Stamp Blog Review: “AK Philately”

By Eurostamper — March 5, 2008
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Adrian Keppel’s blog at http://akphilately.blogspot.com/ is distinguished by the excellent, exhaustive historical info contained in each post.

Along with high-quality scans of obscure issues and overprints, Keppel (who lives in Scotland) discusses the history of issues, offering historical context and geopolitical perspectives for his stamps.

His energy and fascination for stamps jumps off of the screen (in his About Me page he lists his favorite books as “stamp catalogs”!), and the design is customized, not a typical Blogspot layout. Although Keppel concentrates on stamps related to the Netherlands’ Queen Wilhelmina (and occasionally birds), his posts have a wider range, though focus mostly on Europe.

Comments are enabled, but one oddity of the blog is its lack of permalinks (the post titles aren’t linked to anything). A categories list on the side lets you find the topic you want easily enough. His posting frequency is generally good, though as of this writing he hasn’t had a new post in a few weeks for some reason.

AK Philately is good for getting into the minutiae of certain issues - plates, design, and that sort of thing. It’s a refreshing view of stamps; Adrian Keppel seems to just enjoy the whole idea of stamps, their production and use rather than just their modern-day collection!

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