6, ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD... Wed. duly 7 1976

STAND CORNER

ROSES ALL THE WAY

The most. popular flower
in Great Britain is probably
the rose. As this year is
‘National Rose Year and also
marks the centenary of the
Royal National Rose

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Society, there. could hardly
be a better bouquet than the
set of four rose stamps the
British Post Office is issuing
on June 30.

The stamps are delightful.

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Kristin’ Rosenberg, ' the
world-famous painter of
wild flowers. These are the

§ first stamps she has ever

designed, and it is always

| pleasing to find a new name

appearing in the world of

stamp design.
It was just nine years ago

Ms. Rosenberg started

displayed at the Royal
Horticultural Society

Flower Show. Her painting

fis not ‘restricted to w

flowers, - however, and she
maintains personal

f collection of “eaves, but-

terflies, shells, as subjects
for future paintings. She
also paints portraits.
To offer some impression
of the skill of Kristin
Rosenberg, it is worth
remembering that the

i watercolors used as the
f artwork for the final stamps |
were prepared stamp size, ©

being carefully painted on

natural colours against a
white background. The
silhouette portrait of the
Queen on each value ap-
pears in gold, while the
denomination and_in-
scription is in black.

The fine artwork has been -

*taithfully reproduced by
Harrison and Sons Ltd.
using .the photogravure
process. As with all British
special stamps these days,

phosphor needed for

automatic postmarking’ of.

the stamps is applied in the

form of an all-over coating,
so as not to distract from the

attraction of the -designs.

As usual the four stamps
are also available in a
presentation pack, ‘which
provides “additional

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while four postcards are
also’ available, reproducing
the stamps inenlargectorm.

The roses shown. on the .

stamps include ‘Elizabeth of

Glamis’ on the 8'4p, a pink .
floribunda named after
’ Queen Elizabeth the Queen
Mother, Patron-of the Royal.

National Rose Society. The

10p stamp shows the. hybrid :
tea rose sorandpa Dickson’, |

which - ale yellow in
colour. ‘In eed, depicting

this rose on a stamp offered ~
the greatest problems to the

designer, since she needed

to show a pale rose against a.

white background.

The bright crimson shrub -

_ Tose ‘Rosa Mundi’ is shown
on the 11p value, while the |
final stamp of the series, the -

13p shows the pale red rose

‘Sweet Briar’, which was.

introduced at the end of the
last century.

As with most new British -

series: of ‘stamps, .Ms.
Rosenberg was: asked-along
with some. other designers-
to prepare rough designs for

stamps: showing roses. She.

has been’ working on the

designs . since — last
‘November. The painted .
roses are’ faithful repor- -
ductions of the real-life 7

flowers.

The result is ‘four: most a
attractive — stamps BO
pleasing to the eye that they a
‘are certain to prove ex-.°- ..
tremely. popular. not. only.'. |
_ With stamp .collectors, but): ..
“also ‘with British public as‘ -.
- they use the stamps on their .

everyday -mail.

showease ‘for the work of .

painting. wild flowers, .
having had her.watercolors ©

exhibitions, where she- won -
18 medals. She also displays,
each year at the Chelsea

vellum. On the stamps the
roses are shown in their.

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