Stereo Stamps

[P3D Peter Homer <P.J.Homer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I checked the postage stamp I wrote about in digest 2232 it was a sirds
>image of a pattern of doves which free view to give a single larger image
>of a dove.The stamp is 76x30 mm Robert Mannlie of the U.S.A was involved in
>its creation along with David Burder of the UK and Keith Bassford. They
>were produced by the Guernsey post office in 1995 Guernsey is one of the
>channel islands but politicaly British . There were two versions of the
>stamp the 25p with the hidden dove standing looking to the right and the
>30p with it flying to the left the theme being peace and freedom. The April
>95 issues of the UK stereoscopic society journal were posted with the 25p
>stamps in specialy designed envelopes by Bernard Mackinson from Guernsey.
>The next journal July 1995 had an article about it by Bernard Mackinson in
>which he said that he believed it was the first sirds stamp but mentioned
>that there had already been stereo pairs of stamps holographic stamps and
>anaglyphic stamps.
>
>                                                             P.J.Homer



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