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Latin American stamp design and its harshest critic

The Observer's Book of Postage Stamps by Anthony S. B. New

Turn to the letters page of any self-respecting philatelic monthly magazine and you will invariably find a diatribe from a reader bemoaning the paucity of creativity in current-day stamp design. Whether it be yet another Harry Potter or Marvel series of stickers, or the ubiquitous photoshopped images that tend to monopolise stamp design, there is […]

18th December 2023Categories General Philately, PublicationsLeave a Comment3

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