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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Hungary postage stamp: tennis stadium

c. 1964

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Australia postage stamp: Opera House

c. 1973

designed by A. Leydin

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Czechoslovakia postage stamp: roofs and folk art

c. 1971, part of set featuring Czechoslovakian folk architecture

designed by Jaroslav Lukavsky, engraving by J. Mráček

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Netherlands Postage Stamp: J. J. P. Oud

depicts the Congresgebouw building designed by architect J. J. P. Oud

c. 1969

more stamps from series and info via d:r

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United States Postage Stamp: World’s Fair

c. 1939/40

depicting the Trylon and Perisphere from 1939 The New York World’s Fair

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