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		<title>dragons in architecture / 建築に棲むドラゴン</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 February 1973, Switzerland Gargoyle, Berne Cathedral Roman Capital, Jean-Baptiste Church, Grandson design: H. Hartmann engrave: A Yersin There are Chinese origin dragons and European mythical dragons. European dragons have wings, as well as a long beak with sharp teeth &#8211; often their mouths are wide open and spitting fire.  I think the top one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3677&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>15 February 1973, Switzerland<br />
Gargoyle, Berne Cathedral<br />
Roman Capital, Jean-Baptiste Church, Grandson<br />
design: H. Hartmann<br />
engrave: A Yersin</p>
<p>There are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon" target="_blank">Chinese origin dragons</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_dragon" target="_blank">European mythical dragons</a>. European dragons have wings, as well as a long beak with sharp teeth &#8211; often their mouths are wide open and spitting fire.  I think the top one is a dragon head ( with a crown and fancy lace ) gargoyle.</p>
<p>I enjoy spotting creatures that live on architecture in European cities and towns.  A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle" target="_blank">Gargoyle</a> is a carved stone figure with a spout designed to convey water from a roof.  They are often imaginary creatures or angry faced humans &#8211; grotesque.  If you want to break into a church at night, they will scare you off for sure.</p>
<p>The second stamp shows a capital in the <a href="http://www.planetware.com/map/church-of-sain-jean-baptiste-in-grandson-map-ch-stjbapt.htm" target="_blank">Church of Sain-Jean-Baptiste in Grandson</a>, Saint Michael is killing a dragon with a spear.</p>
<p>龍には<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/竜" target="_blank">中国起源の竜</a>と、<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ドラゴン" target="_blank">ヨーロッパ神話のドラゴン</a>と2種類あるのですね。ドラゴンには羽があって胴体が少し太いけれど、鋭い歯や空を飛んで火を噴くことなど、似ている特徴も多くて興味深い。この2枚の切手は、スイスの建築に棲んでいるドラゴンたち &#8211; 1枚目はガーゴイルとよばれる彫刻、2枚目はドラゴンと戦う大天使・ミカエルの柱頭です。</p>
<p><a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ガーゴイル" target="_blank">ガーゴイル</a>は屋根の水を流す樋の役割をする彫刻ですが、怪物や怖い顔の人が建物から突き出ています。夜闇にまぎれて教会に泥棒に入ろうとすると、こんな怪獣たちににらまれて怖い、、、諦める。それが機能だったのでは？と想像します。</p>
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		<title>sea dragon? / タツノオトシゴ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1959 Turkey 50 years of Maritime High School I used the top stamp for my studio&#8217;s new year celebration image, since the New Year is the year of the Dragon.  Because the Japanese name of the creature in the sea is translated as &#8216;Child of Dragon&#8217;, I thought it was called Sea Dragon in English, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3648&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>1959 Turkey<br />
50 years of Maritime High School</p>
<p>I used the top stamp for <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4af6c33d508dcabfe7154f757&amp;id=38148964b3" target="_blank">my studio&#8217;s new year celebration</a> image, since the New Year is the year of the Dragon.  Because the Japanese name of the creature in the sea is translated as &#8216;Child of Dragon&#8217;, I thought it was called Sea Dragon in English, too.</p>
<p>Now I know that the Sea Dragon is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sketchbook_of_fishes_-_11._Leafy_sea_dragon_-_William_Buelow_Gould,_c1832.jpg" target="_blank">leafy one</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leafy_Seadragon_Phycodurus_eques_2500px_PLW_edit.jpg" target="_blank">like algae</a> &#8211; and the normal ones are named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse" target="_blank">Sea Horse</a>.  Maybe all non-Japanese people did not get why I used the Sea Horse&#8230;  never mind!</p>
<p>This set is celebrating the Turkish Maritime school in Istanbul.  I visited Istanbul for the first time last year.  Beautiful view it has, surrounded by oceans &#8211; it is an important place between Europe and Asia.</p>
<p>昨年末はあわただしかったので年賀状をあきらめ、上の一枚を<a href="http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=4af6c33d508dcabfe7154f757&amp;id=38148964b3" target="_blank">スタジオの年賀の画像</a>に使いました。メールを送り出したあとで「で、どうして Sea Horse の切手なの？」と聞かれて、、、ぇえ！？</p>
<p><a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/タツノオトシゴ" target="_blank">タツノオトシゴ</a>は英語で Sea Dragon だと思いこんでいたのだけど、<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sketchbook_of_fishes_-_11._Leafy_sea_dragon_-_William_Buelow_Gould,_c1832.jpg" target="_blank">こんなひらひらが付いているの</a>とか、<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leafy_Seadragon_Phycodurus_eques_2500px_PLW_edit.jpg" target="_blank">さらにひらひらで海藻に見えるこんなの</a>だけが Sea Dragon で、あとは Sea Horse だったのです。日本語でもウミウマとかカイマとも呼ばれてることも初めて知りました。</p>
<p>この2枚はイスタンブールの海事学校の50年を記念したものです。ぱっきりした文字ときれいな色合いのバックグラウンドにちょっとボケた凸版印刷のモチーフが重なっている、お気に入りのセット。イスタンブールには昨年初めて行き、海に囲まれた美しい眺望を堪能しました。アジアとヨーロッパをつなぐ要所なのは間違いないです。</p>
