It’s been far too long since we featured a catfish post and we definitely must revisit that subject before the year grows older! Here then is a miniature gallery of catfish stamps from around the world. I chose these samples based on artistic merit and on the interesting features of the respective catfish portrayed. Believe me, the assortment above is just a little taste of catfish stamps. If you wish to see a truly comprehensive online collection of catfish stamps from around the world, visit the website of this master catfish enthusiast and dedicated philatelist (From whose online collection, I borrowed most of these images). Wow, the world is filled with governments issuing stamps (and with different catfish–but you knew that)!
ferrebeekeeper
Reflections Concerning Art, Nature, and the Affairs of Humankind (also some gardening anecdotes)
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January 27, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Susan Rosen
informative and helpful selection of pictures for those in search of boars and catfish but why has winter been maligned? it was great in childhood and in teens it was filled with joys (not santas) but the cloisters and rural/urban 50s/60s and now in my dotage it is still a living wonder though so much more difficult to shovel. You , whoever you are, live a life where mythology is meaningful-how wonderful- in a world where mythology is only known and imagined by classicists. where our tastes divide is when schlock is not recognized as kitsch koons. I hope you get over it and look at that amazing sky in Brooklyn
January 28, 2011 at 3:01 PM
Hieronymo
Thanks for the reality check, Susan! In addition to being cold and slippery, winter has also been very beautiful this year (I expressed that aspect of the season more through photographs then through my words). I guess I was fed up with a frustrating day and took my feelings out on the season.
I might write about classical subjects but don’t worry I am a sentimentalist too (and I love Kitsch as much as the next person).