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14 January 2018

Sunday Stamps | W(indmills)

Being windmills a favourite theme, it is not strange that I have chosen this word for W on Sunday Stamps-II...


These are the latest windmills I have got by snail mail: Achtkante Molen (Groot-Ammers), Oude Doornse Molen (Almkerk) and Broekzijse Molen (Abcoude), in the Netherlands. 

Heleen integrated the stamps on a beautiful mail art envelope, as you can see...

Front of the envelope

Back of the envelope

And a Mediterranean windmill arrived from the island of Paros in Greece...

12 comments:

  1. Ana14 January, 2018

    That is a beautiful set of Dutch stamps! I like it how they are represented in a natural surrounding and it is not just the windmill itself shown.

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    1. Mail Adventures14 January, 2018

      I agree; I like to see real pictures on stamps.

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  2. Heleen14 January, 2018

    'Daar bij die molen' ('there at that windmill') is a famous (be it a kind of old-fashioned) Dutch song :-)

    Thank you for posting, windmills are one of my favourite themes. And on my turn: I love the white mediterranean windmills!

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    1. Mail Adventures14 January, 2018

      Thanks to you for sending those! That white windmills exist also in Spain (in Don Quijote's land). But in Mallorca island, for instance, are quite different.

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  3. violet s14 January, 2018

    That Greek windmill certainly has a different style than the Dutch ones.

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    1. Mail Adventures14 January, 2018

      It is nice to see different styles, isn't it?

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  4. Joy14 January, 2018

    Beautifully atmospheric photographs of the Dutch windmills. I've been to Paros and the white always looks beautiful under that particular Greek light.

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    1. Mail Adventures14 January, 2018

      I've never been to Paros, but the picture could easily been taken in other Aegean islands I have been to... I love the effort of Hellenic Post of making such a beautiful stamp even for a low value.

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  5. FinnBadger14 January, 2018

    Lovely stamps. I have to say that Greek windmill is stunning.

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    1. Mail Adventures14 January, 2018

      Where I was staying this summer (most of the days), we have a bar in one of those restored windmills. We could take a coffee with a stunning view, not very different from that on the stamp.

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  6. Bob Scotney19 January, 2018

    To see the Dutch windmills is even better. Not many left in the UK now.

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Thank you for coming. All your comments make me extremely happy.