Postage stamps are underrated pop culture artefacts, and Australia has had some doozies – including a surfing Santa and a redback that failed to make it onto envelopes
Stamp collecting is quietly enjoying a moment. Lockdowns inspired lapsed collectors to dust off their albums. Gen Xers, inheriting boomer collections, have sometimes resisted their natural instincts to sell them on eBay. For a younger crowd, stamps really pop on Instagram; there are philatelic influencers, bloggers, YouTubers, even TikTokers now.
Postage stamps are underrated as pop culture artefacts. They might be issued by governments, but they must appeal to the people. They’re temporary and disposable, yet they capture forever the looks and the priorities of their time; they broadcast a nation’s self-image.
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