Summer Mail - III | Rowing

Zamboanga Vintas

 The Amstel River with the Magere Brug (='Skinny Bridge')
Illustration by Dick Bruna

Sent by Allen (Philippines) and Heleen (the Netherlands). 

Sunday Stamps | Sea Snails

Some sea snails for today's theme in Sunday Stamps, Wild Life (Any Size):

Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas)
USA, 2017

Textile cone (Conus textile)
Sri Lanka, 2007

Murex Shell (Murex sp.)
Philippines, 2011

Sunday Stamps | Fruits

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Harvest. I am introducing some fruits on stamp, although they do not belong all to the same season!

Gooseberry (Ribes grossularia)
 (From a set of 3 Garden Berries)
Finland, 2013

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) & Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)
(From a set of 3 Fruits)
Croatia, 2010

Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
(From a set of two Wild Berries)
Iceland, 2007

Pomelo (Citrus maxima) & Egg fruit (Pouteria campechiana)
(From the series Popular Fruits of Philippines)
Philippines, 2017

Pineapple
(From the series Gifts of nature)
Russia, 2003

Pear
(From the series Gifts of nature)
Russia, 2003

Definitive - Red Pears
The United States, 2017

Fruit definitives - Grapes
The United States, 2017

Maps on Postcards

FRANCE: Valbonne
Sent by Heleen (France)

FINLAND
Sent by Rosabella

ISRAEL
Sent by Olga

MACEDONIA
Sent by Danijel

PHILIPPINES: Metro Manila
Sent by Maria

SCOTLAND
Sent by Laura (the UK)

UNITED STATES: Washington
Sent by John

The Channel Tunnel
Sent by Laura (the UK)

Traditional Festivals on Postcards

Tor this week's theme on Postcards for the Weekend, I chose three colourful postcards received ages ago, through Postcrossing.

(Update 17/06/2023: Postcard removed as the dancer on the postcard wrote the picture was used without his consent.)

"Fulehung" Ausschiesset, Thun
(Switzerland)

Every year, on the last Monday in September, the people of Thun celebrate their folk festival and remember the fool who's name was Fulehung. The story of Fulehung goes back to the time of the Burgundian Wars in 1476, in which the soldier of Thun received high honors. The court jester of Charles the Bold mocked the Bernese and the soldiers of Thun, calling the latter lazy. But when the soldiers caught him during the battle, they brought him to Thun and punished him. During the annual Anschiesset festival, the person wearing the mask is teased on his way from the castle to the town hall.

Sandugo Festival
(Philippines)

The Sandugo Festival is an annual historical celebration that takes place every year in Tagbilaran City on the island of Bohol in the Philippines. This festival commemorates the Treaty of Friendship between Datu Sikatuna, a chieftain in Bohol, and Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi. This 16th-century peace treaty occurred on March 16, 1565 through a blood compact or sandugo.

Love on Stamps I

From Belgium

From Finland

From France

From France

From Japan

From The Netherlands

From The Netherlands

From The Netherlands

From The Netherlands

From Philippines
Mahal kita = 'I love you'

From Poland

From Taiwan

From Thailand

From the USA

From the USA

Post-related I

Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands). 

Long time since I wanted to post this postcard which always makes me smile. Do you know this funny character? 

As a bonus, some post-related stamps which would match perfectly with the postcard above:

From Germany

There are at least three letters in this wonderful stamp, including a message in a bottle. Or there are more and I cannot see them?

From the Netherlands

I think this boy is selling Christmas cards, isn't he? children stamps.

From Philippines

This series of stamps shows the Manila Central Post Office. More information here. Wonderful motto: You Sent We Deliver.

From Spain

This stamp was launched by Correos (the Spanish Postal Service) on 16th October, 2012. It belongs to the series Infraestructuras Postales en la Época Colonial (Post Infrastructures in Colonial Era). It shows the "Casucha the Paramillos", a hovel built in the 18th Century in the Andes, to give shelter to the travellers and royal postmen who crossed these mountains in the winter.

From the UK

Handwriting

As most of the people who enjoy the snail mail, I appreciate beautiful handwriting and I love postcards about this matter. I have been told sometimes that I have a nice handwriting, but I am afraid it is becoming worse. Maybe I must practice even more.

Sent by Victoria (the UK).

Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Sent by Laura (the UK).

Sent by Maria (Philippines). Leonardo da Vinci's handwriting.