I like postcards about postal workers and everything postal, and I am lucky to receive them now and then...
I am not sure if this rabbit (Felix?) is going to post the letters before engaging in a long trip, or finding the letters when he arrives home, or... I should read the book!
Postcard sent by John (the UK), from the National Postal Museum. Ralph Allen (1693-1746) was the Postmaster of Bath. He revolutionised the postal service by setting cross posts between the major post roads. This gave a direct link between major provincial towns.
And he is reading (a letter?), of course.
And he is reading (a letter?), of course.
Postcard sent by Heleen (the Netherlands). The title of this painting by Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684) is Het aanreiken van een brief in een voorhuis ('A Man handing a Letter to a Woman in the Front Hall of a House'). After a quick Google searching, I learned that letters appeared often in his paintings...
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| Snail Mail, by Hexagonwonders |
Another postcard sent by John (the UK), with a real snail mail carrier...
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| Felix Mit Brief und Koffer, by Constanza Droop |
A red pillar box full of letters,sent by Laura (the UK)!
I love this theme (as you know :-) ).
ReplyDeleteAnd oh, how great is that snail mail snail! I never seen a mail snail carrying the letters this way (under those two, er, how do you call it, things). Inspiring!
I love that illustration, too. But it seems that carrying the mail is a big effort for that little snail...
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Of course I wanted to know what the 'things' are called... it seems they are tentacles, or lower tentacles (as sometimes I see the eyestalks labeled as upper tentacles). Thanks for the diversion!
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