First published on March 20, 2025
A4 size, 4-color printing, 198 pages
Author: Toshimitsu Shinohara
Price: 4,400 yen (tax included)
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Double page spread sample
Self-portrait
Copy
Nature
flower
Features of this book
I. Contains 1,248 stamps from around the world with motifs of Van Gogh’s paintings (170 paintings).
II. The world’s first stamp collection featuring only Van Gogh’s paintings.
III. Covers the period from 1940 (Netherlands), when it was first issued, to 2024 (France).
Ⅳ．Each page is laid out almost at full size, but the design is beautiful and easy to read. The pictures are clearly visible.
V. You can also enjoy it as a collection of works.
Ⅵ. The book is organized by subject, making Van Gogh’s world easy to understand.
VII. Includes reference materials such as “Issuing Boom” and “Distribution of Issuing Countries and Regions (illustrated on a map).”
Ⅷ. A biography of the author, recounting various anecdotes about his stamp collecting.
[Summary (from the table of contents)]
I. Top 10 Popular
II. Overview by era and theme
III. Van Gogh stamps sorted by theme
Self-portraits, people, copies, still lifes, flowers, houses, buildings, bridges, nature
IV. Four Issuance Booms
V. Distribution of issuing countries and regions
From the author’s afterword:
When I looked up a Tanzanian stamp issued in 1991 in a collection of Van Gogh’s paintings, I found that it looked similar to “Blooming Orchard,” but I couldn’t find the exact work. After looking at it repeatedly, I realized that it was the same work, but reversed from left to right. I was surprised that this was possible, and when I looked at the stamps in my collection again, I found that stamps that I had classified as different types of stamps were actually the same type of reversed stamps. For example, of the 22 stamps of “Self-Portrait,” which should be facing left, three were facing right. For “Wheat Field with Cypresses,” there were two stamps where the cypresses that should be on the right were on the left. There was also one stamp of “Road and Stairs in the Village of Auvers” where the stairs leading up to the right were on the left.
The images on the stamps on the top right (Congo) and bottom left (Chad) are reversed.
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