cjoprey
@cjoprey.bsky.social
Stamp collector, software developer, reader, polyglot...
🏳️⚧️ ⚧️ ♾️ - Belgian-Irish-English
🏳️⚧️ ⚧️ ♾️ - Belgian-Irish-English
Niger Sc #91-93 from 1959 - some of my favourite stamps...
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Niger Sc #91-93 from 1959 - some of my favourite stamps...
Here's a rather beautiful multi-color stamp from 1911 (Sc #93).
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here's a rather beautiful multi-color stamp from 1911 (Sc #93).
Let's have several generations of British monarch during Grenada's colonial past:
- Sc #8, 1881
- Sc #114, 1934
- Sc #132, 1938
- Sc #171, 1954
- Sc #8, 1881
- Sc #114, 1934
- Sc #132, 1938
- Sc #171, 1954
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Let's have several generations of British monarch during Grenada's colonial past:
- Sc #8, 1881
- Sc #114, 1934
- Sc #132, 1938
- Sc #171, 1954
- Sc #8, 1881
- Sc #114, 1934
- Sc #132, 1938
- Sc #171, 1954
Nice stamp! Just realised I have one of this set as well - Sc #241, 1967
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Nice stamp! Just realised I have one of this set as well - Sc #241, 1967
1892 issues, Sc #32, #33, #34
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
1892 issues, Sc #32, #33, #34
Looking forward to an evening of great theatre at the Theatre Royal in Norwich. Les Miserables as done by the amateur theatre groups of East Anglia!
July 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Looking forward to an evening of great theatre at the Theatre Royal in Norwich. Les Miserables as done by the amateur theatre groups of East Anglia!
Tanganyika independence in 1961, with official overprint:
June 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Tanganyika independence in 1961, with official overprint:
Rhodesia & Nyasaland, 1962 - Scott #180-182 for the 39th anniversary of the London to Rhodesia air mail service
June 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Rhodesia & Nyasaland, 1962 - Scott #180-182 for the 39th anniversary of the London to Rhodesia air mail service
Here's a few from the Philippine air mail from 1955.
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Here's a few from the Philippine air mail from 1955.
A lovely set of BVI stamps from 1938.
June 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A lovely set of BVI stamps from 1938.
Love your 100 Frank Belgian stamp and raise you the rarer 300 Frank one from the same set, issued in 1952
June 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Love your 100 Frank Belgian stamp and raise you the rarer 300 Frank one from the same set, issued in 1952
Hmmm. Where have I seen that much loose skin before...
February 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hmmm. Where have I seen that much loose skin before...
United Kingdom, 2024 - Dungeons & Dragons souvenir sheet
February 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
United Kingdom, 2024 - Dungeons & Dragons souvenir sheet
Bonus set for today - a set of Gugh Island cinderellas from 1973 on topical envelopes. :)
February 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bonus set for today - a set of Gugh Island cinderellas from 1973 on topical envelopes. :)
A small selection:
- German East Africa, 1906
- Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1939
- Grenada, 1938
- Guernsey, 1992 - yes, it's Asterix! :)
- German East Africa, 1906
- Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1939
- Grenada, 1938
- Guernsey, 1992 - yes, it's Asterix! :)
February 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A small selection:
- German East Africa, 1906
- Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1939
- Grenada, 1938
- Guernsey, 1992 - yes, it's Asterix! :)
- German East Africa, 1906
- Gilbert & Ellice Islands, 1939
- Grenada, 1938
- Guernsey, 1992 - yes, it's Asterix! :)
I was going to share a few, but decided this one is so nice it deserves to be shown on it's own - Congo Free State, 1896:
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I was going to share a few, but decided this one is so nice it deserves to be shown on it's own - Congo Free State, 1896:
Postage due stamp from 1920:
February 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Postage due stamp from 1920:
Three colonial boats for your amusement:
- 1889, British Guiana
- 1918, Bermuda
- 1953, Barbados
- 1889, British Guiana
- 1918, Bermuda
- 1953, Barbados
February 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Three colonial boats for your amusement:
- 1889, British Guiana
- 1918, Bermuda
- 1953, Barbados
- 1889, British Guiana
- 1918, Bermuda
- 1953, Barbados
Going to cheat a little on this one, as this is technically a cinderella, issued by the Croatian government in exile in 1952:
February 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Going to cheat a little on this one, as this is technically a cinderella, issued by the Croatian government in exile in 1952:
1908, while it was still shown as a British protectorate:
February 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
1908, while it was still shown as a British protectorate:
Choices choices... Let's go with this stunning block from Albania in 1995:
February 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Choices choices... Let's go with this stunning block from Albania in 1995:
This has been great fun - thanks @philatelovely.bsky.social!
My entries for today, a lovely 1983 stamp from Zambia with a basket full of mushrooms, and a slightly more unusual one of the early Zanzibar Tanzania union in 1966 showing "mkarafuu" - the Swahili word for cloves. 🙂
My entries for today, a lovely 1983 stamp from Zambia with a basket full of mushrooms, and a slightly more unusual one of the early Zanzibar Tanzania union in 1966 showing "mkarafuu" - the Swahili word for cloves. 🙂
January 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This has been great fun - thanks @philatelovely.bsky.social!
My entries for today, a lovely 1983 stamp from Zambia with a basket full of mushrooms, and a slightly more unusual one of the early Zanzibar Tanzania union in 1966 showing "mkarafuu" - the Swahili word for cloves. 🙂
My entries for today, a lovely 1983 stamp from Zambia with a basket full of mushrooms, and a slightly more unusual one of the early Zanzibar Tanzania union in 1966 showing "mkarafuu" - the Swahili word for cloves. 🙂
Western Samoa, 1952 - harvesting cacao:
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Western Samoa, 1952 - harvesting cacao: