Thematics
Your guide to thematics - collecting stamps by theme, also known as 'topical stamp collecting'
Thematics: Insects
Got the collecting bug? What about the collecting 'bug stamps' bug? Katrin Raynor-Evans heads outside with her…
22 July 2021
Thematics: Britain in Bloom
Inspired by a trip to a public garden, Katrin Raynor-Evans picks a few horticultural stamp designs in her latest guide…
15 July 2021
Stamps for Tokyo Olympics
This year’s Olympics won’t be quite the same as usual, but there will still be all the drama, heroics, and victories…
12 July 2021
Thematics: Death to the dinosaurs!
Are you a 'palaeophilatelist'? Do you love looking at both age-old fossils and stamps? Have you tried to recreate a…
08 July 2021
Fantasy football philately!
The growing number of stamps honouring individual football players means there’s now scope for you to create a fantasy…
06 July 2021
Thematics: the longest day
In this week's thematics column, Katrin Raynor-Evans celebrates the British summer and take a trip to Stonehenge as we…
01 July 2021
Thematics: The Southern Cross in reverse
In her regular thematics column, collector Katrin Raynor-Evans, takes a look at the 'Southern Cross' constellation,…
24 June 2021
Thematic Philately: Introducing 'Thematic Thursdays!'
In the first of her regular columns on thematic stamp collecting, collector Katrin Raynor-Evans, introduces herself and…
17 June 2021
The rock 'n' roll theme on stamps: The day the music died
On February 3, 1959 Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the 'Big Bopper' JP Richardson died in a tragic air crash. Here,…
13 July 2020