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Czech stamp series designed by J. Lukavsky (1971-2)

Oliver Tomas — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:33:21 +0000

19/07/10 – Series of 13 postage stamps from Czechoslovakia designed by Jaroslav Lukavsky featuring traditional Czech and Slovak folk motifs and architecture.

Czecho-Slovak Red Cross matchbox label series (1959)

Oliver Tomas — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:49:14 +0000

16/07/10 – Matchbox label series from 1959 for the Czecho-Slovak Red Cross. Messages include such wise adages as: “Alcoholism ruins society.” “Play safe!” “Keep your town clean.” and “Respiratory exams catch TB early.”

Aldo Rossi’s La conica e altre caffettiere (1984)

Oliver Tomas — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:56:27 +0000

12/07/10 – Illustration by Aldo Rossi from the exhibition ‘La conica’ e altre caffettiere held September 8-11, 1984 in Milan.

A note about the show:

This exhibition illustrates the genesis of the “La conica” cofee-maker, named so after the conical shape of its lid.

It is an espresso coffee-maker developed for Alessi after research started in 1980 on the theme of coffee and tea, the rites and their instruments for preparation and service. Pots, pitchers, the New Orleans coffee-maker, espresso coffee-makers, percolators: notes, sketches, drawings, good photographs and “private” Polaroid shots on a subject so dear to the author that it has become a sort of obsession, a constant presence in many of his architectural drawings which eventually has transformed itself into a real object, to be touched and used.

Czech stamp series designed by Ivan Strnad (1972)

Oliver Tomas — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:34:24 +0000

5/07/10 – Series of twelve stamps with floral motifs issued in 1972 in Czechoslovakia. Original artwork by Ivan Strnad translated into postage stamp format by well known engravers Josef Hercik and Milos Ondracek.

Arizona desert postcards of the 1930s & 1940s

Oliver Tomas — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:45:46 +0000

18/06/10 – Small selection of desert-themed postcards from the 1930s and 1940s. All feature the Arizona desert, have a ‘linen-finish’ and are marked: ‘C.T. Art Colortone’. Postcard pictured above entitled: The Painted Desert, Arizona [P.D. 29]

The Battleship from El Tovar [GC-4]

El Tovar Hotel on the rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona [GC-8]

The Zoroaster and Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona [GC-7]

Eagle Nest Rock, Petrified Forest, Arizona [P.F. 33]