17 July 2020

Orange Mail

Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), cytogeneticist
Illustration by Rachel Ignotofsky
Letter sent by Phillip (the USA).


"Expect a most agreeable letter,
for not being overburdened
by subject -having nothing 
at all to say- there shall be
no check to my genius from
beginning to end."

Jane Austen
letter from 21 January 1801

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

4 comments:

  1. I do like stamps' collecting hobby.. And I am a collector... Also, I do like RIP John Lenon.. Have a nice story in his song "Yesterday".. a friend of mine "Imad Zito" gave me a present on my birthday, an original tape cassette of the song in 1982 While we were at the front during the war... then he was captured as a prisoner of war..stayed 8 years in prison.... OMG..

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  2. I played around a little with the placement of the stamps for this one.

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    1. And I see it also gained an orange barcode!

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    2. Yes, the postal service this time contributed to the orangeness :)

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