Two Collages

Sent by Laura (the UK).

Two Markets

Christmas time is end. But I cannot help uploading this Christmas market sent by Laura (the UK). I think that visiting the markets is a good way to know a place. So I like to wander around the stalls when I travel, as I like markets on postcards.

This second street market arrived from John (the UK). This is a second-hand postcard, originally sent from Morocco in 1999.

2nd Letter to Mr Munez

The second letter I sent to Eduardo Munez has landed. So did the first, and now I am thinking of writing more letters to this mysterious man.

You can read here about the project. go to the brand new blog to check the beautiful letters that Mr Munez has already got and... send a letter that will become a film star!

I Always Have the Post Office

"All I had lost was three or four million. But I still had the post office."

Charles Bukowski, Post Office

Happy New Year

From Catherine (France).

From Heleen (the Netherlands). An illustration by Fiep Westendorp.

From Mélissa (Canada).

From France

I Went to The Woods

Letter sent to Laura (the UK).

Fairy Tales

Postcard of Snow White sent by Laura (the UK).

Postcard sent by Heleen (the Netherlands). It is an illustration by Margaret W. Tarrant (1888-1959), called Fairy Time. She sent me because they are reading women, but she did not noticed the fairies at first sight. Maybe they were not there. They are magic, aren't they?

Almost Reading (Wo)men

Two postcards about... Well, not exactly Reading Women, but almost. I mean: a woman in a library (or bookshop) who is almost reading...

... And an illustration by Fiep Westendorp of girls (=almost women!) who are reading! (Actually, not sure if they are almost women or almost men...).

Sent by Bryon (the USA) and Heleen (he Netherlands).

Christmas Postcards Out

I hope all of them have landed!

Update: One of them published here. And another one here (with two postmarks. why?!).

Handmade Christmas

Front and back of the cover made by Phillip (the USA), of a catalogue. Is not clever the way he stuck the stamps? Also published in his blog.

Sent by Micu (Hungary), of reused materials. Also published here, along with more Christmas cards.

Knitted Christmas

Christmas Postmarks

From Austria

From Denmark

From the UK

From the USA

Stained-Glass Windows on Christmas Stamps

Stamps issued on November 1, 2011 by Canada Post. 

This set of three Christmas commemorative stamps showcases scenes from the magnificent stained-glass windows of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Kingston, Ontario, which was built nearly a century and a half ago. The windows were originally imported from England. I love stained-glass windows!

This is a post for Sunday Stamps- II: Christmas Stamps (religious). The only other received Christmas stamps that could be considered religious is this, from the UK:

It belongs to the 2015 Christmas collection, designed by David Holmes of Studio David Hillman to illustrate the traditional Nativity story (more information about this issue).

I am not a big fan of Christmas stamps (nor of Christmas in general), but the fact that the Christmas stamps are nor really Christmassy astonishes me.  It seems that Royal Mail alternates: one year religious, one year secular stamps. In Spain, the A-rate (within the country) depicts a religious scene, and the B-rate (Europe) is usually related to the New Year. See,for instance, the Christmas stamps of 2015, 2014-A and 2014-B, etc. In the Netherlands they are more appropriately called December stamps... How is it in your country?

Vintage Christmas

Sent by Eva (Germany). Have yo noticed the stamp?

Sent by John (the UK).

Christmas and Winter Lights

Folded card sent by Mélissa (Canada).
Update: Edgartown Harbor Light in Edgartown (Massachusetts, the USA).

Picture sent by Phillip (the USA).