Punk on display

How an idiot got his collection shown at an international event

May 3, 2024 13

In Those Days… were stamps cool?

Cartoon representations of the Punk Philatelist and his long-suffering wife appear next to the podcast title, 'In Those Days', which appears to be wafting out of a gramophone horn. A family from the olden days gathers eagerly around the gramophone.

Stamp collecting and relationships: a hilarious journey back in time

June 21, 2023 0

Stamps Aren’t Cool Episode 3: When Lizzie met Eddie

Queen Elizabeth the Second is depicted on a British stamp, apparently screaming in fright at a stamp depicting Eddie, the skeletal mascot of metal band Iron Maiden

The last UK stamp releases under Elizabeth II were colourful and fun. So why are some collectors heading for the door?

May 27, 2023 6

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 10

Spain’s Pamplona stamp is no bull

Spain 2022 Popular Festivals - Pamplona Iruña Punk Philatelist feature image

The Running of the Bulls is back, but there's a dark side to this stamp-ede

July 14, 2022 3

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

Hit the ’90s one more time

Jersey 2021 1990s Pop Culture Punk Philatelist feature image

Jersey celebrates the 1990s with boy bands and crop tops. Is it what you want - what you really really want?

March 16, 2022 1

Eye on the Tiger

2022 Year of the Tiger feature image header

Who issued the best Year of the Tiger stamps?

February 26, 2022 2

Bodacious! It’s Pop Culture IV: The ’80s

Jersey 2020 1980s Popular Culture Punk Philatelist

The 1980s are the latest decade to feature in Jersey's pop culture series, with stamps that remind you to never look back

January 7, 2021 7

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

Are you self-excluding? Mail Art wants YOU!

Mail Art is the perfect project for the self-excluded, performing art to an audience of one

March 20, 2020 1

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?