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		<title>dragon and lion / 龍とライオン</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1980s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1982 Hong Kong After a pair of Dragon and Tiger, next one is the Dragon and Lion on both sides of the Queen. It is obvious that the lion with a crown is the sovereign Britain and the dragon is the symbol of Hong Kong.  Their paws are wide open, eyes are slanted upward and tongues [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3630&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>1982 Hong Kong</p>
<p>After a pair of Dragon and Tiger, next one is the Dragon and Lion on both sides of the Queen.</p>
<p>It is obvious that the lion with a crown is the sovereign Britain and the dragon is the symbol of Hong Kong.  Their paws are wide open, eyes are slanted upward and tongues are stuck out &#8211; they seem not to be in a peaceful relationship at all.  15 years to go for t<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_of_sovereignty_of_Hong_Kong" target="_blank">he transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong</a>.  Brave postal officers.  Sharrrrrrr.</p>
<p>辰年の切手2枚目は香港から。イギリスからの<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/香港返還" target="_blank">香港返還</a>の話し合いが1979年に始まった3年後の発行です。</p>
<p>女王の両側に、王冠を戴いたライオンが統治国イギリス、龍が香港を象徴しているのは明らかですが、両者のたたずまいがあまり平和的でない。手足の指はかっと開かれ、口もぐわっと開いて舌が飛び出し、なによりも目が吊り上がって怒っている。両国の緊張状態を、郵便局員がこの小さな普通切手に表現したのでしょうか。勇猛果敢。</p>
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		<title>year of the Dragon / 祝辰年</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 November 1971, Japan Government Printing Works Centenary tonal-engraving based on &#8216;Ryu-ko zu&#8217; by Hashimoto Gahō ( 1835-1908 ) Dragon and Tiger The year of the Dragon has started ( at least in Japan yesterday, so I follow this one. )  I wish you all have a fruitful year &#8211; we should really prove that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3614&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>1 November 1971, Japan<br />
Government Printing Works Centenary<br />
tonal-engraving based on &#8216;Ryu-ko zu&#8217; by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashimoto_Gahō" target="_blank">Hashimoto Gahō</a> ( 1835-1908 )<br />
Dragon and Tiger</p>
<p>The year of the Dragon has started ( at least in Japan yesterday, so I follow this one. )  I wish you all have a fruitful year &#8211; we should really prove that our happiness is not controlled by the unstable situation of the world&#8217;s finances.</p>
<p>These stamps, a set of two, were issued to celebrate 100 years of stamp and banknote printing.  So, they are naturally representative of what they can do best for this kind of process.  Surely they took time to do the details of the waves.  I have to look up what &#8216;tonal engraving&#8217; could be &#8211; if I magnify, it seems the tone is made by lines and dots together.</p>
<p>Paper as well, seems a little special for this printing.</p>
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<p>新年おめでとうございます。<br />
今年もどうぞよろしくおねがいします。</p>
<p>昨年は日本にとっては試練の年でした。エネルギー政策がなんの展開も見せないまま、年を越してしまいました。ヨーロッパでは金融問題が今年も続き、ここイギリスも引き続きあおりを受けそうです。でも「金融事情だけがわたしたちの幸せを左右するのではないよね」と、年末に振り返って思えるような実りの多い年にしたいものだ、と年頭に願わずにいられません。</p>
<p>さて、年頭を飾る竜モチーフの切手は1971年に政府の印刷事業100年を祝った<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/橋本雅邦" target="_blank">橋本雅邦</a>画の『竜虎図』です。さすがに気合いの入った切手です。虫めがねで拡大すると線と点の両方が見えるのですが、この「階調凹版」という技法について知っている方はぜひその詳細を教えてください。わたしがよく辞書代わりに使っている「お札と切手の博物館・図録」にもこの技法についての解説が載っていないのです。</p>
<p>紙も普通の切手と違う和紙のような柔らかな質感です。</p>
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		<title>year of the cat / ねこ年</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 Vietnam After I wrote &#8216;four days to the end of the year of Rabbit&#8217;, I realised that at the origin of the Chinese zodiac, new year does not come until 23 January 2012.  Also in Vietnam, one of the countries to follow the tradition of the Chinese zodiac, this year is the year of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3591&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>2010 Vietnam</p>
<p>After I wrote &#8216;four days to the end of the year of Rabbit&#8217;, I realised that at the origin of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_zodiac" target="_blank">Chinese zodiac</a>, new year does not come until 23 January 2012.  Also in Vietnam, one of the countries to follow the tradition of the Chinese zodiac, this year is the year of Cat.  This set of stamps were issued at the end of 2010, for the new year celebration of 2011.</p>
<p>Yes, the world consists of great diversity.  I want to learn more about those interesting differences and how people express their originality, through the world of stamps.</p>
<p>I wish you all have a happy new year.</p>
<p>「うさぎ年もあと4日」と一つ前のポストで書いてのち、十二支の発祥国である中国では新年が来年の1月23日まで来ないことに気付きました。そして、ヴェトナムでは今年は「ねこ年」だったことも。この切手は2010年の末に発行された、2011年の新年を祝うものだったようです。</p>
<p>世界は多様な気候と生活様式と考え方に満ちている。そんな興味深い違いについて、そんな違いがどんな風に目に見えるのかを切手を通して発見したい、という思いを新たにしています。</p>
<p>みなさんに素敵な新年が訪れますよう。</p>
