{"id":2463,"date":"2026-10-02T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:13:11","slug":"the-postage-in-war-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/?p=2463","title":{"rendered":"The Postage in War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Postage in War<\/strong><br>Hugo Costa, Juhan Reis and Moritz Wizany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project is a re-edition of The Postage Stamp in War by Fred J. Melville, originally published in London in 1915. Starting from the relationship between the postage stamp and the representation of the State, it explores how these communication objects can work as instruments for building and projecting national identities, particularly in times of political transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2456\" src=\"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-01-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Postage in War \u2014 image 1 of 5\" class=\"wp-image-2456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-01-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-01-238x300.jpg 238w, 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War \u2014 image 4 of 5\" class=\"wp-image-2459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-04-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-04-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-04-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-04-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-04-2048x1281.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-04-1568x981.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"2460\" src=\"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"The Postage in War \u2014 image 5 of 5\" class=\"wp-image-2460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-2048x1277.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/arquivo-material-prj-074-05-1568x978.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The re-edition preserves the documentary and historical character of the original publication while reinterpreting it through a contemporary editorial approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Imprint \/ Technical Rider<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Year<\/strong>: 2025<br><strong>Dimensions<\/strong>: 142 \u00d7 180 \u00d7 20 mm; 226 pages<br><strong>Materials<\/strong>: Arena Rough Natural 90 g\/m\u00b2.<br><strong>Production and finishing<\/strong>: Digital printing.<br><strong>Resources and credits<\/strong>: ABC Monument Grotesk \u2014 Dinamo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Curricular Unit:<\/strong><br>Project (1st year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Supervising Professor:<\/strong><br>Cristina Ferreira<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Stamps, War, Reissue, History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdgpe.fba.up.pt\/expo\/2026\/index.html?prj=74&amp;lang=en\">See this project in the <em>Material Archive<\/em> interactive archive \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is a re-edition of The Postage Stamp in War by Fred J. 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