Mail Adventures

27 March 2026

Bird on Tree

I have received this pictorial postmark several times... But I love how perfectly the bird is perched on the tree in this one!

26 March 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Young Animal

Thursday Postcard Hunt
March theme: ANIMALS

Week 1 - In the Wild
Week 2 - On the Farm
Week 3 - Pets
Week 4 - Young

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Eduard (Russia) sent it by mail, but this is not a conventional postcard, and I am not even sure Чебурашка is a conventional animal (A bear cub? A hare with large ears? A monkey?). It was created by writer Eduard Uspensky in 1966 (I hope it does not mean he is not young any more!) as one of the main characters in the book Gena the Crocodile and His Friends and its sequels.

There are two versions: on the stamp, as he appeared in the cartoon Crocodile Gena in 1969, created with the direct participation of the film's production designer, Leonid Shvartsman. On the cardboard, as it was reimagined for the 2023 film.

Spring Letters

Letters sent by Laura & Alan (the UK).

24 March 2026

Year of the Fire Horse [II]

Sent by Fabienne (France).

23 March 2026

Women on Postcards | B Is for Beira Alta

We do not know who this woman is, but on the back of the postcard it is written "Beira Alta". Beira Alta (Upper Beira) was a Portuguese province in the north of Portugal.

The picture was taken in 1998. The photographer was Helena Henriques, and the postcard was sent by Pedro (Portugal).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

22 March 2026

Sunday Stamps | H Is for Hot-Air Balloon

Flown by J. Blanchard and J. Jeffries in 1785
Poland, 1981

100th anniversary of balloon Jupiter

USA, 1959

USA, 1983

Go to Sunday Stamps to see H-inspired stamps.

21 March 2026

Year of the Fire Horse [I]

Postcard sent by Bryon (the USA).

20 March 2026

Swallows Cutting Through Willow Branches in Spring

Four Seasons is a set of special stamps issued by China Post on March 20, 2017 [...]. The full set consists of 4 stamps. The first stamp is titled Swallows Cutting Through Willow Branches in Spring. It depicts spring scenery: gentle breezes caress the air, willow branches sway on both riverbanks, a group of children fly kites, and swallows dart back and forth, brimming with vibrant life.

(Information taken from this site)

19 March 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Guinea Pigs Wearing Glasses

Guinea Pigs Wearing Glasses, by Hanna Mellin Design. Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
March theme: ANIMALS

Week 1 - In the Wild
Week 2 - On the Farm
Week 3 - Pets
Week 4 - Young

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

18 March 2026

A Letter Is a Gift

Decorated envelope sent by Laura (the UK).

17 March 2026

53 Weeks 53 Postcards

Das ist Quatsch mit Soße
In British English: "That's bollocks"
In American English: "That's baloney"

This was sent by Nora (Germany), from her project 53 weeks 53 postcards. It consists in sending 53 postcards this year:

I received a postcard calender (KUHL (2026) - Kulturverlag Kadmos Berlin) as a gift. The postcards are not thin like in other calenders, just regular good postcard quality. The postcards show German sayings literally translated in English, so that often creates funny sayings. But don’t worry, the meaning is explained correctly in English on the back. Each of the cards shows cows.

I plan on sending one written and stamped postcard per week from this calendar next year (2026).

16 March 2026

Women on Postcards | A Is for Aksinia

Aksinia and Grigory are the main characters of And Quiet Flows the Don or The Silent Don (Тихий Дон), a novel in four volumes by Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov, who on the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965.

The postcard was sent by Eduard, and includes stamps of the author of the Nobel and other Nobel laureates from Russia in literature.