Covers & Cinderellas

Collages.  Page 5

Mahler 5.  ppc unused
139 x 89mm. i

Winter. Balloon.  ppc 2007
Stamp: Belgium 1933 cancel
148 x 105mm. i
Royal Philatelic Society London.

75c Balloon. Railway.  Stamp: Belgium 1932 cancel
digital ppc Nubian Desert, Sudan. Watercolour 1982
94 x 154mm. i

1.75F Balloon. Ferry.  Stamp: Belgium 1933 cancel
digital ppc Ferry to Merowe, Sudan. Watercolour 1982
94 x 154mm. i

2.50F Balloon. Pyramids.
Stamp: Belgium 1932 cancel
digital ppc Pyramids from the Gebel Barkal, Sudan.
Watercolour 1982
153 x 94mm. i

Winter. Lebensstufen.  ppc 2007
Stamp: West Germany 1974
148 x 105mm.    Private Collection: Tokyo.

Penang Hill.  rppc unused.
138 x 89mm. ii.

5 Card.  Stamps: Belgium 1973
digital ppc 23 Brook Street detail
154 x 104mm. i

River Crossing.  Stamps: AEF 1953/54 cancels
digital ppc Ferry to Merowe, Sudan. Watercolour 1982
82 x 170mm. i

The Collages.

2012 - 2016
All feature original items from postal history in combination with a hand finished,
digitally remastered and printed version of the original watercolour.
Signed with monogram: N
Matt black framed, black archival mount boards: 285 x 225 x 35mm
[ View framed ]

Philatelic terms.

Cover.  Prior to the invention of the envelope letters were wrapped/covered with another sheet that would bear the address and provide privacy for the content.  Cinderella . . . was not allowed to attend the Ball. Similarly the name refers to stamps that were not issued for national revenue purposes - it was advised that these be excluded from collections.  Cachet  image/text featured on cover.  pmk  postmark.  EL  entire letter.  ppc  picture postcard.  FDC  first day cover.  FFC  first flight cover.
QV, KEVII  Queen Victoria, King Edward VII etc.