Lighthouses on Postcards

Amrum lighthouse (Germany). Sent by Detlef.

Weskapelle (Germany), but sent from France by Fabienne.

Sheep's Head (Ireland). Sent by Dieter (Germany).

Scheveningen (Netherlands). Sent by Noëlle.

Kołobrzeg Lighthouse (Poland). Sent by Magdalene

Tokarevsky (Vladivostok, Russia). Sent by Alexei

Marblehead (Ohio, USA). Sent by Phillip.

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.

Sunday Stamps | O Is for O Beautiful

America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. Bates wrote the words as a poem, and it was first published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church periodical, The Congregationalist. At that time, the poem was titled America.

On 4th July 2018, USPS issued a 20-stamp sheet where each stamp features a photograph that helps illustrate one of five phrases from the song’s famous first verse: “Spacious Skies,” “Waves of Grain,” “Mountain Majesties,” “The Fruited Plain,” and “Sea to Shining Sea.”

I have got some of the stamps:

Spacious Skies

Mountain Majesties

The Fruited Plains

Sea to Shining Sea

You can go to Sunday Stamps to see more O-related stamps.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Arctic Refuge

Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, cub checks out eskimo elder Daniel Akootchook, on his ATV out on the pack ice, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Postcard sent by Susan (the USA).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
May theme: PARKS AND GARDENS

• Week 1 - National Parks
• Week 2 - Public Gardens
• Week 3 - Beaches
• Week 4 - Forests

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Sunday Stamps | L Is for Landscapes

From Far and Wide is a Canadian series of stamp that has been running since 2018. It showcases the most beautiful landscapes in the country. I am very fond of these tiny stamps. I just wish they were a little bigger!

Point Pelee National Park, Ontario (2018)

Covehead Harbour Lighthouse, Prince Edwuard Island (2018)

Ile-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park, Quebec (2018)

Iceberg off coast of Newfoundland & Labrador (2019)

Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, Saskatchewan (2020)

Abraham Lake, Alberta (2020)

Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon (2020)

Swallowtail Lighthouse, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick (2020)

Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (2020)

Torngat Mountains National Park, Newfoundland & Labrador (2024)

Restigouche River, New Brunswick (2025)

Qarlinngua Sea Arch, Nunavut (2025)

You can go to Sunday Stamps to see more L-stamps!

Winter Collage

Front and back of a collage made by Fabienne (France). Perfect theme for these days!

In case you want to see better the snowy stamps from different countries that she used on the front part:

The snowflakes (all different, of course!);

And the stamps on the back, on the same topic:

Iced Letters

Letters sent by Laura (the UK).

Warmest Wishes

Really nice to look at this illustration in the middle of the winter...

Card sent by Phillip (the USA).

A New Year of Mail

I like that this postcard, among some important events we can look forward to this year, lists "Happy Mail"!

It experienced a small mail adventure. It was sent by Heleen (the Netherlands) well in advance, with my address clearly written on the white envelope and more postage than necessary.

But the postal machines got confused with this reverse, so they postmarked the non-stamps and delivered it... to the sender! Heleen sent it back it in a larger envelope. 

Let It Snow

Collage on an envelope sent to Imma (PC).

Happy Epiphany

Tři králové (='Three Kings'), 1955)
Josef Lada

Wie schön, dass du geboren bist
('How wonderful that you were born')

Postcard sent by Tomáš  (Czech Republic) and Bruno (PC).

6th Day of Christmas: Six Geese a-Laying

Twelve days of Christmas:

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
Six geese a-laying

Sent by Phillip (the USA).

Happy Snowpeople

Cards sent by Alicia (Spain) and Micu (Hungary).