An old postcard hides a stunning connection to a classic novel. Can you help solve its real mystery?
The buried treasure: a postcard discovery
The Talented Mr. Lilley (and his friends)
A chance discovery sheds light on a flourishing artistic scene from the past
In Those Days… were stamps cool?
Stamp collecting and relationships: a hilarious journey back in time
Drawing a line in the sand
SOS! Australia's latest stamps suggest that old-school illustration is in mortal peril
Punk writes for a real newspaper!
Actual newspaper The Guardian published Punk's list of Australia's greatest ever stamps. Wait 'til the grandpas at stamp club hear about this
Witnessing history
How an unexpected letter became a philatelic souvenir of a hometown lockdown
When history is Cook’d, Black Stories Matter
Recent Australian stamps speak volumes about an urgent global issue. So why won’t you see them on your mail?
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...
Well-trained
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...
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?
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...
Stamp of the day: sunnie side up!
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
