vintage postage stamps

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a visual look at vintage postage stamps from around the world with a focus on design and illustration (any additional history in forms of notes always appreciated)

Curated by Karen Horton
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Poland postage stamp: child in party hat

c. 1968, commemorating “75 Years of Polish Philately”

designed by Tadeusz Michaluk

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Brazil postage stamp: television screen

c. 1974, part of Brazillian Communications Pioneers series, “honoring F. de Assis Chateaubriand, inaugurator of first TV station, São Paulo, 1950”*

designed by A. Carvão

*(description found in Stanley Gibbons South America Catalogue, 4th Edition)

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Czechoslovakia postage stamp: modern fashion

c. 1963

designed & engraved by Jiří Švengsbír?

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Cuba postage stamp: May 1

c. 1964, symbolic numeral “1” in honor of Labor Day

(designer unknown)

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Israel postage stamp: festivals 5737 dove

depicts Peace with dove and olive branch

from Festivals 5737 (1976) series

The inscription on tab reads: “By three things is the world preserved by Truth, by Judgment, and by Peace” (Ethics of the Fathers I, 18)

designed by Asher Kalderon

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