"CDVs from USA with 'Suntax' 1864-1866 are widely recognised but can anyone help with information relating to a similar situation in Bulgaria, around 1901. I have acquired a CDV with a Revenue (?) stamp folded around the middle of vertical…"
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"For the rapid production of postcards, especially of newsworthy events, several cameras were made in the now defunct 'postcard' format. The negative could then be contact printed onto photographic paper with a pre-printed postcard printed…"
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Photographic philately
A group for anyone interested in connections between photography and philately., typically : (a) The history of photography as told in stamps; (b) stamps celebrating or commemorating the lives and work of photographers and (c) the use of photographic images in stamp design. But then there is cinematography, postal history and so on…………. See More
"Potentially a very diverse area which crosses a range of my interests and I have a few items of interest to share. One of the photographic facebook groups dealing with historic images has addressed this area previously a couple of years ago and…"
Photographic philately
A group for anyone interested in connections between photography and philately., typically : (a) The history of photography as told in stamps; (b) stamps celebrating or commemorating the lives and work of photographers and (c) the use of photographic images in stamp design. But then there is cinematography, postal history and so on…………. See More
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My main research addresses ‘photographic philately’. That is to say, I am interested in any and all connections between photography, photographers and the postal authorities around the world. Although there are no strict boundaries, much of the material falls into one of three areas: (a) The history of photography as told in stamps; (b) stamps celebrating or commemorating the lives and work of photographers and (c) the use of photographic images in stamp design. But then there is cinematography, postal history and so on………….
This work builds on the early contributions of Arthur Gill, Fred Spira and Cyril Permutt. Whilst there are many contemporary examples, I have found it useful to look at the topic in three time periods, 1839-1989, 1990 – 2000., and 2001 to the present.
Apart from portraits of Heads of State, numerous ‘famous’ photographs have been used in stamp design, for example The Migrant Mother (Dorothea Lange), Sir Winston Churchill (Yousuf Karsh) and Noire et Blanche (Man Ray) but one of the most interesting is Bluenose, a stamp from 1929 designed using the work of photographer Wallace Robinson MacAskill. The schooner’s captain and its naval architect have also been celebrated on stamps.
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Appeal to Daguerreotype collectors
I am researching early photography in Nottingham (UK) and would appreciate viewing any daguerreotypes from the Nottingham studios. These may be difficult to identify as the cases may only indicate ‘licensee of Beard” or similar BUT if you have any cases (or indeed any other information) relating to the following I would greatly appreciate some details:…
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