Above some beautiful stamps from some of the well known masters - Stubbs, Lowry, Constable & a few more!

Celebrating 700 yrs of Parliament - quite amazing!

Tropical butterflies from Nicaragua!

Sticking with the theme of nature, we re heading south to Nicaragua in Central America, with these beautiful butterfly stamps! The official name is the Republic of Nicaragua & Spanish is the official language. A quarter of the 6 million population live in the capital, Managua. Nicaragua lies in the tropics.

Lets start the week with a fresh & colourful feel! Heading into the waters of Barbados in the Caribbean with these bright stamps. Barbados is a sovereign island country with a populations of 284,000, 80,000 of which live in the capital Bridgetown.

Lets head to Qatar and get glitzy with these unusual stamps! Situated on the Persian Gulf, Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world. Its sole land neighbour is Saudi Arabia.

From the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan - not sure which Olympic Games? Anyone read Arabic!

Sharjah is the largest city in the United Arab Emirates

A few more stamps celebrating the Olympic Games from some interesting places!

Stamps from Jordan commemorating the Tokyo Olympics 1964

United Arab Republic - Olympic Games?

A few more stamps for the Olympics collection!

Lebanese stamps commemorating the Mexico Olympic Games 1968

Long jump

Weight lifting

Archery

High jump

More to come ...

 Royal Wedding 1986

Silver Jubilee

Charles & Diana

A few more stamps from the huge Royal Collection! Now, what else is happening this year.....ah, the Olympics. Keep tuned....