30 December 2022

29 December 2022

Thanks


I have some friends who are also postcrossers, and I think it would be nice to draw their adresses in the Postcrossing site. 

Well, that just happened (or almost). This postcard arrived through the Postcrossing site, sent by Valerie (the USA). Besides the wonderful design, it was very nice to know she is the same person that participated, years ago, in one of my postal projects and a Mail Adventures reader. How cool is it?

So, thanks to Valerie, to Postcrossing and, of course, to you who are reading this!

28 December 2022

Festive Deer





Christmas & New Year mail sent by Alicia (Spain), Fabienne (France) and Phillip (USA).

27 December 2022

26 December 2022

It Is Raining... Mail




Mail sent by Laura (the UK) and Bryon (the USA).

25 December 2022

Sunday Stamps | (Religious) Christmas

Some Christmas stamps I have got in 2022...


Australia



Canada




Spain




United Kingdom




United States of America



You can go to Sunday Stamps to see more (Religious) Christmas stamps.

This is the 52th Sunday Stamps post this year on this blog. I think this is the first year I have not skipped any Sunday!

24 December 2022

I Wish You Happiness & Joy






Christmas mail sent by Phillip and Bryon (the USA), Bruno and Imma (PC).

23 December 2022

Calm-leon


Drawn envelope sent to Heleen (the Netherlands).

22 December 2022

No Christmas without Christmas Tree!



Christmas mail sent by John (the UK) and Catherine (France).

21 December 2022

Winter (& Christmas!)


Postcard sent by Vera (Rusia).


Card sent by Laura (the UK).

20 December 2022

From Christmas Island


Delightful card & stamps & pictorial postmarks sent by Bryon (Canada).


19 December 2022

Mother and Child

I got this postcard in June, through the Postcrossing site. So, it was not intended for Christmas... But the illustrated side is very Christmassy!

Madonna and child with two angels
Filippo Lippi, ca 1465
Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi

The messages on the back are quite interesting, too!

And so are the stamps:

Sent by Vivien (Hong Kong).

18 December 2022

Sunday Stamps | (Secular) Christmas

Some Christmas stamps I have got in 2022...

France



Netherlands



United Kingdom



United States of America



You can go to Sunday Stamps to see more (Secular) Christmas stamps.

17 December 2022

Wine on Postcards

Wo die wahren Schätze kostbar sind

Frühstücksstilleben, 1633
Pieter Claesz (1597/98 - 1660)

Postcrossing postcards sent by Julia (Austria) and Erica (Germany). Actually, not sure if it is wine or water in the second one. 

15 December 2022

Lighthouses Again

Postcard of Fastnet Lighthouse in Ireland. However, the postcard was sent from Russia, by Stepan.

And another Postcrossing postcard featuring a lighthouse in Acadia National Park, sent by Daniel. With a matching stamp on the back:


Actually, with a lot of stamps on the back!

14 December 2022

Cosy or Wild?

Do you prefer a cosy Christmas...
  

...or a wild one?


Postcards sent by Imma (PC) and Phillip (the USA).

13 December 2022