Art Deco stamps are postage stamps designed in the Art Deco style, which was a popular international design style in the 1920s through the 1930s. The style is marked by the use of "geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, sharply defined outlines, often bold colors",[1] and a fascination with machinery and modernity.[2] This style strongly influenced contemporary architecture, furniture, industrial design, books and posters. Art Deco was named for after 1925 exhibit in Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts). to which the American Topical Association has devoted a lengthy video. [3] The exhibit lasted from April to October 1925 and displayed numerous objects in the new style. Examples of the style, however, are also found in the early twenties.
The Art Deco style also influenced postage stamp design in a number of countries in the twenties and thirties.[4] One of the focuses of art deco was transportation and machines, particularly airplanes, and airmail stamps of the period often were designed in this style. Stamps from some countries showed strong art deco influence, while in others it was absent or barely noticeable. The countries whose stamp designs were most influenced by art deco include a number of European countries,[5] such as France and the Netherlands, as well as several Latin American countries, particularly Mexico, Brazil and Chile. Stamps of the United States and Great Britain, in contrast, followed traditional design and showed little influence of this new style.
The Art Deco style originally developed in Europe and the earliest Art Deco stamps are from European countries in the 1920s. The style was used in some Latin American countries beginning in the mid-1930s, but never really spread to the United States, whose stamp designs remained traditional and conservative. Notable Art Deco stamps of this period include the following, some of which are small masterpieces of this style:
Germany: In 1925, Germany issued a stamp displaying a bold Art Deco "traffic wheel" or traffic circle,[14] in commemoration of the Deutsche Verkehrausstellung München 1925 or Munich Transport Exhibition of 1925.[15] In 1934, it issued another striking image, two hands grasping a piece of coal, referring to the Saar Plebiscite held the following year which would determine that the coal-rich region would reunite with Germany.
Netherlands: The stamps of the Netherlands showed influence of the Art Deco style as early as the mid-1920s, when the country issued two stamps honoring the Centenary of the Dutch Lifeboat Society. The stamps depicted highly stylized boats in distress and a lifeboat, with lettering showing some influence of the style. A triangular airmail stamp issued in 1933, depicting a Fokker Pander,[16] was surrounded by a border with bold lettering typical of the style. In 1934, Curaçao, then a colony of the Netherlands, issued one of the iconic Art Deco stamps ever created, an airmail stamp carrying the highly stylized profile of the messenger god Hermes.USSR 15th anniversary of the October Revolution
Austria: Austrian stamps of the 1920s showed influence of the Jugendstil or Art Nouveau style, but the new style made its influence known as the decade progressed. In 1925, Austria began a series of postage due stamps, and which included the country's name and an amount in a simple, bold design.
USSR: USSR's stamps showed some influence of the Art Deco style, particularly in the lettering, beginning about 1929. In 1932–1933 it issued a series of stamps commemorating the 15th anniversary of the October Revolution, which display strong elements of the style.
Switzerland: In 1932, Switzerland issued a stamp honoring the 1932 Disarmament Conference, and depicting an image of Peace in a bold Art Deco style
Portugal: In 1936, Portugal issued a series of airmail stamps with a highly stylized airplane propeller and cloud, forming a fine Art Deco image.
Latin Americaedit
The Art Deco style was popular with several Latin American countries, particularly Mexico, Chile and Brazil.
Mexico: Mexico issued some airmail stamps in the mid-1930s with lettering in a distinct Art Deco style.[17] In 1939, Mexico issued a stamp with a boldly Art Deco image of the Arch of the Revolution, to commemorate the New York World's Fair. In the early 1940s, Mexico issued a number of stamps, commonly a larger format with strongly Art Deco influenced images [18] particularly including the artwork of Mexican artist Francisco Eppens. A 1939 stamp with an image by Eppens depicted three modes of transportation—airplane, train and highway, a common Art Deco subject.[19] A 1940 stamp by Eppens shows a helmsman, issued in connection with the Inauguration of Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho. A 1942 stamp, part of a series honoring the Second Inter-American Agricultural Conference with Eppens' artwork, depicts a highly stylized woman sewing wheat.
Chile: In the mid-1930s, Chile issued a series of airmail stamps designed in a style clearly influenced by Art Deco.[20] These included a stylized airplane in flight following a radio navigation system from point to point and a stylized condor.
