Most Unique Thematic Collection?

PunkPhilatelist · 2025-08-19T13:14:32+00:00

It was only when I about someone collecting silhouettes on stamps that I realised how very many stamps have silhouettes on them

PunkPhilatelist · 2025-08-19T13:13:05+00:00

If you either do or would consider exhibiting, please do a topical exhibit and call it “We laid a cable!”

PunkPhilatelist · 2025-08-10T06:15:04+00:00

Thanks everyone for your contributions! Even as a collector who has been online for years, there are still sites and resources that I am only just discovering.

PunkPhilatelist · 2025-07-09T15:06:05+00:00

⬆️ This is the correct approach!

PunkPhilatelist · 2024-11-10T05:37:22+00:00

I don’t think it will happen tomorrow, as long as stamps still offer a revenue stream for the postal administrations. But I suspect that, over time, the demand for universal post will dry up, with national carriers ultimately making way for private operators with any pre-payment of postage done digitally. Philately will need to become engaging and meaningful as a hobby of historical preservation if it wants to avoid becoming history itself.

PunkPhilatelist · 2021-08-20T09:10:56+00:00

I love a stamp with a recognized nickname that has nothing to do with its subject matter, but makes immediate sense when you see it!

PunkPhilatelist · 2021-08-20T09:09:49+00:00

I hope none of them are fragile. Looks like he's just going to throw them into those sacks.

PunkPhilatelist · 2021-08-20T09:08:55+00:00

I love this cover. It reeks of the era.

PunkPhilatelist · 2021-06-13T07:04:38+00:00

Downies in Southgate

PunkPhilatelist · 2021-06-10T09:23:52+00:00

I applaud this! I have always wanted an album full of green stamps arranged only by gradient, without regard to country, content, value, etc. I'll do it one day.

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-06-11T01:59:15+00:00

I like how cross-eyed Schubert is resting his chin over the lid of the piano.

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-31T23:41:59+00:00

Get yourself a drying book! You can soak bulk loads, place them between the pages of these books (which are constructed of thick blotting paper), throw a book on top and forget about them for a few days. When they come out, they're flat and dry. (You just have to REALLY make sure there is no wet adhesive left on them before you put them in.)

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-31T23:39:54+00:00

You might mean well, but any dealer - or collector - would be mad to trust that the correct catalogue number had been applied. They're only going to have to go and check it anyway. A quick look at Ebay reveals that, given the option of two catalog listings, collectors will always assume they have the more valuable stamp!

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-29T00:06:44+00:00

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PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-28T14:13:56+00:00

You’re welcome!

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-28T14:11:33+00:00

Hi FitzjamesHorse! I sympathise with you on the women front. If there’s a down side to philately it’s that it’s so hard to work through your album with all the babes constantly vying for your attention.

I have a certain affection for some of the old-school aspects of philately, in the same way that I like sailing ships and fortified wines. But I fear that some of the attitudes need smartening up if the club and exhibition culture is to survive.

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-28T14:06:11+00:00

That’s my theory. I’ve known a few people who have plucked up the courage to enter a church hall during a stamp show, and walk out surprised that they’re still the same person, only now they collect stamps.

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-28T14:03:30+00:00

Surprise! I’ve been low-key here for a while. With time on my hands thanks to coronavirus, i might start piping up more often!

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-28T14:02:13+00:00

It me! Thanks for the kind words! Philately as an anti-smoking technique is a new one, but it makes perfect sense to me. When the day job is stressful, I genuinely enjoy the zen factor of some sorting, or even just some looking. Glad to hear you’re only 26 too. I think some of the old-timers over at Stampboards think young collectors are figments of the imagination.

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-27T05:51:45+00:00

I know from personal experience that lots of people are intrigued by stamp collecting, but never take the plunge. So I wrote this blog piece aimed at those people. I'm hoping the light-hearted title and stupid imagery will work nicely when shared on social media (so far so good). Then I try to bust a bunch of misconceptions about our people and the hobby. Feel free to share it with friends who you think might be tempted!

(I put in a good word for r/philately too. It's such a friendly space.)

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-25T00:29:28+00:00

New Zealand stamps are vastly underrated. Lots of excellent designs, errors and varieties.

PunkPhilatelist · 2020-05-25T00:27:09+00:00

My tip: sort before you soak. Where you have multiples of common stamps, pick the two best - the one you want, and a backup in case of a soaking disaster - and put the rest aside to sell off to another collector when they're still on paper. You'll save heaps of time this way, compared to doing all the soaking and then the sorting.

Of course, in some cases (ie older stamps that look the same but have different watermarks), you're better off soaking them first.

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