Beautiful

By David Sarmento

A friend sent me this postcard simply because, as he wrote, it is a beautiful illustration. I agree. And... is it not even more beautiful that he took the trouble to send it?

International Moon Day

International Moon Day (IMD) is a United Nations-proclamed annual celebration held on July 20 to mark the anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon by Apollo 11 in 1969. IMD serves as a platform to educate, inspire, and promote awareness about the past, present, and future of sustainable lunar exploration and utilization.

Bryon sent a postcard to celebrate it!

Another related stamp I got form Phillip (the USA):

Sunday Stamps | French Lighthouses

A lighthouse converted into a church in Collioure

Some French lighthouses I have recently received for today's Sunday Stamps. And I have seen three of these in person!

Chassiron

Cap Camarat

Cap Béar

Lady in Red

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Women on Postcards | D Is for Dress

Postcard sent by Fabienne (France), from a 2025 exhibition in the Louvre-Lens Museum: Dressing like an artist. The artist and clothing.

(I do not know why this illustrations makes me thing of Amélie Nothomb all the time...)

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | United States Capitol

United States Capitol. Postcard sent by Alisa (the USA).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
July theme: ARCHITECTURE

• Week 1 - Churches
• Week 2 - Houses
• Week 3 - Palaces
• Week 4 - Stations
• Week 5 - Shelters

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Year of the Fire Horse [VII]

Postcard sent by Bryon (UN).

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Peanut's Mailbox

I have always loved Peanuts and their love of letters (I even tried to draw Snoopy's mailbox!). So, this postcard sent by Bryon cannot but make me smile.

Sunday Stamps | X-Y-Z

X Is for X

Y Is for Yellow

Z Is for Zebrafish

This is the last entry for this A-Z round in Sunday Stamps. It has been full of fun.

Year of the Fire Horse [OUT - II]

Front and back of an envelope sent to Phillip (the USA) made out of a page of a philatelic magazine.

Women on Postcards | N Is for Name

I like this postcard designed and sent by Marina (the USA), with all this information about my name. And it is a great addition to this small collection!

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | English Houses

 

The ceiling in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Made from papier mâché, the ceiling is inspired by Persian designs and constructed by Italian plasterers. 

Historic Hampstead houses: Kenwood House, Admiral House, Burr or Burgh House and Fenton House.

Dickens House Museum (Broadstairs, England, UK). Outside and one of the rooms ("Betsey Trotwood's Parlour").

The Old Curiosity Shop in Broadstairs (England, UK). Nowadays, a café.

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt

July theme: ARCHITECTURE

• Week 1 - Churches
• Week 2 - Houses
• Week 3 - Palaces
• Week 4 - Stations
• Week 5 - Shelters

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Summer Mail - VI | Sunny

Good morning

Postcard sent by Bryon (USA).

Do You Get a Lot of Postcards of Volcanoes?

Just asking because I received two in May:

Mount Fuji (Japan)

Volcanoes in Olot (Catalonia)

Postcards sent by Yuki (Japan) and Imma (PC).

Lighthouses on Postcards

Amrum lighthouse (Germany). Sent by Detlef.

Weskapelle (Germany), but sent from France by Fabienne.

Sheep's Head (Ireland). Sent by Dieter (Germany).

Scheveningen (Netherlands). Sent by Noëlle.

Kołobrzeg Lighthouse (Poland). Sent by Magdalene

Tokarevsky (Vladivostok, Russia). Sent by Alexei

Marblehead (Ohio, USA). Sent by Phillip.

Sunday Stamps | W Is for Wood Art

Different kinds of wood art for W letter of Sunday Stamps:

Summer Mail - V | Party

Card sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Women on Postcards | E Is for Enxaneta

A castell (literally "castle") is a human pyramid built traditionally at festivals in southern Catalonia, now also found in the rest of Catalonia, and in the Balearic Islands. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (teams that build towers) attempt to build and then dismantle a tower's structure. On 16 November 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

The enxaneta is the casteller who crowns the human structures. Generally, the enxaneta is a boy or girl, between 5 and 10 years old.

The assembly is complete once all castellers have climbed into their designated places, and the enxaneta climbs into place at the top and raises one open hand. The enxaneta then climbs down the other side of the castell, after which the remaining levels of castellers descend in highest to lowest order until all have reached safety.

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Big Catholic Churches

Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família

(Under construcion)

Barcelona, PC

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Holy Assumption
Valladolid, Spain

Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
Zaragoza, Spain

Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady
Guadalajara, Mexico

Postcards sent by Imma (PC), Bruno (Spain) and Bryon (United Nations).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
July theme: ARCHITECTURE

• Week 1 - Churches
• Week 2 - Houses
• Week 3 - Palaces
• Week 4 - Stations
• Week 5 - Shelters

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!