Dag van de Postzegel

These stamps were issued to commemorate the Dag van de Postzegel (='(Postage) stamp's day' 'Day of Postage', according to Google Translate). But postage day can be every day!

Have you noticed those wonderful snails drawn by Heleen on the envelope? (They appear also on the postcard).

Back in My Day – Millennial Edition

© John Atkinson, Wrong Hands

Sunday Stamps | First Nations

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Indigenous People. I found these stamps to illustrate the topic:

French Settlements in North America: Membertou/Mawpiltu
Canada, 2007

A continent and its peoples
Canada, 1986

Classic dolls: Indian
USA, 1997

Navajo Jewelry
USA, 2007

Puelo Pottery: Hopi Art
USA, 1977

Books & Postcards

(Thinking of) buying books?

Writing books?

Loosing or finding books?
(The book depicted is Мёртвые души, I think)

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK), Heleen (the Netherlands) and Vasilina (Russia).

Some Calligraphy

Envelopes sent to Micu (Hungary) and Rosemary (Canada).

Sunday Stamps | Police

Policeman on the Beat

These stamps designed by Brian Sanders belong to a series of four issued by Royal Mail in 1979, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Metropolitan Police.

River Patrol Boat

This is a post for Sunday Stamps. Today's theme is Uniforms.

Two simple But Favourite Stamps

A Week

«By 1875, an American could send a letter to Europe for five cents that arrived in a week; postcards and newspapers cost just two cents.»

Winifred Gallagher, How the Post Office Created America

Blue Letters

Letters sent by Laura and John (UK).

Sunday Stamps | Different Shapes

A miscellany of different shapes for today's theme on Sunday Stamps: Shaped.

Maybe it is difficult to perceive this is not a square...

Ichthyosaurus
UK, 2013

I have always appreciated the round stamps like these:

African Daisy
USA, 2022

Chrysanthemum
(First Day of Issue Pictorial Postmark)
USA, 2020

Blocking - European Volleyball Championship
Poland 2017

And this is an original shape, isn't it?

National Treasures: Yohen Tenmoku Tea Bowl
Japan, 2021

Lighthouses on Postcards

Westerheversand
Germany

Amrum
Germany

Lighthouses on the Mecklenburg Baltic Sea

Portocolom (Mallorca)

Port d'Andratx (Mallorca)

Capdepera (Mallorca)

Postcards sent by Pina (Belgium), Reinhold and Annett (Germany) and R (PC).

Unround

I got these stamps on a Postcrossing postcard from Poland. I was informed that Kazimierz Górski was a coach of Poland national football team.

But what obsesses me is the non-round postmarks...

Universities

University of Warwick. Hand-made postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

University of Tilburg (The Netherlands). Postcrossing postcard sent by Anja.

Lesessal Library, University of Basel (Switzerland). Postcrossing postcard sent by Simone.

Illini Unin Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Postcrossing postcard sent by Kai.

Sunday Stamps | Bluenose

This stamp was issued in 2021 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the building of the Bluenose, the most recognized sailing vessel in Canadian history. This schooner was built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada, and become a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century. 

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Sails.

The Year of the Tigers

2022 is filling my letterbox with an unexpected amount of tigers. Apart from these and these, I have got tigers from Phillip (the USA),

From Catherine (France):

From Rosemary (Canada):

From Imma (PC):