20 Years of Postcrossing (5)

Once, Twice... Thrice!

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

20 Years of Postcrossing (4)

This postcard is a commemorative re-edition of PT-1, the very first postcard sent trough Postcrossing in 2005. It celebrates 20 years of postcard exchanges, friendships, and connections across the globe --a small tribute to the journey that started with a single card, and grew into a worldwide community.

And eventually Heleen (the Netherlands) sent it. Now I have two versions!

20 Years of Postcrossing (3)

Apart from some postcards and a special postmark, I have been lucky enough to get the Dutch 20-years Postcrossing stamp. And not only once!

You can read more about the details of the stamp here.

20 Years of Postcrossing (2)

Among the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Postcrossing, it was also this special postmark that I have received thanks to Bryon (the USA).

It is on the back of this postcard. At first sight... I thought it was the same one!

20 Years of Postcrossing (1)

I have not been a full 20 year postcrosser (only almost 17 years), and I confess I did not properly celebrate the day*. However, I am happy to see one of the most wonderful projects ever is still alive and growing in its 20th anniversary. 

As I was happy to get these postcards from Bryon! --Have you noticed the red postcard is also on the other one?!?

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*No worries: everyday is a good day to send postcards!

Old Mail Adventure

My husband sent me this postcard from Canada in 2006. I joined Postcrossing in 2008, and I found out that it had also been the first postcard ever sent through Postcrossing (July 2005). 

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Postcrossing, a special edition of this postcard was added to the Postcrossing shop. Which, of course, sold out in no time!

Sunday Stamps | City Birthday

On October 27, Amsterdam will celebrate its 750 anniversary. Along with other celebrations, PostNL released a special stamp sheet. This sheet contains 5 unique stamps designed by Amsterdam-based designer Michiel Schuurman.

And I have got almost the whole set!

Go to Sunday Stamps to see more stamps on the theme City/Urban.

Bloganniversary

Can you believe this blog is 13 years old?!?

Mail sent by Bryon and Phillip (the USA) and Heleen (the Netherlands).

Sunday Stamps | Lord Mayor's Show

Today's theme is Sunday Stamps is Anniversaries. 

The stamps below were issued on 17 October 1989, to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Lord Major's Show. According to the Wikipedia:

The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the best-known annual events in London as well as one of the longest-established, dating back to the 13th century. A new lord mayor is appointed every year, and the public parade that takes place as his or her inauguration ceremony reflects that this was once one of the most prominent offices in England.

 

You can read more about the show here, and see the details of the stamps here.

I could not find any older anniversary!

150 Years of French Postcards

I have recently got this BIG stamp from France. It was issued on 20 December 2022, to commemorate the 150 anniversary of postcards in France.

On December 20, 1872, on the proposal of the director of the Rampont-Léchin Post Office, a finance law formalized the birth of the postcard in France. The first cards circulated on January 15, 1873 and were a resounding success: in one week, 7,412,700 copies were sold. From 1890, the postcard became the preferred medium for correspondence.

The envelope was sent by Fabienne.

Sunday Stamps | The British Museum

The first Sunday Stamps in 2023 is dedicated to Archaeology. So let's start the new year with something old...

These stamps belong to a series issued on 7 October 2003, marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the British Museum in London (the UK).

The stamp above features Sutton Hoo Helmet c6ooad. Excavated from the ship burial in Suffolk, it is one of only four Anglo-Saxon helmets found in Britain.

The stamp below shows a statue of Alexander the Great, c2OObC . Alexander was deified in his own lifetime, and after his death was worshipped as a god in images such as this.

To see the rest of this issue.

Sunday Stamps | Peace Bridge

This was a joint issue Canada & USA, on 4 August 1977, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Peace Bridge, built in 1927 to recognize over 100 years of peace and prosperity between the two countries.

You can see more Bridges on stamps if you go to Sunday Stamps.

Sunday Stamps | D is for Dare

Virginia Dare was the first English child born in a New World English colony, on 18th August 1587 in Roanoke Colony (nowadays, North Carolina). This stamps was issued in 1937, the 350th anniversary of Virginia Dare's birth

Virginia Dare has become a prominent figure in American myth and folklore in the more than four hundred years since her birth, representing different things to different people (Read more here).

Go to Sunday Stamps to see more D-stamps!

Sunday Stamps | End of War

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is a serious one: End of war commemorative, Remembrance Day, or military. Not my favourite, but I found some stamps that can fit in:

Canada, 2020
Trenches on the Somme
Mary Riter Hamilton (1867-1954)

Canada, 2021
Centenary of the Remembrance Poppy

France, 1978
Armistice, Carrefour de Rethondes

Poland, 1970
25th Anniversary of the End of World War II

China, 2015
70th Anniversary of the End of World War II

Sunday Stamps | Black

I may have a lot of black stamps, but these two came immediately to my mind when I read the theme of today's Sunday Stamps: The black colour.

United Arab Emirates, 2018

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as the first president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 1971 until his death in 2004. He is credited as the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the UAE, uniting seven emirates. 

2018 was declared the Year of Zayed to mark 100 years since his birth.

Finland, 2015

Among the works of art that participated in the design competition organized in the spring 2014, six were selected to be featured in the stamps issued on January to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Artists' Association of Finland. 

This stamp features one of the selected works: Piste ('Dot') by Mika Natri.

Sunday Stamps | Old Books

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Literary Greats. This time I went for really old books...

Hebban olla vogala, 11th century
The Netherlands, 2010

450th Anniversary of Publishing in Russia
The Apostle, 1st Russian printed publication (1564)
Russia, 2014

Illuminated letter from Graduale Pars II
Hungary, 2002

Livre des miracles de Sainte-Foy, 11th century
France, 2007

Sunday Stamps | Police

Policeman on the Beat

These stamps designed by Brian Sanders belong to a series of four issued by Royal Mail in 1979, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Metropolitan Police.

River Patrol Boat

This is a post for Sunday Stamps. Today's theme is Uniforms.

Sunday Stamps | Bluenose

This stamp was issued in 2021 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the building of the Bluenose, the most recognized sailing vessel in Canadian history. This schooner was built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada, and become a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century. 

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Sails.

Sunday Stamps | Postal Services

Stamps issued in 1975, commemorating the bicentennial of the United States Postal Service. I got them in 2021, though!

And some of the stamps issued by the Hungarian postal service, from 2017 on (I think it is an ongoing series), to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the postal service:

This is a post for Sunday Stamps. The theme today is Postal.

Eleven

Tomorrow is the 11th bloganniversary. The blog is getting almost more birthday cards than myself...! 

Well, not! :D

So... What can I say?

And...