Philately Fridays: United States, 1975

This promotional piece for Wilkinson PA's stamp club features Mad Magazine-style spoofs of two recently-released U.S. postage stamps.

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Philately Fridays: Ecuador, 1975

Here's a great stamp from the Third Ecuadorian Sports Games. Related: Here's another stamp from this series. Are there more that I don't know about? Anyone?

Philately Fridays: Portugal, 1975

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Fantastic post-psychedelic design from Victor Ribeiro, commemorating the 36th rally of the FICC (Fédération Internationale de Camping).

FICC's logo is well worth a look:

Philately Fridays: Cuba, 1975

Very simple and fresh stamp for International Day of Children in Cuba, 1975.

Philately Fridays: United States, 1975

Philately Fridays: United States, 1975

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Philately Fridays: Uruguay, 1975

Yet another fantastic stamp design from Uruguay. There's something kinda Klimt and something kinda creepy about this one.

Philately Fridays: Germany, 1975

Illy German stamp about drug abuse... can't tell if it's for or against it though.

Philately Fridays: Korea, 1975

This week's stamp selection comes from Korea, commemorating the Korean Scout Association. Very nice simplified illustrations of boy scout-related situations.



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Always be prepared,
Mike