Art Deco Designs / Vehicles / Architecture On Stamps

@lithograving "Would this be considered an Art Deco vehicle?"

Yes, this Canadian beer truck is actually one of the most iconic examples of an art deco streamlined vehicle.

Another really good one that I would love a stamp of is the famous GM Futurliner, quite similar in style to the beloved Labatt's Truck.

Also, yes, that French train is an example of an art deco streamliner. I don't have that stamp, but I really want it.

This Dominican Republic stamp. I think it is Internal Revenue, but I'm not sure, and also not sure what year it is from. I did try to find out, but found nothing helpful.

I recently acquired a lot of Dominican Republic stamps and I think that no other country comes close to the amount of heavily art deco influenced stamp designs they have.

Two Dutch airmail stamps from 1928 that I just received.



Also, one of the 1937 Scouting World Jamboree stamps and the Pilot stamp from the 1946 victory issue.

These are some examples of very late art deco designs on stamps.

First, a Hungarian stamp from 1963, commemorating the Szeged Summer Drama Festival.



Next, one of the Uruguay Memorial for Police Officers Who Died in the Line of Duty issues from 1971.



Lastly, a German stamp commemorating 75 Years of the German Museum in Munich, 1978.

"Ohel Moed", a synagogue in Tel Aviv, was designed and built in 1931 by the architect Josef Berlin. The architectural style is Art Deco, which combines geometric and engineering shapes. The interior space is designed in a mystical symbolism.

"Ohel Moed" ("Tent of Meeting") Synagogue, issued by Israel on August 23, 1983.

I am a big fan of these Mexican airmails. They combine native art and architecture with modern designs, giving a geometric and art deco look. In particular, I love the "Eagle Man" design and the tiny plane on the centre of the dial of the 50 centavos designs.

Edit: I forgot to mention how much I adore the fonts too.

My only stamp depicting an art deco locomotive (one that can be identified as a real world locomotive and not just an artistic representation of a non-descript train, that is) is this Clive Feigenbaum-produced Nagaland "stamp". The Sir Nigel Gresley, from 1937.

Mexico's 1939 World's Fair stamps. The 10 centavos is another early Eppens design.

"Wisdom", frieze in Art Deco style located above the main entrance of the Rockefeller Center in NY, by Lee Lawrie. USA stamp, issued 2003.

The slogan beneath the frieze reads "Wisdom and Knowledge shall be the stability of thy times", from Isaiah 33:6.

@LaoPhil The Rockefeller building and it's many murals, motifs, and historical artworks, is one of my favourite examples of art deco in the world. New York is absolutely full of incredible, historical art deco buildings. It is a shame I will never get to see any of them in person. At least I get to own objects designed by people like Diego Rivera and Walter Dorwin Teague, as well as stamps that show places and buildings there.

Might one consider the "prexies", designed by Elaine Rawlinson, to be art deco? I always have. The font is certainly.

Here are a couple of Spanish stamps showing mural paintings by
Josep Maria Sert.
They show art Deco tendancies I believe.

Spain Scott 1342,1343

@lithograving It is interesting that you have shared these after mentions of the Rockefeller building and Diego Rivera, as Josep Maria Sert was commissioned to paint a mural, entitled American Progress, in the lobby of the Rockefeller building after Diego Rivera's "Man at the Crossroads" mural had been demolished after the Rockefellers were displeased with it's overt Communist symbolism.

Chile, Saltpeter commemoratives, 1930.

Not a stamp (obviously) but I love this decidedly Art Deco building. It is the Post Office located on Post Office Square in Boston. I was involved in a major renovation of this building years ago and was very impressed with the aesthetic and history.

@rogdcam Also not a stamp, but it is related to postal history and you might like it too. The letter box in the lobby of the General Electric Building in New York. I could only dream of being in a building as beautiful as this.

Photo by Joseph A on flickr