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		<title>Rabbit out of Hat / 手品うさぎ</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 March 2005, UK &#8216;Centenary of the Magic Circle&#8217; design: G. Hardie and Tatham Design I met a Japanese magician this summer, who told me about the Magic Circle, where he performed sometime ago.  I remembered the story now, because I found this set of stamps, which are celebrating the Magic Circle&#8217;s 100 years. Following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3575&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>15 March 2005, UK<br />
&#8216;Centenary of the Magic Circle&#8217;<br />
design: G. Hardie and Tatham Design</p>
<p>I met a Japanese magician this summer, who told me about the Magic Circle, where he performed sometime ago.  I remembered the story now, because I found this set of stamps, which are celebrating the Magic Circle&#8217;s 100 years.</p>
<p>Following their tradition with a top hat and a tailcoat, these pop designs recreate nice visual illusions within small stamps &#8211; pity you cannot rub digital images, but I feature one which I scratched with a coin.</p>
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<p>I have &#8216;head&#8217; of the coin, not &#8216;tail&#8217;.</p>
<p>The year of the rabbit is ceasing in four days.  I have this feeling that a year gets shorter and shorter &#8211; is it proving the fact that I am getting older faster!?</p>
<p>この夏東京で出会ったあるマジシャンが、ロンドンにあるマジック・サークルで公演した時のことを話してくれたのを、この切手のタイトルを探していて思い出しました。そのマジック・サークルの100年の歴史を2005年に祝っていたのでした。</p>
<p>燕尾服やシルクハットという伝統も描きながら、デザイナーはこの小さな切手で出来る紙面トリックをいろいろな手法で試していて面白いです。画像をこすってもらうわけにいかないので、わたしがコインで引っ掻いたのちの画像も載せます。</p>
<p>うさぎ年もあと4日で新しい年に変わります。なんだか、一年がどんどん短くなっていくと感じるのは、わたしの加齢が加速しているのか！？とちょっと焦る年末なのでした。</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[9 November 1973, Germany &#8216;Christmas&#8217; I worked really hard this December &#8211; the busiest ever in the last several years.  Finally today, I have the feeling that I am in a festive break.  I wish you all have a very merry Christmas and peaceful gatherings. この12月は例年になく忙しく、このブログ更新だけがささやかな楽しみでした。スタッフが休みに入ったあとに展示会の搬出まであって、筋肉痛。やっと今日「あ、クリスマス？」という気分になり。 みなさんも、すてきなクリスマスと年末を迎えられますよう。<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3557&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>9 November 1973, Germany<br />
&#8216;Christmas&#8217;</p>
<p>I worked really hard this December &#8211; the busiest ever in the last several years.  Finally today, I have the feeling that I am in a festive break.  I wish you all have a very merry Christmas and peaceful gatherings.</p>
<p>この12月は例年になく忙しく、このブログ更新だけがささやかな楽しみでした。スタッフが休みに入ったあとに展示会の搬出まであって、筋肉痛。やっと今日「あ、クリスマス？」という気分になり。</p>
<p>みなさんも、すてきなクリスマスと年末を迎えられますよう。</p>
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		<title>embossed Machin / エンボスの女王</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 February 1999, UK ‘Profile on Print’ booklet embossed by Walsall Security Printers based on original design by Arnold Machin self-adhesive Can you not see the Queen?  Please click the image larger. When the first Penny Black was introduced in 1840, the post office must have sold them a lot and made a fortune &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3534&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>16 February 1999, UK<br />
‘Profile on Print’ booklet<br />
embossed by Walsall Security Printers<br />
based on original design by <a href="http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/arnold-machin-the-man-behind-the-icon/" target="_blank">Arnold Machin</a><br />
self-adhesive</p>
<p>Can you not see the Queen?  Please click the image larger.</p>
<p>When the first <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=515" target="_blank">Penny Black</a> was introduced in 1840, the post office must have sold them a lot and made a fortune &#8211; the second printing method they introduced after intaglio, in 1847, was the rather costly technique of embossing.</p>
<p>This embossed Machin was made to celebrate those rare ( and now expensive ) achievements of 1847-1854 high value definitives.  The die for the press was based on the original Machin cast.</p>
<p>Taking photos of this stamp was not easy!  Different light creates a diversity of expression in the Queen&#8217;s face.  One looks more prominent of relief but shows an anxious face, another is paler but with a noble atmosphere.  I experienced some of the difficulties of the team who took the photo for <a href="http://wellcentred.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-machin-エリザベス2世の肖像/" target="_blank">the Machin stamps</a> in 1967.</p>
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<p>切手が真っ白？拡大してみてください。</p>
<p>イギリスで最初の切手が発行された時、きっとたくさん売れて郵便局はひと稼ぎしたのだと想像します。凹版印刷の次に1847年に導入された印刷技術は高額な投資の必要な「エンボス」でした。</p>
<p>この切手は、その最初のエンボス切手へのオマージュとして発行され、メイチン作の石膏彫刻からプレス型が作られました。</p>
<p>この撮影は思ったよりも難しく、、、浮き彫りの詳細がはっきり写ったら女王の顔が悲しそうになり、表情がいちばん気高く見える角度からの光では首の輪郭線が飛んでしまう。1967年に<a href="http://wellcentred.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-machin-エリザベス2世の肖像/" target="_blank">この普通切手</a>が発行された時の撮影チームの苦労を、ちっちゃなスケールで追体験した気分です。</p>
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		<title>letterpressed Machin / 凸版印刷の女王</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 February 1999, UK ‘Profile on Print’ booklet letterpress scraperboard: Bill Sanderson based on original design by Arnold Machin This stamp is one of the celebrations of Machin&#8217;s stamp, representing the design in the letterpress method.  The artwork was made using the scraperboard technique, which was widely used for newspaper, book and magazine illustrations until [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3513&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>16 February 1999, UK<br />
