Expressed: Ten Philatelic Fictions
Barbara Hodgson
A collection of postage stamps produced by the author/artist, in conjunction with the publication of her fiction and non-fiction books.
Each stamp is mounted on a verso, with a brief commentary by Barbara on the facing recto. She also created 10 appropriate (and equally bogus) postmarks with which the stamps have been (roughly) cancelled. Set in Gill Sans and Bembo types, and printed on Rives Lightweight.
Due to the limited number of her earliest stamps available, the edition was just 35 copies, press numbered and signed by Hodgson. Issued in two states (see below). 12mo, 28 pp. 2006
Copies 1–5 (and 3 A.P. copies) include two pieces of original art used to create one of the stamps, sewn in at the back of the book, accompanied by a brief description of the pieces handwritten by Hodgson. These copies are extra bound in full leather by Claudia Cohen, with a box.
Copies 6–35 were bound at HM: sewn on tapes and put into a limp case made from Reg Lissel’s semi-transparent vellum paper, lined with a printed sheet, and issued in a slipcase.