Post by Gordon Lee on Sept 6, 2013 15:58:35 GMT -5
Greetings Fellow SB (ver. 2.0) Boarders
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At one time, believe it or not, way back when I still had my girlish figure, I reckoned a clever way to meet some good-looking young gals was to take up ballet. After meeting with the ballet instructor, two things became very apparent as to why I would not make a very good danseur -- my two feet.
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GERMANY -- SCOTT 1814
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This German lithographed 80-pfennigs stamp was issued 14 October 1993 commemorating the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Depicted on the stamp is a scene from his musically scored ballet, "Swan Lake." (A pig once told me his favorite ballet was "Swine Lake.") The stamp is on none-watermarked paper and is perforated at gauge 14.
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Peter Tchaikovsky, born in 1840, was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, which he bolstered with appearances as a guest conductor later in his career in Europe and the United States. One of these appearances was at the inaugural concert of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891. Tchaikovsky was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension in the late 1880s. He didn't start out as a composer, he put in several miserable years as a public civil servant. Tchaikovsky's first recognized masterpiece was the fantasy-overture "Romeo and Juliet." Other works include an opera "The Voyevoda," the "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and orchestra, the Second and Fourth Symphonies, and the opera "Eugene Onegin." (I can't tell you about any of those, personally.) If you look close at the stamp you can tell that Peter died in 1893.
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There are several reasons why I like this stamp:
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1. It shows off a bit of class that I don't normally get to exhibit.
2. The snazzy array of contrasting colours.
3. One's eye tends to traverse from one focal point on the stamp to others.
4. The Scott number (1814) reminds me of the year of the Battle of New Orleans.
5. The ballerina theme reminds me of an old joke that goes "an ugly gal with hairy arm pits walks into a bar . . . "
6. I enjoy eyeing pretty gals in short dresses prancing around.
7. The folks in the background remind me of the "Purple People Eater" song.
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Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
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At one time, believe it or not, way back when I still had my girlish figure, I reckoned a clever way to meet some good-looking young gals was to take up ballet. After meeting with the ballet instructor, two things became very apparent as to why I would not make a very good danseur -- my two feet.
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GERMANY -- SCOTT 1814
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This German lithographed 80-pfennigs stamp was issued 14 October 1993 commemorating the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Depicted on the stamp is a scene from his musically scored ballet, "Swan Lake." (A pig once told me his favorite ballet was "Swine Lake.") The stamp is on none-watermarked paper and is perforated at gauge 14.
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Peter Tchaikovsky, born in 1840, was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, which he bolstered with appearances as a guest conductor later in his career in Europe and the United States. One of these appearances was at the inaugural concert of Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891. Tchaikovsky was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension in the late 1880s. He didn't start out as a composer, he put in several miserable years as a public civil servant. Tchaikovsky's first recognized masterpiece was the fantasy-overture "Romeo and Juliet." Other works include an opera "The Voyevoda," the "Variations on a Rococo Theme" for cello and orchestra, the Second and Fourth Symphonies, and the opera "Eugene Onegin." (I can't tell you about any of those, personally.) If you look close at the stamp you can tell that Peter died in 1893.
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There are several reasons why I like this stamp:
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1. It shows off a bit of class that I don't normally get to exhibit.
2. The snazzy array of contrasting colours.
3. One's eye tends to traverse from one focal point on the stamp to others.
4. The Scott number (1814) reminds me of the year of the Battle of New Orleans.
5. The ballerina theme reminds me of an old joke that goes "an ugly gal with hairy arm pits walks into a bar . . . "
6. I enjoy eyeing pretty gals in short dresses prancing around.
7. The folks in the background remind me of the "Purple People Eater" song.
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Respectfully,
Gordon Lee
