John Lennon past away 40 years ago today. That night shattered many Beatles fans around the world. Here's a beautiful stamp of John with his wife - they are holding a wedding certificate. You might want to have this in your collection if you are a British stamp collector.
Love you John & Yoko.
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"Love & Peace. Bonjour Mesdames et messieurs. Que l'amour et la paix soient avec toi. Merci."
Finally made the plane into Paris
Honeymooning down by the Seine
Peter Brown called to say
You can make it O.K.
You can get married in Gibraltar near Spain
I hope John complained about that! Just damn plain rude to the lady, imo!!
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bobgggg President Cortlandt Stamp Club 10 Dec 2020 12:53:11pm
re: John Lennon Stamp
I remember watching Monday Night Football, and Howard Cosell made the announcement.
" This has just been confirmed by ABC News. John Lennon was shot two times in the back, and pronounced
dead on arrival, at the hospital. " Folks this is only a football game, such a tragedy "
Yes, a good song & great lyric of John & Yoko's life. It was shocking when they broke the bad news in the middle of a football game - very historic & unforgettable. By the way, I wonder why Yoko was cropped out on this stamp. Does Postal community dislike Yoko?
(ABOVE) An album signed by John Lennon that belongs to John's Murderer.
(BELOW) John Lennon (left) & John's Murderer (right). John Lennon signed the Murderer's album 5 hours before he was shot. This photo was taken by a bystander.
The reason he killed John Lennon because he wanted everyone to remember his name (Murderer's name). This is why we must never display his name or acknowledge him.
Love you John & Yoko
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"Love & Peace. Bonjour Mesdames et messieurs. Que l'amour et la paix soient avec toi. Merci."
Until 2005, the UK had a rule against depicting living persons (other than the Royals, of course) on their stamps, much like the US had until 2011. This set is from 1999, so Lennon would be eligible. But Yoko? Oh, no.....
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 20 Dec 2020 12:15:06pm
re: John Lennon Stamp
"....... he wanted everyone to remember his name (Murderer's name). This is why we must never
... display his name or acknowledge him......"
It has long been my belief that such unpeople ( Mass murderers especially.) should have their names blacked out of newspapers, magazines and books as well as bleeped from the airwaves whether analog or digital. If necessary for a report or story to be comprehensible, "unperson #1" and "unperson #2" should suffice. In ensuing stories they should get whatever different numbr suits an author, but never the same.
" ....The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung. ...."
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy.. 20 Dec 2020 12:33:29pm
re: John Lennon Stamp
Patriotism
" ... BREATHES there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
'This is my own, my native land!'
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd
As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign strand?
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud be his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentrated all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
Doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung...."
Sir Walter Scott
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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
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