20th Anniversary Stamp — Commemorative Stamp Design

Client

Derasat — Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies

Project

20th Anniversary Stamp — His Majesty the King

Location

Kingdom of Bahrain

Year

2019

Industry

Government & Public Sector / National Commemoration

Services

Stamp design; commemorative illustration; print design; national commemorative artwork

What we did

Created the commemorative stamp artwork and visual treatment for the 20th anniversary of the accession of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, for Derasat’s commemorative publication and Bahrain Post’s issue

About the project

The project commemorated the 20th anniversary of the accession of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Derasat commissioned the work in connection with its commemorative publication marking the anniversary; Bahrain Post subsequently issued the commemorative stamp and souvenir sheet in cooperation with Derasat.

Khalid Al-Muharraqi and Muharraqi Studios created the commemorative stamp artwork and visual treatment for the anniversary. The piece belongs to a wider body of stamp-design work created by Khalid Al-Muharraqi over many years, combining illustration, national symbolism and highly controlled small-format graphic design.

Postage-stamp work requires an illustration to function at several levels at once: as a detailed commemorative artwork, as a very small printed object, as an official national item, and as part of a larger souvenir and presentation format.

Outcome

The commemorative design formed part of the official 20th-anniversary issue associated with Derasat’s publication and Bahrain Post’s stamp and souvenir-sheet release.

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