‘Profile on Print’ booklet<br />
letterpress<br />
scraperboard: <a href="http://www.billsandersonart.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Bill Sanderson</a><br />
based on original design by <a href="http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/arnold-machin-the-man-behind-the-icon/" target="_blank">Arnold Machin</a></p>
<p>This stamp is one of the celebrations of Machin&#8217;s stamp, representing the design in the letterpress method.  The artwork was made using the scraperboard technique, which was widely used for newspaper, book and magazine illustrations until the 1960s &#8211; lines are carved through the black ink coating of the board revealing the white clay surface beneath. Sanderson is one of the few remaining artists using this technique.</p>
<p>His reduced and controlled way of using the knife is recreating the Queens face in the Machin&#8217;s relief &#8211; not at all easy, I would imagine&#8230;  I first found his works in Gavin Pretor Pinney&#8217;s book &#8216;<a href="http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/cloudspotters-guide/" target="_blank">The Cloudspotter&#8217;s Guide</a>&#8216; &#8211; <a href="http://www.billsandersonart.com/bestsellers.htm" target="_blank">incredible depictions of clouds in black and white</a>.</p>
<p>前出のスラニア切手と同時に制作されたもので、凸版印刷にて再現された女王の横顔レリーフです。白黒の原画は「スクレィパー・ボード」と呼ばれる、表面を黒く着色した紙を削って白い線を描く手法で、1960年代ごろまで新聞や雑誌のイラスト、本の挿絵として幅広く使われました。</p>
<p>サンダーソンの手によるこの原画は、デリケートな線の太さの調整と整理された白黒の割合で、見事にオリジナルのレリーフの立体感を再現し、しかもちゃんと女王に似ている。<a href="http://www.billsandersonart.com/bestsellers.htm" target="_blank">彼の作品</a>は最初に<a href="http://www.kawade.co.jp/np/isbn/9784309252117" target="_blank">ギャヴィン・プレイター=ピニー著『「雲」の楽しみ方』</a>の中で見つけたのですが、白黒で、こんなに表現豊かに雲を描くなんて！としばし感嘆したのでした。</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 February 1999, UK &#8216;Profile on Print&#8217; booklet engraver: Czesław Słania based on original design by Arnold Machin This intaglio engraved by the master Czesław Słania was issued to celebrate The 2000 Stamp Show.  After 48 years of his career, Słania&#8217;s polished technique to make three dimensional expression by controlled lines are fully exhibited in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3497&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>16 February 1999, UK<br />
&#8216;Profile on Print&#8217; booklet<br />
engraver: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czesław_Słania" target="_blank">Czesław Słania</a><br />
based on original design by <a href="http://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/arnold-machin-the-man-behind-the-icon/" target="_blank">Arnold Machin</a></p>
<p>This intaglio engraved by the master Czesław Słania was issued to celebrate The 2000 Stamp Show.  After 48 years of his career, Słania&#8217;s polished technique to make three dimensional expression by controlled lines are fully exhibited in much larger format, over double the size of the definitive.</p>
<p>But, somehow this does not look like the Machin original &#8211; it does not represent the youth of the Queen, I guess.  Perhaps Słania&#8217;s precision urged him to reflect the Time and Tide since the relief was made.</p>
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<p>2000年のロンドン・スタンプ・フェアーを祝うために、巨匠スラニアの手による凹版印刷で再現された前出のエリザベス女王の普通切手です。48年のキャリアの迫力の精緻さでオリジナルのレリーフを再現しています。</p>
<p>なのだけど、この横顔は女王に似ていない。というか、Machinのオリジナルにある若さがない気がします。きっと、スラニアは元の切手が世に出てからの30余年の歳月も表現したかったのでしょう。</p>
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		<title>the Machin / エリザベス2世の肖像</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 June 1967, UK Queen Elizabeth II definitive photo gravure design: after plaster cast by Arnold Machin The last post was my first feature of a monarch portrait &#8211; the second stamp is her great grand-daughter, current Queen of the UK.  This is probably the most repeatedly used profile in stamp history. According to the &#8216;Profile [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3271&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>5 June 1967, UK<br />
<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=589" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth II definitive</a><br />
photo gravure<br />
design: after plaster cast by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Machin" target="_blank">Arnold Machin</a></p>
<p>The last post was my first feature of a monarch portrait &#8211; the second stamp is her great grand-daughter, current Queen of the UK.  This is probably the most repeatedly used profile in stamp history.</p>
<p>According to the &#8216;Profile on Print&#8217; leaflet (1999), the sculptor Arnold Machin made pencil sketches first, then sculpted a relief in clay.  Then he took a plaster mould, which he refined by hand &#8211; afterwards taking another plaster cast to bring the features back to relief.  Finally, after &#8216;numerous trials&#8217; a photograph was taken &#8216;using north daylight with a precise amount of cloud over the sun&#8217;.  Phew!</p>
