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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Switzerland postage stamp: ink rollers

c. 1957

designed by Ernest Witzig

w 56 notes

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Finland postage stamp: cooperation

c. 1972

designed by P. Huovinen

w 47 notes

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Ryukyu Islands postage stamp: textile monkey

c. 1967

w 59 notes

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Netherlands postage stamp: Holland Festival

c. 1972

designed by Dick Elffers

w 106 notes

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Brazil postage stamp: electrocardiogram

c.1978

designed by Marcelo Martinez

w 31 notes

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set of vintage flower stamps from Czechoslovakia

c. 1972

designed by I. Strnad

w 22 notes

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Colombia postage stamp: television screen

c. 1980

w 36 notes

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Bulgaria postage stamp: birds

c. 1982

designed by Stefan Kanchev

w 15 notes

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Canada postage stamp: British Columbia centenary

c. 1971

designed by Edward R. C. Bethune

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w 93 notes

1 k 59

Poland postage stamp: child in party hat

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

designed by Tadeusz Michaluk

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w 59 notes