Mint Yard Lecture - Photography, Photographers and Postage Stamps

An informative, entertaining and amusing talk examining the ways in which photography has been used and abused by the designers of postage stamps. Using numerous examples this talk identifies designs ranging from the historically accurate to the greatly distorted and from amusing to the tragic.
Geoff Blackwell ARPS presents an informative, entertaining and amusing talk examining the ways in which photography has been used and abused by postage stamp designers and postal authorities around the world. Using numerous illustrations and anecdotes, this talk draws attention to examples ranging from the historically accurate to the greatly distorted and from the amusing to the tragic. Postage stamps are a part of everyday life but the stories they tell will surprise many in the audience. Learn about the photographs that were used in the design the “most beautiful stamp in the world”.