Today is the first day of Autumn in this hemisphere. I hope the Autumn mail will arrive safe and sound!
22 September 2025
21 September 2025
Sunday Stamps | H Is for Height & Horne
Dorothy Height (1912 – 2010) was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She is credited as the first leader in the civil rights movement to recognize inequality for women and African Americans as problems that should be considered as a whole. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years. Height's role in the Big Six civil rights movement was frequently ignored by the press due to sexism.
Lena Horne (1917 – 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. A groundbreaking African-American performer, Horne advocated for civil rights and took part in the March on Washington in August 1963.
Lena Horne (1917 – 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. A groundbreaking African-American performer, Horne advocated for civil rights and took part in the March on Washington in August 1963.
More H-stamps on Sunday Stamps!
20 September 2025
Ink Project Update
How many postcards do you think you can write with the same pen?
Do you remember the The Ink Project? Well, I can inform you that finally my only postcards BIC pen run out of ink... After having written 451,5 postcards.
What do you think?
19 September 2025
18 September 2025
Thursday Postcard Hunt | Rhön Biosphere Reserve & Appalachian Trail
Abtsrodaer Hilltop in the Rhön Biosphere Reserve, Hesse (Germany).
Postcards sent by Ines (Germany) and Phillip (the USA).
September theme: LEARNING
A century after its creation, the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) continues to whisk hikers away on therapeutic adventures in ever-increasing numbers, either for the entire almost 2,200-mile hike from Georgia to Maine or to enjoy a single out-and-back trek. Photo by Nico Schueler.
Postcards sent by Ines (Germany) and Phillip (the USA).
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Thursday Postcard HuntSeptember theme: LEARNING
- Week 1 - Legends, Children's Stories
- Week 2 - Famous People
- Week 3 - National Parks
- Week 4 - History (Could Be Historical Buildings)
Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!
Archived in
First Day,
Germany,
green,
INcoming,
matching stamps,
pictorial postmarks,
postcards,
Postcrossing,
postmarks,
Thursday Postcard Hunt,
USA
17 September 2025
Postcards on Postcards
Archived in
calligraphy/lettering,
INcoming,
mail boxes,
postal workers,
postcards,
spring,
tea/coffee,
USA
16 September 2025
15 September 2025
Wise Words (III): Answer the Letter
«Sec. 3. How to go on with a Letter
[...]
Lewis Carrol, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
[...]
My second Rule is, don't fill more than a page and a half with apologies for not having written sooner!
The best subject, to begin with, is your friend's last letter. Write with the letter open before you. Answer his questions, and make any remarks his letter suggests. Then go on to what you want to say yourself.»
Lewis Carrol, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
14 September 2025
Sunday Stamps | G Is for Gender Violence
Every year, Correos (the Spanish postal service) issues a stamp dedicated to Civic Values -a set of behaviours that is considered positive for the development of society. The theme in 2020 was No to Gender Based Violence.
This is my G-stamp for this round of A-Z Sunday Stamps (dedicated to women in Mail Adventures).
13 September 2025
Good People Meet
Last month, I received this postcard through the Postcrossing site. It had traveled from China for 72 days! There were nice stamps on the back, but no explanation. The message was simply "Happy Postcrossing", wihthout names.
After registering it, I looked at the sender's profile and saw that the same postcard had been sent several times:
I felt curious about the picture. An online translator told me that the words on top mean something like "Good People Meet" (It looks like a good slogan for Postcrossing, doesn't it?). After further researching, I found out that this kind of images are made in Yunnan by Bai people, using old wood engraving techniques.
You can read more here and here, for instance I do not know how accurate the information is, but the pictures are wonderful!
After registering it, I looked at the sender's profile and saw that the same postcard had been sent several times:
You can read more here and here, for instance I do not know how accurate the information is, but the pictures are wonderful!
12 September 2025
Postcrossing & Bowling
Heleen (the Netherlands) sent me this postcard last year. And a couple of weeks ago, I received the followint one from her:
11 September 2025
Thursday Postcard Hunt | Famous Women
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Rosalyn Yallow (1821-2011) Medical Physicist |
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Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879 By Edgar Degas |
Postcards sent by Phillip (the USA) and Laura (the UK).
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Thursday Postcard Hunt
September theme: LEARNING
September theme: LEARNING
- Week 1 - Legends, Children's Stories
- Week 2 - Famous People
- Week 3 - National Parks
- Week 4 - History (Could Be Historical Buildings)
10 September 2025
09 September 2025
Fishing Season in My Mailbox (and III)
Fishing season continues in my mailbox, with stamps, postcards and pictorial postmarks!
Sent by Phillip (the USA).
Archived in
First Day,
INcoming,
matching stamps,
pictorial postmarks,
postcards,
postmarks,
USA
08 September 2025
Wise Words (II): Write Legibly
«Sec. 3. How to go on with a Letter
[...]
Here is a golden Rule to begin with. Write legibly.»
Lewis Carrol, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
Lewis Carrol, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
07 September 2025
Sunday Stamps | F is for Feminist
Simonne Monet-Chartrand (1919 – 1993) was a Canadian labor activist, feminist writer, and pacifist.
