Philately Fridays: Christmas in Australia, 1971

Super duty tough work thick line illustration of the three wise men for Australia's 1971 Christmas postage stamp.

Philately Fridays: Canada, 1986

Merry Christmas from Canada with a touch of art deco vibes.

Philately Fridays: German Democratic Republic, 1974

Philately Fridays: Great Britain, 1968

Halloween, Christmas, a nightmare before Christmas I guess? Anyways, enjoy this great Christmas gift-themed postage stamp before the holiday shopping season goes full tilt.

A Christmas Cookbook

From the same team who brought us Booze and Cocina Mexicana comes another brightly-colored cookbook. This one is obviously all about classic Christmas recipes and includes winter favorites like roast goose, turkey gravy, vichyssoise, and pfeffernüsse. Bruce Butte's groovy illustrations are about as late 1970s as you could ever hope for. So on point. Enjoy!

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Philately Fridays: New Zealand, 1971

I really love the use of mix-and-match patterns along with the minimal illustration style in this cool ass Christmas stamp from New Zealand.

Philately Fridays: Merry Christmas from Bulgaria

Happy holidays to you and yours from legendary Bulgarian graphic artist Stefan Kanchev. Here are three of his annual Christmas stamps from 1984, '85, and '87.

Jim Beam holiday stickers

Groovy holiday stickers from a Jim Beam magazine ad. Show your friends and family you put some thought and care into that gift and weren't just trying to carelessly feed their alcohol addiction. Not sure who the artist is on these. Has anyone seen these before? No year was indicated on the ad, but I'm guessing this is from 1970.

My buddy Jerry Campbell mailed this in to me. If you're reading, thanks Jerry!



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Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays, Peace on Earth, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

Philately Fridays: Psychedelic Brazil

Here are a few great psychedelic / op-art stamps from Brazil.

First up is one from 1977 in honor of Amateur Radio Day (Dia Do Radioamador):



And a set from Christmas 1971:

Merry Christmas from Prisunic

It's a little early in the year for season's greetings, but I couldn't wait to show this 1971 Christmas poster from French furniture store Prisunic.

Opening in the late 1960s in France, Prisunic was an ultra-modern furniture and plastic pop-art home objects store aimed at the French youth. Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever Prisunic catalog and will be commemorated with a gallery exhibition of Prisunic furniture and catalogs, opening September 5th at VIA gallery in Paris.

Click here to read more about Prisunic and the upcoming exhibition.