Czechoslovakia postage stamp: Mucha love birds
c. 1919
designed by Alfons Mucha
Germany postage stamp: oak tree
c. 1919, a Republic National Assembly issue
“new shoots from oak stump symbolic of new government”
—Scott 2008 Classic Specialized Catalogue of Stamps & Covers
Czechoslovakia postage stamp: orange flower on green
c. 1972
I have a few other design variations from this beautifully simple series that I hope to get posted soon. R. Berdar has a scan of the 2 KCS blue and red design up on flickr.
designed by Ivan Strnad
Korea postage stamp: bird and pink sky
“Christmas and New Year’s Greeting for 1960”
designed by Kang Bak
France postage stamp: Year of the Child:
c. 1979, in commemoration of the International Year of the Child
design by Odette Baillais
“…On Saturday, the world’s most valuable stamp changed hands…The Swedish stamp of 1857, accidentally printed in yellow instead of green, became the world’s most valuable in the 1990s, in a series of record-setting sales approaching $2.5 million…” (via The New York Times)
Switzerland postage stamps: Zürich centenarium sheet
commemorative sheet in honor of 100 years of Swiss postage stamps (1843-1943)
c. 1943
Germany / DDR postage stamp: electronics
c. 1966, in honor of the Leipzig Trade Fair Exhibition
