Autumn Letters Out

Letters sent to Laura (the UK) and Fabienne (France).

Women on Postcards | W Is for Women on Stamps

Postcard made by Fabienne (France), out of Women on Stamps from Denmark, France, Germany and the USA. 

Some of this women had already appeared on the Women on Stamps section of this blog: Virginia Apgar, Cilly Aussen, Madeleine Brès & Alice Hamilton and Fanny Hensel. The rest will we added soon!

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Women on Postcards | C Is for Collage

Collage made by Fabienne (France), out of reused materials.

I like the original way she write my address (although the typewriter suffered from some accident in way). This is not the first time the character Hermione Granger has appeared on a stamp...

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Hydrangea

Collage on an envelope sent by Laura (the UK).

Autumn Flowers

Autumn Flowers wallpaper by William Morris, 1888. Sent by Laura (the UK).

Every Week Is "Thinking of You Week"

Collage on an envelope sent by Laura (the UK). The postmark made it even more interesting.

Send A Card
Deliver A Smile for
Thinking Of You Week
21-27 September 2026

Women on Postcards & Stamps | Little Women

Envelope made by Bryon (the USA), with the selvage of the Barbie stamps. It included the firefighter and the paleontologist Barbie (you can be anything). And, suitably, a Little Women stamp (where they are reading a letter!!):

And yet, weeks later... a postcard with the same theme! A postcard with a quotation of Louisa May Alcott:

With a matching stamp, and two more little women on the back: the surgeon and the astronaut Barbie.

And still another related postcard, sent by Marina (the USA)!

When Barbie was introduced in 1959, women were expected to be full-time mothers and homemakers, and toys reflected this. The market consisted mostly in baby dolls. Portraying everything from astronauts to surgeons to reporters and rappers, Barbie has enabled girls to aspire to other careers through role-play.

Update: 7 October 2026

Summer Mail XV | Travelling

Collage on an envelope sent by Laura (the UK).

Summer Mail XIII | Summer Nights

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Pink Pattern

I like that some letters Alan (UK) has sent this year form a curious pattern...

Wedding

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Summer Mail X | Sea Bath

 

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

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).

Lady in Red

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

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).

The Caffeinated Octopus

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

Sending Happiness

Front and back of a letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Enjoying Spring

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Penny Black Day

Envelopes sent by Alan (the UK).

I have also received this commemorative stamp from Isle of Man:

Is there a Penny Lilac Day?

Let Spring Begin

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).