The Punk Philatelist

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 f…

Legends of rock have been featured on plenty of stamps in recent years, but New Zealand has just trolled us all

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

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

Which railroad issue has Punk getting steamy? Meanwhile, another recent release is totally off the wall…

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

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

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

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

It’s a farewell of sorts from the Punk Philatelist. She’s outta here. …Or is she?

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…