The Stamp Art Covers ‘Fans’ project uses the history and mystique of the Victorian Fan, displayed in a modern day stamp artwork for art enthusiasts seeking a valuable limited edition artwork to admire, debate and critique, using rare postal material with vibrant colours to show off the hidden meaning of the Victorian Fan language. In Victorian times fans were used – much like gloves or parasols – for relaying secret messages. Drawing the fan across the cheek supposedly meant ‘I love you’, while twirling it in the left hand signalised ‘We are watched’ and dropping it was a suggestion to ‘just be friends’. Whilst it seems reasonable that a Victorian lady could have used her fan not only as an accessory, but also as a tool to attract additional attention through affectionate gestures, it is perhaps doubtful that her male counterpart could have mastered this secret language, said to have consisted of about two dozen different moves or gestures.
Category: Modern
Stamp Art: The Bewick Swans ‘Spirit & Totem’ project
The Stamp Art 1993 GB Beswick Swans First Day Cover collection, presents an infomative and educational review of The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust – Limited Edition Bewick Swan’s conservation issue (including insert cards and individually numbered) – MINT. Presented in Artwork Layouts for education and critique and available for private commission exhibition’s only, in large format displays with accompanying messaging.
Stamp Art: The British ‘Birds’ project
The Stamp Art – The British ‘Bird’s project, showcasing the 1989 GB RSPB First Day Cover issue with insert card and The GB 2010/2011 First Day Cover issue. An infomative and educational review of ‘Birds’ focusing on the symbolism and song of the bird. Presented in Artwork Layouts for education and critique and available for private commission, corporate showcases and exhibition’s only, in large format displays with accompanying messaging.
Stamp Art: Sheets of ‘Colour’ project
The Stamp Art Sheets of ‘Colour’ project focuses on high quality, unique colours and shades of postal stamps in their original sheets, displayed as artworks capturing these professional printings of colours, using selected sheets of stamps. The Stamp Art Sheets of ‘Colour’ project is presented in Artwork Layouts with a number of ‘Limited Edition’ Fine Artwork prints available for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop. Mint sheets of postage stamps can be ‘Hard to Find’ and are unique in their presentation, as ‘straight off the press’. Sheets of postage stamps often fetch much higher prices from collectors due to the value of each individual stamp’s catalog value, should the collector decide to split the sheet and sell each stamp on the open market. Sheets of postage stamps in Artworks provide the perfect display of colour, design and printing output in a complete sheet, as was first presented to the post office for use. Private commissions, exhibitions and corporate displays, in large format designs options with accompanying messaging are available by request.
Stamp Art: Rothko ‘Mood’ project
The Stamp Art Rothko ‘Mood’ project focus’s on the colours of Mark Rothko’s artworks and their effect on ‘Mood’, using specially chosen and important postal stamps from around the world, which have been chosen to cause the effect of ‘Mood’ for the collector to reflect on, using the unique designs and printed colours of quality postal stamps replicating the Mark Rothko style for this unusual project. This showcase, presents an infomative and educational review in Artwork Layouts with a number of limited edition Artwork prints including the ‘Aden 1966 World Cup Football’ with Overprints, which are available for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop. Mark Rothko believed his work was successful when viewers were moved to tears or experienced a profound emotional reaction. Mark Rothko born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (Russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич, Latvian: Markuss Rotkovičs; name not, Anglicized until 1940), (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was an American abstract painter of Latvian Jewish descent. He is best known for his colour field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of colour, which he produced from 1949 to 1970.
Stamp Art: Tibet ‘Rainbow’ project
The Stamp Art Tibet ‘Rainbow’ project using the 1933 Tibet postage stamps, blocks and pairs with variety – Rare Mint & Used editions. The focus is on The Philosophy of ‘Spirituality’ of the Tibet people, displaying the ‘Snowlion’ in fantastic vibrant and unique colours, printed on very fine and delicate papers. The showcase, presents an infomative and educational review of Artwork Layouts of the Tibet stamps, blocks and pairs with a number of ‘Limited Edition’ Fine Artwork prints for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop. Private commission for exhibition’s and corporate display in large format artwork design options with accompanying messaging are also available.
Stamp Art: The ‘King & Snowman’ project
A Stamp Art ‘King & Snowman’ project focusing on The 1966 Christmas issue of the 3d King and 1/6 Snowman, using full sheets of 80 postage stamps and showcasing the famous printing error ‘Gold Head Progression’ and missing the ‘T’. The Queens Gold Head should sit in the middle and above the forth right hand spike of the kings crown. The gold shift error on the GB 1966 King Wenceslas postage stamp is attributed to a printing mishap where the gold ink used to depict the Queen’s head was misaligned during the printing process. This resulted in the Queen’s head appearing shifted or misplaced on some of the stamps. The postal stamp issue is an award winning stamp design, presented in full mint sheets with a showcase of the error varieties and presented in an infomative and educational review of this postal stamp issue. A number of ‘Limited Edition’ Fine Artwork prints available for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop.
Stamp Art: The Art of ‘Covers’ project
A Stamp Art focus on First Day of issue Postal Covers, using specially selected First Day Covers of importance as Stamp Artwork Displays. A number of Limited Edition Fine Art Stamp Artwork prints are available to review and for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop.
Stamp Art: The Monaco Royal Wedding ‘proof’ project
The Stamp Art Monaco 1956 Royal Wedding showcase presents an infomative and educational review of the important and unique marraige of the Hollywood Actress Princess to Prince Rainier III. Presented in Artwork Layouts from which a selected number of ‘Limited Edition’ Fine Artwork prints are available to review and for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop. These attractive stamps showed Prince Rainier III and the beautiful American actress Grace Kelly. Designed by Detaille from a photo by Jules Piel and Gravure printed by B. Minne. They were issued on April 19, 1956. Perf. 13. The wedding of Princess Grace of Monaco and Prince Rainier of Monaco, 1956. It’s been called the wedding of the century. In 1956, Hollywood royalty joined European royalty when Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco.
Stamp Art: The 1957 Monaco ‘Grace Kelly’ project
The 1957 Monaco Postage Stamp issue featuring Princess Grace Kelly commemorates her marriage to Prince Rainier III and the birth of their daughter, Princess Caroline. These stamps, designed by Czeslaw Slania, were issued in panes of fifty and printed using the intaglio process. The stamp, depicted a left-facing portrait of Princess Grace and is special because it commemorates birth of their daughter, Princess Caroline following the royal wedding stamp issue of Princess Grace (formerly American actress Grace Kelly) and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Following the issue of the 9 Princess Grace Monaco stamps, the sets of proof stamps of 106 colours were purchased by Robert Baughman, S.P.A. and held in his private collection until they became available at auction, when they were purchased by Tino the Stamp Artist from which Tino has produced an exclusive and limited edition of artworks in colours that have never been seen by the world before and are the exclusive copyright to the artist Tino worldwide, as they have never been released in the public domain.