10 July 2025

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Formentera

La Mola

Formentera is a small island next to Eivissa. I have never been there. From the postcards I have been receiving lately, it seems the paradise to me.

Es Pujols


Cap de Barbaria

Platja des Migjorn

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
July theme: TRAVEL
  • Week 1 - Your Own Country
  • Week 2 - A place you'd like to visit (but haven't)
  • Week 3 - A place you would not like to visit (for whatever reason)
  • Week 4 - Getting around (train, bus, plane, stations, airports)
  • Week 5 - Your happy place (beach, mountains, parks, cities, islands...)
Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

09 July 2025

Aniva Lighthouse

The Aniva Lighthouse is an  abandoned lighthouse located on Cape Aniva in the very south of Sakhalin Island in the East of Russia. The height of the building is 31 meters, the height of the light is 40 meters above sea level. It was built by Japan in 1938-1940, and abandoned in 2006 after an eventful life. Since then, it is gradually destroyed by water and wind, and has become a tourist attraction.

The first postcard was sent by Veniamin (Russia) after a visit to the lighthouse. The postcard below was sent by Eduard two years ago.


See more pictures and information here.

08 July 2025

Angry Machine


I got this postcard from China through the Postcrossing site. It shows, according to online translators, the Orange Island bridge in the city of Meili Xingcheng. 

There are always many special details in mail that travels from so far away. On the back of this postcard, the commitment of the postal machine surprised me!


Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
New Year Greetings stamps
2011

The Great Wall (Ming dynasty), Yumenguan
2016

(Printed on the postcard)

07 July 2025

Summer Mail - II

Postcard sent by Bryon (the USA), with a watermelon label.

Some stamps do not seem stamps at all:


From Phillip (the USA), I have got the complete series! And the First Day cancellation.


06 July 2025

Sunday Stamps | Backyard Games

On August 12, 2021 the USPS issued Backyard Games stamps in eight designs. They celebrate  the many games Americans play for outdoor recreation. Some of the games are not common here!




Go to Sunday Stamps to see more stamps about Summer Fun.

05 July 2025

Old Mail Adventure


My husband sent me this postcard from Canada in 2006. I joined Postcrossing in 2008, and I found out that it had also been the first postcard ever sent through Postcrossing (July 2005). 

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Postcrossing, a special edition of this postcard was added to the Postcrossing shop. Which, of course, sold out in no time!

04 July 2025

Happy Fourth of July

"We ask but for Peace, Liberty and Safety."
First Continental Congress, 1774


Mail sent by Bryon & Phillip (the USA).

03 July 2025

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Eivissa

I rarely receive postcards from my own country. However, this month I received some from the island of Eivissa. It has been years since I last visited it, and these postcards make me dream!

Eivissa, port

Vila d'Eivissa

Es Vedrà

Portinatx

Punta Moscarter Lighthouse

Punta Moscarter Lighthouse

Cala Benirràs

Cala de Sant Vicent

Santa Eulària des Riu

Santa Eulària des Riu

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
July theme: TRAVEL
  • Week 1 - Your Own Country
  • Week 2 - A place you'd like to visit (but haven't)
  • Week 3 - A place you would not like to visit (for whatever reason)
  • Week 4 - Getting around (train, bus, plane, stations, airports)
  • Week 5 - Your happy place (beach, mountains, parks, cities, islands...)
Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

02 July 2025

Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams (1902– 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. 












I think I have got all of them by now. They look wonderful on letters!



30 June 2025

Summer Mail - I

 

Postcard sent by Eduard (Russia). This is a charity card. The author of the drawing is Елизавета Левина (10 years old).

29 June 2025

Sunday Stamps | Agricultural Projects



Issued in 2024, these stamps commemorate the Soldiers of the Soil and farmerettes, who provided much needed farm labour in Canada during times of war. You can read here more information about this issue.


Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall (The UK). The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general.


Following on from the workers' gardens that appeared in the 19th century, throughout the country, les jardins partagés (='shared gardens' or 'community gardens'), brought to life and cultivated together by residents, promote biodiversity and strengthen ties between generations. The stamp was issued in 2023.

Go to Sunday Stamps to see more stamps on Agriculture.