Friday 21 September 2012
Stamp Commemorating "Bobo" - The First Circus Dog in Space
I made this stamp in memory of my cousin, Walter J. Wild, who years ago sketched a postage stamp featuring the moon. He gave me the scrap of paper he drew it on and I treasure it. Walter passed away on January 11, 1999. This is a paragraph from his obituary published by the AAS (American Astronomical Society):
"Walter J. Wild, a senior research associate in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago, collapsed and died at the age of 44 while attending a lecture at the University on January 11, 1999. Walter was known world-wide as an expert on the mathematics of adaptive optics, a real time technique for compensation of image distortion caused by atmospheric turbulence."
The background of the moon & stars was taken from "Our Old Fashioned Country Diary for 1994" and the dog is an illustration by Corinne R. Bailey for the children's book " I Want To Be A Circus Man " 1934.
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Beautiful tribute.
ReplyDeleteNice muted colours and tribute.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great backstory on this little stamp, excellent, CC!
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