Postage stamp design is the activity of graphic design applied to postage stamps. The fist postage stamp was created in 1840 and had the profile of Queen Victoria on it adopted for the Penny Black.
There are certain design elements used to create a postage stamp. Most important is the denomination indicating its monetary value, and a country name required by the international agreements on almost all types of stamps.
But the postage stamp design has grown far beyond the prepayment indictaion mark. It has become a real work of art, inspiring for philatelists, stamp collectors and those interested in art on the whole.
Below is the collection of amazing postage stamps from different years all over the world! Havea good weekend!
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Republique du Burunda Birds Stamps
Stamp TH-2293
1966 Soviet stamp marking the flight of Luna 11, an orbital lunar probe
Bertold Brecht staamp from Bulgaria
Stamp from Germany
Another stamp from Germany, 2008
Stamp FR-35693
1981 DDR stamp
Stamp from Morocco
"Best Wishes" stamp from Germany
Suomi Finland 2008 stamp, airplane with heart
Stamp from the Netherlands, 2005
National Dress on Postcards and Stamps - Ruhnu & Muhu (Estonian islands in the Baltic Sea)
"Equality of Sexes", a stamp from Spain, 2008
Suomi Finland 2007 stamp of Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberries)
Chinese stamp for 2008 Olympics in Beijing
Lamborghini Mura - Italia 0,85 Roma stamp from 2007
Slovakian stamp from the Peking 2008 Olympics!
Stamp from Danmark, 1986. The work of Danish artist Bjørn Wiinblad.
IMGB - Ecology, "Acid Rain Kills"
2007 Suomi Finland stamp of Moomin cooking on a campfire
Suomi Finland 2008 stamp, an illustration to the Komisario Palmun erehdys novel by a famous Finnish writer Mika Mika Waltarin.
Stamp from Poland, National Fund of Healthcare
European Union stamp from 2005
Japanese stamp, apparently from the 70s
Helen Walker
