Bach on Stamps ... Hobby Meets Job ... The Result..

Are you a Bach fan? But not a stamp collector? Then this 5-minute video is just the right thing for you..

Sometime ago - a long, long time ago - there was this big bang in the subject of Bach here in our little wine-growing community of Flein near Heilbronn, Souther Germany. And back then, I had all sorts of ideas about “what could be done” with the Thomas Cantor. I could collect a lot of stuff along the way: pictures of monuments, I could present Bach locations, “dig up” quotes, find books ... and also ... discover postage stamps on the theme of Bach..

And when you’ve spent your whole life creating short video clips and presentations—back in the day with slides for sound-and-image shows, then for multimedia presentations, and finally in digital form—you start to come up with some pretty “quirky” ideas. And that’s how it came into being ... the video featuring Bach on stamps traveling around the world..

A warm connection developed during the production of this little show to the Music Motif Group (... Motivgruppe Musik). Unlike me, they are all serious stamp collectors. How do these experts differ from me? Read more about it below the next image..

The “Motivgruppe Musik” and its website. They’d love it if you stopped by, of course, which is why we’ve included the link right here. © Motivgruppe Musik..

So what’s the difference between collectors – I mean, real stamp collectors – and me? I, with my Bach stamp collection, am very, really very tolerant when it comes to little pics that only pretend to be stamps. Some people call them “Cinderellas” when they aren’t stamps at all, but are merely used to make money: because then motif collectors are – more or less – forced to include these little stickers in their collection so that “it’s complete.”..

So for me, it’s not about compiling Bach stamps in a strictly philatelic sense. If I did that, Africa would be represented by only a fraction of the current collection. The same goes for the Middle East. I collect all the jagged little images that, with at least “a little effort,” are designed to look like stamps..

Have you now dived very, very deeply – along with me – into this subject? Yes ... you have. You can find all Bach stamps by first clicking here “in the neighbourhood”. And then, if you like – arranged by continent – in six categories ranging from Africa to Europe – and, of course, including Germany, which has issued the most Bach stamps of any country..

Flein, "Birthplace" of My Bach Portal..

It was in 2012, when in a small wine-growing community near Heilbronn in Southern Germany – that is in Flein – our fun with the Thomas Cantor and the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court Composer began..

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Sure ... “Bach 4 You” Also Offers Two Bach Stamps Calendars and a Composers Stamps Calendar..

Discover the monthly pages in this Bach stamps calendar, number 1. Click here to get there straight away..

And if you like the Bach stamps calendar, volume 1, you’re sure to like volume 2 as well. Together, they’ll bring two years of enjoyment to a wall in your home or office. You can also view the monthly pages of this collection here..

After all, the fun could even be extended for another year. But then not just with Bach, but also with other masters of Classical Music. Click here to visit these monthly pages..

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