Tuesday, August 9, 2011

构成品系的HPFDC

By Rui Chen

国内的集邮收藏有种玩法叫做极限片,一张明信片上,邮戳、邮票以及明信片上的背景讲求三位一体。来了老美这边,并没有发现相似的玩法,他们只是各种各样的都来,各个国家的也都研究,更多的他们是按照Scott对喜欢的地区进行系统收刮。

而我不同,集邮对于我各有一种审美与知识的趣味,在拿起每一套邮票之前,我总是努力地会将他做一个分类,给自己一个接受它的理由。其实,经常去ebay上看看也是一个不错的选择,就像以前去赵涌在线,后来的,易趣。在一个更大的充分展示自己的平台上,确实是可以找到更多有趣的东西。当然,话说回来,和当地的集邮交流相比,邮费也确实是不小的压力。在加上,我并没有明确的收藏压力(短时间制作一个专题),去ebay上逛逛对我的吸引力也确实是不小。

既然是谈到集邮的审美功用,今天看到的有关preliminary artwork就是一个比较有意思的藏品选项,它也是所谓的邮票的手绘稿本。当然,这是制作邮票工程中必不可少的环节。而另一个则看起来更像是兴趣爱好,也就是hand painted的FDC(first day cover, 首日封)。而我想后者可能也是国内集邮公司关于极限片想法所借鉴的源泉吧。

有着悠久FDC历史(FDC这个概念最先是在1923年出来的,当时的united states postal service(现在的Post Office Department)开始在新邮票的发行时间和发行地上做起了文章,这样也就随之产生了FDC,与USPS的official FDC相对应,集邮爱好者在发行日其它地点所做的工作都是unofficial,这点很好理解)的美国邮政,HPFDC也伴随着成长为一个特别的门类。

如果非要给HPFDC做个注解,这篇文章无疑是做了相当多的工作。

关键词cachet
要解释清楚HPFDC,cachet是一个entry,简言之就是集邮爱好者或者是艺术爱好者(我相信很大程度上是both)在信封上所做的一些艺术性的诠释工作,这可以视为是邮票在FDC上的延伸。

首先,根据信封上basic design的不同可以分为四类:
P = Cachets produced by mass production methods (eg. printed)
T = Thermographed designs
HD = Cachets that are hand-drawn
HP = Cachets that are hand-painted or colored
随后通过它们的组合构成创意的呈现:
P only = A totally printed cachet - the most common, millions produced for most stamp issues 
P/HP = A cachet that is produced by printing the basic design, then painted or colored by hand (note: some producers of P/HP use the term HP to abbreviate this designation) - less common because of the time required to hand color each envelope 
T/HP = A cachet for which the basic design is produced by thermography, then colored by hand - less common than P/HP but can be mass-produced once the design is set. Some T/HP are also hand-colored after printing. 
HD/HP = A cachet that is produced by hand-drawing the basic design then hand painting or coloring it - these are normally quite rare as they require more time to produce. Some artists will spend up to 30 hours on a single envelope!
如果说上面只能算作是FDC定型后的艺术加工,下面对FDC材质本身的考虑则让HPFDC在制作考虑的维度上有了新的拓展。当然面对这些国内所谓的丝织封、锡箔封,我好奇为什么文章中并没有提到像金箔封这样的藏品(可能还是太少见):
P/A (silk) = A cachet that is composed of printed silk affixed to the envelope.
P/A (tin) = A cachet that is composed of a printed tin plate affixed to the envelope.
comment:
最先看到的Ellis animated cartoon实际上就是用Ellis来作为cachet设计的动画原型。

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