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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Poland postage stamp: rhamphorhynchus

c. 1965

designed by Andrzej Heidrich

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Poland postage stamp: cat

c. 1964

designed by J. Grabianski

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Poland postage stamp: Constitution

c. 1921

designed by E. Bartlomiejczyk and W. Huzarski

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Poland postage stamp: Merkuriusz

c. 1961, honoring 300th anniversary of Polish Newspaper Press

designed by Cz. Kaczmarczyk

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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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Poland postage stamp: Wycinanki birds

c. 1971

(I’ll be adding more from this set later, think this is from a series on Wycinanki paper cut art featuring work from different artists—any more info for this one and rest of the series is much appreciated)

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