Philately Fridays: Korea, 1974

Great use of geometric forms for this Korean stamp from the 55th National Athletic Meeting in Seoul.

Philately Fridays: Australia, 1974

100 years of Australia's Postal Union! Definitely cause for some gold ink.

Philately Fridays: Belgium, 1974

Celebrating 25 years of Belgium's Central Council For The Economy.

Philately Fridays: United Nations, 1974

Ultra thick-lined dove illustration on this 1974 stamp from The United Nations.

Philately Fridays: German Democratic Republic, 1974

Philately Fridays: Italy, 1974

Philately Fridays: United States Commemorative Mint Stamp Set, 1974

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My good friend Joe recently gave me a few of these gorgeous commemorative stamp sets for my birthday. Each set contains a selection of stamps issued by the United States that year in a folder (front and inside shown above) with info about each stamp. Here's the set from 1974 which features a bunch of stamps I'd never seen before.

Philately Fridays: Switzerland, 1974

Philately Fridays: Maldives, 1974

Here's a small batch of islands making their Philately Fridays debut - the Republic of Maldives. For a tiny little collection of land, they sure cranked out some great design work. Here's their 1974 World Cup stamp. Stay tuned for more Maldivian mayhem soon!

Philately Fridays: Canada, 1974

Here's a block of stamps celebrating Canada Post (Postes Canada). Four fantastic illustrations reminding us to keep the postal system alive and running no matter where we live.



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Philately Fridays: Indonesia, 1974

Three stamps from Indonesia, designed for the 17th (okaaaaaay) anniversary of Pertamina, the country's largest oil company.

A Boy's Life

I found this gorgeously illustrated ad in a 1974 issue of Boy's Life Magazine. Can anybody identify the illustrator?


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I also love this style of magazine ad found in the back of the same issue. Life was so much simpler back then.


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Philately Fridays: Germany, 1974

4-stamp series from Germany to promote the likkle youths makin' real world moves.

Photography? Check.



Running? Check.



Playing a tune on a fiddle? Check.



Amateur science? Check.

The Technicolor Yellow Pages

A couple of years ago, I decided that Google had made phone books obsolete. They're clunky, quicky-outdated, and waste paper, and are the bane of an apartment lobby's existence. Well, phone book company, let me make a deal with you. If you can start making phone books look like this again, I'll take back everything I ever said about you.

Designed by the great Asher Kalderon with Ester Kurty in 1974.

Philately Fridays: USA, 1974

Here's one designed by beloved artist Peter Max for the 1974 World's Fair, held in Spokane WA.

Philately Fridays: Netherlands 1974

Here's a really nice super-70s set from The Netherlands.