09 February 2014

Silvery Letter

I have recently received this silvery letter from Laura (the UK). I thought it could be a good choice for this Sunday Stamps, which theme is Flowers.



Usually the stamps with flowers are not among my favourites, but I should recognize this one dedicated to the Gentiana acaulis is really beautiful.

I had previously received one of the same set, with tulips (sort of my favourite flower):


It is written in the stamp: "Tulipa sp. Tulipa is the Latinised version of the Ottoman Turkish tülbend meaning turban. A fully opened tulip was thought to resemble a turban (fig.1)."

Oh, and I found another I have got months ago!


It shows the Passiflora sp. I'm not able to read all the words properly (sorry I didn't take a better picture!), but it tells how 18th century missionaries discovered this flower and considered its parts tells us about the Crucifixion of Christ story.

Update:



More information about these stamps here.

13 comments:

  1. Those are beautiful - a set I missed.

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    1. I think I've received another one from this set, but I'm not able to find it now!

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  2. They're beautiful! Too bad that I can't get my hands on any of them...

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    1. Maybe now it's difficult, because they were issued some years ago.

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  3. I missed these two. I'm cross because our passion flower succumbed to the frost two years ago, its replacement has not flowered yet. I guess you can tell which is my favourite.

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  4. I missed this set too:-( I love those attached tabs, and the flowers of course.

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    1. The labels are nice. I think my friend had a good idea by sending the labels along with the stamps.

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  5. What a lovely series. Tulips are among my top 3 favourite flowers (though not the basic red and yellow varieties we see in the stores - there are so many attractive versions)

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    1. I think the tulips on this stamps are everything but boring!

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  6. What a beautiful set. the blue of gentians just takes my breath away. We have a different species in the USA but a similar blue.
    thank you for joining in.

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  7. Beautiful, and like all the others from the UK, I've not seen them before... I think we go around with our eyes closed. They're from 2004, I believe, after some hasty googling.

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    1. Thanks! I've been receiving these in the last years, so I'm not sure about the date of issue. I think my friend bought a bunch of them (and I'm grateful for that, of course!).

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