Israeli postage stamp: “Welcome to Israel” c. 1967,
designed by Asher Kalderon

another fun set of postage stamps from Royal Mail UK…

“Next year the Royal Mail will launch its stamp programme with a set of ten 1st class stamps designed by Studio Dempsey that celebrate classic British album covers - including Blur’s Parklife (designed by Chris Thomson / Stylorouge. Photography: Bob Thomas), and New Order’s Power, Corruption and Lies (designed by Peter Saville)…”

(more info and images of other 8 stamps via Creative Review, credit info for stamps above: “The sleeve of London Calling by The Clash (1979) features a photograph of bassist Paul Simonon smashing his bass on stage - as shot by Pennie Smith. Designer Ray Lowry’s design is apparently a homage to Elvis Presley’s debut album layout. Above right: Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells (1973) sleeve is by Trevor Key” )

“Lees Mee braille stamps” designed by René Put (discovered via Dezeen)

vintage Poland postage stamp of kitten, c. 1960s, designed by J. Grabianski

Universal Postal Union 1874-1974 postage stamps c. 1974 
(discovered via Scott Billings)

Australian animal stamps designed by Layfield studio
(discovered via Creativeroots)

The Early TV Memories commemorative postage stamps will be first released on August 11th, 2009 at the Academy of Television Arts & Science.

They honor the following television shows & personalities: Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet, Ed Sullivan Show, George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, Hopalong Cassidy, The Honeymooners, Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Phil Silvers Show, The Red Skelton Show, Texaco Star Theater, Tonight Show, Twilight Zone, and, You Bet Your Life.

(via USPS Postal News)

ninakix:

JP Williams is a “collector of collections.” His collections include: stamps, staplers, old philatelic covers, and gloves that have been run over by trucks. I’m a fan because of the fascination with material objects. The image above is a wall collage he made:

so much comes across my desk—what happened to a paperless society? i save too much. from the street. from the mail. torn from magazines. often these bits are pinned to my wall in front of me. this particular photo is one of the few times i recorded my wall collage.

Israel Postage Stamps: Arbor Day
(discovered via stampflickr)

I’m in awe of this beautiful collection that was just added to flickr. My mom’s collection is nice too, but not nearly as large.

Air Mail is now 6 cents
(discovered via wackystuff on flickr)

Postal Service launching ‘Simpsons’ stamps 
(via hollywood reporter)

Vintage Color & Design: Israeli Postage Stamps (via colourlovers)

I’ve always been a fan of the Colour Lovers site, so I found it extra exciting to see that they found my slow growing flickr collection of vintage stamps (all courtesy of my mother) and added color swatches for some of them.

The lettering style on this Israeli postage stamp from the 70s is very fun:

(via flickr)

Palestine Postage Stamp (via flickr)

For some time I’ve been meaning to get my mom’s postage stamp collection in order. Over the next year I’m going to attempt to scan all the stamps and share on flickr. I’ll try to add atleast one a day in groups by country…

I believe the stamp above is the oldest stamp in the collection so I’ve added this one first. Look out for many more stamps added in the weeks to come.

Charles + Ray Eames Stamps front (via Michael Surtees)