Tag: culture

Are you self-excluding? Mail Art wants YOU!

Mail Art Ray Johnson

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

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Putting the pieces back together

Punk Philatelist jigsaw stamp

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?

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Oh my stars!

Punk Philatelist Christmas 2019 header

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...

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That ’70s Showstopper

Jersey 1970s Popular Culture header

Jersey has released its sequel to last year's 1960s Popular Culture stamps.  Welcome to the 1970s!

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Fondue is big this year

Punk Philatelist fondue is big this year

So I look away for one moment and suddenly everyone is putting fondue on their stamps.

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The 12 Stamps of Christmas

Punk Philatelist 12 Stamps of Christmas 2018

As mail revenues continue to plummet, Christmas offers one last chance to hear the bells jingling on postal cash registers.
So which countries brought their festive A-game in 2018?

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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

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Jammin’ and jammin’ and jammin’, jam on

Punk Philatelist Jam Labels Header

The jam tins starring in Australia's latest retro release threaten to burst off the stamps and cover us in their delicious, fruity goodness

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Love this retro Jersey

Jersey 2017 Popular Culture: The 1960s £2 miniature sheet

I am so here for this utterly ridiculous acid trip of a stamp sheetlet, looking like somebody swallowed a reel of Yellow Submarine and regurgitated it

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10 postage stamps that will whisk you back to your childhood

UK Classic Toys Punk Philatelist header

Take a toddle down memory lane with these Classic Toys

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Souvenirs, novelties, party tricks…

Punk Philatelist solar eclipse novelty stamps header image

Scents, silly shapes, heat-sensitive ink, music that you can hear on a record player... welcome to the super-fun world of novelty stamps!

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Castles in the air(mail)

In 2017, European countries issued stamps with castles on them. But what if you have too many castles to choose from — or none at all?

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