Here are my contributions for today's theme at See It On A Postcard.
The stamp on the left was issued on 13 October 2011 under the theme, At Home in Germany: German Inventions. Among these 3 objects, the MP3 player qualifies for the theme. MP3 is an acronym for an audio coding format that was developed and enhanced mostly in the 20th century.
On the right , we have the Schmidt camera or telescope. It was invented in 1930 by the German-Estonian optician Bernhard Schmidt. The stamp was issued by Latvia in 2 April 2009.
~maria
Good findings!
ReplyDeleteGreat stamps. I like the contrast of the two items on the German stamp, and the colors on the Latvian one.
ReplyDeleteI like the combination of the different eras of sound on the German stamp.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that some inventions have already become obsolete - like my mobile phone.
ReplyDeleteGreat stamps!
ReplyDeleteAccording to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder the magnetic tape recorder as we know now (and as I remember my late grandfather used to use!) is from the 20th century, too, the thirties.
Wikipedia names it modern, and also I name it a modern tape recorder, however my teen kids consider it (and sometimes consider me) prehistoric..
The old grammophon is a nice one, too, and reminds me of the German classical record label 'Deutsche Grammophon', of which I learned that it was founded by the inventor of this type of record players, Emile Berliner (I learned this thanks to curiosity caused by your blog post of today :-) This grammophon was invented a few years before the 20th century..
Love the German stamp showing the old tape reels!
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