02 April 2020

Blue Butterflies


Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was "One of the first and most important entomologist". She "classified many new insect species" and "carefully illustrated the metamorphosis of the butterfly".

I learn a lot from these Rachel Ignotofsky postcards  sent by Phillip (the USA).

[Update: I have just learned through Twitter that today Maria Sibylla Merian was born on 2 April. How coincidental!] 

More blue butterflies:
Scolitantides orion

Maculinea arion

Contrasting with the nice cancellation on Phillip's envelope...

Luckily, I got these again!

12 comments:

  1. Magnifique collection de papillons,j'ai moi aussi reçu du courrier avec les timbres barrés et j'ai pu facilement effacer le crayon avec une gomme !

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    1. Mais ce n'est pas un crayon, c'est un marqueur :(

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  2. Great coincidence. And I love that Finnish stamp.

    And with the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly stamp I sent you a long time ago (maybe my first piece of mail to you for the Oz project?), I think you have all the butterfly stamps USPS has issued since I started sending mail art.

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    1. I found it :)

      I certainly have a lot of American butterflies on stamps. Thanks!

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    2. I like this series a lot.

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    3. Right now, anything from a week BC sounds like from the Neolithic :|

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    4. I agree, each week feels like a year.

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    5. I agree with that, too!..


      I love how Phillip chooses the matching stamps, great combinations! (and it is clear that I love this women in science serie!)

      Did I write to any of you about Maria Sibylla? I saw an exhibition of her works one or two years ago (in the neolithic era) and I was impressed by her story. I must have written about that (at least to Eva) but I'm not sure anymore if I really did so?

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    6. I don't think you wrote to me about it. However my memory is not so great!

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    7. I don't remember either.

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