POSTER STAMPS AND POSTCARDS OF THE BUGRA - LEIPZIG, 1914

Internationale Ausstellung für Buchgewerbe und Graphik

Introduction

What was The Bugra?

The poster stamps
- Man riding Gryphon
- Hexagon
- Der Frau
- Other stamps

The postcards

Parodies and imitations

Mysteries

What are Poster Stamps?

Why Leipzig?

The Königliche Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe

Bugra pamphlet

Leipzig pamphlet

Impressions of the Bugra

New York Times article about the Bugra

1913

  POSTER STAMPS OF THE BUGRA

There are two primary poster stamps for the Bugra: Prometheus on a Gryphon, and a simple text-only hexagon.

 

HEXAGON

The hexagon stamp is a simple, text-only design, in German only. There are three versions, the generic advertising version (bicolor), a generic Exhibitor version (bicolor), and a version with specific exhibitors' names (tri-color). I have seen about sixteen different ink combinations of the first two. The paper is yellowish. Most have the letters "PSCH" along the bottom right edge. They are relatively plentiful. The third type is scarce.

   


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