Women on Postcards | B Is for Brooks

"What, what, am I to do
with all this life?"
Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha

 

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Sunday Stamps | Mountains & Volcano

Piton de la Fournaise (='Peak of the Furnace') is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island, a French overseas department and region, in the Indian Ocean. With a height of 2621, it is currently one of the most active volcanoes in the world, along with Kīlauea in the Hawaiian Islands, Stromboli and Etna in Italy and Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Stamp issued in 2025.

1993 stamp featuring mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest in the Changbai Mountains. Most of ithe peaks of this mountain range exceed 2,000 m in height. The second stamps, from 2000, features Shibao mountain, in Dali (Yunnan Province). It is 3038 m high. 

1984 stamp featuring Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Canada. The Reserve includes the highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan (5,959 metres).

2026 stamp honouring the 150th anniversry of Colorao Statehood. It features a photograph of Jagged Mountain, located in the Weminuche Wilderness area of the San Juan National Forest. 

Inside this envelope sent by Phillip (USA), there was a postcard with a map of the state of Colorado, the shape of which has always fascinated me.

Today you can see more Mountains on stamps going to Sunday Stamps.

Women on Postcards | P Is for The Princess and the Pea

Illustration from the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen The Princess and the Pea, by Anton Lomaev.

Mazes and Labyrinths are a favorite subject, but I think it's not easy to find postcards that show them. This postcard was sent by Nata (Russia) via Postcrossing.

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Beautiful

By David Sarmento

A friend sent me this postcard simply because, as he wrote, it is a beautiful illustration. I agree. And... is it not even more beautiful that he took the trouble to send it?

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

It Is All about Books (and Paper Bags)

Front and bag of an envelope sent to Fabienne (France). Made out of a paper bag.

Magic returns to bookstores

Envelope sent to Lilli (Canada), also made out of a paper bag.

Do You Celebrate Earth Day?

Sent by Fabienne (France).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Plants

  

Sent by Janka (the Netherlands).

Plants in Pots, by Sophie Hanton. Sent by Laura (the UK).

Rhus Toxicodendrum L. Sent by Femke (the Netherlands).

-----------------------------------------------

Thursday Postcard Hunt
April theme: COLOURS OF THE SPRING

• Week 1 - Pink
• Week 2 - Yellow
• Week 3 - Green
• Week 4 - Purple
• Week 5 - Blue

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Sunday Stamps | G Is for Gardens & Parks

Wolf Trap Farm, Virginia
National Parks Centennial Issues
USA, 1972

Plant for a more Beautiful America, Lady Bird Johnson
USA, 2012

Pond Gardens, Hampton Court Palace
UK, 2018

Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden, Moscow
Russia, 2022

The Devil's Bridge, Gablenz
Germany, 2025

Go to Sunday Stamps and you will see more G-stamps.

Women on Postcards | O Is for Oz

It has been a while since the last time I received mail from Oz! 

Postcard sent by Marina (USA).

Dorothy, 2015
Janelle Dimmett

Not a postcard, but Dorothy and her friends also appear on this handmade envelope (from a calendar sheet), with the greenest stamps:

Both pieces of mail were sent by Phillip (the USA).

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

Or Send Someone a Love Postcard

Postcards & stamps sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Postcard and stamps sent by Bryon (the USA). Notice the matching stamps and the pictorial cancellation:

And other ones, clearer:

Incoming Festive Envelopes

Envelopes made by Micu (Hungary), Fabienne (France), Laura (UK) and Rosemary (Canada).

Seven Languages

And another Christmas classic: cards written in several languages. As you have guessed, I love these!

Sent by Lluïsa (PC).

Thursday Postcard Hunt | All I Want for Christmas...

... is free postcards! Or any kind of postcards, for that matter.

Actually, this one was supposed to be sent to another person:

But I was the happy recipient instead!

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

-----------------------------------------------

Thursday Postcard Hunt
December theme: CHRISTMAS

• Week 1 - Children (with or without toys)
• Week 2 - Christmas trees
• Week 3 - Tree ornaments
• Week 4 - Christmas

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Toads & Frogs

European Green Toad (Buffo viridis)

Who knows what a Flickerdick is?

Sent by Bryon (Canada) and Heleen (the Netherlands).

A green frog...

Oh, and there is another one on the selvedge of this French stamp!