Illegal Chagos Stamps Explained: #philately 19
Let’s take a look at the recent stamp news from the Chagos Islands, why the UPU has declared that any British stamps from these islands will be illegal! Also let’s check out some new philatelic YouTube channels and viewer mail on this episode of #philately.
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Stamps in the news
Statue of liberty error: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/statue-of-liberty-stamp-lawsuit/index.html
Royal Mail D-Day: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/29/world/europe/uk-d-day-stamp.html
Vatican Stamps: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/05/25/vatican-lawsuit-street-art-stamp-240740
Spain’s Equality Stamps: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/spain-stamps-racism.html
Chagos Stamps
BIOT Post office: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58321580
https://www.linns.com/news/world-stamps-postal-history/biot-sovereignty-dispute-and-the-likely-end-of-its-stamps
https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-28/Postal-union-won-t-recognize-British-stamps-issued-in-Chagos-islands-134IwgSZb2w/index.html
Using the BIOT post office and their stamps (Page 12): https://diegogarcia.tricare.mil/Portals/116/Documents/DiegoWelcome.pdf?ver=4aDVka6gAxesAPulN53OLw%3D%3D
About the Chagos Islands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago#16th_to_19th_century
http://chagos.info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz4jQYoSw7o
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-diego-garcia-air-base-indian-ocean-2019-8
https://mancunion.com/2016/11/28/diego-garcia-camp-thunder-cove-the-uks-dark-secret/
YouTube Channels
Mallard visiting the stamp show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5yqqqmN3v0
Postal Pleasures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTY5Woa7Fg1QfNQkiEllqXg
I’ll be Stamped: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_UP6gvZvRn7xnL7kEkg1MA
– Interview with James Gavin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE3wGoZKJ-A
Stamp Cat Stamps: https://www.youtube.com/c/StampCatStamps
– APS Interview: https://www.youtube.com/c/StampCatStamps
Viewer Mail
RF_Cote on Instagram (prehistoric flip flop):https://www.instagram.com/rf_cote/?hl=en
Postal Museum London: https://www.postalmuseum.org
Isle of Man Post: https://www.iompost.com/
Disello stamps: https://disello.com
Montserrat and Freddie in Barcelona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1fiOJDXA-E
Positively Postal Stamp Club: https://www.positivelypostal.co.uk/pages/the-positively-postal-stamp-club
Philatelovely Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Philatelovely?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1075338671
Kyrgyz Express Post: https://www.stamps.kg
Australia Post 2020 book: https://auspost.com.au/shop/product/2020-annual-collection-of-australian-stamps-2092171
Adanaland Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan98/
Hedgehog Press: http://www.briarpress.org/10416
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