Homesick

Letter sent on 20 March, and delivered in the UK ten days later. Postal services rock!

I think the word homesick is acquiring a new meaning these days. I am at home but, luckily, not sick.

Every Letter Is a Party

Letter sent from Alan (the UK).

It turns out that this stamp, which I had never seen, was voted the worst of 1999 (?!). What do you think? Do you have a least favourite stamp ever?

Sunday Stamps | Gates

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Architecture. I have chosen some monumental gates on stamps from different countries:

Canada

Historic District of Old Quebec
UNESCO WHS in Canada
16 January 2017

 

China

Qiliping (Hong'an, Hubei)
Chinese Towns
19 May 2016

Spain

Arco de Villalar, Baeza
Monumental Arches and Gates
2 January 2014

Puerta de la Luna (='Moon Gate'), Córdoba
Monumental Arches and Gates
2 January 2015

The United Kingdom

The Norman Gate
Windsor Castle
15 February 2017

I have received two more stamps from this stunning series:

The Queen's Ballroom

The Waterloo Chamber

A Day on Postcards

Breakfast

Working from Home

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt. 

By Sir Phillip Burne-Jones, 2nd Bt

1898

Looking at the Empty Streets

Archcathedral of Saint Virgin Mary in Minsk

Pannonhalma (Hungary)

Lunch

De maaltijd der vrienden ('The meal of the friends')
1932-1933
Charley Toorop (1891-1955) 

By Martin Wiscombe

Gardening

Achterzijde van Paleis Het Loo met Koningsfontein (Apeldoorn)

Afternoon Tea

 

Waiting

Margaret Burne-Jones, 1885-6

By Edward Burne-Jones

 

Dinner

(Restaurant in Vienna)

Postcards sent by Heleen (the Netherlands), Laura (the UK), Arina (Belarus), Micu (Hungary), Freddy (the Netherlands), Phillip (the USA) and Julia (Austria).

All them arrived BC (='before coronavirus'), but they hadn't been uploaded to the blog yet.