Stanley D. Brunn is Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

Introduction: Stamps as symbols of a visual nationalism Chapter 1-Images, semiotics and political transitions: Case studies of first issues from eight nations Chapter 2-Using China's stamp issues to document economic and political changes Chapter 3-Post-liberation Korea - The first postage stamps: A comparative semiotic study of nation building in North and South Korea Chapter 4-From the Netherlands East Indies to Indonesia: A philatelic iconography of political upheaval Chapter 5-Kazakhstan's first twenty-five years of postage stamps: Highlighting nature, nationalism, and selective Soviet memory Chapter 6-Imaging political turmoil through postage stamps in the heart of Africa: Congo/Zaire 1950-1971 from colonialism to national identity Chapter 7-Couriers of change: The semiotics of Senegalese postage stamps Chapter 8-"Non!" visible: How Guinée stamped its political leadership on Africa's decolonization, 1958-1962 Chapter 9-Three marked transitions in Ethiopia's stamp issues: 1960s to present Chapter 10-Transitions in postage stamp iconography: From apartheid to democracy in South Africa Chapter 11-From UN-mandated territory to independent Namibia Chapter 12-Mauritius and its politics on stamps, 1958-1977 Chapter 13-History as stamped by postage stamps: Poland's transitions in the 20th century Chapter 14-Estonia on stamps: Abrupt and smooth periods of political transition Chapter 15-The breakup of Yugoslavia: Territorial disintegration and political transition documented through images on stamps, 1986-2010 Chapter 16-Postage stamps as political transition and integration: The case of North Cyprus Europa stamps 1975 and 1998 Chapter 17-Stamps of the Palestinian Authority: Asserting national identity while under occupation, 1994-2019 Chapter 18-Cuba: The evolution of revolutionary stamps Chapter 19-Local political upheaval and global cultural appropriation: The postage stamps of Grenada, 1974-1988 Chapter 20-Cartooning islands for fun and profit: The proliferation of Disney stamps Chapter 21-Reading contemporary America through Forever stamp themes: A visual analysis and interpretation Chapter 22-Feminine philately: Global unevenness in celebrating women on stamps