Postage Stamps in the Making
Postage Stamps in the Making

Author: Frederick John Melville

Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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[Vol. 1:] design, paper-making, printing, Perkings process of engraving, litographic, letterpress, rotary photogravure, perforating, ink, gum.

European Stamp Design
European Stamp Design

Author: David H. T. Scott

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Focusing on five European countries, this book explores the role that stamps play in shaping and reflecting national identity and the way they reflect the fundamental design developments within their period. It reveals how national icons evolve and how commemmorative issues reflect fundamental design as well as creative concerns. It also highlights the role of the stamp designers, showing how many famous artists, including M.C. Escher, Hans Erne, Edmund Doulac, David Gentleman and Eric Gill, have contributed to the development of stamp design. A whole chapter is devoted to the design of British and French colonial issues.

A History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps
A History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps

Author: Chris West

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1250035503

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Explores the history of England through 36 of its fascinating, often beautiful, and sometimes eccentric postage stamps, emphasizing how stamps have always mirrored the events, attitudes, and styles of their time.

Graphic Stamps
Graphic Stamps

Author: Tony Brook

Publisher:

Published: 201?

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780993231643

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"The Archive Series is a bibliographic celebration of graphic design archives and collections. The first title in the new series is devoted to the design of postage stamps. Sourced from the collections of stamp design experts Iain Follett and Blair Thomson, the book celebrates the brilliance of postage stamp design from around the world."--Provided by publisher.