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

I Smell Like Chocolate

Micu (Hungary) sent a lovely letter with interesting contents and stamps. The most surprising was the following one that states "I smell like chocolate":

And it really does! Which seems incredible, because it was issued in 2023, to commemorate the centenary of the Szerencs Chocolate Factory.

I like that Hungary issues so many stamps dedicated to children books' and characters, like these ones:

TV Maci

Manócska (Mazsola és Tádé)

300th anniversary of
Gulliver's Travels 

Summer Mail XVI | End of Summer

Sent by Laura (UK).

Lowriders

Envelope with a First Day postmark sent by Phillip (the USA), and two more stamps from the same series.

Summer Mail | OUT

Envelope sent to Imma (PC).

Summer Mail XV | Travelling

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

Women on Postcards | K Is for Kahlo

Postcard and handmade envelope sent by Fabienne (France). I am glad to add it to this collection!

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Storks Migrate South...

Letter sent by Imma (PC).

Summer Mail XIII | Summer Nights

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Year of the Fire Horse [OUT - III]

Envelope sent to Phillip (the USA).

Pink Pattern

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

Summer Mail XI | Warm Hugs

Mini-letter and envelope illustrated by Erica Fustero. It might be that I buy her postcards and zines to receive them inside one of her illustrated envelopes... (Like this one and this one).

Too Many Letters Waiting to be Answered...

Etc.

(You know who you are.)

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).

Ciclocorreio

Pedro (Portugal) sent a sort of second part of this envelope. This time, it took eight days to arrive.

Summer Mail - VII | Three Octopuses

One octopus, two octopuses, three octopuses...

Letter sent by Phillip (the USA).

Lady in Red

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).