The stamp were issued in 2023, along with two more stamps featuring Léa Roback and Madeleine Parent. All three women were born in Montréal and were lifelong advocates for women’s and workers’ rights and other causes. You can read more about them in the Canada Post online magazine.
The stamp were issued in 2023, along with two more stamps featuring Léa Roback and Madeleine Parent. All three women were born in Montréal and were lifelong advocates for women’s and workers’ rights and other causes. You can read more about them in the Canada Post online magazine.
This is my F entry for the A-Z Sunday Stamps.
06 September 2025
250 Years of US Postal Service (1,2)
In 2025, the United States celebrates a milestone: 250 years of postal service. This collection of postcards have been released one a month. All 12 align to form a timeline spanning from 1775 to 2025.
1.
This postcard commemorates the establishment of the United States Post Office by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 26, 1775, and highlights Benjamin Franklin's appointment as the first Postmaster General. Received 25 March 2025
2.
This postcard commemorates the first issuance of postage stamps by the U.S. Post Office in 1847, marking the beginning of prepaid postage in the United States.Two stamps were introduced:
- A 5-cent stamp featuring Benjamin Franklin for letters weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles.
- A 10-cent stamp depicting George Washington for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles or for letters twice the weight of those covered by the 5-cent stamp.
Postcards sent by Bryon (the USA).
05 September 2025
04 September 2025
Thursday Postcard Hunt | NYC
I received this postcard through the Postcrossing site. On it, a wonderful little artist tells her story. She drew the whole family and the house they live in. I absolutely love the taxi!
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Thursday Postcard HuntSeptember theme: LEARNING
- Week 1 - Legends, Children's Stories
- Week 2 - Famous People
- Week 3 - National Parks
- Week 4 - History (Could Be Historical Buildings)
Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!
Archived in
drawing/painting,
INcoming,
postcards,
Postcrossing,
Thursday Postcard Hunt,
USA
03 September 2025
Special Letters from Portugal
Stamps commemorative of Dom Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. He made himself a knight on his own account in the Cathedral of Zamora (nowadays, Spain) in 1125. Some years later, in 1143, the Treaty of Zamora recognised Portugal as an independent kingdom.
The envelope bears a special postmark from Zamora.
Both envelopes sent by Pedro (Portugal).
Archived in
envelopes,
First Day,
INcoming,
MAIL ADVENTURES,
pictorial postmarks,
Portugal,
postmarks,
stamps
02 September 2025
Not a Bad Mail Month, After All
(August update of my 2025 postal project: counting the days I get mail.)
01 September 2025
Wise Words (I): That Way Madness Lies
«Sec. 2. How to begin a Letter.
If the Letter is to be in answer to another, begin by getting out that other letter and reading it through, in order to refresh your memory [...]
Next, Address and Stamp the Envelope. "What! Before writing the Letter?" Most certainly. And I'll tell you what will happen if you don't. You will go on writing till the last moment, and just in the middle of the last sentence, you will become aware that 'time's up!' Then comes the hurried wind-up — the wildly-scrawled signature — the hastily-fastened envelope, which comes open in the post — the address, a mere hieroglyphic — the horrible discovery that you've forgotten to replenish your Stamp-Case — the frantic appeal, to every one in the house, to lend you a Stamp — the headlong rush to the Post Office, arriving, hot and gasping, just after the box has closed — and finally, a week afterwards, the return of the Letter, from the Dead-Letter Office, marked "address illegible"!
Next, put the date in full. It is another aggravating thing, when you wish, years afterwards, to arrange a series of letters, to find them dated "Feb. 17", "Aug. 2", without any year to guide you as to which comes first. And never, never, dear Madam (N.B. this remark is addressed to ladies only: no man would ever do such a thing), put "Wednesday", simply, as the date!
If the Letter is to be in answer to another, begin by getting out that other letter and reading it through, in order to refresh your memory [...]
Next, Address and Stamp the Envelope. "What! Before writing the Letter?" Most certainly. And I'll tell you what will happen if you don't. You will go on writing till the last moment, and just in the middle of the last sentence, you will become aware that 'time's up!' Then comes the hurried wind-up — the wildly-scrawled signature — the hastily-fastened envelope, which comes open in the post — the address, a mere hieroglyphic — the horrible discovery that you've forgotten to replenish your Stamp-Case — the frantic appeal, to every one in the house, to lend you a Stamp — the headlong rush to the Post Office, arriving, hot and gasping, just after the box has closed — and finally, a week afterwards, the return of the Letter, from the Dead-Letter Office, marked "address illegible"!
Next, put the date in full. It is another aggravating thing, when you wish, years afterwards, to arrange a series of letters, to find them dated "Feb. 17", "Aug. 2", without any year to guide you as to which comes first. And never, never, dear Madam (N.B. this remark is addressed to ladies only: no man would ever do such a thing), put "Wednesday", simply, as the date!
"That way madness lies."»
Lewis Carrol, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
Lewis Carrol, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
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