-I no longer collect stamps, but surely there are countries in which (some) stamps are still made to a very high standard?

While the Norwegian Post have also catered more and more to collectors than to the actual use of their stamps for their intended purpose in later decades, I'd argue that engravers Sverre Morken and Knut Løkke-Sørensen (to name the two most prominent ones) have made quite a number of wonderful stamps also in later decades - all painstakingly engraved.

The Faroes and Iceland also have had quite a few nice issues, however I believe they, too see collectors as their primary market, which kind of defies the purpose of issuing stamps in the first place, I agree!