vintage postage stamps

about

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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Brazil postage stamp: electrocardiogram

c.1978

designed by Marcelo Martinez

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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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Brazil postage stamp: centenary

c. 1943, honoring 100 years of Brazilian stamps

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