Windmills from the UK::
Letter sent by Alan. Carefully chosen stamps... almost ruined by the postal service!
Bembridge Windmill, c. 1700. The sole remaining windmill on the Isle of Wright, containing much of the original wooden machinery. |
And more of the same wonderful set on letters from Laura... Along with one of those cancellations (Brrr!):
Holland op z'n mooist Charlotte Dematons |
Great collection! I love windmills, but apparently watermills, too.The Staffordshire watermill is a beautiful one! (pity of the 'postmark' :-/ )
ReplyDeleteThe stamp in front of the Leiden card says 'frankering gecontroleerd', which means that Dutch PostNL has checked if there was sufficient postage. Usually they stamp this on the same side as the postage stamps, I don't know why they chose to decorate the other side :-)
And I don't remember which stamp(s) I sticked on the back side, so I cannot check if their check was a correct one :-)
Thank you for sharing!
I added the postcard from Leiden in the last minute, when I realised there is a windmill too.
DeleteYou put this stamp, and one with a seagull from 2003, with the value of 59 cents.
Ah, then I understand: the postal machines had to count :-) They are used to 'forever stamps' now, but this time some real person had to check if the total amount was sufficient for international postage (1.33 at the moment) :-)
DeleteI thought the machines were built to... count! ;D
DeleteJ'adore toute cette série de moulins à vent et à eau !
ReplyDeleteIl sont vraiment très jolis. J'adore ce thème.
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