This is my entry for Sunday Stamps, letter O.
This imposing Búho real or Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) appeared in the 2014 series of endangered especies, issued on 20 October. You can see the 4-stamps die-cut set here. (And another one that appeared recently in Sunday Stamps!)
The little owl (Athene noctua) belongs to a series of British Owls issued on 11 May 2018. See the 10 different stamps here.
This stamp arrived on this envelope from Alan (the UK):
Do you guess why he wrote this on the envelope?
J'aime beaucoup les timbres sur les oiseaux et rapaces ! Oui le tarif pour l Europe est moins cher que pour le reste du monde ,1.20 contre 1.30 pour une lettre de 20 g au départ de la France !
ReplyDeleteTu as raison, mais il ne l'écrit pas pour cela! ;)
DeleteAu départ de l'Espagne, les prix cette année sont 1,35 et 1,45. Plus cher que en France! Et je crois que, comme toujours, ils vont monter en 2019... :(
oui cela va augmenter en janvier hélas !
DeleteLove that Spanish fauna set with the cut out raptors.
ReplyDeleteThose stamps are great, aren't they? Thanks for your visit, despite the mess with the links this week!
DeleteI didn't even notice that the Spanish owl was a cut out! (and I love seeing shaped stamps). The little owls are so cute.
ReplyDelete(and I've no idea why letters to you are even cheaper now)
hoping to get all this mess fixed by next weekend....
They have issued some cut out with this theme, endangered animals. The stamps are really nice (and big!).
DeleteDear Eva, Please accept my apologies for taking so long to get some correspondence off to you! Thank you so much for the kind letter I received from you in the summer regarding your new address. My story here is a long one, but I will try to give the (relatively) short version … Well, last summer was what I have been calling the “summer from hell.” The first thing was the heat. Seattle is in a very temperate climate location and we used to have such wonderfully mild summers that most people who live here do not even have air conditioning in their homes. Climate change is real, despite what our crazy President says. We’ve had very unusual hot summers for the last 3 years in a row. I do have an air conditioner in one room, a bedroom, so at least I can sleep well. However, my little work room here with all my computer setup is in a room that gets hot on summer days when the temperature goes above about 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Secondly, just down below my home the Expedia (dot com) company is building their new Headquarters. They are currently located in Bellevue, Washington, which is only a few minutes away from Seattle, but they must really like Seattle to spend all the $ they are spending to build a new home. The reason I mention this has to do with construction. You see, the land they purchased is right on the edge of Puget Sound, the big body of water you can see in the photos I post on John’s Island. The bedrock is a long way below the top of the soil, so to put in a proper building foundation, they pound giant pieces of steel into the ground. The machine that does that is called a “pile driver.” As you might imagine it makes a lot of noise … bang, bang, bang … over and over for hours. So, another reason I didn’t want to be here in my little office. :-) Thirdly, and lastly, smoke! Yes, the Pacific Northwest part of USA, and Canada as well, was on fire in many forested areas. The smoke from the fires got so thick here that I could not see ships out in the bay. Really bad and unhealthy! Anyway, let me get to the point :-) I sort of got out of the mood of doing any blogging at all. I’m sure you noticed that. Slowly, but surely, things have improved and my desire to get back into the blogosphere has returned! During all that time I missed a lot of neat posts on several blogs that I follow, including Mail Adventures. You do such an impressive job here with your blog … and you are so reliable too! You are an inspiration! Now, I am going to get something in the snail mail to you soon! In the meantime, thank you for sharing your blog and for your kind comments on mine and not giving up on me. :-) Lastly, (I promise!) I just looked up Peniscola on Google Maps. What a wonderful location! You are right on the water very similar to me, except the Balearic Sea is much, much bigger than Puget Sound! One quick question … Can you see ships from your location? Do take care and be well. I send you kind regards from Seattle! John
ReplyDeleteI can say that I have never seen before a comment as long as this! :D
DeleteI'm glad that everything is a bit better for you now, John.
I love seeing the shaped stamps issued from postal services from time to time. . They add a lot of creativity and interest.
ReplyDeleteYes, they look nice on the envelopes and postcards.
DeleteOwls make for stunning stamp subjects. Spain seems to be doing. a lot of cut out stamps lately. I thought the series from the UK with adult and juvenile birds was really interesting - so nice to see you have received one.
ReplyDeleteThey issue a lot of "different" stamps... Then they aren't available at the post offices!
DeleteI hadn't seen the UK birds series until I got this. Yes, I think the pictures are really great.
I just checked out the link to the Spanish stamps - the one with the otter is fantastic!
DeleteIt's a great series. They issued it at least two years. I'd liked they didn't stop!
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