Thursday Postcard Hunt | Tasmanian Boats

Postcard sent by Eeyoreinoz (Australia).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
August theme: TRAVELLING

• Week 1 - Trains
• Week 2 - Boats
• Week 3 - Animals
• Week 4 - Buses, Cars

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Typographies

Postcard sent by Fabienne (France).

Postcard arrived from Australia, no clue why the sender chose it, but I like the typography. I have no read this book.

Maxicard sent by Bryon (the USA), with different postmarks, showing the iconic Route 66. Just three days ago I wrote in a comment that I like these stamps, and yesterday this landed!

There are different postmarks on the stamps, front and back of the postcard:

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
June theme: SHAPES

• Week 1 - Letters
• Week 2 - Curves
• Week 3 - Lines
• Week 4 - Irregular/Wavy

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Joy

This stamp is perfect for any occasion!

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Gardens

Meise Botanic Garden (Belgium). Postcard sent by Anick.

Postcard sent by Eeyoreinoz (Australia).

Rear view of Het Loo Palace with the King's Fountain (Apeldoorn). Sent by Freddy (the Netherlands).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
May theme: PARKS AND GARDENS

• Week 1 - National Parks
• Week 2 - Public Gardens
• Week 3 - Beaches
• Week 4 - Forests

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Sunday Stamps | I Is for Insects

Some Insects for Sunday Stamps: I. Some of these are not the first time they have appeared on the blog.

Actias luna (Luna Moth)

USA, 2025

Aeshna canadiensis (Canada Darner)

Canada, 2007

Argynnis paphia (Silver-Washed Fritillary)

Czech Republic, 2023

Carabus nitens (Golden Bog Groundbeetle)

Belarus, 2016

Castiarina klugii (Jewel Beetle)

Australia, 2016

Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)

USA, 2016

Danaus plexippus (Monarch caterpillar)

Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth)

Canada, 2007 & 2009

Deilephila elpenor (Elephant hawk-moth)

United Kingdom, 2020

Petasida ephippigera (Leichhardt's grasshopper)

Australia, 1991

Polyommatus icarus (Common Blue)

Czech Republic, 2020

Stigmodera gratiosa (Jewel Beetle)

Australia, 2016

And How Many Stamps Can You Fit on a Bigger Envelope?

Seven? (Two more stamps inside!)

Nine? 

Best Wishes to Everyone

Happy New Year!

Peace on Earth

Happy New Year

Bonne Année

Meilleurs Vœux

Meilleurs Voeux

This is a special card. The illustration was made by Michel Trani for a stamp design contest, held in 1998, with the occasion of the "Year of the Postman". Inside, there is a little book with a lot of designs.

Sent by Phillip (the USA), Catherine (France), Sandrine (France), Fabienne (France) and Paul (Australia).

Sunday Stamps | D Is for Duchess

Rachel Meghan Markle (born 1981) is an American member of the British royal family, media personality, entrepreneur, and former actress. She is married to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III.

She became a princess of the United Kingdom upon her marriage to Prince Harry, entitled to the style of Royal Highness. After her marriage, she was styled "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex", being the first person to hold this title.

See more D-stamps on today's Sunday Stamps.

Postbox Saturday | Melbourne

Picture sent by Bree, from Melbourne (Australia).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Koala

On this postcard received from Australia: The Three Sisters, Scenic Skyway Katoomba, Govett's Leap, the Great Canyon... And a koala!

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Thursday Postcard Hunt

April theme: TRANSPORTATION

• Week 1 - Boats, ferries
• Week 2 - Buses, trams, taxis
• Week 3 - Bicycles, tuk tuks
• Week 4 - Cable cars, gondolas

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Sunday Stamps | Lighthouses from the World

Lighthouses is my favourite theme for stamps and postcards, and I even have a separate album for those. Sunday Stamps offers the perfect excuse to upload the latest stamps I have got to the blog.

Australia

Hornby, Inner South Head, NSW
Robertsons Point, Cremorne Point, NSW
Macquarie, Outer South Head, NSW

Canada

Covehead Harbor Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island

France

Ploumanac'h, Peros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor

Goury, La Hague, Normandie

Germany

Buk, Mecklenburger Bucht
Staberhuk, Schleswig-Holstein

The Netherlands

Scheveningen, South Holland

Sweden

Falsterbo

Thailand

Bang Pa-In
Koh Sichian

The United Stamps of America

Hillsboro Inlet, Florida
Old Cape Henry, Virginia
Thomas Point Shoal, Maryland

Harbor of Refuge, Delaware

Sunday Stamps | Exotic Food

Some exotic (from my point of view, of course!) food that has arrived on stamps from Thailand, for today's Sunday Stamps.

Above, Joint issue Thailand-Maldives from 2019, featuring coconut and durian.

Below, 2020 New Year stamps, featuring traditional desserts: somechun and lotchon (coconut & litchi).

But you need to buy something before cooking. So, some Australian stamps from 2007 issued under the theme Market Feast: Vegetable stall in Adelaide Central Market and Sydey Fish Market.

Sunday Stamps | Peace

I have got the EUROPA 2023 Peace Stamp from several countries. It is a pleasure that it keeps arriving. This time, from Finland, Czech Republic and the Netherlands.

But there are still a lot of missing countries in my collection-to-be.

If you wish to swap this stamp (or swap it for a postcard, envelope, etc.), just let me know!

The envelope sent from Franc (the Netherlands) contained a lot more of stamps on the same topic: Peace. A beautiful gift!

And this is also a post for Sunday Stamps, dedicated today to EUROPA Stamps.