04 March 2021
03 March 2021
02 March 2021
Coronation Street
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"Be nice if every day I have left would be like this." |
Coronation Street is a British soap opera shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. More than 10,000 episodes! And I am afraid I have never seen any of them. Now I feel curious!
The stamps were issued on 28 May 2020. I found the first stamp very positive.
01 March 2021
Bearded Mail
26 February 2021
Have I Already Said the World Needs More Scientists?
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Mamie Phipps-Clark(1917-1983) Psychologist and Civil Rights Activist "I began to think that a crucial part of children's lives, no matter what happens, has to be a degree of security and acceptance." |
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Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906-1972) Theoretical Physicist "When you love science, all you really want is to keep working" |
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Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Inventor and Film Actress "[My father] made me understand that I must make my own decisions, mold my own character, think my own thoughts." |
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Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) Biochemist and X-ray Crystallographer "I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals." |
The last one arrived with the Innovation stamps and First Day pictorial postmark (also on this post):
Archived in
First Day,
fuchsia,
golden,
INcoming MAIL,
matching stamps,
mermaids,
pictorial postmarks,
postcards,
postmarks,
USA,
Warner Bros.
25 February 2021
Global Mail Monsters
These stamps have landed in my friend Bryon's mailbox during the last week: pen strikes on stamps from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Some questions arise here. Like...
Who makes the scribbles? How long does it take to find a pen, hold up the delivery process and do the deed? At the source post office? The destination post office? What is going through the postal workers mind when they inscribe the scribbles? Are they some kind of person who think the worlds economy will be cheated by the possibility an uncancelled stamp could be used a second time?
And, especially: Is there any country Mail Monsters free?
Archived in
Canada,
MAIL ADVENTURES,
Mail Monsters,
Netherlands,
postmarks,
royalty,
USA
24 February 2021
It Is Still (and Always!) Knitting Time
Card sent by Phillip (the USA). The illustration is derived from the drawing that accompanied a knitting needles patent from 1937.
I think the stamps, featuring Ruth Asawa's wire sculptures match really well! (More information about these stamps). I have got the whole lot!
Archived in
black & white,
Christmas,
folded cards,
INcoming MAIL,
matching stamps,
pictorial postmarks,
postmarks,
sheep & knit,
stamps,
USA
23 February 2021
Where There Is Tea
Archived in
citrus,
collages,
envelopes,
France,
INcoming MAIL,
reading,
tape,
tea/coffee,
typewriters
21 February 2021
Sunday Stamps | Green Creatures
Sunday Stamps is featuring today Green stamps. I found some green creatures in my collection...
Green birds
The USA, 2016 |
Green reptiles
The USA, 2019 (More information about these stamps) |
Green insects
Belarus, 2016 |
19 February 2021
Blue Cats
This is one of the bluest Blue Cats by Irina Zeniuk. Sent by Heleen, from the Netherlands).
These cats seemed to be very popular among postcrossers. However, I had not got any of them until last year. I am not the biggest fan of (real) cats, but these illustrations are just wonderful. I even have made an album to gather all the blue cats I have got!
17 February 2021
Greetings from Germany
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Die Wartburg bei Eisenach |
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Koblenz an Rhein und Mosel |
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Sachsen |
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Frelenberg |
Postcards sent by Sebastian, Irene, Micky and Andreas (Germany), through the Postcrossing site. And, below, two postcards with lighthouses, from a swap in the new Postcrossing forum, sent by Marcel.
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Travemünde |
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Pilsen |
Archived in
blue,
Germany,
INcoming MAIL,
lighthouses,
MAIL ADVENTURES,
postcards,
Postcrossing,
sheep & knit
15 February 2021
Tell Your Story
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National Storytelling week Tell Your Story 30th Jan - 6th Feb www.sfs.org.uk |
I wasn't aware of National Storytelling Week...
(On a letter from the UK.)
14 February 2021
Sunday Stamps | Love Letters
Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Romantic. Could you find something more romantic that a love letter?
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Germany, 2019 |
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Germany, 2020 |
The Netherlands, 2001 |
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The Netherlands, 2005 |
The USA, 1980 |
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The United Kingdom, 1994 |
The United Kingdom, 2004 |
The United Kingdom, 2004 |
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Spain, 2019 |
Portugal, 2010 |
Go so Sunday Stamps to see more romantic stamps. And Happy Valentine's to everyone celebrating the day!
13 February 2021
Do You Like Me?
Archived in
INcoming MAIL,
Netherlands,
postcards,
postmarks,
The New Normal,
turquoise,
UK,
USA,
Valentines
12 February 2021
Happy New Year!
This 1997 stamp has just arrived on the back of a postcard sent by Bryon (the USA). In time to wish a Happy Year of the Ox!
Let me add some 2020 Lunar New Year stamps from Canada and the USA:
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