eleventh post (print + publishing)

A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person. Below are some examples of commemorative stamps.

For the London Games of 2012 a group of artists commissioned work to be used as commemorative stamps. Each is done in a specific style and features subjects from the events of the Olympics. Here is their work.

The third image from above is by artist Natalie Guinamard who designed this stamp for the 2012 Olympics. The medium she used to create this image was collage.

Another example of a commemorative stamp is this work by artist Matt Groening, who collaborated with the US Postal Service to create a series of 'The Simpsons' commemorative stamps. The style of the stamps is cartoonist and they were produced using digital means