1935 Silver Jubilee of HM King George V

If you want to risk a trip in winter, you're guaranteed snow! The same reason we only visit Alaska in summer... 😊

Ah, here it is: bsky.app/profile/afri...

There was one ages ago, not long after Blue Sky started. Someone kindly put me in it, which was nice.

Very nice!

My earliest stamps from Belgium, issued for the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, with a surcharge going to wounded soldiers from WW1. These were reissued the following year overprinted with a higher value, but no surcharge.

A pair issued in 1938 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of radium by Pierre and Marie Curie (62c + 25c stamp). 1.75 franc + 50c stamp features the Monaco Hospital. Surcharge went to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) #Philately #Stamps #StampCollecting

Captain Cook himself!

Well said! I enjoy every collection I put together, whether its expensive or cheap to collect; every item is a small work of art, and a little piece of history. I have learnt more about the history of 20th century Europe through stamp collecting than I ever did at school—and had more fun doing it!

1933 issues, recolored and overprinted for the Silver Jubilee of HM King George V in 1935

LOL. Not all. I had an English teacher (a Scot, ironically) who was surprisingly accurate. I saw more than one young lad disappear in a cloud of white chalk dust...

We had prefects for that sort of thing in my day... The teachers just used to fling board dusters at inattentive students.

Here's my 1841 imperforate penny red

Yes, true but it wasn't just about oil. The growing awareness of potential oil deposits heightened the stakes and then when you add in the sovereignty dispute - Argentina claimed all ex-Spanish South Atlantic claims were theirs (long since surrendered by Spain) and their junta needed a distraction.

If you're referring to the 1982 conflict, that was about sovereignty. Oil wasn't discovered until nearly 30 years later.

1 1.35 kina stamp, one of four issued for the XV Pacific Games held in Port Moresby in 2015; this one featuring weightlifter Dika Toua. PNG also issued two souvenir sheets.