Summer Mail | OUT

Envelope sent to Imma (PC).

Summer Mail | Total Solar Eclipse (OUT)

I enjoyed sending some eclipse-themed mail on the due day. 

At least one of them travelled fast!

Summer Mail | OUT

Year of the Fire Horse [OUT - III]

Envelope sent to Phillip (the USA).

The Mail Adventures of the Smelling Roses

On 14 May, Correos issued this stamp dedicated to the 70th anniversary of a Rose Garden in the Parque del Oeste (='West Park') in Madrid.

I bought a 7-stamps set like this one, the surprise was that it smelled like roses! So, I used the sheet to add some sweet scent to letters to Portugal, the UK and the USA:

And now, for the odd mail adventures: two of them were posted on 14 July, but got postmarks on 22 July. The third one was posted on 16 July in the same mailbox and postmarked the following day, 17 July. How do you explain that?

And still an extra mail adventure for the one I sent to the UK: it arrived open (meh!) but luckily nothing was lost in way. And it got two postmarks, from Correos (22 July) and Royal Mail (25 July).

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.

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).

Summer Mail - I | Citrus

Citric mail sent by Fabienne (France):

And a colourful postcard received from Anna (Poland):

Sometimes I send something refreshing, too, like this letter to Laura (the UK):

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.

The Caffeinated Octopus

Collage on an envelope sent to Phillip (the USA).

Do Not You Sometimes Feel Like Using Childish Stationery?

Letters sent to Laura (the UK), Bryon and Phillip (the USA).

Dinosaurs

Sent to Marina (the USA). Made out of a magazine cover. She got it!

Year of the Fire Horse [OUT]

Mail sent to Heleen (the Netherlands), Fabienne (France) and Phillip (the USA).

Chocolate Packaging [OUT]

Envelopes made of chocolate packaging, sent to Fabienne (France), Bryon (the USA) and Phillip (the USA). It seems they lost some stamps during their journeys...

Misadventure

I sent this envelope to Alan (the UK). It was made out of an old encyclopaedia. But I did not realised the paper was too weak to resist the modern postal machines: two edges were broken and the envelope arrived empty. 

St George's Day

Hand made envelopes sent last year for the celebration of Sant Jordi.

And a postcard sent on Sant George's Day!

Spring & Tea & Letters

Collages of stickers on spring letters sent to Phillip (the USA) and Laura (the UK).

From a Sunny Place

I sent some citrus postcards in mid-summer (28th July 2025). One of them  arrived in Russia in mid-winter (early February). As the recipient wrote... maybe it is not arriving late, but too soon!

(Pictures taken from Eduard's blog.)

Mail Made out of Packaging (Outgoing)

Packaging tuned into postcards, sent to Heleen (the Netherlands) and Bryon (the USA).

Let It Snow

Collage on an envelope sent to Imma (PC).