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Sketches by Jan Slothouber and William Graatsmas for the Cubic Children’s Stamps of 1970. Scanned from nederlandse postzegels 1970, Staatsbedrij der PTT, 1970

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Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma’s Cubic Children’s Stamps of 1970.

The stamps for the 1970 editions were designed by Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma in collaboration with the Centre for Cubic Constructions (CCC) in Heerlen.  Every stamp displays a different corner point of the same block, highlighting eight distinct corner points, with four chosen for their unique identities.

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