Tag: stamps

‘Collect Modern Stamps The Hard Way’: Punk’s APS Stamp Chat

Punk Philatelist APS chat

The American Philatelic Society asked Punk to make a live worldwide presentation. Risky move...

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COVID-19 a shot in the arm for stamp collecting

Iran 2019 National Heroes feature

Well, if you’d asked me a few months back what was needed to give stamp collecting a kick up the backside, my first answer would probably not have been “a global supervirus pandemic.” But it sure feels like that’s what has happened.

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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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Iceland’s stamps are on the rocks

Iceland's stamps are on the rocks. Sad puffin.

Some breaking news out of Iceland last week has shocked the placid world of stamp collecting and made this puffin sad.

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Choo the fat with ‘Mainline Railway Stamps’

Punk Philatelist Mainline Railway Stamps Howard Plitz

Colourful, readable and full of surprises, Howard Piltz's latest book about trains on stamps avoids the potential pitfalls you might expect from a book about trains on stamps

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Storytime! Weekend at Punkie’s

Circuit auction UK hoard

A chance find at an auction has Punk suddenly rethinking his collecting strategy

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It’s getting steamy in here

USA 2019 Intercontinental Railway Post Office Murals header

A new railroad issue has Punk steamed up, while another recent release is totally off the wall

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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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Circuit books: what the…?

In a bid to explain philately things and stuff, Punk Philatelist takes you into the world of the circuit book. WTF?

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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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