<p>I like this ultimate simplicity of design &#8211; of course inspired by the very first stamp, but pared down to the minimum.  Here are some process records shown, featured in <a href="http://perfoff.tumblr.com/post/10919244377" target="_blank">Going Postal</a> blog from New Zealand.</p>
<p>The six stamps below were issued following years &#8211; I have not counted yet how many stamps were issued since the first one &#8211; still going now.</p>
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<p>君主とか政治家の肖像がメインの切手にはほとんど興味がないのですが、前回のポストに続き、イギリスの女王だけは少し特別です。</p>
<p>たぶん世界で一番たくさん切手に印刷されてきたこの横顔が登場したのは、1967年。コミッションを受けた彫刻家は鉛筆スケッチを元にまず粘土で最初の彫刻を制作し、それを石膏で型取りしたものを彫刻刀で手直しして、もう一度石膏取りしてレリーフが完成。それを「おびただしい回数の」試行ののちに「北側の窓辺で一定の雲が日光を隠す瞬間に」撮影したものが、切手になったのでした！彫刻家の写真と最初のスケッチが <a href="http://perfoff.tumblr.com/post/10919244377" target="_blank">Going Postal</a> というブログに載っています。</p>
<p>世界初の切手「Penny Black」の横顔をひきつぐデザインなのは一目瞭然ですが、背景の模様や「postage」の文字までも取り去ってしまったこの潔さには、やはり強く惹かれます。</p>
<p>p.s. Someone did count the number of Machins and <a href="http://myplace.frontier.com/~ktk.lange/395Machins/" target="_blank">there are so far 440 of them</a>.</p>
<p>追記：今までに発行されたMachin切手を並べて数えてみた人のリンクを発見。<a href="http://myplace.frontier.com/~ktk.lange/395Machins/" target="_blank">今のところ440枚</a>だそうです。</p>
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		<title>Penny Black celebrated / 最初の切手の切手</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 September 2011, United Kingdom &#8216;Penny Black &#8211; 184o&#8217; Kings &#38; Queens, The Age of Hanoverians design: Atelier Works &#8216;Collect GB Stamps&#8216; by Royal Mail covers almost all stamps issued in the United Kingdom since the world’s first adhesive postage stamp &#8211; the Penny Black. I don&#8217;t have the real one, so here is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3257&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>15 September 2011, United Kingdom<br />
&#8216;Penny Black &#8211; 184o&#8217;<br />
<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=22610" target="_blank">Kings &amp; Queens, The Age of Hanoverians</a><br />
design: Atelier Works</p>
<p>&#8216;<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">Collect GB Stamps</a>&#8216; by Royal Mail covers almost all stamps issued in the United Kingdom since the world’s first adhesive postage stamp &#8211; <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=515" target="_blank">the Penny Black</a>. I don&#8217;t have the real one, so here is a stamp that features it.</p>
<p>The archive site has huge image records, scanned presentation pack covers, and articles on each stamp.  This is a great archive, but could be improved a lot by featuring the people and stories behind the stamps &#8211; designers, creators of original art works, engravers and printers.</p>
<p>As far as I can see, this is the 6th time the first stamp design has been depicted, firstly in <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=512" target="_blank">1940 &#8216;Centerary of First Adhesive Postage Stamps&#8217;</a>, in <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=106" target="_blank">1970 &#8216;Philympia 70 &#8211; the stamps exhibition&#8217;</a>, in <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=474" target="_blank">1990 &#8217;150th Anniverersary of the Penny Black&#8217;</a>, in <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=30" target="_blank">1992 &#8216;Greeting Stamps &#8211; Memories&#8217;</a>, in <a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=201" target="_blank">1995 &#8216;Pioneers of Communications&#8217;</a> and finally the one featured above.</p>
<p>イギリスの切手ももちろん<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">アーカイブ</a>になっています。世界初の切手と最初の切手蒐集家を生んだ国ですから。そしてその世界最初の切手は「<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/years/?year=1840" target="_blank">Penny Black</a>」と呼ばれるヴィクトリア女王の横顔です。本物を持っていないので、今年発行されたその切手の切手をここに。</p>
<p>アーカイブには切手だけでなく、一緒に発行されるプレゼンテーション・パックのスキャンやテキストなどが掲載されていますが、残念ながらデザイナーや彫刻師のことは触れられていない。切手に関わる背景が語られたらもっと面白いのになぁ、と今後に期待するのでした。</p>
<p>わたしが見つけた限りでは、「最初の切手」をモチーフにしたイギリスの切手発行は6度目です。<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=512" target="_blank">1940年に「切手の100周年」</a>が祝われて以来、<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=106" target="_blank">1970年に「スタンプ・フェア70の記念」</a>、<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=474" target="_blank">1990年に「Penny Blackの150年記念」</a>、<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=30" target="_blank">1992年のグリーティング切手にPenny Red</a>が載り、<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=201" target="_blank">1995年にはスラニアが彫った「通信のパイオニアたち」</a>、そして今年発行の<a href="http://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=22610" target="_blank">「ハノーバー家の時代」</a>に、ヴィクトリア女王の切手が登場します。</p>
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		<title>another archive! / アーカイブ好き</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 September 1971, New Zealand Mount Cook National Park design: Mark Cleverley I found another stamp archive from New Zealand, which tells me the stories of historical stamps.  So, I will start collecting stamps from the new world, as I can find the year of issue and name of the designer who made this rather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3239&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>1 September 1971, New Zealand<br />
