ejnord.com | Israeli Environmental Stamps by Eliezer Weishoff

Both Ace Jet 170 and grain edit turned me on to these groovy 1970s postal stamps.

I have always been partial to the engraver style of stamps that dominated postage until the 1960s. There was a time when stamps rivaled banknotes for their unrelenting attention to detail and balance. And then the 1960s happened. It was a revolutionary time for the field of graphic design. But judging from my collection, it seemed like stamp design went downhill in the 1960s.

Now I realize that much of this view of mine stems from the fact that my collection is primarily U.S. stamps (inherited from my grandfather). But I am now enlightened. Stay tuned for more stamps, American and otherwise.