Sunday Stamps | A Is for Abstract

France, 1981

Alléluia, by French painter Alfred Manessier (1965). 

Austria, 2023

75th birthday of Hans Kupelwieser

The stamp motif shows an untitled relief made in 2020, anodised aluminium, 170 by 180 by 30 centimetres.

Portugal, 2025

Burning in the Forbidden Sea, by Rui Chafes

USA, 2013

Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, by Marcel Duchamp (1912)

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Snail Mail Alert!

An entire letter was written on the back of these postcards, a paragraph on each one. There were posted around 1st October (World Postcard Day), in two batches on different days. The amazing part is that they arrived all together a month later. This time, the snails did their job!

Books!

Library of Strahov Abbey, Czechia

Postcard from a Poscrossing meeting that took place in a bookstore. On the envelope, matching stamps featuring four Duthc writers: Abdelkader Benali, Bregje Hofstede, Kader Abdolah and Jessica Durlacher. Only one of these names was familiar to me.

Sent by Věra (Czechia) and Heleen (the Netherlands).

World Postcard Day 2025

More postcards I got, sent on World Postcard Day:

Sent by Bryon (the USA).

Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Postcard sent by Anna (Russia).

And two special postmarks, from Portugal and the USA (Thanks, Pedro & Bryon!):

PC Meet-ups

Postcard sent by Jutta (Germany) on World Postcard Day.

I got this postcard from Heleen (the Netherlands), with an identical stamp on the back. Cool!

Same with this one!

This one is from a 2020 meeting, but it was sent and received this month (not by the first time). Snail mail is all about slowness, isn't it?

It Is World Postcard Day!

Are you going to celebrate it?

Nice to see this guy again, sent by Bryon (USA) few days ago. The second postcard was sent by Imma (PC) in 2024.

5th World Postcard Day

Postcards celebrating World Postcard Day sent by Bryon from the USA and Canada, which arrived on 3rd October. 

I am building a collection! (4th, 3rd, 2nd & 1st)

World Postcard Day

 

Are you going to celebrate it?

A Week for WPD

Last year, I sent some postcards with the official WPD design. I got two myself: from Tricia (the USA), as she held a giveaway in the Postcrossing forum; and from Imma (PC) and a lot of people from a Postcrossing Meetup.

And I got also a Postal Hug from the Netherlands, sent by Heleen

Let's see what happens this year!

Reasons to Write

Here is a nice calendar of official and unofficial observances, in case you need some extra occasions to write. Taken from this post.

Happy 4th World Postcard Day!

Postcard sent by Bryon (the USA). As usual.

World Postcard Day (2022)

1st October will be World Postcard Day. Are you planning to send a lot of postcards?

Here you have a couple I got last year. From Imma (official design) and Heleen, who attended a meeting in Alkmaar (the Netherlands).

Happy 3rd World Postcard Day!

 

I wish you a happy World Postcard Day. I hope you write and get a lot of postcards today.

This postcard sent by Bryon (the USA) has become a sort of tradition. Don't you love this design?

Happy World Postcard Day!

I wish you a very happy World Postcard Day, with a lot of postcards sent and received. I cannot believe this is the second time!

Postcards sent by Bryon (the USA), in 2020 and 2021 and by Imma (PC).