May 4th 2024
First Drop Hastings 113
The Introduction to Herring Puzzles and the First of the World Series. A Series of Puzzles designed to slowly fit together and build a world map. Each Puzzle representing a fragment of time to create a timeless world map. Hastings 113 represents the Battle of Hastings 1066, with a crest featuring a Lion and Dragon in gold. Around the outside is a poem engraved honouring the battle of Hastings 1066.
September 12 2024
10 Shilling 171: Introduction to Stamp Series
10 Shllings 171 is the first of the stamp series. A series of puzzles based on rare stamps around the world. The Puzzle featured a riddle of the Queen face facing the wrong way to hint towards another famous stamp: The Inverted Jenny - a rare stamp made famous by its inverted printing error.
September 26th 2024
New Packaging Arrives
The New Packaging for Herring Puzzles, featuring a metal tin, with another smaller metal tin with a slide lid, the tweezers and Herring Puzzles cloth.
September 28th 2024
New Hastings 113 Is Sent Out
The first puzzle we dropped had issues caused by insufficient packaging, so we updated our packaging and sent a replacement puzzle out to every one that had purchased the original Hastings 113. The New Hastings 11 was updated to feature a Lion, Dragon and Sword Whimsy pieces.
28 November 2024
Drop Of Five Shilling Penguin 355
The second of the stamp series drops, 2 Five Shillings Penguin 355 the toughest puzzle in the collection so far with 355 pieces, based on the rare Five Shilling Penguin Stamp (1930)
March 3
10 cent Washington F. Grill single (1868) 256
The third of the stamp series drops, 10 cent Washington 256, based on the rare based on the George Washington F. Grill single Stamp (1868)
April 07
First Challenge Puzzle Drop
The Washington Stamp was sent out the and first Challenge puzzle was dropped.
The first challenge puzzle is the 1c Benjamin Franklin 366 Puzzle based on the 1868 Benjamin Franklin Grill Stamp.
Benjamin Franklin 366 was only available to owners of the Washington Puzzle. It was only available to those who either:
A. Send (email / instagram message) a completed photo of the Washington 256 puzzle (as it is a challenging puzzle) OR
B. Complete the riddle
It was the most challenging puzzle to date, similar cut pieces and size to the Five Shillings Penguin but slightly more challenging. It is 1 out of 2 of the most challenging puzzles I intended to make for the Stamp Series.