Mount Cook National Park<br />
design: Mark Cleverley</p>
<p>I found <a href="http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/about-stamps-collecting/historical-stamp-issues" target="_blank">another stamp archive from New Zealand</a>, which tells me the stories of historical stamps.  So, I will start collecting stamps from the new world, as I can find the year of issue and name of the designer who made this rather unusual colour of sky.  I couldn&#8217;t find what are the animals in this stamp, though.</p>
<p>The archive tells me that the first New Zealand stamp motif was <a href="http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1855/full-face-queens" target="_blank">Queen Victoria</a>.</p>
<p>切手アーカイブを持つ国をもう一つ見つけました。<a href="http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/about-stamps-collecting/historical-stamp-issues" target="_blank">ニュージーランド</a>です。今まで集めていなかったけれど、このここで検索したらいろいろ欲しい切手が見つかりました。新しい探検フィールドを見つけるのは嬉しいものです。</p>
<p>不思議な空の色と山々の構成が美しいこの切手。でも、アーカイブでは描かれた動物が何かは教えてくれず。ちなみに、ニュージーランドの最初の切手のモチーフは<a href="http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/new-zealand/1855/full-face-queens" target="_blank">ヴィクトリア女王</a>でした。</p>
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		<title>first stamp of Canada / カナダ最初の切手</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 July 1859, Canada Beaver design: Sandford Fleming engraver: Alfred Jones I am a fan of Canadian stamps, especially when I learned the fact that their first stamp featured a Beaver!  OK, they made higher value stamps with the heads of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria at almost the same time, but they were issued [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3225&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>1 July 1859, Canada<br />
<a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=0014&amp;l=20&amp;d=POST&amp;p=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F020117%2F020117030101_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;SECT3=POST" target="_blank">Beaver </a><br />
design: <a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&amp;s2=&amp;s3=62&amp;l=20&amp;Sect4=AND&amp;Sect1=IMAGE&amp;Sect2=THESOFF&amp;Sect5=BIPHPEN&amp;Sect6=HITOFF&amp;d=BIPH&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G" target="_blank">Sandford Fleming</a><br />
engraver: <a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&amp;s2=&amp;s3=46&amp;l=20&amp;Sect4=AND&amp;Sect1=IMAGE&amp;Sect2=THESOFF&amp;Sect5=BIPHPEN&amp;Sect6=HITOFF&amp;d=BIPH&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G" target="_blank">Alfred Jones</a></p>
<p>I am a fan of Canadian stamps, especially when I learned the fact that their first stamp featured a Beaver!  OK, they made higher value stamps with the heads of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria at almost the same time, but they were issued a month later.  This perforated 5 cent stamp was the third edition of their very first Beaver, using the same design.</p>
<p>Another reason why I am a fan of Canadian stamps &#8211; is <a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/020117/020117030101_e.html" target="_blank">this fantastic archive</a>.  People who made this archive are proud of their history and like to talk about the designers and artists involved.  I can see the face of the engraver, who carved a smiling sun behind the Beaver 160 years ago &#8211; this is great!</p>
<p>&#8216;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beaver_lodge.jpg" target="_blank">A beaver building a dam</a> was symbolic of the people in the young country of Canada building their towns, cities, and communities&#8217; &#8211; this is the reason behind the first stamp, according to the article in this archive.</p>
<p><a href="http://wellcentred.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/1859canada001-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3227" title="1859Canada001-2" src="http://wellcentred.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/1859canada001-2.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>国家事業としての郵政の、最初の切手の図案がビーバーだった。この事実を知ってから、カナダ切手のファンになりました。ほぼ同時に、宗主国イギリスのプリンス・アルバートとクィーン・ヴィクトリアの少し額の高い切手も作られていますが、発行が一月後です。</p>
<p>カナダの切手のファンになったもう一つの理由はこの<a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/020117/020117030101_e.html" target="_blank">切手アーカイブ</a>の存在です。これを作った人たちは自分たちの仕事に誇りを感じていて、関わったデザイナーやアーティストたちのことも丁寧に記録しています。160年前に作られた切手の、ビーバーの後ろで笑っている大陽を彫った彫刻師の顔写真が見れるなんて、素晴らしいと思うのです。</p>
<p>そのアーカイブの解説によると「木を切ってダムを作り<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beaver_lodge.jpg" target="_blank">立派な巣を作るビーバー</a>の姿が、若い国で街や都市やそのコミュニティーを作っているカナダの開拓精神に喩えられた」のが選ばれた理由だったのですね。</p>
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		<title>animal of the nation / 国家的ビーバー</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 April 1954, Canada design: Herman Schwartz original illustration: Emanuel Hahn engraver: Silas Allen Another stamp with the Canadian Maple leaf, this time the main feature is their National animal, the Beaver.  This is the result of works by three people, the artist of the original art work, the designer and the engraver ( the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3202&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">1 April 1954, Canada<br />