Brazil: During the 1930s, Brazil issued a number of stamps influenced by the Art Deco style, especially in their lettering.[21] The most striking Art Deco stamps, however, was the 1934 issue commemorating the 7th International Trade Fair, held in Rio de Janeiro, and depicting silhouettes of buildings and a profile of a construction worker with highly stylized Art Deco lettering.
United Statesedit
1939 Trylon and Perisphere at New York World's Fair stamp
The 1939 stamp depicting the Trylon and Perisphere, the centerpiece and symbol of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Although the Trylon and Perisphere itself is an iconic Art Deco image, the lettering and numbers on the stamp were done in a traditional, not Art Deco, font. With the exceptions of this and the 1942 "Win the War" stamp,[22] United States stamps showed little or no Art Deco influence until 1998 when the Postal Service issued a stamp in a strong Art Deco depicting Ayn Rand (see Postage stamps and postal history of the United States).[23]
Revivaledit
The Art Deco style has been revived on stamps. In 1998, the United States issued a stamp honoring Ayn Rand in a distinct Art Deco style.[23] In 2001, it issued two definitive stamps illustrated by Nancy Stahl depicting an Art Deco eagle on a mailbox.[24] In 2003, it issued the stamp titled Wisdom, illustrated by Nancy Stahl, honoring Rockefeller Center.[25] Art Deco architecture stamps were revived with New Zealand issuing a set in 1999.[4]
^ Groten, Arthur H., M.D., “The Paraphilately Page - Art Deco and the 1925 Paris Exposition,” American Stamp Dealer & Collector, no. 88 (Mar 2015), pp. 55-57.
^ “Des Timbres Art Deco,” L'Echo de la Timbrologie, no. 1624 (Oct. 1990) (in French).
^THE EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS, 1931 by Arthur Chandler
^Trotter, Gordon T. (2009-02-20). "Win The War Issue". Arago: People, Postage & The Post (Philately). Washington, D.C.: SmithsonianNational Postal Museum. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
^ ab(1) Scott Specialized United States, (2006) no. 3308, p. 248 (2) "1999 Literary Arts Series: Ayn Rand Issue". Arago: People, Postage & The Post (Philately). Washington, D.C.: SmithsonianNational Postal Museum. Retrieved 2018-05-19. (3) Manta, Victor (2012-03-23). "Ayn Rand: The Stamp Collector". Art on Stamps. Retrieved 2018-05-19. About the designer of the stamp ... Nicholas Gaetano's art-deco designs have appeared on the covers of recent editions of Ayn Rand's novels. ... In an e-mail, Nick wrote to the author of this site that the design of the Ayn Rand stamp was influenced by art deco. The design was conceived in the 90's, so it represents a continuation of his ideas of that period, with some elements of movie poster design also involved.
^Scott Specialized United States, (2006) nos. 3471, 3471A, p. 258
^Scott Specialized United States, (2006) no. 3766.
. Decopix Main Directory. Art Deco Resource. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
Art Deco Stamps in Europe
Art Deco design stamps in the United States of America
Outside referencesedit
Karen Greene & Lynne Lavelle, Art deco mailboxes : an illustrated design history, W.W. Norton & Company, 2015, ISBN978-0-393-73340-2, 0-393-73340-8
April 13, 2024
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Art Deco stamps are postage stamps designed in the Art Deco style which was a popular international design style in the 1920s through the 1930s The style is marked by the use of geometric motifs curvilinear forms sharply defined outlines often bold colors 1 and a fascination with machinery and modernity 2 This style strongly influenced contemporary architecture furniture industrial design books and posters Art Deco was named for after 1925 exhibit in Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts to which the American Topical Association has devoted a lengthy video 3 The exhibit lasted from April to October 1925 and displayed numerous objects in the new style Examples of the style however are also found in the early twenties One of the stamps for the 1925 Paris International Decorative Arts Exposition denominated 75 centimesThe Art Deco style also influenced postage stamp design in a number of countries in the twenties and thirties 4 One of the focuses of art deco was transportation and machines particularly airplanes and airmail stamps of the period often were designed in this style Stamps from some countries showed strong art deco influence while in others it was absent or barely noticeable The countries whose stamp designs were most influenced by art deco include a number of European countries 