Mail Adventures

30 October 2026

Happy Halloween!

Letter sent by Phillip (the USA), months ago.

29 October 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Halloween Vibes

Postcards sent by Fabienne (France) and Bryon (USA).

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Halloween, orange and black.

28 October 2026

Lighthouses on Postcards

Parnu Pier, Estonia

The Lighthouse on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel (ca 1825)
By J. Jackson

Neuland, Germany

Postcards sent by Maire (Estonia), Louise (Germany) and Gertrud (Germany).

27 October 2026

Mail Labels

Sometimes I forget to take a picture of the mail labels. And some of them deserve it!

China

Estonia

Germany

Hungary

United States

26 October 2026

Women on Postcards | H Is for Homeric Heroines

Helen's Tears, 1882-1898
Edward Burne-Jones

Hector taking leave of Andromache, 1768
Angelica Kauffman

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK)

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

25 October 2026

Sunday Stamps | Lighthouses

Some of the latest additions to my collection of lighthouses on stamps...

Swallowtail Lighthouse, Grand Manan Island
New Brunswick
From Far and Wide (III)
Canada, 2020

Bremerhaven Unterfeuer
Lighthouses 2017
Germany, 2017

Alte Weser
Lighthouses 2024
Germany, 2024

ILV Granuaile & Fanad Lighthouse

Commissioners of Irish Lights

Ireland, 2016

Lantern of Genoa
Italy, 2004

Vlieland (Vuurduin) & Schiermonnikoog (Noordentoren)
Personalized stamps
Netherlands, 2014

Oosterdijk (De Ven)
Personalized stamps
Netherlands, 2014

Gorodets Lighthouse
Russian Lighthouses
Russia, 2023

You can go to Sunday Stamps to enjoy more Lighthouses. And, of course, you are welcome to share yours!

24 October 2026

The United Nations is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among states, to promote international cooperation, and to serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of states in achieving those goals.

24 October is United Nations Day: it marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.

To mark the 80th anniversary, some postal administrations issued special stamps, like the one Bryon sent.

I am not especially fond of the Spanish design, tough.

23 October 2026

Women on Postcards | W Is for Women on Stamps

Postcard made by Fabienne (France), out of Women on Stamps from Denmark, France, Germany and the USA.

Some of this women had already appeared on the Women on Stamps section of this blog: Virginia Apgar, Cilly Aussen, Madeleine Brès & Alice Hamilton and Fanny Hensel. The rest will we added soon!

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

22 October 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | The Moomin Game

Today's theme in Thursday Postcard Hunt is Maps. At first sight, I though this postcard was a map of Mumminworld. But it belongs to the first game based on the Moomin books: a boardgame released in 1957, with both the Finnish name Muumipeli and the Swedish name Muminspelet on the box, both translating to 'The Moomin Game'. One of the most notable things about this particular Moomin game is that it is the only one that was actually designed by the creator of the Moomin characters herself, the artist and author Tove Jansson, alongside her brother Lars “Lasse” Jansson.

Anyway...it is a map! Sent by Micu (Hungary).

21 October 2026

Off-Season

Envelope made out of a page of a magazine, sent to Phillip (the USA).

20 October 2026

Women on Postcards | C Is for Collage

Collage made by Fabienne (France), out of reused materials.

I like the original way she write my address (although the typewriter suffered from some accident in way). This is not the first time the character Hermione Granger has appeared on a stamp...