Please discover this space on the Web that is dedicated to visual arts
(painting, drawing, sculpting, pottery, tapestry, enamel) as they appear on stamps. It provides information about new issues, offers free
advertisement space, a huge free database (as a free download and also
on-line), an extensive art gallery,
a free Paintings and Arts on Stamps Internet Club (PASIC) membership,
tips for beginners, useful links, a poll, a magazine,
pages dedicated to thematic collection, to postal history and to
other subjects. You will also find many images, the more recent of
them being of a good
quality.
This site is the first non-commercial and so far the most
complete one as related to the topics Art
on Stamps. It was firstly published on the Web in October 1996.
The webmaster has intended this site for you, a person who wishes to know more about the wonderful world of Art on
Stamps, about topical philately and generally about stamps. It was created and
is permanently updated by Victor Manta, a Swiss stamp collector. You can benefit from
his experience, because he is collecting stamps for a
long time, being very active in this domain, especially on the Web.
In 1997 Mr. Manta founded
PASIC,
the Paintings and Arts on Stamps Internet Club, counting at time over
700
members from
70 countries. PASIC is affiliated since 1999
with the American Topical Association. Mr.
Manta
is also the founder and president of the Philatelic
Webmasters Organization and
the founder of the
Topical Stamps Club on Yahoo.
This site was awarded many times, in different
countries, for example in the year
2000 by the International
Philatelic Association (FIP).
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In time the webmaster has improved this successful site, by changing its appearance and by replacing the menu system with one that is compatible with more browsers and systems. Please notice that only three tabs are visible in the menu. Click on the black arrows in order to gain access to the Art (the most important), Misc and Topical sections.
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New or Recently
Updated Pages: Please click on News,
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Search Though This Site. If you want to search through this site (for instance for a favorite painter), please enter a keyword in the space provided under the menu, in the left frame. The results of the search will appear in the frame from which you are reading now.
Should you have problems in what concerns the appearance of this site and of its menu on your screen, please send an e-mail to the webmaster (remove the "spaam" from the address). Thank you for your visit, and have fun!
Legal notice. This site makes use of the low resolution scanned images of stamps found in webmaster’s personal collection. These images are used for teaching, in accordance with the paragraphs 1) and 2) of the Article 10 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. This utilization is compatible with Fair Practice and with Fair Use, as defined by The US Code Collection, Title 17, Chapter 1, § 107, Limitations on exclusive rights. Because the use of the images found on this site cannot be traced, the copying of any image is strictly prohibited.
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1996. Revised:
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