International Identity Day
Every year on 16th of September, we celebrate International Identity Day. It reminds us about the important role that identity plays in enabling people to exercise their rights and responsibilities fairly and equitably in a [...]
Third place for the Hungarian music stamp produced by ANY
The German philatelic group, Motivgruppe Musik held an online stamp beauty contest during the summer to find the most aesthetic stamp among the music-themed stamps issued in 2020. Thanks to Magyar Posta (the Hungarian Post), [...]
The invisible beauty: wonders revealed by UV light – Security and aesthetics hand in hand 3.
Post No. 3. Fluorescent rainbow prints – multiplication of colours Rainbow or split-fountain printing is a well known process of security printing. It uses two or more colours on one printing plate merging the colours [...]
The invisible beauty: wonders revealed by UV light – Security and aesthetics hand in hand 2.
Post No. 2. Micro elements There is no exact definition (at least I don’t know) what is a “micro element”. I would suggest to use this expression for images that are beyond the resolution of [...]
The invisible beauty: wonders revealed by UV light – Security and aesthetics hand in hand
Post No. 1. The beginnings In 1934 Robert (Bob) and Joseph (Joe) Switzer established their first company, the Fluor-S-Art Co., and partnered with San Francisco artist Delmar Gray to produce fluorescent displays for commercial advertising. [...]