Philately Fridays: Canada, 1981

Block of stamps showing Canada throughout the years in honor of Canada Day, 1981. Designed by Raymond Bellemare.

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Philately Fridays: Bulgaria, 1988

Two spacy stamps celebrating the second Soviet-Bulgarian space flight!

Philately Fridays: Bulgaria, 1985

Three stamps for the International Exhibition in Plovdiv, a world expo themed around the creations of young inventors.

Philately Fridays: Switzerland, 1982

Three thick-lined logo-emblazoned Swiss stamps commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Hotel Association, 150 years of the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Club, and pure water (no Master P).

Philately Fridays: Spain, 1987

Super mid '80s style stamp looking ahead to the 1992 World Expo in Seville, Spain.

Philately Fridays: Mexico, 1981

Love this stamp for a Latin American table tennis championship!

Related: Hungarian table tennis stamp from 1982

Philately Fridays: Zaire, 1982

Two stamps from Zaire celebrating the convergence of telecommunications and health in a groovy early '80s Pushpin-esque fashion.

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.

Philately Fridays: Australia, 1984

Three Australian stamps for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Philately Fridays: St. Vincent, 1980

Four stamps from Grenadines of St. Vincent for the 1980 Olympic Games.

Philately Fridays: Japan, 1980

Loving the clean style and color scheme of this geography-related 1980 stamp from Japan.

Philately Fridays: Cuba, 1984

Six Cuban stamps from the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Dedicated to the purity and prestige of world sports.

Philately Fridays: Andorra, 1984

The only stamp in my collection from this tiny country nestled between Spain and France. Here's their outstanding illustrated offering for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Philately Fridays: Mongolia, 1980

Three stamps from Mongolia for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia. I love how the ornate patterns and the flat illustration style both manage to play off of the great 1980 Olympics logo. It just... works.

Philately Fridays: Austria, 1983

I can only assume this stamp commemorates the time Austria invented WIFI in 1983.