On 30 August 2005, Hong Kong Post unveiled a gigantic stamp mosaic to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 'Post Office Trading Fund.'The mural portrays Victoria Harbor and the Hong Kong skyline. Over 1000 staff members of Hong Kong Post helped create the mosaic.
The mural contains over 69,000 used postage stamps. The Guiness Book of World Records has recently recognized it as the largest stamp mosaic in the world. It measures 6.45 meters [21 feet] wide and 3.97 [13 feet] meters high.
I wondered what other stamp mosaics may be on the web, and I found this photo gallery at the National Postal Museum. I have selected two images from this gallery for Ghost Town Orange. They feature my favorite postage stamp topic: the Statue of Liberty:
After me Mattheus was tortured; he named his house and the street in which we live, and said it was in a gate; however, I am of the opinion that there are no longer any gates on that street. Hence, move away altogether, if you have not done so yet; for I think the lord will find his way there. Let therefore no one who stands in any danger go into the house. He also named R. T.'s house, and the street where F. V. St. lives. Do herein immediately the best you can. He is very sorry for it.
--from the second letter of Christian Langedul to his wife, written while he was in prison in Antwerp, 12 August 1567
[The Bloody Theater; or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians, compiled by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660.]
--from the second letter of Christian Langedul to his wife, written while he was in prison in Antwerp, 12 August 1567
[The Bloody Theater; or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians, compiled by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660.]
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