It seems there is few to celebrate these days when, at least in my country, all celebrations have been cancelled. We are longing for coming back to the routine. So let me show a visually similar (Don't you think so?) sheet designed by the artist Michiel Schuurman. The title is Gewoontjes = 'Ordinary'.
Since 2019, PostNL has given the winners of several prestigious design competitions the unrestricted opportunity to design stamps. In the design process, the selected designers are free to use their own inspiration and interests. The sheet, consisting of six stamps for international destinations, is inspired by Schuurman’s fascination with marbles.
(More information abut this issue.)
Definitely different style of stamps - we don't have anything like these.
ReplyDeleteOur movements will be curtailed by the virus soon.
Spanish stamps are also very different in style. I love these.
DeleteI hadn't seen that particular Forever 'celebrate' stamp.
ReplyDeleteThe Dutch stamps are neat, especially that each one has different marbles.
I find these, both the American and the Dutch, very original, and nice on envelopes!
Delete@violet - the stamp is newly released this year
ReplyDelete@ eva - we'll just have to celebrate online - and the stamps you've shown are a good start
That Celebrate stamp is very nice, made of some bright paper I love.
DeleteNice to see the combination of the US and NL stamps!
ReplyDeleteAnd as FinnBadger says, fortunately there still is the internet to meet. Also here in NL these are weird times..
Your blog post brings colour to the present grey life :-)
Weird times, but if we remain healthy, there is a lot to be celebrated!
DeleteLove the marble sheet. They are fascinating things, I remember different types had different names, not that I can remember what they are, but do still have my childhood marbles. Hope you keep well and safe.
ReplyDeleteThe only name I remember is a 'moonie' was a marble without a colored center.
DeleteI never knew that the marbles have names!?!
DeleteYou should look at the wikipedia page :)
DeleteIt's fascinating!
DeleteI am even discovering that they have names in Spanish; but not in Catalan, it seems. I had never heard those names. Maybe there weren't popular in my region.
The only other one I recognize is catseye. I am sure there were regional variations.
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