Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

25 October 2026

Sunday Stamps | Lighthouses

Some of the latest additions to my collection of lighthouses on stamps...

Swallowtail Lighthouse, Grand Manan Island
 New Brunswick
From Far and Wide (III)
Canada, 2020

Bremerhaven Unterfeuer
Lighthouses 2017
Germany, 2017

Alte Weser
Lighthouses 2024
Germany, 2024

ILV Granuaile & Fanad Lighthouse
Commissioners of Irish Lights
Ireland, 2016

Lantern of Genoa
Italy, 2004

Vlieland (Vuurduin) & Schiermonnikoog (Noordentoren)
Personalized stamps
Netherlands, 2014

Oosterdijk (De Ven)
Personalized stamps
Netherlands, 2014

Gorodets Lighthouse
Russian Lighthouses
Russia, 2023

You can go to Sunday Stamps to enjoy more Lighthouses. And, of course, you are welcome to share yours!

11 October 2026

Sunday Stamps | Sweet Canada


Butter tart and Nanaimo bar are Canadian traditional deserts. As stamps, they belong to the series Sweet Canada, issued in 2019. 


Go to Sunday Stamps to see more Food on stamps!

27 September 2026

Sunday Stamps | Celebrating Radio


A 2025 sheet from France celebrating the 50 anniversary of Radio France. 

Below, two se-tenant Canadian stamps from 2020 celebrating the history of radio. As a plus, a Canadian stamp commemorating the centenary of the discovery of insulin. 

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Celebrating Inventions. 

09 August 2026

Sunday Stamps | Mountains & Volcano


Piton de la Fournaise (='Peak of the Furnace') is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island, a French overseas department and region, in the Indian Ocean. With a height of 2621, it is currently one of the most active volcanoes in the world, along with Kīlauea in the Hawaiian Islands, Stromboli and Etna in Italy and Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Stamp issued in 2025.

1993 stamp featuring mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest in the Changbai Mountains. Most of ithe peaks of this mountain range exceed 2,000 m in height. The second stamps, from 2000, features Shibao mountain, in Dali (Yunnan Province). It is 3038 m high. 

1984 stamp featuring Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Canada. The Reserve includes the highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan (5,959 metres).

2026 stamp honouring the 150th anniversry of Colorao Statehood. It features a photograph of Jagged Mountain, located in the Weminuche Wilderness area of the San Juan National Forest. 

Inside this envelope sent by Phillip (USA), there was a postcard with a map of the state of Colorado, the shape of which has always fascinated me.


Today you can see more Mountains on stamps going to Sunday Stamps.

27 June 2026

Escher Calendar

I made some mail art with a calendar dedicated to M.C. Escher...

Front and back of a postcard sent to Eduard (Russia).


Front and back of an envelope sent to Lilli (Canada).

17 June 2026

It Is All about Books (and Paper Bags)

Front and bag of an envelope sent to Fabienne (France). Made out of a paper bag.
Magic returns to bookstores


Envelope sent to Lilli (Canada), also made out of a paper bag.

25 May 2026

Rabbit Mail

Letter sent by Lilli (Canada), with a hug-shaped card inside!



19 April 2026

Sunday Stamps | L Is for Landscapes

From Far and Wide is a Canadian series of stamp that has been running since 2018. It showcases the most beautiful landscapes in the country. I am very fond of these tiny stamps. I just wish they were a little bigger!

Point Pelee National Park, Ontario (2018)


Covehead Harbour Lighthouse, Prince Edwuard Island (2018)
Ile-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park, Quebec (2018)


Iceberg off coast of Newfoundland & Labrador (2019)

Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, Saskatchewan (2020)


Abraham Lake, Alberta (2020)
Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon (2020)



Swallowtail Lighthouse, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick (2020)


Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (2020)

Torngat Mountains National Park, Newfoundland & Labrador (2024)


Restigouche River, New Brunswick (2025)


Qarlinngua Sea Arch, Nunavut (2025)

You can go to Sunday Stamps to see more L-stamps!