Stamp Art: Covers ‘Fans’ project

The Stamp Art Covers ‘Fans’ showcase presents an infomative and educational review of 1969 – 1982 GB Postal Letter Cards, Envelopes and Postal Cards, presented in Artwork Layouts with a selected number of ‘Limited Edition’ Fine Artwork prints available in artworks for sale in the Stamp Art Gallery Shop.

A Stamp Art Covers ‘Fans’ project is a focus on GB Postal cards, using postal stationary with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage, which were sold by postal authorities. On January 26, 1869, Dr.Emanuel Herrmann of Austria described the advantages of a Correspondenz Karte. By October 1, 1869 the world’s first postal card was produced by Austria-Hungary.  They caught on quickly. By the end of 1870, Great Britain, Finland, Switzerland and Wurttemberg joined the countries issuing postal cards. In the United States, they were first produced in 1873. Some of the forms taken by postal cards include the regular single card which may be commemorative or definitive, attached message-reply cards, airmail postal cards, and official postal cards used for official government business with a “penalty for private use”.

The term postal card is clearly differentiated from the term postcard which is a term to designate cards prepared by private companies and which do not have prepaid franking. They can be available at commercial outlets and the addition of an adhesive stamp is required to mail them. They are frequently illustrated with pictures or printed advertisements. They are not considered postal stationery any more than a plain envelope or sheet of parcel wrapping are.

The Stamp Art Covers ‘Fans’ project uses the GB postal and Letter Card in a modern artwork display, promoting the elegant colourful printing in a display of a Victoria ‘Fan’ Artwork.

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

The Stamp Art Covers ‘Fans’ project uses the history and mystique of the Victorian ‘Fan’, displayed in a modern day stamp artwork for the art enthusiast seeking valuable one off artworks, using rare material with vibrant colours to show off the hidden meaning of the Victorian ‘Fan’ for the modern art collector.

Stamp Art Covers ‘Fans’ Display

“The Little ‘L’ Fan, Thus Little L – L Fan Art is artwork created using Mint Condition letter card issues, displayed as fans from a work of fiction or derived from a series character or other aspect of that work. Fan artworks can take many forms. Stamp Art presents works of artistic representations using letter cards, displayed in layouts of fans in new contexts”. By Tino

“The ‘Bob’ Fan, Thus in January 2016 B.o.B expressed the belief that the Earth is flat. Beginning in the 19th century, a historical myth arose which held that the predominant cosmological doctrine during the Middle Ages was that the Earth was flat. The ‘Bob’ Fan Artwork is Displayed here in a circular fashion ‘the world is circular’, while showcased on a ‘flat surface’. By Tino

“The ‘Key’ Fan, Thus key in cryptography is a piece of information, usually a string of numbers or letters that are stored in a file, which, when processed through a cryptographic algorithm, can encode or decode cryptographic data. A key’s security strength is dependent on its algorithm, the size of the key, the generation of the key, and the process of key exchange”. The ‘Key’ Fan is displayed here using letter cards in the shape of a ‘Key’. By Tino

“The ‘Hexagon’ Fan, Thus hexagons are a symbol of the omnipresence of consciousness and significance distributed throughout the universe, to be posited by rational, logical, natural, technological explanations”. The ‘Hexagon’ Fan is displayed here as a contemporary artwork as a complex ‘Hexagon’.
By Tino.

“The ‘Tonga’ Fan, Thus Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom of more than 170 South Pacific islands, many uninhabited, most lined in white beaches and coral reefs and covered with tropical rainforest. Tonga does not have an official state religion. The Constitution of Tonga (Revised 1998) provides for freedom of religion, and the word ‘tonga’ comes from fakatonga, which means “southwards”. The ‘Tonga’ Fan is displayed here using GB letter cards with a ‘Tonga’ stamp in the middle. By Tino

Conclusion
From the sixteenth century up to the late 1800s throughout the whole of Europe, the dress of no fashionable lady en grande tenue appears to have been complete without the addition of a fan.  So prominent a part has this little “modish machine” played in intrigue, love, and scandal that it has been aptly termed “the woman’s scepter.“. Taking forward the hidden meaning of Victorian Fans and their use, to create artworks of interest and value for debate, critique and education learning, using postal letter cards and stamps, is a natural progression for contemporary artwork.

Private commission for exhibition’s and corporate display, in large format artworks with accompanying messaging are available by request. Please contact info@stampartist.co.uk. for more information.

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