BIOTA Stamp Design Competition Winners
To celebrate 2018 being the “Year of the Reef”, the British Indian Ocean Territory launched a Year of the Reef Stamp Design Competition in March. The competition was open to children aged 4-17. The challenge was to design an official postage stamp for the British Indian Ocean Territory on the theme of “Why are coral …Read more
Kidstamps delights new collectors
Gabriella There has been excellent feedback from young collectors for the free postal club run by the Stamp Active Network recently. This includes a note from the parents of Gabriella which reads “Thought you’d like to see just how pleased Gabriella is with her stamp collecting pack. Her collection is well underway. Thanks …Read more
Salisbury Collectors Fair 2018
I had a great time at the Salisbury collector’s fair at the town hall. It was a surprise winning the penny black; it can go with my penny red and the rest of my small collection with about 600 stamps worldwide. I also have a 50p collection which only has a few missing. I sort …Read more
Savannah loves Kidstamps
Young stamp collector, Savannah, aged six, is delighted with her new pack from Kidstamps, Her father has emailed to say “I am mightily impressed with what you and the stamp trade are doing with Stamp Active. It’s really great and thanks! Savannah has just received a first day cover in the last mailing that featured …Read more
Art Stamped: Bringing stamps into our lives
By Art Stamped Every postage stamp tells a story. Put lots of stamps together and they’ll take you on an epic journey: around the world, into the wild, across battlefields, back to the Jurassic era, even into space. You’ll find inventions, tales of exploration, history re-told, something that makes you think, something that makes you …Read more
St Clements Stamp Club celebrates its 3rd Birthday
We are so pleased to see that the St Clements School Stamp Club is celebrating its 3rd birthday and shown that from little acorns great trees can grow. Many congratulations. In 2014 several children from year 5 started the Stamp Collectors Club following a suggestion from one of the students to the Head Teacher. Like …Read more
Newlands Road to Success
Chris Phillips has published a new book telling the story of the Newlands Road Philatelic Society which was a very successful junior stamp club. Its former trophy was donated as the Schools Trophy in the national Stamp Active Competition. Chris writes “one of the reasons why I have written this book is to help give …Read more
Competition Workshop for Pembrokeshire Young Collectors
On 4 December 2016 Erene Grieve organised a workshop for young collectors in Pembrokeshire at the Steyton Community Hall in Milford Haven. Erene is the coordinator for the Stamps in Schools project. John Davies, Chairman of Stamp Active, led the workshop, which was for those who had already entered stamp competitions with the aim of …Read more
Runnymede Stamp Club
Runnymede School Stamp Club was reinstated last year and has now grown to 28 members. The age range is seven to eleven and has 11 boys and 17 girls. Interest was reignited by a visit to the School from a lady representing Stamp Active (whose name escapes me). However her enthusiasm ignited my …Read more
Queen’s Heads Mailart Exhibition
Positively Postal Queen’s Heads Mailart Exhibition Celebrating 50 years of the “Machin” Head on British stamps. The Queen’s Head as seen on current British definitive stamps first made its appearance back on June 5th 1967 and so this year marks its 50th anniversary. The image of Queen Elizabeth II used was designed by British sculptor, …Read more