Philately Fridays: Czechoslovakia, 1972

Four stamps from Czechoslovakia for the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo.

Philately Fridays: Japan, 1961

Happy Lunar New Year! Here's a bright and sharply illustrated stamp from Japan to celebrate the Year Of The Tiger in 1962.

Philately Fridays: Czechoslovakia, 1977

These appear to be the work of the same artist who designed these Czech stamps.

Milk delivery boxes of Japan

In the U.S., milk delivery went out in the Leave It To Beaver era, but in Japan, millions still receive milk through a traditional delivery service. Here's just a small handful of photos of milk delivery boxes outside Japanese houses from the collection of Goemon, who shares hundreds of other milk graphic-related images.

Mid-century Railway Maps

Stumbled across a fantastic archive of illustrated European railway maps that's well worth diving into. Head over to Retours for much more.

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Philately Fridays: Netherlands Antilles, 1966

Jan Kubicek: Kam Se Zenou Pulci

Here are a few of Jan Kubíček's gorgeous illustrations from Boris Zachoder's Czech children's book Kam Se Ženou Pulci. Zachoder's book was written in 1973 and Kubíček's artwork was created in 1980.

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Philately Fridays: Thailand, 1962

Great design featuring shapes found in traditional Southeast Asian architecture, fashion, and folk art.

Philately Fridays: Japan, 1982

Gorgeous early '80s futuristic typographic stamp design from Japan.

Philately Fridays: Zaire, 1985

Two stamps from Zaire which were part of Olymphilex, an exhibition of Olympics-relate postage stamps. My kinda exhibition.