2079) Ethnic Treasures, Bosnia & Herzegovina:: HP Mostar has issued a postage stamp of 0.20 BAM depicting the Charcoal Iron: Date of Stamp issue: 09.10.2021:
Bosnia & Herzegovina now has three Posts:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Post (BH Posta, Sarejevo), Croatian Posts (HP Mostar, Mostar) and Serbian Posts (Srpske Poste, Banja Luka). This Stamp has been issued by HP Mostar.
The Croatian Post Mostar has traditionally been issuing postage stamps with the theme of ethnological treasures in order to preserve the country's past.
About Ethnological Treasure 2021 - Charcoal Iron:
Ethnology is a specific science that deals with the study of human society and culture.
In addition to historical forms of peasant culture (the peasantry was the bearer and the guardian of folk culture until the middle of the 20th century).
Presently, Ethnology also studies the modern way of life and the culture of human societies.
In the beginning, clothing arose from the human need to protect the body from external influences.
Over time it became a sign of civilization, and then the need to beautify the appearance arose.
With time, along with many aids used to make clothes look better, the iron appeared.
In the 1st century BCE, in Asia metal trays filled with ember were used, and in the early sixteenth century the use of triangular thick cast iron plates emerged.
The Charcoal Iron had a detachable handle in the 19th Century.
Later came irons that were heated by accumulating heat on stoves or were heated from the inside by embers and fuels.
In 1882, the first electric iron was patented by in the USA.
The Stamp:
The First Day Cover (FDC) shows a Charcoal Iron at left. A cancelled postage stamp issued is affixed at top right.
The Special Cancellation Postmark is of Mostar Post Office and the cancellation is dated - "09.10.2021".
Technical details:
Stamp Issue Date: 09.10.2021
Designer: Magdalena Džinić Hrkać
Printer: AKD d.o.o. Zagreb
Size: 25.56 mm x 35.50 mm
Values: 0.20 BAM
6) "Archaeological Treasures - Stecak Necropolis Radmlja", Bosnia and Herzegovina Post ( HP Mostar) on the Stecak Necropolis Radmilja: Date of stamp issue: 12.05.2020
Vikram Bhatnagar has commented:
ReplyDelete"I've used such irons! They work very well, though requiring careful handling!"
They were very much in use a few decades back. Now they are museum pieces. 🙂
DeleteRsanker Sharma has commented:
ReplyDelete"Very nice."
Thank you, Sharma sahab.
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