Mickey Mouse fights a fire in this souvenir sheet from Grenada Grenadines. - Supplied Image
The character of Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney in 1928.
This longtime mascot of the Disney Corporation is probably the most popular cartoon character of all time.
Mickey and many other Disney characters have been featured on stamps from all over the world with several hundred issued in the early to mid-1980s.
The nations of the Caribbean had a particular affinity for featuring Disney characters on stamps with all the favourites like Donald Duck, Goofy, Bambi, Snow White, the Jungle Book and many more.
Christmas and Easter themes were very popular with all the gang being showcased in many of their zany antics.
The Disney stamps were primarily issued in sets accompanied by a Souvenir Sheet (think a really big stamp).
The accompanying picture is an example of a souvenir sheet from Grenada Grenadines showing our hero Mickey working as a fire fighter.
For more about stamps, why not attend one of the meetings of the Coin and Stamp Club at the Victory Lutheran Church? Meetings are on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m.
And don’t forget the Medicine Hat Coin and Stamp Club Spring Show at the Medicine Hat Exhibition grounds in the Grandstand Banquet Room – April 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See you there.
Collector’s Corner is contributed by the Medicine Hat Coin and Stamp Club. For questions or comments about coin or stamp collection email medhatcsc@live.com