5 such as France and the Netherlands as well as several Latin American countries particularly Mexico Brazil and Chile Stamps of the United States and Great Britain in contrast followed traditional design and showed little influence of this new style Contents 1 Collecting of Art Deco stamps 2 Notable Art Deco stamps 2 1 Europe 2 2 Latin America 2 3 United States 3 Revival 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 External links 8 Outside referencesCollecting of Art Deco stamps edit Topical or thematic Stamp Collecting is the collecting of postage stamps relating to a particular subject or concept Art Deco stamps have been recognized as one such theme of collecting to which the American Topical Association has devoted a lengthy video 6 Notable Art Deco stamps editThe Art Deco style originally developed in Europe and the earliest Art Deco stamps are from European countries in the 1920s The style was used in some Latin American countries beginning in the mid 1930s but never really spread to the United States whose stamp designs remained traditional and conservative Notable Art Deco stamps of this period include the following some of which are small masterpieces of this style Europe edit nbsp Germany 1925 Traffic wheel France In 1925 France issued a set of stamps to commemorate the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts 7 8 9 10 11 also was commemorated with a set 12 including a fine art deco image of the head of an African woman under which was block lettering within ruled lines a common Art Deco device 13 Germany In 1925 Germany issued a stamp displaying a bold Art Deco traffic wheel or traffic circle 14 in commemoration of the Deutsche Verkehrausstellung Munchen 1925 or Munich Transport Exhibition of 1925 15 In 1934 it issued another striking image two hands grasping a piece of coal referring to the Saar Plebiscite held the following year which would determine that the coal rich region would reunite with Germany Netherlands The stamps of the Netherlands showed influence of the Art Deco style as early as the mid 1920s when the country issued two stamps honoring the Centenary of the Dutch Lifeboat Society The stamps depicted highly stylized boats in distress and a lifeboat with lettering showing some influence of the style A triangular airmail stamp issued in 1933 depicting a Fokker Pander 16 was surrounded by a border with bold lettering typical of the style In 1934 Curacao then a colony of the Netherlands issued one of the iconic Art Deco stamps ever created an airmail stamp carrying the highly stylized profile of the messenger god Hermes nbsp USSR 15th anniversary of the October Revolution Austria Austrian stamps of the 1920s showed influence of the Jugendstil or Art Nouveau style but the new style made its influence known as the decade progressed In 1925 Austria began a series of postage due stamps and which included the country s name and an amount in a simple bold design USSR USSR s stamps showed some influence of the Art Deco style particularly in the lettering beginning about 1929 In 1932 1933 it issued a series of stamps commemorating the 15th anniversary of the October Revolution which display strong elements of the style Switzerland In 1932 Switzerland issued a stamp honoring the 1932 Disarmament Conference and depicting an image of Peace in a bold Art Deco style Portugal In 1936 Portugal issued a series of airmail stamps with a highly stylized airplane propeller and cloud forming a fine Art Deco image Latin America edit The Art Deco style was popular with several Latin American countries particularly Mexico Chile and Brazil Mexico Mexico issued some airmail stamps in the mid 1930s with lettering in a distinct Art Deco style 17 In 1939 Mexico issued a stamp with a boldly Art Deco image of the Arch of the Revolution to commemorate the New York World s Fair In the early 1940s Mexico issued a number of stamps commonly a larger format with strongly Art Deco influenced images 18 particularly including the artwork of Mexican artist Francisco Eppens A 1939 stamp with an image by Eppens depicted three modes of transportation airplane train and highway a common Art Deco subject 19 A 1940 stamp by Eppens shows a helmsman issued in connection with the Inauguration of Mexican President Manuel Avila Camacho A 1942 stamp part of a series honoring the Second Inter American Agricultural Conference with Eppens artwork depicts a highly stylized woman sewing wheat nbsp 1934 Chile airmail stampChile In the mid 1930s Chile issued a series of airmail stamps designed in a style clearly influenced by Art Deco 20 These included a stylized