CPS Resource Centre
Finland, 2015-09-11
Finland Post autumn graphic design inspired “Animal Town” mini-sheet features 6 self-adhesive stamps representing various buildings as pictured from a large scale, oblique perspective “map-like” view. The September 11, 2015, 6,60€ denominated mini-sheet issue features an urban designed by graphic artist and illustrator Lotta Nieminen and depicts a “good-humored imaginary town in which animals and people live happily side by side.” Nieminen, “designed a small house in each of the stamps, allowing people to put together a miniature town of their own when they use the stamps on an envelope or package,” said of her design.
Croatia, 2015-07-09
Another issue, also depicting an extremely large scale oblique perspective “map-like” view is this September 7, 2015 issue of a stamp design contest from Croatia Post. The 3.10 HRK denominated single stamp features the theme of Children’s Traffic Safety and uses a brightly colored drawing by stamp design competition winner and student Ema Harčević. The stamp illustrates various traffic safety related themes, such as a cross-walk/intersection, roads with cars, signals and signage, along with potential accident scenarios.
[while these may not be traditional “A type” map stamps, as defined by by the MoS Checklist, they are worthy of consideration as “O type” map stamps of some variety. perhaps it is the “oblique aerial perspective” or generalized designs. in any case, they represent unique forms of map stamps. in similar consideration, some may wonder if this issue from Latvia is a kind of map stamp? it is an aerial image and while a number of satellite and aerial images are listed as “O type” map stamps, however because of its scale, should this issue from Latvia also be listed in the MoS? ]
