Introduction: East Asian postage stamps as socio-political artefacts

Deans, Phil; Dobson, Hugo

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“…‘Postal stamps emerge as vehicles of identity creation and propagation, and as mechanisms for regime legitimating. They demonstrate changing concepts of the state over time and the changing aspirations of state elites’ (Deans and Dobson : 6). Nation‐building usually includes the creation of a range of national accoutrements, including flags, anthems, national days, national languages and myths (e.g.…”

Section: Postal Stamps and Their Political And Social Rolementioning

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“…The world's first postage stamps were issued in the UK in May 1840, as nominal value payments for delivery of mail in the country, and they bore a drawing of Queen Victoria's head as an expression of British rule. Since then, Yehiel Limor & David Mekelberg 906 the use of stamps for political purposes and propaganda spread around the world (Deans and Dobson 2005;Frewer 2002;Gibbons 2000;Kristi 1992;Lauritzen 1988;Newman 1989). Stamps are, as previously discussed, government documents (Wolinetz 1975) or 'products of states' (Brunn 2002;Covington and Brunn 2006;Deans and Dobson 2005;Frewer 2002;Raento 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Since then, Yehiel Limor & David Mekelberg 906 the use of stamps for political purposes and propaganda spread around the world (Deans and Dobson 2005;Frewer 2002;Gibbons 2000;Kristi 1992;Lauritzen 1988;Newman 1989). Stamps are, as previously discussed, government documents (Wolinetz 1975) or 'products of states' (Brunn 2002;Covington and Brunn 2006;Deans and Dobson 2005;Frewer 2002;Raento 2006). As Covington and Brunn (2006: 125) put it, 'postage stamps … are "windows" of the state, as through its stamp issues the state can decide what it wants to show to others about itself'.…”

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The smallest ideological and political battlefield: depicting borders on postage stamps – the case of Israel

Limor

Mekelberg

2017

Nations and Nationalism

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There are few dozen areas in dispute around the world, where the borders have not been agreed by the involved parties or by the international community. The dispute over the Israeli border is particularly complex as it not only presents disagreement between the opposing sides in play but also in the international arena and within the Israeli political system and society. This paper examines one way in which the State of Israel is trying to define its borders through postage stamps. The argument raised is that Israel issues stamps that deal with disputed territorial areas in accordance with the ideology of the ruling party of a certain period, as well as the respective social consensus surrounding a particular area. Our findings support this argument and find three meta‐messages incorporated into the stamps, including the historical connection between the State of Israel and the land of Israel, unified Jerusalem, and the Christian connection to Jerusalem.

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Section: Postal Stamps and Their Political And Social Rolementioning

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The smallest ideological and political battlefield: depicting borders on postage stamps – the case of Israel

Limor

Mekelberg

2017

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“…El sistema fue un éxito y rápidamente fue adoptado en todo el mundo, pues incrementó enormemente la comunicación escrita y trajo profundas implicaciones para la vida de individuos y sociedades (Golden 2009). Pese a su importancia histórica, las estampillas postales han sido sorprendentemente desdeñadas en la academia (Deans y Dobson 2005;Reid 1984). De hecho, cuando son usadas, casi nunca son como fuente de información, sino simplemente como materiales de apoyo, por ejemplo, como ilustración ocasional en un libro.…”

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¿Juntos y bien revueltos? La representación etnocultural de México em estampillas postales de 1930-1940

Hoyo¹

2014

La Nación Expuesta. Cultura Visual Y Procesos De Formación De La Nación en América Latina

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All the contents of this work, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Todo o conteúdo deste trabalho, exceto quando houver ressalva, é publicado sob a licença Creative Commons Atribição 4.0.Todo el contenido de esta obra, excepto donde se indique lo contrario, está bajo licencia de la licencia Creative Commons Reconocimento 4.0.

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“…But because they were used shamelessly for propaganda purposes by certain countries, they were not always welcomed by philatelists 1 . There was an implicit recognition that ‘stamps were not ideologically innocent or politically neutral’ (Deans & Dobson, 2005: 4).…”

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Propagating Afrikaner nationalism: The Voortrekker stamps as icons of an ideology, c.1933–1949

Baines

2023

Nations and Nationalism

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This paper posits the importance of visual representations in cultivating a national consciousness among white Afrikaners in South Africa. It provides a case study of stamps issued to commemorate the centenary of the Great Trek in 1938 that sought to raise awareness of and funds for the Voortrekker Monument project. Although stamps are, ordinarily, symbols of banal nationalism, the Voortrekker stamps resonated strongly with the sentiments the Afrikaner volk (people). They reified an iconography of the Voortrekkers and the narrative of the Great Trek already embedded in a canon of texts, images and rituals. The paper provides a semiotic reading of the designs of the stamps and shows how they shaped the cultural imaginary of Afrikaners. Although the Voortrekker stamps were issued with the approval of the postal authorities, they were actually commissioned by the Sentrale Volksmonumentekomitee [Central People's Monuments Committee (SVK)], which had close ties to the National Party (NP) opposition. Although the project was largely state sponsored, the SVK insisted upon its autonomy. Thus the government sanctioned a project over which it exercised no jurisdiction. The United Party paid a price for accommodating sectional Afrikaner interests when it lost control of the state in 1948.

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Introduction: East Asian postage stamps as socio-political artefacts

Cited by 27 publications

References 5 publications

The smallest ideological and political battlefield: depicting borders on postage stamps – the case of Israel

The smallest ideological and political battlefield: depicting borders on postage stamps – the case of Israel

¿Juntos y bien revueltos? La representación etnocultural de México em estampillas postales de 1930-1940

Propagating Afrikaner nationalism: The Voortrekker stamps as icons of an ideology, c.1933–1949

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