design: <a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&amp;s2=&amp;s3=65&amp;l=20&amp;Sect4=AND&amp;Sect1=IMAGE&amp;Sect2=THESOFF&amp;Sect5=BIPHPEN&amp;Sect6=HITOFF&amp;d=BIPH&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G" target="_blank">Herman Schwartz</a><br />
original illustration: <a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&amp;s2=&amp;s3=7&amp;l=20&amp;Sect4=AND&amp;Sect1=IMAGE&amp;Sect2=THESOFF&amp;Sect5=BIPHPEN&amp;Sect6=HITOFF&amp;d=BIPH&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G" target="_blank">Emanuel Hahn</a><br />
engraver: <a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&amp;s2=&amp;s3=64&amp;l=20&amp;Sect4=AND&amp;Sect1=IMAGE&amp;Sect2=THESOFF&amp;Sect5=BIPHPEN&amp;Sect6=HITOFF&amp;d=BIPH&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G" target="_blank">Silas Allen</a></p>
<p>Another stamp with the Canadian Maple leaf, this time the main feature is their National animal, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Beaver" target="_blank">Beaver</a>.  This is the result of works by three people, the artist of the original art work, the designer and the engraver ( the job is completed by the printer, of course ).  It is interesting to read about them &#8211; their routes are from Germany, Holland and Canada.</p>
<p>The engraving work is really delicate and enjoyable to magnify&#8230; I know it&#8217;s a bit minor, but joyful!</p>
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<p>カナダのカエデの葉が描かれているもう一枚の切手、主人公はビーバーです。この切手は原画の描き手、切手デザイナーと彫刻師の連携作業によって生まれたものですが、彼らの経歴を読むのは興味深い。ドイツからの移民、オランダ移民の子孫など、カナダが形づくられていった様子が想像できます。</p>
<p>凹版印刷のデリケートな彫りを虫めがねで拡大するのが楽しくて、楽しくて、、、。変ですかね、やっぱり。</p>
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		<title>Maple leaf / カエデの赤</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[14 May 1964, Canada &#8216;Floral Emblem Series&#8217; design: Harvey Thomas Prosser The Maple leaf is the queen of autumn colour for me and of course, the Canadian national symbol as shown on their flag.  Even a small Maple tree shows its existence very strongly in this season. This stamp allows me to imagine the chilly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3149&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>14 May 1964, Canada<br />
<a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=0404&amp;l=20&amp;d=POST&amp;p=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F020117%2F020117030114_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;SECT3=POST" target="_blank">&#8216;Floral Emblem Series&#8217;</a><br />
design: <a href="http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&amp;s2=&amp;s3=123&amp;l=20&amp;Sect4=AND&amp;Sect1=IMAGE&amp;Sect2=THESOFF&amp;Sect5=BIPHPEN&amp;Sect6=HITOFF&amp;d=BIPH&amp;p=1&amp;u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G" target="_blank">Harvey Thomas Prosser</a></p>
<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple" target="_blank">Maple</a> leaf is the queen of autumn colour for me and of course, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_Canada" target="_blank">Canadian national symbol</a> as shown on their flag.  Even a small Maple tree shows its existence very strongly in this season.</p>
<p>This stamp allows me to imagine the chilly and fresh air of the late autumn in Canada.  Beautifully simple.</p>
<p>隣家の庭先や道の脇の木立でひときわ赤い色を放っている<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/カエデ" target="_blank">カエデ（メープル）</a>の木を見るにつけ、カナダの国旗にも描かれているメープルは秋の色の女王だなぁ、と思います。日本の秋の山を彩るもみじもカエデの仲間ですね。</p>
<p>凛とした晩秋の空気を感じさせてくれる切手。これ以上なにも必要ないシンプルさで大好きな一枚です。</p>
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		<title>Oak leaves and a cat / ナラの上の『黒き猫』</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*exch. 049 21 September 1979, Japan &#8216;Black Cat&#8217; (1910) by Shunso Hishida (1874-1911) The cat is sitting on an Oak tree &#8211; we are more familiar with straight Oak trees, but sometimes it is bendy and provides a good place for a cat. The painter Shunso Hishida started to bring innovative techniques into traditional Japanese [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3139&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>21 September 1979, Japan<br />
&#8216;Black Cat&#8217; (1910) by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hishida_Shunsō" target="_blank">Shunso Hishida (1874-1911)</a></p>
<p>The cat is sitting on an Oak tree &#8211; we are more familiar with straight Oak trees, but sometimes it is bendy and provides a good place for a cat.</p>
<p>The painter Shunso Hishida started to bring innovative techniques into traditional Japanese painting around 1900.  He traveled to India, America and Europe between 1903-05, after which he even tried pointillism &#8211; but the Japanese painting authorities did not accept him at that time.  It is a pity that he died young and did not try to stir up the artistic circles further.</p>
<p>オークは木材用のものはまっすぐですが、こんなに曲がった育ち方をすることもあるのですね。</p>
