Ugly stamps
You know the kind of stamps that make you think: “how do they come up with this?” Stamps with such bad designs that you wonder if someone had to bribe someone to get them printed on a stamp. Take a look here at some examples of successful ugly stamps.
Of all the people depicted on postage stamps, Elvis Presley is most likely the one for whom the ugliest stamps have been issued; below is a random selection of all the ugliness that has appeared in the world of postage stamps.
And what about this one? The cake on the stamp is at least easily recognizable. It is Bette Davis.
In Mali, this stamp was issued in 1976 to commemorate the invention of the telephone. However, I have no idea why Graham Bell, who is depicted on the stamp, is blowing away a satellite here.
The designer of these Tajikistan stamps had a little trouble with perspective.
In SaoTomé E. Principe, they decided to use the then-new program Photoshop for this stamp, with this as the result. When you tear the stamp open, you can just barely see a piece of Mother Theresa's headscarf, on which the cut-out neck of Princess Diana seems to rest softly.
Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Do you know of a good addition to this series?
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I do know a good addition: All picture stamps from Van Reijen, IGPC, Stamperija, and similar agencies.
And there are many like them.
Well, ugliness is of course always a bit “in the eye of the beholder”. Personally, I would vote for our hideous DJ stamps from 2014. In this context, it is also worth mentioning that I found the following on an international stamp forum regarding our own NVPH 1725:
“For constantly producing modern ugly stamps above and beyond the call of duty, you really cannot go past the Netherlands. I spent some time trying to select the worst of the worst of the worst, and finally settled on this gem, although there are many other contenders.
Comes under the heading “What were they thinking?” It wasn’t released – it escaped!”
all releases from 20 years ago, it all had to do with the limited (computer) capabilities at the time
All Elvis examples are subject to copyright and are therefore traced; paying for the actual photos is not an option (at least not back then) because that was far too expensive.
Take a look at the designs from recent years; they are usually beautiful (although one can argue about their philatelic value).
Moreover, 'ugly' is a very vague concept, especially when it comes to stamps; otherwise, everyone would collect the same things, wouldn't they?
'@Rinze
Fortunately, many beautiful stamps are released on a very regular basis; I certainly agree with you on that. And I can even imagine that you decide to include precisely these stamps in your collection, because they are simply camp and therefore also have a kind of collectible value.
But why then weren't the drawings made by a professional illustrator? That is what fascinates me. This phenomenon will always continue to fascinate me, because there are so many good illustrators walking around in this world.
Unfortunately, good illustrators are too expensive. It has to be cheap, especially at the agencies that issue stamps weekly. A photo or drawing with a bit of text around it, and you're done.