Philately Fridays: New Zealand, 1978

Six stamps for New Zealand's huge agricultural industry. Loving the fat outlines and the metallic gold ink.

Design News covers from Japan

These industrial design magazine covers from Japan are pretty next level. Designed by the fantastic Takenobu Igarashi.

Philately Fridays: Poland, 1972

Five post-psychedelic stamps from Poland for the 1972 Olympics.

See also: Philately Fridays: Samoa, 1976

Philately Fridays: New Zealand, 1977

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Five connected stamps all about teachin' the youngsters, all done up in a perfect late 1970's illustration style.

Philately Fridays: New Zealand, 1971

I really love the use of mix-and-match patterns along with the minimal illustration style in this cool ass Christmas stamp from New Zealand.

Philately Fridays: Singapore, 1981

Philately Fridays: Australia, 1973

Four stamps from Australia teaching the people about metric conversions.

Philately Fridays: Australia, 1983

I think we need a little peace and harmony right about now.

More Vacation Fun Spots

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Gorgeously-designed and exceuted illustration for a 1982 issue of Disney's Vacationland magazine. Two years ago, I posted a similar illustration, but this one has much more going on. One of my all time favorites.

Philately Fridays: Cuba, 1972

Cuba gets ready for the 1972 Olympic games in MUNICH!

Mr. Peanut's Guide to Nutrition

Here are a few pages from a 1970 brochure about health as explained by the one and only Mr. Peanut!

Philately Fridays: 1970s Israel

Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted! Here are four Israeli stamps for you to enjoy. Unfortunately I track down exactly what year these were released, but they seem to be from the mid to late 1970s. Enjoy!

EDIT - thanks to the blog reader who reminded me these are from 1968!