Philately Fridays: Bulgaria, 1961

Philately Fridays: Philippines, 1979

Pretty straight-forward.

Philately Fridays: Romania, 1979

Five stamps showing different traditional outfits of the different regions of Romania: Maramures in the North, and Vrancea and Pădureni in the East, .

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: Japan, 1961

Happy Lunar New Year! Here's a bright and sharply illustrated stamp from Japan to celebrate the Year Of The Tiger in 1962.

Philately Fridays: Czechoslovakia, 1977

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

Milk delivery boxes of Japan

In the U.S., milk delivery went out in the Leave It To Beaver era, but in Japan, millions still receive milk through a traditional delivery service. Here's just a small handful of photos of milk delivery boxes outside Japanese houses from the collection of Goemon, who shares hundreds of other milk graphic-related images.

Mid-century Railway Maps

Stumbled across a fantastic archive of illustrated European railway maps that's well worth diving into. Head over to Retours for much more.

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