<p>原画は明治時代の夭折の画家、<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/菱田春草" target="_blank">菱田春草</a>の『黒き猫』という作品です。1900年頃から輪郭線を使わない画法を試していたこの画家は、岡倉天心と一緒にアメリカとヨーロッパを旅し、帰国後には点描で日本画を描くことを試したようです。「ジャポニズムの影響を受けて始まった」とされる印象派の作品に触れ、その革新に刺激されたのだろうか？と推測するのも面白いです。</p>
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		<title>Oak and Horse-chestnut / ナラとトチノキ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 September 1994, France Leaves of Trees Oak &#38; Horse-chestnut They are both common trees in Europe.  Oak is widely used for furniture and building materials, whilst on the other hand Horse-chestnut, which is popular in parks and on roadside greens, is rarely used for furniture or other purposes. ナラとマロニエ（セイヨウトチノキ)の葉が描かれています。どちらもヨーロッパの森や街路でよく見かける木です。ナラ（オーク）は伝統的に家具につかわれてきた素材ですが、マロニエを使った家具というのはほとんど見かけません。マロニエとして親しまれているフランスでは、何かに使われているのかな？<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3119&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>1 September 1994, France<br />
Leaves of Trees<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak" target="_blank"><br />
Oak</a> &amp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_chestnut" target="_blank">Horse-chestnut</a></p>
<p>They are both common trees in Europe.  Oak is widely used for furniture and building materials, whilst on the other hand Horse-chestnut, which is popular in parks and on roadside greens, is rarely used for furniture or other purposes.</p>
<p><a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/オーク" target="_blank">ナラ</a>と<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/セイヨウトチノキ" target="_blank">マロニエ（セイヨウトチノキ)</a>の葉が描かれています。どちらもヨーロッパの森や街路でよく見かける木です。ナラ（オーク）は伝統的に家具につかわれてきた素材ですが、マロニエを使った家具というのはほとんど見かけません。マロニエとして親しまれているフランスでは、何かに使われているのかな？</p>
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		<title>autumn leaves / 紅葉</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1970s]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ドイツ切手]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[11 October 1979, Germany &#8216;Fruits of the Forest&#8217; Oak and Beech I am enjoying the autumn leaves here in London.  Not just the colours but the sound of them.  One morning I was walking towards the station and heard a strange series of sounds &#8211; it was acorns falling, hitting the pavement, rolling down the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3090&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>11 October 1979, Germany<br />
&#8216;Fruits of the Forest&#8217; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak" target="_blank">Oak</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech" target="_blank">Beech</a></p>
<p>I am enjoying the autumn leaves here in London.  Not just the colours but the sound of them.  One morning I was walking towards the station and heard a strange series of sounds &#8211; it was acorns falling, hitting the pavement, rolling down the hill and finally hitting a wooden fence.</p>
<p>This set of stamps shows typical European trees &#8211; and reminds me of the sound and smell of a damp forest.</p>
<p>今年の秋は例年に比べても秋が美しい気がします。木々の色だけでなく、音も楽しい。ある朝、駅まで歩く道のりに不思議な連続音を聞いて立ち止まると、それはどんぐりが木から落ちて舗道を打ち、そのまま坂道を転がって民家の板塀を打つ音でした。</p>
<p>この2枚の切手は<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF" target="_blank">ナラ</a>と<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%8A%E5%B1%9E" target="_blank">ブナ</a>の葉と実のようすを描いて、しめった森の匂いと枯れ葉の上を歩く音を思い出させてくれます。</p>
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		<title>spaceship interior / 宇宙船内部</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 November 2004, Belgium ‘Explorers on the Moon‘ by Hergé, 1954 I like this interior colour &#8211; Hergé must have been influenced by his contemporary designers, such as Jean Prouvé.  Design details for light weight structures and round corners of drawers, dots on the floor&#8230; they all are reflecting the atmosphere of that time. Why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wellcentred.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8812613&amp;post=3080&amp;subd=wellcentred&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>4 November 2004, Belgium<br />
‘<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_on_the_Moon" target="_blank">Explorers on the Moon</a>‘ by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hergé" target="_blank">Hergé</a>, 1954</p>
<p>I like this interior colour &#8211; Hergé must have been influenced by his contemporary designers, such as <a href="http://www.jeanprouve.com/" target="_blank">Jean Prouvé</a>.  Design details for light weight structures and round corners of drawers, dots on the floor&#8230; they all are reflecting the atmosphere of that time.</p>
<p>Why do I categorise this in &#8216;kawaii/cute&#8217;? &#8211; the back view of Snowy&#8230; his skinny neck is so cute!</p>
<p>『<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_on_the_Moon" target="_blank">月世界探検</a>』に出てくる宇宙船のインテリアの色合いが好きです。作者の<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/エルジェ" target="_blank">エルジェ</a>は、間違いなく<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ジャン・プルーヴェ" target="_blank">ジャン・プルーヴェ</a>などの同世代を生きたデザイナー達の仕事に影響を受けていたと思います。軽量化のための穴、角の丸い引き出し、床の丸い模様など、どれも時代の空気を感じさせてくれます。</p>
<p>そして、スノーウィーのほっそりした首の後ろ姿がかわいいので「kawaii」カテゴリーに。</p>
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