Introduction: Stamps as symbols of a visual nationalism
Stanley D. Brunn
Chapter 1—Images, semiotics and political transitions: Case studies of first issues from eight nations
James H. Grayson
Chapter 2—Using China’s stamp issues to document economic and political changes
Juncheng Dai and Stanley D. Brunn
Chapter 3—Post-liberation Korea – The first postage stamps: A comparative semiotic study of nation building in North and South Korea
James H. Grayson
Chapter 4—From the Netherlands East Indies to Indonesia: A philatelic iconography of political upheaval
Ton Dietz, Ot Louw and Arie Zonjee
Chapter 5—Kazakhstan’s first twenty-five years of postage stamps: Highlighting nature, nationalism, and selective Soviet memory
Kristopher D. White
Chapter 6—Imaging political turmoil through postage stamps in the heart of Africa: Congo/Zaire 1950-1971 from colonialism to national identity
Ton Dietz and Patience Kabamba
Chapter 7—Couriers of change: The semiotics of Senegalese postage stamps
Karen S. Barton
Chapter 8—"Non!" visible: How Guinée stamped its political leadership on Africa's decolonization, 1958-1962
Jan Jansen
Chapter 9—Three marked transitions in Ethiopia’s stamp issues: 1960s to present
Elyas Abdulahi Mahmoued and Habtamu Girma Demiessie
Chapter 10—Transitions in postage stamp iconography: From apartheid to democracy in South Africa
Manfred Spocter
Chapter 11—From UN-mandated territory to independent Namibia
Stephen Rule
Chapter 12—Mauritius and its politics on stamps, 1958-1977
Ton Dietz
Chapter 13—History as stamped by postage stamps: Poland’s transitions in the 20th century
Agnieszka Świętek
Chapter 14—Estonia on stamps: Abrupt and smooth periods of political transition
Jussi S. Jauhiainen and Taavi Pae
Chapter 15—The breakup of Yugoslavia: Territorial disintegration and political transition documented through images on stamps, 1986-2010
Anton Gosar
Chapter 16—Postage stamps as political transition and integration: The case of North Cyprus Europa stamps 1975 and 1998
Dilan Çiftçi
Chapter 17—Stamps of the Palestinian Authority: Asserting national identity while under occupation, 1994-2019
Calvin H. Allen, Jr.
Chapter 18—Cuba: The evolution of revolutionary stamps
Charles O. Collins
Chapter 19—Local political upheaval and global cultural appropriation: The postage stamps of Grenada, 1974-1988
Thomas L. Bell and James Senn
Chapter 20—Cartooning islands for fun and profit: The proliferation of Disney stamps
William Silvester
Chapter 21—Reading contemporary America through Forever stamp themes: A visual analysis and interpretation
Donna Gilbreath
Chapter 22—Feminine philately: Global unevenness in celebrating women on stamps
Stanley D. Brunn
Biography
Stanley D. Brunn is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
