Mail Adventures: Italy

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19 August 2026

25 July 2026

Summer Mail VIII | Come Sit by the Water

Regent's Canal near Camley Street (London, UK) in 1984,
when the gasometers were still there

Lago di Como, Italy

South Hampstead Pond, England. UK

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK) and Marina (Italy).

07 February 2026

The Lanterna di Genova is the main light serving the Port of Genoa. Rebuilt in its current shape in 1543 replacing the former lighthouse, it is the world's fourth oldest lighthouse.

Between 1543 and 1902, it was the tallest lighthouse in the world. It is now the world's fifth tallest lighthouse, the second tallest lighthouse built in traditional masonry after Île Vierge and the tallest lighthouse of the Mediterranean Sea. When measured as a whole with the natural rock on which it stands, as it is commonly perceived and represented, its total height is 112 m, which makes it the second tallest lighthouse in the world, the tallest in Europe, and the tallest in the world when only traditional lighthouses are considered.

This postcard was sent by Stefano (Italy), with a matching stamp on the back.

Last year, I received an illustration of the same lighthouse sent by Ania, whre the rock is better appreciated: (but not the light!):

09 October 2025

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Yellow Autumn

A view of Ithaca Falls (Finger Lakes, New York, the USA) from the East Shore Drive Bridge. Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Up Ahead, by Marc Todd. Card sent by Laura (the UK).

Segonzano Castle (Italy). Sent by Alberto.

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
October theme: COLOURS OF AUTUMN

Week 1 - Orange
Week 2 - Yellow
Week 3 - Red
Week 4 - Brown
Week 5 - Halloween or Black

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

26 September 2025

05 May 2025

Lighthouses on Postcards

Lanterna di Genova
(Italy)

Bodie Island Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina
(the USA)

An Rinn
(Ireland)

Fécamp
(France)

Postcards sent by Ania (Italy), Ilyse (USA), Pammie (Ireland) and Fabienne (France).

26 March 2025

March Drop

I had not received mail since February 10th. Two days ago a mountain of postcards and letters reached me, sent from different countries between Octubre (?!) and March.

It will take me a while to get through this pile. If you are expecting a reply from me... please, be patient.

17 October 2024

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Vineyards

I think I love vineyards as much as wine...

Walla Walla, Washington (the USA)

Lower Austria (Austria)
Wo die wahren Schätze kostbar sind
'Where the real treasures are precious'

Toscana (Italy)

Postcards sent by Julia (Austria), Bryon (the USA) and Bruno (Italy).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
October theme: FOOD/DRINKS

Week 1 - Fruits, vegetables
Week 2 - Sweets, desserts
Week 3 - Wine, beer, tea, coffee
Week 4 - Multiples, multiviews
Week 5 - Markets, cafés

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

02 April 2024

Green Postcards

Dame Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958)
Ethel Wright, 1908-9

A linocut view of a fig tree

Postcards sent by Alan and Laura (the UK), and Ania (Italy).

09 January 2024

European Capitals (Postcrossing)

Vienna (Austria)

I got this postcard from Vienna last November, through the Postcrossing site. I like to read postcrossers profiles and know about their preferences. Sometimes people are quite specific, and funny. There are also some people who are not, but they ask for postcards like "a view from the capital city of your country".

Browsing among my received postcards, I have found that getting postcards from the capital cities is not as common as you might think. Maybe is just that I do not ask for them. But these are almost all the European capitals I have got as Postcrossing postcards.

I think it is curious that I have never received postcards featuring Berlin, Lisboa, Madrid...

Zagreb (Croatia)

Tallinn (Estonia)

Helsinki (Finland)

Rome (Italy)

Riga (Latvia)

Vilnius (Lithuania)

Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

Warsaw (Poland)

Bratislava (Slovakia)

31 July 2023

Pace · Paix · Mir · Taika

This year there is not EUROPA stamp contest, because all the participant countries are issuing a stamp with the same design, dedicated to Peace - the highest value of humanity.

I thought it would be nice to get the stamp from as many countries as possible. So I arranged some swaps that are ongoing. The latest batch of peace has landed: from Croatia, France, Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia. Some countries, as you can see, have issued more than one stamp.

But there are still a lot of missing countries in my collection-to-be! If you wish to swap the Peace stamp (or swap it for a postcard, envelope, etc.), just let me know!