Drawing a line in the sand

A 2022 stamp depicting the 150th anniversary of Australia's Overland Telegraph line is appears over a background depicting four other historic illustrated Australian stamps.

SOS! Australia's latest stamps suggest that old-school illustration is in mortal peril

January 3, 2023 7

Punk writes for a real newspaper!

Guardian Punk Philatelist article feature image

Actual newspaper The Guardian published Punk's list of Australia's greatest ever stamps. Wait 'til the grandpas at stamp club hear about this

May 20, 2022 11

Witnessing history

How an unexpected letter became a philatelic souvenir of a hometown lockdown

March 27, 2021 2

When history is Cook’d, Black Stories Matter

Punk Philatelist Captain Cook Black Stories Matter

Recent Australian stamps speak volumes about an urgent global issue. So why won’t you see them on your mail?

October 1, 2020 24

Auction Watch: Meet Australia’s prized ‘Monograms’

Would you know one of Australia's most valuable stamps if you found one? Learn to look for those squiggles underneath...

June 11, 2020 6

Well-trained

Punk Philatelist Australia 2020 Indian Pacific Transcontinental Railway 50th Anniversary

I didn't plan to feature this stamp when it came out. But I've come to love one particular design element. It's probably not the one you think...

April 4, 2020 5

Putting the pieces back together

A few months back, I caught sight of a post headed 'A slightly different way to keep and display stamps'. You never know what lies ahead with that sort of subject line. Has some idiot just licked a bunch of Inverted Jenny plane stamps onto their cat?

March 3, 2020 3

Oh my stars!

Answers to all the questions you hadn't asked: where has Punk been lately? Why does Portugal's Christmas stamp outshine everyone else's? How did a pair of alpacas wind up in a nativity scene? Read on to find out...

December 31, 2019 9

Stamp of the day: sunnie side up!

Punk Philatelist Living Australia sunnie side up header

Sometimes you can see a stamp dozens of times without fully appreciating its majesty. And then, for some reason, you happen to notice it in a certain light, or at a certain magnification, or across a cosy bar eight vodka and tonics into a Friday night