Philately Fridays: Hungary, 1976

Because you should never have to decide between designing a stamp about space exploration and a stamp about the 1976 Olympic Games.

Philately Fridays: Czechoslovakia, 1976

A pair of Czech stamps from the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal.

Expo 67 Official Guide

Here are some highlights from the official guidebook to the 1967 World's Fair held in Montréal, Quebec. The book belonged to my grandparents, who picked it up at the fair. Lots of beautiful architectural drawings, logos, and illustrations to enjoy here.

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Philately Fridays: Canada, 1976

Well, since 123Klan is in town getting ready for their big show opening at CO Exhibitions this weekend, we're really in the Montréal mindstate, so here's a set of three stamps from the 1976 Summer Olympic games, held in their hometown.

Olympics pictograms: Montreal 1976

So... you wanna see the symbols for the 1976 Olympic games? Well... there weren't any... at least, there weren't any new symbols designed. Instead, Otl Aicher's designs from the 1972 were reused. I guess that's more argument for the long-lasting staying power of his work!

However, Montreal's own Georges Huel did create this fantastic logo for the '76 games.



This is what a logo should be - it says so much with no excess at all. With just a few circles and "sausages shapes" (shout-out to Wezzburlesque for the phrase), you've got the eternally iconic Olympic rings, the three podiums for the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners, and an M for Montreal.