Quote:
. Have we missed any famous stamps or series that have nicknames?
Lots of famous stamps/series still to go, e.g.:
"1d Magenta' (British Guiana)
'Varnamo issues' (Sweden)
Posthorns ! (Norway)
Wuga provisionals (GEA)
"Post Office" (Mauritius)
Black swan (WA)
Halflengths (Victoria)
Bomba heads (spelling?) (Sicily)
Sitting Helvetia
Strubell (spelling?) (Switzerland)
Britannia
Line-engravedes (UK)
Dragons (Empire of China)
Lady McLeod (Steamships)
Bulls of Moldavia
Scinde Dawk (India)
"La Vervelle" (France)
Sydney Harbour bridge
Roo's
Exports (Mexico)
Uganda Missionaries
Golden monkey (Year of the Monkey, China)
"Vineta provisionals" (Germany)
...oh well, you got me started shermae, maybe not all nicknames, but at least established sjargong

Others to continue...