Philately Fridays: Japan, 1982

Gorgeous early '80s futuristic typographic stamp design from Japan.

Philately Fridays: New Zealand, 1978

Flat illustration style on this stamp from 1978 in honor of New Zealand's National Heart Foundation.

Philately Fridays, Germany 1970

Four stamps commemorating the 25th anniversary of the VoPo.

Philately Fridays: Great Britain, 1981

Here are two from Great Britain. I really dig the super clean illustration style. Enjoy!

Philately Fridays: Portugal, 1978

Three gorgeous stamps from Portugal with huge graphic numerals and a shout out to the Portuguese postal system. Salute!

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Philately Fridays: Mexico, 1976

Stamps about stamps! Mexico steps up with a great design based on stamp perforation gauges in honor of the International Philatelic Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1976.

Related: More stamps about stamps.

Philately Fridays: Germany, 1972

Two gorgeous stamps from the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. I really love the simplicity of the illustrations here. So much achieved with such a basic form vocabulary.

Related: Otl Aicher's pictogram system for the 1972 Olympic Games

Philately Fridays: United States, 1975

Philately Fridays: United States, 1983

Wait, this blog doesn't count as private use, right?

Philately Fridays: United States, 1983

Designed by the legendary Saul Bass*, this couldn't be any more 1983 if it tried. Reminds me of TRON and Marble Madness... but also Joy Division.

* Thanks to Pileup reader Blair Thomson for the Saul Bass credit ID on this one!

Philately Fridays: Stamp Grab Bag!

Here's a selection of stamps that span time and space. Little bit of everything this week.

New Zealand, 1976.
This stamp is from the same series as this one.

Poland, 1979.
Celebrating 30 years of COMECON (Council of mutual economic assistance).

Singapore, 1976.

Singapore, 1981.

Philately Fridays: Two from Switzerland

Here's a duo of stamps from Switzerland, both celebrating advancements in communications technology while exemplifying classic Swiss design sensibilities.

1972

1976 (Is Big Brother watching?)

Philately Fridays: United States, 1975

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Philately Fridays: United States, 1972

It's hard to go wrong with a stamp design when you're starting with Otl Aicher's outstanding and timeless icons for the 1972 Olympic Games.

Philately Fridays: United States, 1973

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Philately Fridays: New Zealand, 1978

Six stamps for New Zealand's huge agricultural industry. Loving the fat outlines and the metallic gold ink.