Rocket mail

 

What's this? An envelop delivered by Rocket? That's right up my street and a no brainer addition to my increasingly eclectic stamp collection. find out more about his remarkable piece of paper here on Wikipedia and this great blog by the Scotsman

Unscheduled stop

I couldn't resist this oddity. Quite why the Maldives issued a stamp featuring the Virgin Trains Pendolino is anyone's guess. I did attend the official launch of the Pendolino back in 2002 with Richard Branson and Pete Waterman! I also travelled on this magnificent machine on more than one occasion... 

An exquisite squid

Look at these beauties.An unusual addition to my collection as they are not reef fish, I don't collect this country and the stamps are mint not my preferred used. However, that squid (bottom right) is exquisite. And the Congo is one of the most fascinating places on Earth. 

Lowestoft

Another random. Who took this letter to be posted at 5:15pm on the 18th August 1897? What was going on in Lowestoft at that time? And what was the message? 

A frogman with flippers

I wanted something unusual to introduce my section on reef life. This caught my eye. A bit random but a lovely old school scuba image, diver wearing no wetsuit and cheap flippers. Very like moi! I did hesitate about which way up the stamp went but was eventually guided by the bubbles!