Showing posts with label stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stamps. Show all posts

02 August 2026

Sunday Stamps | Iberia


Iberia is the flag carrier of Spain. It was founded in 1927, an this stamp from 2002 commemorates its 75th anniversary.

Go to Sunday Stamps to see more Aviation stamps.

28 July 2026

USPS Postcrossing Stamps

On 26th May the USPS Postcrossing stamps were out in the world. Three weeks later I got this maxicard from Bryon (the USA), which bears not one but two stamps, along with the First Day Cancelation.

There are four different designs that make difficult to choose a favourite. You can read more about this issue, including an interview with Jackson Gibbs, the illustrator, on the Postcrossing blog.

I got another one on the back of a postcard:

27 July 2026

Ciclocorreio


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



26 July 2026

Sunday Stamps | Mekk Elek & Little Donkey

Stamps issued in 2024. The puppet film series Mekk Elek the Jack of All Trades was first broadcast on the Hungarian state television channel MTV in 1974 and the series ran until 1975. The protagonist is Elek Mekk, a goat who advertises himself as a handyman. His house is adorned with 13 trade signs, showing the jobs that he is skilled at. He then makes a mess of the jobs he is given one after another and sometimes even causes damage while doing them (Read more).

2024 & 2025 stamps. The puppet film series The Adventures of Mirr-Murr the Tomcat was completed in 1975. The puppet series, a sequel to The Adventures of Little Donkey (on the stamp). Read more.

The stamps arrived on this envelope sent by Micu (Hungary), and I thought they fit in today's Sunday Stamps theme: Children's Stories.

19 July 2026

Sunday Stamps | French Lighthouses

A lighthouse converted into a church in Collioure

Some French lighthouses I have recently received for today's Sunday Stamps. And I have seen three of these in person!

Chassiron

Cap Camarat

Cap Béar

12 July 2026

Sunday Stamps | X-Y-Z

X Is for X


Y Is for Yellow







Z Is for Zebrafish



This is the last entry for this A-Z round in Sunday Stamps. It has been full of fun.

05 July 2026

Sunday Stamps | W Is for Wood Art

Different kinds of wood art for W letter of Sunday Stamps:





28 June 2026

Sunday Stamps | V Is for Volcanology


Stamp issued on 13 July 2006, belonging to the series Earth and Universe Sciences, dedicated to Volcanology and Seismology

This is my V-entry for A-Z Sunday Stamps.

24 June 2026

Postcard from València

Some people may do not like it, but for me it is always a pleasure to receive a postcard from a place I know well. To get a new insight, to see how the place has changed, to see which postcard people choose...

Pedro sent this postcard from València, with a matching stamp and a postmark with the image of the Central Market (also on the postcard). It you want to know his impressions of the city, you can read them on one of his blogs.

21 June 2026

Sunday Stamps | U Is for Universe

My U-entry for this A-Z Sunday Stamps is dedicated to Universe. In fact I could add literally any stamp to this post...




14 June 2026

Sunday Stamps | T Is for Technology

United Nations, 1965. Telstar Communications Satellite

Germany, 2017. 50th Anniversary of the Chip Card

India, 2019. 50th Anniversary of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology.

Russia, 2021. Autonomous Robot FEDOR. The stamp belongs to the set Technological Achievements of Russia.

Taiwan, 2021. The left stamp is dedicated to Artificial Intelligence and AI, and belongs to the set that commemorates the 110th anniversary of the country. The right stamp belongs to the set Core Industries of Taiwan, and features defense and strategic industries.

This is my T-entry for Sunday Stamps.

07 June 2026

Sunday Stamps | S Is for Seasons

On January 24, 2021, in Barnesville, Georgia, the United States Postal Service issued the Barns stamps (Non-denominated priced at the Postcard rate) in 4 designs.
The stamps celebrate the beauty and history of American barns. The artist created digital paintings of four types of iconic barns found in the rural American landscape. With differing qualities of light and color, each piece reflects one of the four seasons:
  • A round barn surrounded by the hazy light and warm colors of fall;
  • A gambrel-roofed barn in summer;
  • A forebay barn in an early spring countryside; and
  • A Western barn on a winter’s night.
Ashley Walton designed the stamps with original artwork by Kim Johnson. Greg Breeding was the art director.

Information taken from here. This is my S post for A-Z Sunday Stamps.

31 May 2026

Sunday Stamps | R Is for Raccoon



Three different versions of the raccoon issued by USPS in 1978, 1987 and 2025.

Go to Sunday Stamps to see more R-related stamps today.