Just ignore him, girls.

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There ain't gonna be no Hilton on my property!

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There must be an easier way to get a tan.

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Death to tourists!

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On second thought....

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But Cheri, I have already reduced my price for you!

[Craig]

That's what I like – a man with a good sense of humor.

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I should clarify that everything I posted so far in this thread is from the book. My copy is falling apart, and the original pictures are old-school black-and-white images. I took the original gags from MAD and substituted my own copies. So I am not including some excellent gags for which I do not have the stamps, or was just feeling too lazy to remove from the album, scan, and put back.

At some point, I actually put issues from the book onto my wantlist so I suppose it was a topical collection of sorts: stamps from MAD's Talking Stamps. I doubt that the American Topical Association recognizes that specialty. Alas I cannot complete that collection as several of them require US C3a.

[Admin Bear]

these are great just the same.. i would make a few "free form" ones of your own as well as the ones from the book..

my goodness if we were to have everyone participate in making some of these that would be a seriously funny thread!!

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(apologies if this is too off-color)

What a beautiful horse!

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You! There in the back! You have just won a trip to scenic Siberia!

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I think I drank one scotch too many.

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On second thought, there is something I do regret: having this picture taken. I look ridiculous. With my luck, it will show up on an American postage stamp.

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This way, I can munch on the roots.

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