Notes on postage stamps : with a series of preparatory drawings / Eric Gill.

Author
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Kat Ran Press, 2011.
Description
[24] p. : ill. (col.) ; 23 cm.

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    Series
    Kat Ran essays in philatelics [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Eric Gill had exacting and pointed opinions about postage stamps, their purpose, and their design. Unfortunately, his theories didn't always hold up when put into practice, and he had a less than successful career as a designer of stamps. Accompanied by nine of Gill's previously unpublished preparatory drawings and sketches for stamps, Notes on Postage Stamps is a short, previously unpublished essay by Gill in which he succinctly lays out his philatelic ideas -- some of which were a little too idealistic and some of which were spot-on. All of them are interesting and thought-provoking. Notes on Postage Stamps contains fifty-six full-color illustrations, most of which will be completely unfamiliar to historians and enthusiasts of Gill's work. An afterword by Michael Russem chronicles Gill's seven attempts at stamp design -- only two of which resulted in published stamps.--publisher's website.
    Notes
    "A note on Eric Gill's career as a stamp designer / Michael Russem (p. [17]-[22]).
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliography.
    Place name(s)
    United States Massachusetts Cambridge.
    ISBN
    • 9780974342
    • 9789780974343
    • 9780979434211
    • 0979434211
    OCLC
    707822238
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