George VI King of Great Britain 1895-1952 On postage stamps Search this
Physical description:
24 unnumbered pages illustrations (some color) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne
Date:
2011
Notes:
"A note on Eric Gill's career as a stamp designer" / Michael Russem (pages 17-22)
NPMMMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Summary:
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 Accompanied by nine of Gill's previously unpublished preparatory drawings and sketches for stamps, Notes on Postage Stamps is a short, previously unpublished essay by Gill in which he succinctly lays out his philatelic ideas -- some of which were a little too idealistic and some of which were spot-on.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
