Mail a Whale

Whale, I mean letter sent to Heleen (the Netherlands). More whales inside: see in her post. 

Spring Alternative Stamps

I love when people add spring stamps to their letters!

These where sent (with the right postage, of course!) by Ania (Hungary) and Hannah (the UK). 

Welcome, Spring!

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK). Van Gogh's?

Postcard sent by Lluïsa (PC). It shows almond trees in the beautiful village of Deià (Mallorca island).

From Japan

From the USA

Red Budapest

Envelope drawn and sent by Ania (Hungary). Not sure if you can appreciate that my address is written on another envelope... I love the design!

The stamps participated in the yearly competition to choose the best EUROPA stamp of the year, hosted by PostEurop. The theme for 2013 was Van of the Postman. So I added them to this old post.

Inside, kind words, some tea and an original postcard depicting Budapest watertown by Urban Sidewalker.

Also added to the Capital Cities album, of course!

Scheveningen

Postcards sent by Heleen (the Netherlands). The third one is extra long but, amazingly, it reached my mail box safe and sound. In fact, it is exactly the size of my post office box, I discovered.

When I travel I usually visit as many lighthouses as I can (sometimes this is the purpose of my trips!). And I like to take pictures from different points of views. So I was extra happy when I received, some weeks ago, the third picture of Scheveningen. Then, when I looked closer... Wait! The second and the third picture are exactly the same. Just check the cars. Oh, they almost fooled me!

Dare to Dream

Handmade envelope sent to Ângela (Portugal), with letter and postcard inside (Oh, again I took the picture without stamps!).

Sincerely a Cow

Envelope given by FinnBadger (the USA) and send back to Kate from Sincerely Kate (the USA). I have always wanted to write a postcard in round!

Space Exploration On Three Stamps

This weeks Sunday Stamps-II's theme is Time of exploration: space. I'm sure I have received more stamps about this topic, but I am not able to find them. So I am showing you just three.

Stamp issued by Poste Italiane on April 12, 2011. It is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. On April 12, 1961 the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin realized the first complete orbit around the Earth. In the right foreground you can see the spacecraft Vostok 3KA.

The following stamp depicts what the cosmonaut saw during his 108 minute mission...

And the third one belongs to the set Space Achievement issued by USPS on May 21, 1981. I received it on a letter just last month! It depicts the spacecraft Pioneer 2.

The complete set (I wouldn't mind to receive it!):

Interesting Wikipedia link as a bonus: US Space Exploration Stamps.

ATC for a Festival

Artist Trading Cards sent to Christophe Blaise (France). I'm excited to know they are being exhibited in the Festival d'Art Postal in Vienne (France).

See the details:

Have I Read... 'Burn'?

«You shouldn't be allowed to burn letters. From anyone.»

Xu Xi, The Letters Page 1

LWA

From now on, I'm a proud member of the Letter Writers Alliance. And you?

Russian Doll Letter

Rusian doll letter (or nesting envelopes) sent to Alan (the UK).

Beware of People Who Don't Believe in Mail

I Love Windows, Too

Postcard sent to Postmuse (the USA). Who loves shuttered windows, by the way.

Further and Further Away

"I told my parents I was going to the Grand National... I sent a postcard from London, 'Come up to have a look at London for a few days'. Then I sent a postcard from Paris. So I gradually attuned them to the idea that I was moving further and further away. Eventually they got a postcard from Spain."

Fearghal McGarry, Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War

Elephant Mail Carrier

Letter sent to Micu (Hungary).