mi ne povas vivi sen vi
Oh, look at these dear little things. I have always loved stamps, collected for a bit as a young one. I adore art on a teeny tiny level.
Mix in my permanent fascination with Esperanto, and we’ve got a whole night of hardcore cross-interest internetting. Look at all these Esperanto stamps, they all could be mine through the magic of eBay! (Un)fortunately, tiny stamps would require tiny custom cut mats and tiny piles of big money, in order to frame and display. So I pass.
Do yourself a favor and brush up on your history of Esperanto. It’s fascinating and cool and will make you wither a little inside with bittersweet “what if”. Last century, there was a clear desire and vision to be rid of prejudice and war, and Esperantists really believed (belive!) that a common language would pave the way.
If one digs on one’s computer, one can find Esperanto-themed t-shirts for sale, just mentioning. Vivu Esperanto and Vivu Zamenhof!
I agree about teeny tiny art stamps! We’ll have to go through Jon’s stamp collection next time you come up. They are so beautiful (even if I can’t see them very well). Love the Esperanto theme.
In 1985 Åsa Sahlquist and I made together with the Swedish Post a little book called Kor`r´espondu esperante.
We used some of the tiny stamps as art on the pages. Unfortunately the printing was not very good so in page 67 you will find a total black stamp. This little book was sold out in 5000 ex in Swedish Post Office all over the land.
We also sent some book to Esperanto-institutes mentioned in the book. We got for example thank you-letters and gifts from the Chinese Radio.
There are a lot of Esperanto books on eBay at the moment. Esperanto is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, so I suppose that’s inevitable. I see Esperanto as a remarkable grass-roots success story. Despite wars and revolutions and financial crises, Esperanto continues to attract users.
Bondezirojn!