1994 Posta Romana tree 940L Fraxinus Excelsior L pine Stamp

1994 Posta Romana tree 940L Fraxinus Excelsior L pine Stamp Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

F15P9R

File size:

50.2 MB (2.1 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

3408 x 5152 px | 28.9 x 43.6 cm | 11.4 x 17.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 July 2015

More information:

. This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2015 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through 1994 Posta Romana tree 940L Fraxinus Excelsior L pine Stamp. The image also relates to community identity, documentary photography, stamp design, social history, postal ephemera, postal graphic design, local character, philatelic collecting, everyday life, before-and-after reference, collectable stamp, regional identity, paper communication, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by collecting, digital communication and the continuing question of how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at the recorded location, details that may look very different after new construction. The subject also sits alongside commemorative issue, visual archive, contemporary social history, local history, philatelic material, archival record, historical comparison, and postal artefact. The combination of Posta, Excelsior, Stamp, Fraxinus, and Romana anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The example at the recorded location adds local texture to the wider historical context. The setting also helps illustrate collecting and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another useful connection is mail history and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication within the real-world context of the recorded location. Image F15P9R also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.