Antique & Vintage Postcards

A silhouetted athlete's profile blazes white against a magenta cosmos, hair dissolving into a swirling galaxy of peace slogans — "FRIENDSHIP," "PAIX," "L'AMITIÉ," "МИР," "ДРУЖБА" — in a kaleidoscope of languages that announced the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics to the world with bold graphic confidence, the five-ringed torch logo hovering above like a beacon in the psychedelic sky. Designed by artist L. Tarasova and published by Izdatelstvo "Plakat" (Moscow, 1980) in a print run of 100,000, this postcard reproduces an official Soviet propaganda poster from the Games of the XXII Olympiad — an event forever shadowed by the United States-led boycott, making these vivid artifacts of Cold War sport diplomacy increasingly sought by collectors of Olympic ephemera and Soviet graphic design. The reverse notes it was to be "sent only in an envelope" (Отправлять только в конверте), explaining the pristine unused condition. Title translates: "Sport — Ambassador of Peace."