Sunday Stamps | Q Is for Quote

These stamps belongs to set The Romantic Poems, issued by Royal Mail on 7 April 2020. You can see the whole set here.

This is my Q-entry for Sunday Stamps.

Beautiful England

Kingsgate Bay

Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Abbey Green, Bath

Postcards sent by Laura & John (the UK).

Books & Roses Day

23 April is Sant Jordi ('Saint George’s Day'), and also the UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day, when love and literature are celebrated massively throughout the Catalan countries and, more and more, in many other places around the world. The exchange of books and roses (#BooksAndRoses) is turning into a worldwide phenomenon.

It is also one of my favourite days of the year.

A book and a rose on my name :)
(And book-related stamps!)

Mail sent by Heleen (the Netherlands) and Pina (Belgium).

Bridges & Poems

Saint-Cado (France), by He Yifu

'A cat in exchange for a bridge,
smart people laugh at the devil.'

Card sent by Catherine (France).

The Baltimore-Annapolis-Washington region is linked to the eastern shore of Maryland by the five-mile-dual Cheasapeake Bay Bridge, with the longest steel spans over salt water in the world. Over 200 feet at its highest point, the first span was completed in 1952, and the second added in 1973.

Photo by Middleton Evans

Postcard sent by Phillip (the USA).

Things You Find in The Garden...

... and make postcards of!

Folded cards sent by Rosemary (Canada), made of pictures she takes herself in the garden.

Found in the garden,

a tiny blue pagoda

from distant China.

Haiku and reduction linocut by Alan (the UK)

The Dreamy Dormouse and Other Tales

I received this nice envelope from John (the UK) for my birthday. The stamp is the only one I lacked for completing this set!

Inside, the Dreamy Dormouse apologised for forgetting things, or being late remembering them. Well, I was also a bit late in posting, so maybe I need to try his system...

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK). Cover of the Ladybird book Jack and the Beanstalk (1965), by Vera Southgate, illustrated by Eric Winter.

Does February Mean Love?

Love-themed letter sent by Fabienne (France), with two postcards with love poems by Bernat de Ventadorn and Jean L'Anselme.