About Us

The director of KJ Stamps is Keith Jupp, who has been a collector since the early 1950s and started as a stamp dealer in 1990 at the old Orpington Village Hall. He has subsequently attended fairs at Azelea Hall, Langley Park, Sidcup and Croydon, and joined the Philatelic Traders Society (PTS) in 2004.

KJ Stamps Ltd was incorporated in 2003 with Keith’s eldest daughter, Karen. They attended Stampex at the Business Design Centre in Islington during 2004-2005 and subsequently developed an eBay store and an auction site. Keith ran the Orpington stamp and postcard fairs for many years before closing the fair to concentrate on the new KJ Stamps shop in Petts Wood.

Karen, has been collecting stamps since the late 1970s and, together with Keith’s late father (always known as Pop), joined Keith with a six-foot table at his first fair in 1990. Keith’s long-suffering wife was most surprised to find that they appeared to bring back everything that they had taken with them, but the sales generated enough funds for a family Chinese takeaway!