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I have been collecting postage stamps and associated material including domestic cat images for a number of years, and the collection has grown enormously and become quite advanced. From 2000 to the end of 2003 I wrote a series of articles about new cat-stamp issues for The Cat, the magazine of the UK's leading cat charity, Cats Protection.
Although that series came to an end in print, it is continued at intervals here about three times a year. The July 2010 review is now available from the contents list below. The complete series of earlier articles written for The Cat is included. All our reviews are fully illustrated.
As well as actual stamps showing cats, we have added galleries of postmarks from places with 'cat names', for special occasions, meter marks and US 'fancy cancels'. Various countries are represented, but any additions to these galleries would be welcome.
If you are interested in thematic collecting, see the article Topical/Thematic Stamp Collecting.
All information or relevant .
July 2010
Belgium, Faroes, Finland, Greece, Guinea, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Palau, United States + postmark from York, UK
March 2010
France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Palau, Poland, Sierra Leone, St Thomas & Prince, Sweden
Cat Postmarks
Cancellations from places with 'cat names', from various countries
Cat Postmarks 2 and 3
Two pages of cancellations for special occasions
Cat Postmarks 4
A gallery of meter marks and American 'fancy cancels'
Topical/Thematic Stamp Collecting
This article discusses sources for thematic collecting, what you might collect,
and how to keep your collection
To find particular cat stamps we suggest you include stamps as one of the words in your search, which will confine it largely to pages in this section.
Search results will not be returned for the latest material added to Purr 'n' Fur if not yet
indexed by Google, but you should be able to find almost everything currently on the site.
Results will open in a new window.
December 2009
Åland, Belarus, Belgium, Japan, Monaco, St Thomas & Prince, San Marino, Tajikistan, and 'Mailcats'
September 2009
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Comoro Islands, Cuba, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, San Marino, St Thomas & Prince
June 2009
Belgium, Benin, China, France, Guinea, Hungary, Japan, Monaco, Singapore, St Thomas & Prince
December 2008
Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Luxembourg, New Zealand, and Turkey,
+ an older Christmas first day cover from GB, 2001
September 2008
Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Carriacou and Petite Martinique (formerly the Grenadines), Czech Republic,
Finland, Great Britain, Grenada, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Slovakia, Tuvalu, Ukraine
March 2008
Belgium, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the Netherlands
December 2007
Alderney, East Timor, Ghana, Great Britain, Iraq, Micronesia, Netherlands, Peru and Serbia
September 2007
Austria, Ireland, Moldova, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand,
Tristan da Cunha and Ukraine
June 2007
Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cuba, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, and Macedonia
March 2007
Belgium, Cuba, Ecuador, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia,
the Philippines, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States
December 2006
Argentina, Belgium, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine;
and older Christmas stamps from Ghana, Iceland, Norway, Palau and St Vincent
September 2006
Finland, Japan, Netherlands, North Korea, St Thomas & Prince,
Singapore, and Switzerland
June 2006
Albania, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, France, The Gambia,
Great Britain, Japan, Malta, New Zealand, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Taiwan
February 2006
Great Britain, Japan, Latvia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Romania,
Rwanda, Sweden, Taiwan
November 2005
Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Cuba, East Timor, Great Britain, Japan
Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Portugal, St Helena, Singapore
June 2005
Austria, Brazil, Congo, The Gambia, Grenada, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Netherlands,
Nevis, Sierra Leone, Spain, St Vincent, Tajikistan
March 2005
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Iceland, St Thomas & Prince, the United Nations
December 2004
Aland, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Malaysia,
South Korea, St Thomas & Prince, Taiwan, Turks & Caicos
October 2004
Armenia, Australia, Ireland, Montserrat, New Caledonia, San Marino,
Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Ukraine
June 2004
Antigua & Barbuda, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Malta, Netherlands,
Slovenia, Union Island, United States
March 2004
Belgium, Brazil, Grenada, Liberia, Micronesia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles,
Norway, St Thomas & Prince, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Tanzania, Turks & Caicos
December 2003
Antigua & Barbuda, Belgium, France, Guinea, Netherlands, Serbia, Sierra Leone,
St Thomas & Prince, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine
August 2003
Faroe Islands, Guinea, Japan, Jersey, North Korea, Singapore
+ older Christmas stamps from The Gambia, Great Britain, Jersey, Nevis, New Zealand, Norway
April 2003
Aland, Australia, Dominica, Fiji, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan,
Malaysia, Mexico, Ukraine
January 2003
The Congo, France, Guinea, Jersey, Netherlands, Philippines, United States
September 2002
Aland, Cambodia, The Gambia, India, Macau, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Palau, Pitcairn Islands, Poland
May 2002
Cyprus, Great Britain, Japan, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldavia, Portugal,
Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland, Togo
January 2002
Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic,
Germany, Great Britain, Guyana, Israel, Mali, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Uganda
November/December 2001
Albania, Aruba, Czech Republic, Cuba, Guyana, St Thomas & Prince,
El Salvador, Fiji, France, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands Antilles, Switzerland, Taiwan
July/August 2001
Angola, the Bahamas, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Czech Republic, The Gambia,
Great Britain, Grenada, Grenadines, Iceland, Japan, Mauritania, Micronesia, Sierra Leone,
Slovakia, St Helena, Turks & Caicos, Ukraine
March/April 2001
The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, St Vincent & the Grenadines, former Trucial States (now UAE)
January/February 2001
Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Ghana, Guinea, Japan, Kosova,
Nicaragua, Tanzania, Tuvalu
November/December 2000
Congo Republic, Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tadjikistan,
Tanzania, Udmurtia, Western Sahara
September/October 2000
Afghanistan, Belgium, China, Dominica, Great Britain, Liberia,
Mozambique, North Korea, Slovenia, Tanzania
July/August 2000
Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Congo Republic, Djibouti, Guernsey,
Indonesia, Isle of Man, Japan, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, United States, Zambia
May/June 2000
Argentina, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo,
France, Netherlands, Venezuela
March/April 2000
This being the first in our series of reviews, it was a longer article which has been split into two.
Part 1
briefly covers the story of cat stamps and includes descriptions/illustrations from:
Belgium 1959 and 1960; Cuba 1957; East Germany 1959 and 1960s; France 1956; Hungary 1959;
Luxembourg 1961; Netherlands 1952, 1962, and 1964; Poland 1964; Spain 1930; Timor 1960;
West Germany/West Berlin 1960s
Part 2
includes the (then) more recent issues from:
Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Japan, Liberia,
Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Singapore, Tanzania, Togo
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