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Politics and the Penny Black: The power of banal nationalism
Among the many symbolic actions and tangible artifacts serving under the umbrella of 'banal nationalism,' stamps and their subtle messages have long…
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Jesse Robitaille
The world's first stamp: Politics and the Penny Black
Large crowds of Victorian-era Brits clamoured for an opportunity to buy the Penny Black, 'an innovation equal to today's iPads and iPhones,' according…
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Introducing stamps as propaganda
'A postage stamp is one of the best advertising mediums the country can have,' said Australian Postmaster General Charles Frazer in 1913, following a…
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Jesse Robitaille
The queen on my money: Propaganda in my pocket
Similar to stamps' nation-building utility, coins and banknotes also avail to their issuers semiotic storytelling value often used to promote a national…
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When worlds collide: Power & Philately
Part of the fragile framework holding together a country's mythos, postage stamps have long served as a form of propaganda.
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