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Philatelic Friday: Chad Insects & Spiders

1972 Republic of Chad I found this complete set of five Chadian stamps in one of many glassine envelopes that I apparently acquired in the 80's from the Jamestown Stamp...

Philatelic Friday: Vietnam Unified

So yeah, it's been quite a while since my last Philatelic Friday post, but what's a year here or there? I was spurred on by finding an old binder (a...

Philatelic Friday: Magpie Moth

1970 New Zealand (overprinted 1971 or 1973) This seemingly simple stamp from my shoebox led me down a bit of a rabbit hole. I picked it out because of its...

Philatelic Friday Plus: Lin Zexu

This installment of stamps from my shoebox gets an extra family/travelogue spin. stamp 1985 China; portrait and my brother George at a memorial in Humen, China I vaguely remember receiving...

Philatelic Friday: Christmas in July

I'm still not totally sure how the whole "Christmas in July" thing seeped into our consciousness, but Wikipedia does give the history a go. I'm just taking it as an...

Philatelic Friday: Giant Pandas

These Chinese brush-painted pandas from my box of stamps are too cute. No, really. I always thought they were more contemporary looking than traditional brush paintings--I think it's the way...