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: Suriname, 1980

A trio of beautifully-illustrated Surinamese Christmas stamps promoting care for the elderly.

Philately Fridays: Germany, 1963

The 18th Century Brothers Grimm folk story "The Wolf And The Seven Kids" told across four beautifully-illustrated postage stamps.

Philately Fridays: Bulgaria, 1961

Philately Fridays: Czechoslovakia, 1965

Five Czech stamps commemorating various industries in a great wood-carved illustration style.

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: Czechoslovakia, 1972

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

Philately Fridays: Czechoslovakia, 1977

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

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: Zaire, 1985

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

Philately Fridays: Romania, 1973

25 anniversary of the organizational and political establishment of the working class in Romania.

Philately Fridays: Australia, 1984

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