All posts by Gilly Christmas

Previous Editor of Flight. BSS website developer. Live in Hampshire, England. Been a BSS member since 1999. Collecting Interests: Worldwide birds excluding cartoons and stylised birds. Mint only; Selected issues from Stamperija countries. I am excluding doves and poultry from 2020 to try to reduce purchases! I have 3 subsets of stamp albums: a) Paintings with birds; b) Doves, and c) Roosters. Favourite bird stamp countries: All South American countries; Antigua & Barbuda; All Channel Islands; French Antarctic Territory; Falkland Islands; Gambia; Korea (N & S); Malaysia; Namibia; Singapore; South Africa; Sweden and Ukraine. I particularly like Souvenir Sheets, Mini Sheets, and Overprinted stamps. Would be interested in communicating with members with similar collecting interests, and/or meeting with members living within/near Hampshire.

How Many Different Birds Can Fit on a Stamp?

Here at the Bird Stamp Society, some members are challenging themselves to find the stamp illustrating the most birds, and it has to be different birds. There are many many stamps featuring four different birds, and these featured in the latest version of the BSS Flight magazine, but take a look at this stamp ….. 16 different birds! Steve Strauss describes the stamp details in this Blog. Can this number be beaten? …. the race is on to find more!

Southern African Bird Philately

Posted by Steve Strauss

I found an article written by the late Otto Peetoom, and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who collects bird stamps. I received written permission from the South African Collectors’ Society (SACS) to post this article on the Bird Stamp Society Website. Otto was a member of the Bird Stamp Society until he passed away in 2020. He was a professional philatelist, a keen researcher and philatelic writer, and the editor of Southern Africa Philately, The Rhodesian Philatelist, and The Runner Post (the journal of The Bechanaland Society). Press the button below to see the article.

Stamperija Corner – Rare Birds from Djibouti

Written by a former member of the Society

Introduction

This article is a taster for a series based on recent stamps produced by Stamperija for African and other countries.  Some readers may regard these issues as purely aimed at the philatelic market and as such, do not meet their collecting criteria, in that they are unlikely to see usage in the postal system.   I may have set out with that mindset but have since become a bit of a fan of these issues.

We look at a set (five stamps) from Djibouti issued by Stamperija in 2017.  Back then, you probably would not have been able to buy these stamps in a local post office in Djibouti.  That said, these five stamps are official issues authorised by the postal administration in Djibouti. In my view, the set constitutes a valid stamp issue from that country. 

Cinderella Stamps from Puffin Island

Written by a former member of the Society

Puffin Island is a small, uninhabited isle located less than a kilometre off the South-Eastern coast of the Isle of Anglesey.

The Isle of Anglesey Philatelic Bureau produces Cinderella stamps for a number of islands in North Wales and Scotland.  The Bureau started to produce these Cinderella stamps in 2015 and amongst the collection, is a small range of stamps that feature birds.  All of these bird stamps are in the name of Puffin Island.