Diving, history and Bermuda, all in one gorgeous stamp. Read
the extraordinary story of the Bermuda Bathysphere here. On researching this
stamp I discovered that the bathysphere I saw at Bermuda Zoo when I was there
in the 80s is a replica. The real one is in a New York Museum. See stamp
collecting can be a downer. Still, a fantastic story.
Here’s a virus themed post. Searching for a bit of Hong Kong history I chanced upon these fine Queen Victoria stamps, one of which was posted on December 19, 1894. Whilst sat at home on furlough from the horrible coronavirus outbreak I decided to find out what Hong Kong was like back when these stamps were used. Turns out they were going through a similar thing. This article explains and talks about how the plague can still be felt 130 years later.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hong-kong-bubonic-plague-1894