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Topical Exhibiting & Judging of 1 Frame Exhibits |
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Part II |
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Eileen Meier |
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The Old World Archaeoligist, Vol. XVII, Nr. 3 |
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(continued from part 1) |
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(Editor's Note: This is the third installment on Eileen Meier's exhibit on the Twelve Labors of Hercules. Each revised version has earned her a higher level of award In the first few paragraphs here she refers to Pages Six and Seven of the March issue of Old World Archaeologist. Readers should have that story handy to refer to as she narrates her changes. |
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Page 6, right hand column, 2/3s down the page: |
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Other problems… please remove the words "the downward arrows need to be reversed as father precedes the son in the thematic text as arrows and text agree". |
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Add: There is no need for the years of issue above the stamps as they have different values and colors. Years of issue are used when one is doing a study of an issue and the stamps are not easily identifiable to the eye. For example same printing plates and ink but different paper. |
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Page 7, bottom of right hand column: |
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Please add not to text on the earlier page two, there were problems as I had NOT identified the stamp design subjects above the stamps on this page. |
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Enclosing my fourth version of pages two and three - which I showed at NTSS 1999 and earned a Gold Award. (Editor's Note: These are Pages Eleven and Twelve of this issue.) |
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This is probably my last article on this subject as I prefer to answer specific questions from our exhibitor membership in future issues of our publication. |
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My typewriter "died" so I bought a new one with very different typefaces so that the typeface for thematic, for philatelic and for footnotes could easily be determined by the viewer. This trend is widely used at the international level as the judges have very little time to read and study each entry. |
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The mounts that I was using were from an earlier exhibit "The Olympian Gods" and they looked tired. So I changed the color and used new mounts throughout the exhibit to give it a fresh look. |
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In reference to the first page of "Why" chapter (here on Page 11): 1 added thematic text to stamps whose design was not easily identified. |
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Removed price from postal card front. As card is buff and price is in light pencil I had not noticed it before. |
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Doing an exhibit over gives one an opportunity to restudy each page and to make corrections to improve each page. |
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On the second page of the "Why" chapter (Here on Page 12): To make the thematic clearer I changed the first paragraph of text. |
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I added the Monaco Hercules postmark as it is harder to obtain than the Greek booklet In pagan times, Hercules was the patron hero guardian of Monaco. |
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Just realized that philatelic order of items does not agree with the thematic text order. Before exhibiting again I will change write-up to read, "Hercules, as an illegitimate son of Zeus was the subject to Hera's* jealousy". |
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With the footnote to read, "Goddess of marriage and wife of Zeus". |
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Even a Gold medal exhibit can be improved. |
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Again thematic captions are placed above stamps whose designs are not easily identified. |
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I hope to revise the exhibit again and try for a Platinum at NTSS 2001. For ten years I have been searching for six items which fit into this exhibit and I hope to find them this year. |
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I am thinking of eliminating page two - as the good item on the page the Greek postal card shows Hermes not Hercules. I also continue to get negative comments about the use of the Paraguay stamp. |
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I plan to use page three as page two. I hope to add a new page three using Greek booklet cover to explain that the official chronological order of Hercules' labors was set by the metropes of the Zeus Temple at Olympia. |
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The room at the bottom of the page will be devoted to where Hercules performed his labors. Readers of the Plan might not be familiar where the Peloponnese, Outside Peloponnese and Ends of the Earth geographic terms were used by the ancient Greeks. |
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A good newspaper story tells the reader the Who, What, Why, When and Where of a story so I hope these changes in development of theme will improve my exhibit. |
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I would be happy to hear the comments of our readership on these changes. Please drop me a line at PO Box 369, Palmyra, Virginia, 22962. |
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