THEMES / TOPICALS

COVID-19 Pandemic Stamps

Tracking the pandemic through stamps 

Crypto Stamps  Updated weekly

Support for Ukraine Stamps 
Crimean bridge for an encore! 

Christmas 2022 A to L   
Christmas 2022 M to Z  

Stamp Smackdown – Moomins VS Pooh! 

Art, Architecture, Literature & Design

Art

Glass blowing on stamps

Macau’s Chapas Sínicas stamps WIN!

Celebrate Christmas 2020 with delightful Maud Lewis stamps

Architecture

2021 Lighthouse stamps from around the world

Literature

Dante’s 700th on stamps

Design

Gucci stamp? Of course

Aviation

Austria
Early Austrian airmail & a great cancel

Australia
1937 Australia airmail cover to Austria – C3 & C4
Amazing Australian airmail souvenir

Canada
Alcock and Brown – 1st terrifying Atlantic flight
Alcock and Brown’s flight – 1919’s amazing feat
Canada’s last airmail stamp – Canada Geese in Flight 1946 
6 new Canadian stamps – celebrating Canadians in Flight
Aero Club of Canada stamp & more
BC Airways semi-official stamp & Canada’s first passenger plane crash
Canada’s 1969 sad little stamp commemorating the 1919 transatlantic flight
Early Canadian Airmail Routes

A history of Canadian airmail – The Silver Dart
A history of Canadian airmail – The 1st flight takes off  

France
Classic early French airmails from 1930-31

Gabon
Apollo 14 stamp complete with a mixed message   

Germany
Psst – have a spare 8 grand for a postal cover? (bittergrounds.com)

India
3 Rocket mail stamps & explosive packed tubes

Hungary
Hungarian Zeppelin Airmail – C24 C25
Hungarian airmail – the great Turul

New Guinea
Territory of New Guinea airmails 1932

United Kingdom
Diving into pioneer aviation with the amazing 1909 Antoinette Flyer

General 
Over 100 Zeppelin LZ 127 covers coming up for auction this month
Keeping an eye on 2 rare pioneer airmail lots at auction

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Flora & Fauna

Red Panda stamps? That’s a lot of FLOOF! 

Hooray for International Bee Day 

Canada’s Bee Stamp 2018 
A Canadian study in 4 seasons  

University of Ferrara’s Botanical Gardens stamp

Ghost stories, monsters, myths, legends & fairy tales

Me, Reptilicus and stamps

Things that go bump in Canada

I’m here for the scares – terrifying Greenland

Oh Look Dragons

A tale of two Draculas – Romania & Ireland take on the myth

A Folktale from Vietnam – starfruit tree

 Lunar New Year

Year of the Ox 2021

Of cats & oxen & postage stamps​

Year of the Tiger 2022    
Where’s Canada’s Tiger Stamps?

Lunar New Year – Year of the Rabbit 2023    

Peoples & Culture

Truth and Reconciliation Day Canada Post 

Canada Post Honours 3 Indigenous Leaders

Kenya’s Indigenous Languages

Black History Month 2021- Willow Grove NB stamp

Canada Post’s 2021 Black History month – Amber Valley

Uzbekistan’s Treasures on Silk Road Stamps

Rogues and Thieves – Mail theft & fraud 

Looking at an early mail scam

The not so great Canadian mail train robbery

Mail theft, ice flows & a Canadian scandal  

Sports

   Hockey

Where were you in ’72! The Summit Series – 50 year anniversary    

    Olympics

Tokyo Summer Olympics 2021

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022    

  Soccer / Football

UEFA EURO 2021 

FIFA 2022

Transportation

Celebrating 150 Yrs of the Feldkirch–Schaan–Buchs Railway

The TTC is 100 – Trains, trollies & stamps

Waiting for the TTC @ Union Station – (digital art not philatelic)

EUROPA & SEPAC Stamps

2023

EUROPA 2023 – PEACE – The Highest Value of Humanity  

2022

EUROPA 2022 competition – Stories & Myths        

EUROMED 2022 – Maritime Archeology or Antique Cities of Mediterranean

SEPAC 2022 – Local Drinks 

2021

EUROPA 2021 competition  – Endangered National Wildlife       

EUROMED 2021 competition – Handicraft Jewelry in the Mediterranean   

SEPAC 2021 competition – Old Maps

2020

EUROPA 2020 competition  – Ancient Postal Routes 

Europa series In progress  

Old Toys 2015
Gastronomy 2005
Poster Art 2003