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]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | USA Cities

Postcards from Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA):

Aerial view of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "The Golden Triangle", and Point State Park. The Allegheny River (left) and the Monongahela River (right) converge at Pittsburgh's Point to form the Ohio River.

The moon and the style of these illustrations make the cities very attractive. Phillip (the USA) has sent me a couple more from different states: Nashville (Tennessee) and Louisville (Kentucky).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
February theme: CITIES

• Week 1 - Asian
• Week 2 - Southern European
• Week 3 - Northern European
• Week 4 - North American

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

From a Sunny Place

I sent some citrus postcards in mid-summer (28th July 2025). One of them  arrived in Russia in mid-winter (early February). As the recipient wrote... maybe it is not arriving late, but too soon!

(Pictures taken from Eduard's blog.)

Printed Collage

Front and back of an envelope made by Lilli (Canada). She makes the collages, and then prints copies for envelopes or writing paper. A great idea!

Women on Postcards | V Is for Victoria

Postcard sent by Bryon (Canada), with matching stamps on the back, from the 2023 series Ferries of Canada. 

I received this one on the back of another postcard. Series completed!

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Sunday Stamps | D Is for Different Shapes

Most stamps are rectangular, but some have other (odd) shapes...

Update: I see in the comments that the Dutch stamp is a winner. I have only got one of these stamps, but it belongs to a sheet of odd-shaped stamps:

Picture taken from here

For more D-stamps, visit Sunday Stamps.

Official & Unofficial Mail Labels

Austria

Finland

Netherlands

United Kingdom

United States of America

Women on Postcards | M Is for Murray

Anne Murray in Nova Scotia

The Canadian singer Anne Murray (born 1945) was a huge star in the 70s/80s. The first solo female singer to reach #1 on US chart.

Postcard sent by Violet (Canada).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Illustrations of Northern European Cities

Cologne (Germany)

London (United Kingdom)

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The London Eye on the South Bank of the Thames

is 135 metres high and gives a spectacular view of London by night.

Text and illustration: Jason Brooks

Canterbury (the UK)

Postcards sent by Bruno (PC) and Laura (the UK).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
February theme: CITIES

• Week 1 - Asian
• Week 2 - Southern European
• Week 3 - Northern European
• Week 4 - North American

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!