Very Scarce 1945 Netherlands Poster Stamp + 1 Guilder For Affected Rotterdam Students Benno Wissing Designer Issued September 1 1945 K 2063 Serial #- 28375 Printed On Reverse Artist Benno Wissing (1923-2008) MNH Handling Marks (Inventory #- 090226_00203) 

What This Poster Stamp Is All About: This Dutch Fundraising Sluitzegel Was Issued On September 1, 1945 To Raise Relief Funds For Affected Rotterdam Students In The Immediate Aftermath Of World War II. The Seal Was Designed By Benno Wissing (1923-2008), The Important Dutch Graphic Designer Who Had Entered The Rotterdam Art Academy In 1941. Wissing Returned To Rotterdam Near The End Of 1944 And Experienced The Hunger Winter Before The Liberation. Dutch Design-History Sources Describe The Immediate Postwar Rebuilding Of Rotterdam As The Setting In Which His Design Career Began, Making This Dated 1945 Seal An Especially Early Example Of His Graphic Work. Wissing Later Established His Independent Design Practice In 1949 And Became A Co-Founder Of Total Design In 1963. 

The Imperforate Seal Features A Distinctive Early Modernist Composition Printed In Red And Green, With A Standing Figure In A Tall Hat, A Large Leaping Or Tumbling Animal, Abstract Geometric And Architectural Forms, And A Prominent + 1.- At Lower Left. The Wording Voor Getroffen Rotterdamsche Studenten Identifies The Purpose As Aid For Affected Rotterdam Students. The + 1.- Indicates A Contribution Of 1 Dutch Guilder. At The Bottom, Benno Wissing Fec. Identifies Wissing As The Designer, While The Inscription Opposite It Reads Uitgegeven 1-9-'45, Establishing The Issue Date As September 1, 1945. K 2063 Is Printed At Lower Right; Its Precise Printer Or Printing-House Identification Has Not Been Independently Confirmed And Therefore Should Not Be Assigned To A Specific Printer Without Further Documentation. Visible Text Reads: Sluitzegel + 1.- Voor Getroffen Rotterdamsche Studenten Benno Wissing Fec. Uitgegeven 1-9-'45 K 2063 Original Language (Specify Language): Dutch English Translation: Poster Stamp + 1 Guilder For Affected Rotterdam Students Benno Wissing Designer Issued September 1 1945 K 2063 Year Of Issue: 1945 Country Of Origin: Netherlands Currency/Denomination: + 1 Dutch Guilder.

This Is A Private Charity And Relief Seal Rather Than Government Postage. Its September 1, 1945 Issue Date Places It After The Liberation Of The Netherlands And After The End Of The War In Europe, During The Period When Rotterdam Was Beginning Its Physical And Social Reconstruction. Wissing Had Returned To Rotterdam By The End Of 1944, And Design-History Accounts Specifically Describe The Post-Liberation Rebuilding Of Rotterdam As The Environment In Which His Work As A Designer Emerged. He Subsequently Became Closely Associated With Rotterdam Cultural Institutions, Including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, De Doelen, And Other Major Organizations.

This 1945 Seal Appears To Represent An Exceptionally Early Graphic Work By Benno Wissing. Authoritative Biographical Sources Date The Beginning Of His Independent Design Practice To 1949, Approximately Four Years After This Seal Was Issued. His Later Career Included Nearly 100 Posters, Catalogues, Monographs, And Calendars For Museum And Cultural Clients, Followed By His Role As A Co-Founder Of Total Design. The Exact Seal Has Not Been Located In The Standard Readily Searchable Poster-Stamp Or Cinderella Catalog References Examined, And No Reliable Published Print Quantity Or Auction Realization For This Exact Issue Has Been Confirmed. Therefore, It Should Be Described As An Uncommon Early Wissing Design Rather Than Claiming A Specific Rarity Or Limited Printing Without Further Documentation.

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