Women on Postcards - Update

 

View into the Garden, 1926
Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

Earlier this year, I started the postal project Women on Postcards: completing an alphabet of postcards representing women. 

To be honest, I did not think I would receive so many postcards. But, intentionally or not, friends and postcrossers have contributed. 

The result is that halfway through the year, there are only three letters missing: U, X, Z, while I have received more than one postcard for some (easier) letters. 

As I had predicted, it is being a lot of fun. So... Thank you!

Summer Mail - III | Rowing

Zamboanga Vintas

 The Amstel River with the Magere Brug (='Skinny Bridge')
Illustration by Dick Bruna

Sent by Allen (Philippines) and Heleen (the Netherlands). 

Sunday Stamps | V Is for Volcanology

Stamp issued on 13 July 2006, belonging to the series Earth and Universe Sciences, dedicated to Volcanology and Seismology. 

This is my V-entry for A-Z Sunday Stamps.

Escher Calendar

I made some mail art with a calendar dedicated to M.C. Escher...

Front and back of a postcard sent to Eduard (Russia).

Front and back of an envelope sent to Lilli (Canada).

Summer Mail - II | Underwater

BobSponge stamps are very popular!

Thursday Postcard Hunt | O Polbo

Postcard sent by Pedro (Spain), during a recent trip to A Coruña. 

O Polbo (='The Octopus')  is a work by Javier M. Padín Martínez. It was inaugurated along with other sculptures on the A Coruña seafront in 2004. This statue is made of reinforced concrete and covered with small, colorful ceramic pieces that change hue depending on the sunlight. It measures 2 meters high by 3 meters wide.

On the background you can see the most famous landmark of this city: the Tower of Hercules,  the oldest known extant Roman lighthouse. It also appears on the pictorial postmark:

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
June theme: SHAPES

• Week 1 - Letters
• Week 2 - Curves
• Week 3 - Lines
• Week 4 - Irregular/Wavy

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Postcard from València

Some people may do not like it, but for me it is always a pleasure to receive a postcard from a place I know well. To get a new insight, to see how the place has changed, to see which postcard people choose...

Pedro sent this postcard from València, with a matching stamp and a postmark with the image of the Central Market (also on the postcard). It you want to know his impressions of the city, you can read them on one of his blogs.

Women on Postcards | L Is for Light

Sunlight in the Blue Room, 1891

Anna Ancher (1859 – 1935) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artist colony on the northern point of Jylland, Denmark. She is considered to be one of Denmark's greatest visual artists. The girl on the fist postcard is the artist's daughter, Helga.

A Woman Knitting. Evening Light, 1919

Cards sent by Laura (the UK).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Summer Mail - I | Citrus

Citric mail sent by Fabienne (France):

And a colourful postcard received from Anna (Poland):

Sometimes I send something refreshing, too, like this letter to Laura (the UK):

Sunday Stamps | U Is for Universe

My U-entry for this A-Z Sunday Stamps is dedicated to Universe. In fact I could add literally any stamp to this post...

Postbox Saturday | Castell de Cabres

Well protected postbox in the small village of Castell de Cabres. I am envious that they have a postbox for 25 inhabitants...

Women on Postcards | T Is for Trash

Still Life with Dish (detail), 2014, by Valerie Belin. Exhibited in Things. A Story of Still Life, Louvre Museum. Postcard sent by Fabienne (France).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Columns

Old travel poster of one of my favourite cities. Sent by Jenny (Germany).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
June theme: SHAPES

• Week 1 - Letters
• Week 2 - Curves
• Week 3 - Lines
• Week 4 - Irregular/Wavy

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

It Is All about Books (and Paper Bags)

Front and bag of an envelope sent to Fabienne (France). Made out of a paper bag.

Magic returns to bookstores

Envelope sent to Lilli (Canada), also made out of a paper bag.

Portuguese Lighthouses

It is a pity that this letter sent by Pedro via Ilha das Flores (Azores) to be stamped with a lighthouse postmark, did not turned out as expected.

The stamp, belonging to the set Portugal in the European Union, 40 Years arrived safe and sound, and also did the letter inside.

It is always a pleasure to get mail related to lighthouses, and I have been lately spoiled by Pedro...

Cape Espichel Lighthouse was built in 1790 on the site of a hermitage that had been founded in the middle of the 14th century to hold an image of the Virgin, which had been found on a rock.

Cabo da Roca forms the westernmost point of continental Europe. Situated in the municipality of Sintra, near Azóia, to the west of Lisbon. The lighthouse started operation in 1772.

The stamp belongs to a 4-stamps series issued in 2024 to commemorate the centenary of the Portuguese Lighthouse Authority (Direção de Farois).