17 June 2018

Women on Stamps | Revolution


For the fourth consecutive year, Correos (the Spanish postal service) has held its National Stamp Design Contest. The winners of the last edition were two women: Simona Peres in the general category, and Alba Guzmán Alcalde in the children’s category. Their works appeared on stamps on February this year.

The winning stamp in the general category illustrates a dream-like female character, in shades of purple, using feathers to write words full of love: the revolution of snail mail!

I received it from Imma (PC). Along with the pictorial postcard, it seems to make part of the decoration of this hand-painted envelope. If you look closely, you can read part of this poem by Pablo Neruda.


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For the new edition of Sunday Stamps-II A to Z, I have decided to show some of the stamps I have got on letters and postcards, related to one topic: women. This is the post for the letter R.

More women on stamps.

11 comments:

  1. She looks like a very calm revolutionary! So cute.

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    1. That's the think with solow revolutions, I guess ;-)

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  2. such a nice dreamy stamp!

    I am not that much of a poetry fan, but I do like Neruda - "Tonight I can write.." has remained my all time favourite ever since I first read it.

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    1. I think it is a very international poem, that one!

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  3. So nice to see the lovely stamp and matching envelope :-)

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    1. I think it's perfect for personal handwritten letters.

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  4. Beautiful stamp, lots of love there.

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  5. Perfectly illustrating the dream.

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  6. Hi Eva, nice to meet you!
    Thank you so much for this wonderful post :) and for the comments by your followers :) I'm so glad that you shared the stamp on your beautiful blog. I love the mix between the stamp and the illustration on the postcard (I love the poems by Neruda) congratulation to your friend Imma :) and of course... congratulation for you blog ;)
    All the best

    Simona

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    1. Hi, Simona,
      Thank you for visiting the blog. It's an honour!
      I really like the stamp you designed, and I must say that I have sent in on envelopes on postcards to most of my friends. It's a successful design among snail mail lovers and letter writers :)

      Your art is just great. Thanks!

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