Uruguay - 2014 - 50th Anniversary of "Mafalda" Comic
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Issue information:
Country: Uruguay
Date: June 17th, 2014
Printed: 15.000 copies
Stamp Shape and Size: Both Rectangular [47 mm. x
32 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated
Block Configuration: 3 series [3 x 1] , 6 stamps
[3 x 2] with the second serie with the position of the stamps swapped
[ [ Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ] ,
[ Stamp 2, Stamp 1 ] ,
[ Stamp 1, Stamp 2 ] ]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [140 mm. x 136
mm.]
FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC not sent Shape and Size:
Rectangular [165 mm.
x 105 mm.]
FDC sent on issue day Shape and Size:
Rectangular [165 mm.
x 105 mm.]
Cover Shape and Size: Rectangular [240 mm. x 160
mm.]
Catalogue information:
Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available
Topics:
Issue:
As
Main Topic: The most direct and popular one will be Comics, inside it,
one could identify: Argentinean
Comics, and of course in particular Mafalda Comic, the
comic strip written and drawn by Argentine
cartoonist Joaquín
Salvador Lavado, better known by his pen name Quino.
Then, going in the opposite direction, to wider Topics, one could
identify: Art,
Painting,
also Literature,
Philosophy
and of course Humor,
even could be spotted Politics
and Human Rights,
by the peculiar concerns of the little girl Mafalda, the Main
character of this Comic
Strip.
Then, surrounding the main topic, could be found the followings:
Besides the 50th
Anniversary, I think the Personality of the Cartoonist known as Quino, is clearly
honoured because of the deep relation that worldwide is done between
the Artist Quino
and his Creation Mafalda.
It is a bit difficult to spot the surrounding Topics of this
release, as if one dive deep could see path of links in many
directions, however, trying to select the most revelant ones, I think Childhood will be
included for sure, also Education,
Family, Friendship too, and
in a deeper way Innocence,
in the positive form of it, Observation,
Deep Meditation,
Questioning of the
Status-Quo, and the Fights
for Human Rights, Peace,
Freedom, Equality, the
list could be endless, Life,
Love, Care, to summarize
one could group all of them in the Desire
of building a better World.
Now,
regarding the desing of the stamps: It is a nicely
composed Se-Tenant showing a Comic
Strip of only two Drawings, in which Quino strongly and
precisely shows Mafalda,
and also obviously his, worries of the Bad Health in which our World is,
and the subsecuent Pride
and Joy
after seeing her Earth
Globe as an Unique
crowd fighting for his Rights.
So the Topics again could be many, that ranges from the most direct as Maps because of the Earth Globe, to more
implicit ones as: Ecology,
Health, Union, Equality, Fight, and also Emotions, the last
one gracefully inferred in Mafalda
by the drawings of Quino.
Anotther Topic that could be spotted by the design is Clothing, and inside
them the followings: Children
Clothing, Shoes,
Dresses, Hair Ribbons.
Finally, in a more symbolic way: The selection of this
particular strip of two panels from the vast production of Quino drawings of Mafalda, gives a
clear message of what this release want to tell. At least in my
opinion, this issue put the focus in the Union of the People of the Earth,
in that We consider
ourselves simply as Human Beings, that We leave all Frontiers
behinds and Unite in one
only Humankind. That is what will change these Ill World that worries Mafalda
at first, in the Healthy
one in which is proud then.
Stamp 1:
The
Stamp 1: It is a great stamp to add a bit of Humor, in
Collections about Health
or Ecology,
and also in more precise ones as Diseases
or Fever,
because of how Quino
gracefully refers to them with the Hand
of Mafalda
in a Gesture
of Measuring Earth Fever,
and also by the Thermometer
that is attached with Bandages
to the Earth Globe. That object addition also makes this Stamp and the
Release also useful in Measuring
Systems Collections.
Also Medicine
and Pharmaceutical
Products Topic is included in this Stamp because of the
little Flask
with a White Label having a Black
Cross over a Red Circle that although the colours
selected are quite weird, it is clear that there is some Medicine in it.
Then, in an Emotions
Collection this stamp in particular could help for Sadness, and Worry.
Finally, the Chair
in which Mafalda is sitting, could be useful for a Furniture
Collection.
Stamp 2:
The
Stamp 2: is a bit more difficult to interpret than the
first one that is pretty clear. I concluded that the Earth Globe now
depicts a Crowd of
people in a Manifestation, raisng Banners and Signs, and based in
that interpretation is that I write this article on this Release. So Manifestations, People Fighting for his Rights,
Union, Equality because of
the Frontier Fading,
could be some of the Topics that raise in particular from this Stamp.
Then, in an Emotions
Collection this stamp in particular could help for Happiness, Satisfaction and Pride.
Block:
The
block: Clearly reinforce the Childhood Topic, as
it shows the other Children
Characters of the Comic
Strip. The friends of Mafalda:
Felipe, Manolito, Susanita, Miguelito and Libertad, and his Baby brother Guille. With the
last one Babies
Topic is included, and also perhaps Pacifier,
as Guille has one in his mouth.
FDC:
The
desing of the First Day Cancelation: Only Reinforces the 50th Anniversary
Topic, as it shows a huge 50
number with Mafalda
between it Digits.
The same Logotype
that is shown in both stamps and in the Block.
If you consider that there are another topics in
this
stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling
me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would
appreciate your help very much.