airplane in flight following a radio navigation system from point to point and a stylized condor Brazil During the 1930s Brazil issued a number of stamps influenced by the Art Deco style especially in their lettering 21 The most striking Art Deco stamps however was the 1934 issue commemorating the 7th International Trade Fair held in Rio de Janeiro and depicting silhouettes of buildings and a profile of a construction worker with highly stylized Art Deco lettering United States edit nbsp 1939 Trylon and Perisphere at New York World s Fair stampThe 1939 stamp depicting the Trylon and Perisphere the centerpiece and symbol of the 1939 New York World s Fair Although the Trylon and Perisphere itself is an iconic Art Deco image the lettering and numbers on the stamp were done in a traditional not Art Deco font With the exceptions of this and the 1942 Win the War stamp 22 United States stamps showed little or no Art Deco influence until 1998 when the Postal Service issued a stamp in a strong Art Deco depicting Ayn Rand see Postage stamps and postal history of the United States 23 Revival editThe Art Deco style has been revived on stamps In 1998 the United States issued a stamp honoring Ayn Rand in a distinct Art Deco style 23 In 2001 it issued two definitive stamps illustrated by Nancy Stahl depicting an Art Deco eagle on a mailbox 24 In 2003 it issued the stamp titled Wisdom illustrated by Nancy Stahl honoring Rockefeller Center 25 Art Deco architecture stamps were revived with New Zealand issuing a set in 1999 4 See also editPostage stamp design Topical stamp collectingReferences edit Dictionary com from the Random House Unabridged Dictionary 2006 Bevis Hillier The World of Art Deco New York 1971 pp 33 36 Tom Broadhead Art Deco The 1925 Paris Exposition presented February 6 2021 see link here a b Art Deco Art History on Stamps Ann Mette Heindorff Archived from the original on 2008 02 07 Retrieved 2009 03 22 Oxford Art Online entry for Postage Stamps See link here Scott catalogue France nos 220 225 The Paris Exposition Coloniale Internationale of 1931 See link to video here Groten Arthur H M D The Paraphilately Page Art Deco and the 1925 Paris Exposition American Stamp Dealer amp Collector no 88 Mar 2015 pp 55 57 Des Timbres Art Deco L Echo de la Timbrologie no 1624 Oct 1990 in French THE EXPOSITION COLONIALE INTERNATIONALE DE PARIS 1931 by Arthur Chandler Scott catalogue France nos 258 262 Scott catalogue Germany nos 345 346 Brochure for the Deutsche Verkehrausstellung Munchen 1925 The story behind the triangular airmail Stamps from the Netherlands The 1933 Special Flights airmail stamp Various stamp information Jan Simon s Stamppages Archived from the original on 2011 06 09 Retrieved 2009 03 21 Scott catalogue Mexico nos C65 73 Scott catalogue Mexico nos 764 766 C100 C102 C111 116 C126 C128 Ramon Valdiosera Berman Francisco Eppens El Hombre Su Arte y Su Tiempo Mexico 1988 p 42 Scott catalogue Chile nos C30 C50 Scott catalogue Brazil nos 372 73 387 90 Trotter Gordon T 2009 02 20 Win The War Issue Arago People Postage amp The Post Philately Washington D C Smithsonian National Postal Museum Retrieved 2018 05 19 a b 1 Scott Specialized United States 2006 no 3308 p 248 2 1999 Literary Arts Series Ayn Rand Issue Arago People Postage amp The Post Philately Washington D C Smithsonian National Postal Museum Retrieved 2018 05 19 3 Manta Victor 2012 03 23 Ayn Rand The Stamp Collector Art on Stamps Retrieved 2018 05 19 About the designer of the stamp Nicholas Gaetano s art deco designs have appeared on the covers of recent editions of Ayn Rand s novels In an e mail Nick wrote to the author of this site that the design of the Ayn Rand stamp was influenced by art deco The design was conceived in the 90 s so it represents a continuation of his ideas of that period with some elements of movie poster design also involved Scott Specialized United States 2006 nos 3471 3471A p 258 Scott Specialized United States 2006 no 3766 Sources edit2007 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers Sidney Ohio Scott Publishing Company 2006 p 960 ISBN 0 89487 392 X External links edit Art Deco Stamps Decopix Main Directory Art Deco Resource Archived from the original on 2009 05 28 Retrieved 2009 03 21 Art Deco Stamps in Europe Art Deco design stamps in the United States of AmericaOutside references editKaren Greene amp Lynne Lavelle Art deco mailboxes an illustrated design history W W Norton amp Company 2015 ISBN 978 0 393 73340 2 0 393 73340 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Art Deco stamps amp oldid 1170577660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
