印章裡的故事 - RESEARCH NOTES:集章筆記本
今年我們推出了新的二款 RESEARCH NOTES,其中一款是以集章為概念的:RESEARCH NOTES:集章筆記本This year, we've introduced two new RESEARCH NOTES, including one inspired by the joy of collecting stamps.
RESEARCH NOTES: Stamp Collection Notebook |印章的故事 Stories Behind the Stamps 然而封面上的眾多印章中,有少數幾顆是真實存在於歷史上的郵戳。
Among the many stamp designs on the cover, a few are based on real historical postmarks.例如這枚 1890 年英國「Uniform Penny Postage(統一一便士郵資)」施行 50 週年紀念郵戳。
One example is this commemorative postmark issued in 1890, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Britain's Uniform Penny Postage. 1840 年以前,寄信依距離計費,甚至常由收件人支付郵資,使郵政服務並不普及。直到 1840 年,英國推行「全國一律一便士郵資」,並發行世界第一枚郵票 Penny Black,徹底改變了郵政制度。
Before 1840, postage was calculated by distance and was often paid by the recipient, making mail expensive and inconvenient. That changed with the introduction of the Uniform Penny Postage, along with the world's first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black, making postal service accessible to everyone.郵戳上的 「V R」 是 Victoria Regina(維多利亞女王)的縮寫,也是維多利亞時代官方郵政常見的王室標記;「1D」 則代表 1 penny(1 便士)。
The "V R" stands for Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria), a royal mark commonly found on official Victorian postal items, while "1D" denotes one penny.而 「TUBE POST」 指的是當時的氣送郵件系統,利用地下管道與壓縮空氣快速運送郵件,是 19 世紀末倫敦最先進的郵遞技術之一。
The "TUBE POST" refers to London's pneumatic mail system, which used compressed air to send mail through underground tubes, one of the city's most advanced postal technologies in the late 19th century.一枚小小的郵戳,蓋下的,卻是一整場通訊革命。
A tiny postmark can tell the story of an entire communications revolution. |替迷失的筆記本留下回家的路 Leave a way home for your wandering notebook如果不幸運地,這本筆記本流浪到不知道那裡,可以先在這裡留下EMAIL或是其它通訊方式。
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