That Stamp Guy
@africastamps.bsky.social
Professional Philatelist, stamp-dealer, PTS Member - that's the work stuff, also first and foremost an Evertonian, a Petrol Head and Twitter escapee. Let's hope this is as much fun as the other place used to be...
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I've been on Bluesky for a while now and can't really see much of a stamp community on here, that seems to be more on Instagram. I've given up on Twitter, so I think I'll change my social media focus a bit. Insta will be for stamp/work related stuff and I'll keep posting here, but will be more of...
I'm sure that the whole point of social media is to re-home two red foot tortoises?
Serious question- does anyone want two 20 year old red foot tortoises? I’m moving house and won’t have a garden for them. Happy to deliver them within a reasonable distance DM with any questions. (They actually belonged to my son but he’s cleared off to live in Australia and left them behind…).
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I'm sure that the whole point of social media is to re-home two red foot tortoises?
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I try to steer clear of political opinion on social media on the basis that my personal views really are a pot pourri. My main beliefs are be fair and try and treat folk you may not like with basic respect. However these attacks on the BBC can get in the fucking bin.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I try to steer clear of political opinion on social media on the basis that my personal views really are a pot pourri. My main beliefs are be fair and try and treat folk you may not like with basic respect. However these attacks on the BBC can get in the fucking bin.
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Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Cardle type picture from the #NECclassic
Go on, this is easy...
Go on, this is easy...
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cardle type picture from the #NECclassic
Go on, this is easy...
Go on, this is easy...
The #Mercesdes Red Pig recreation. Sponsored by a German stamp dealer with an interesting history. #philately
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The #Mercesdes Red Pig recreation. Sponsored by a German stamp dealer with an interesting history. #philately
I've found another, this time it's a Post Office Austin Maestro van from 1988. Not really #philately
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I've found another, this time it's a Post Office Austin Maestro van from 1988. Not really #philately
*Pops, bangs and other rally noises*
#NECclassic
#NECclassic
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
*Pops, bangs and other rally noises*
#NECclassic
#NECclassic
Here's what I really want to see...
*jumps over river while pursued by the county mountie*
*jumps over river while pursued by the county mountie*
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here's what I really want to see...
*jumps over river while pursued by the county mountie*
*jumps over river while pursued by the county mountie*
I'm at the #NECclassic show, so here my best attempt at some philatelic related content!
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm at the #NECclassic show, so here my best attempt at some philatelic related content!
Just watching #Strictly on catch-up. Never had #Radiohead on my bingo-card!
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just watching #Strictly on catch-up. Never had #Radiohead on my bingo-card!
Grr, photo didn't upload!!
November 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Grr, photo didn't upload!!
An old, wooden, stamp vending machine with a posting box below. I'm tempted to try and put some #stamps in it!
@henrylong9.bsky.social
@henrylong9.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
An old, wooden, stamp vending machine with a posting box below. I'm tempted to try and put some #stamps in it!
@henrylong9.bsky.social
@henrylong9.bsky.social
Good Lord, this woman can sing.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0N...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0N...
Something
YouTube video by Shirley Bassey - Topic
music.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Good Lord, this woman can sing.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0N...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=yu0N...
Arne Lost is an anagram of Arne Slot. Makes you think...
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Arne Lost is an anagram of Arne Slot. Makes you think...
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The champ gets a stamp. It's about time! These look great. spectrumnews1.com/.../2025/10/...
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The champ gets a stamp. It's about time! These look great. spectrumnews1.com/.../2025/10/...
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As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought we'd share this entry in a baptism register for Buckingham, April 1571. It features a 14 year old boy called Samson Aethiops, noting that he was born in Africa.
![A close up photograph of an entry in a parish register. It is written in Latin, with black ink on vellum. The text says:
Aprilis
Samson Aethiops nate in Africa Quaturodece
an[n]os natus baptizabate sexto die Wil[l]mo Palmer
Grato [gratus] Wil[l]mo Davies Clerico et Katherina
Pates susceptoribus
Translated, this means:
6 April 1571
Samson Aethiops born in Africa fourteen years born
baptised 6th day William Palmer
Gratious William Davis Clerk and Katherina Pates sponsors](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6xy5uc24pd5iuysvqqtbohds/bafkreif3w3rkk2se5mgk4322kr3x4rbus7z7krfixx2u5ifn5e23z7qt4e@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought we'd share this entry in a baptism register for Buckingham, April 1571. It features a 14 year old boy called Samson Aethiops, noting that he was born in Africa.
Anyone else seeing this? Just me?
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Anyone else seeing this? Just me?
If you aren't following @weratedogs.com then you are not doing social media properly.
My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you aren't following @weratedogs.com then you are not doing social media properly.
Still a useful publication today. You can keep your fancy internet and AI nonsense...
This was my "go to" when I was #StampCollecting, several decades ago. I forgot I had it! I think this was produced for many years, but I'm not sure when this one was printed. Sometime in the early 1960s, I'm guessing. I know I always put my tie on before breaking out my #Stamps! #Philately
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Still a useful publication today. You can keep your fancy internet and AI nonsense...
October 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Part of what draws me to #philately is the wonder that stamps like these have survived more than 175 years of history. They have passed through wars, revolutions, and hands long turned to dust, serving as quiet reminders that even the smallest things can carry a story.
#StampCollecting #History
#StampCollecting #History
October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Part of what draws me to #philately is the wonder that stamps like these have survived more than 175 years of history. They have passed through wars, revolutions, and hands long turned to dust, serving as quiet reminders that even the smallest things can carry a story.
#StampCollecting #History
#StampCollecting #History
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‘His “foible” was said to be “size”. “That’s my dream – all English,” he once said, gesturing at a map of Southern Africa.’
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the ambitions of Cecil Rhodes:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the ambitions of Cecil Rhodes:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Ledger-Lomas · Wriggling, Wriggling: Ruthless Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes saw the ‘native question’ very differently from imperial officials and missionaries who tried to...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‘His “foible” was said to be “size”. “That’s my dream – all English,” he once said, gesturing at a map of Southern Africa.’
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the ambitions of Cecil Rhodes:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the ambitions of Cecil Rhodes:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...