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This week, our live design competition, Pixels of Fury, was in the UK for a showdown at the Village Underground. On Wednesday, September 10, contestants at the event went head-to-head to create original designs on the spot — and part of the challenge was to make inventive postage-stamp art.
To help provide inspiration, we rounded up some our favorite stamps. The highlights in our gallery below feature postage art from all over the globe, ranging from the 1960s to the present.
Scroll down to see it all.
UK circa 1983, photo by Andy Lidstone
Brazil circa 2014, photo by catwalker
Republic of Guinea circa 1979, photo by vvoe
S. Tome & Principe circa 1995, photo by Oleg Golavnev
Spain circa 1982, photo by catwalker
Japan circa 2007, photo by Boris15
Israel circa 1961, photo by tristan tan
Poland circa 1964, photo by Yangchao
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