moorland wizard
2007-09-16 13:27:10
As all of you have been letterboxing for years, months and day's has any one ever done a series of stamps based on sherlock holmes and the baskavilles? thinking of doing a series on this but if someone has done it before ill go back to my monkey stamps.
Dizzy
2007-09-16 17:11:29
Hi, yes that one one done a few years ago. Bit difficult thinking of a theme I know but take a peek at your Dartmoor map and look for anything you could use, such as cairns, stone circles, tin mines and so on.
Dizzy
NUMBER 70
2007-09-18 11:41:32
I found the same problem, I made a list of all the themes that had been used before, to see what was left and it was not much if any even the poor red letterboxes did not get missed out either.
I sat there staring at the list when it struck me the theme could be entitled Dartmoor Letterbox themes ie 1 Bridges, 2 Tors,3 Rivers, each theme would have its own stamp.
How about that....just did not find the time do anything with it..over to you
hence I carved the runnage bridge stamp cos we like it there, the title stamp is coming on well although I think I may have done a pre cut through one of the numbers
moorland wizard
2007-09-22 06:29:39
I did think of a large stamp made into a jigsaw so you would have find them all before you would get the full stamp, or a set of 9 stamps all linking together showing a comic strip or story of something on the moor. :roll:
Fulchet
2007-09-22 09:39:45
That sounds good Monkey
The Sly Fox
2007-09-28 23:45:53
Hey there Monkey,
You must be psychic. I have a series themed on the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railroad. The stamps are in fact nine pieces which make up the whole picture. There is a tenth bonus stamp which cannot be found until all nine boxes have found (the clue will be jumbled up at the back of each visitors book). Alas, I have yet to site them with work commitments and all.
Rob
Fulchet
2007-09-29 09:03:42
You must be psychic. I have a series themed on the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railroad. The stamps are in fact nine pieces which make up the whole picture. There is a tenth bonus stamp which cannot be found until all nine boxes have found (the clue will be jumbled up at the back of each visitors book). Alas, I have yet to site them with work commitments and all.
Rob
sounds good Sly Fox - looking forward to that one.
moorland wizard
2007-09-29 20:19:35
so would people do a walk with several stamps to make one big stamp at the end. please let me know before i get them made.
Dizzy
2007-09-30 09:52:09
Hi, I remember many years ago a big jigsaw walk that the late 'Dave Hagar' made up. This formed a large A4 cartoon strip and was a good walk with 12 stamps, you needed all of them to make the full picture. These were in an 'out of the area' place away from the tourist areas. So yes, it has been done but not for a while, plus at least yours will have reference to something to do with the moors.
Dizzy
James&Jenny
2007-09-30 21:05:18
Yes indeed! Sounds a great idea!
J&J