Reading Time

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Sheep, Ram, Yarn

Big postcard made by Fabienne (France).

Sent by L. J. (USA) through the Postcrossing site.

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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!

250 Years of US Postal Service (9 / 12)

In 2025, the United States celebrates a milestone: 250 years of postal service. This collection of postcards have been released one a month. All 12 align to form a timeline spanning from 1775 to 2025.

9.

The ZIP Code system was introduced in the United States in 1963 as the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) to improve the speed and accuracy of mail delivery.

12.

This final postcard is the culmination and capstone of our year-long series — the piece that brings the entire 250-year story together.

From Benjamin Franklin’s appointment in 1775, through wars, westward expansion, technological leaps, and bold reforms, to the vibrant USPS we rely on today—this 12th card closes the collection with a celebratory view.

It honors the endurance, adaptability, and quiet heroism of a service that has delivered far more than mail: for two and a half centuries, it has delivered for America.

Postcards sent from Bryon (the USA). Still waiting for 10 and 11!

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[1-2, 3, 4, 5-6, 7-8...]

Eat Me

This envelope sent by Phillip arrived like this, and it intrigued me a lot!

Until I opened it and discovered Alice inside (trying to escape?)!

Women on Postcards | O Is for Oz

It has been a while since the last time I received mail from Oz! 

Postcard sent by Marina (USA).

Dorothy, 2015
Janelle Dimmett

Not a postcard, but Dorothy and her friends also appear on this handmade envelope (from a calendar sheet), with the greenest stamps:

Both pieces of mail were sent by Phillip (the USA).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Sunday Stamps | F Is for Fruits

Kidney Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Turkey, 2018

Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
Russia, 2022

Teenage boy eating apple
 (Changing tastes in Britain)
UK, 2005

Stamp Day 2011
France, 2011

Mango & Orange
Fruits (Series 3)
China, 2018

Apricots
Fruits (Series 2)
China, 2016

Go to Sunday Stamps to enjoy more F- stamps today!

Fancy a Cup of Blue Tea?

Collage on an envelope sent by Laura (the UK).

Women on Stamps | D is for Dickinson

I hope your rambles have been sweet,
and your reveries spacious.
(Letter from Emily Dickinson to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, June 1878)

Card sent by Laura (the UK).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Wild Whales

Guiding Light, by Nicola North. Card sent by Lilli (Canada). 

A quotation on the back:

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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!

It is Raining Outside

Envelope sent by Pedro (Portugal). I like how the stamp gets a new meaning on the envelope design. Does not it makes you smile?

It belongs (like this one) to the series Arte Contemporânea Portuguesa - 2.ª Série. The artwork reproduced on the stamp is Rugby (Green), by Ângela Ferreira, 2020.

Discovering England through Postcards

Lately, I am getting more illustrated postcards than pictures. I like both, of course. So let's dedicate a post to some traditional postcards that give a sense of travelling and discovering new places...

Chichester cathedral and the statue
of St Richard by Philip Jackson

The White Cliffs of Dover 

Minstrels Gallery, Exeter Cathedral

The Museum of Somerset, Taunton

St Mary Magdalene, Taunton

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK).

Woman on Postcards | J is for Janneke

Fiep Westendorp is a  (favourite!) Dutch illustrator who became popular due to her long collaboration with writer Annie M.G. Schmidt with their creation of Jip and Janneke. 

Postcard sent by by Romina (The Netherlands). Actually, it is the second time I receive it (which I don't mind, of course).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Sunday Stamps | E is for Earth

Go to Sunday Stamps to see more E-stamps.

Mail Art Egg

Mail Art Egg was organised first time in 2012 with the aim of changing the original paradigm of egg by creating postal letters considering egg as a shape. There were 164 letters received from almost all parts of the world, created by kids to grown-ups from Brazil to England, including Hungary as well. All of these masterpieces were exhibited at different places in Hungary at Easter-time followed by an official handover-ceremony to the Postal Museum in Budapest, Hungary. This museum owns the biggest collection of stamps in the world – which is now complemented by these Mail Egg masterpieces as well. This is the 15th year that Mail-Art Egg Project is being announced!

More information & works 

Women on Postcards | H Is for Hellás (Ἑλλάς)

Postcard sent by Olya (Belarus) through the Postcrossing site.

[Women on Postcards - 2026]