Coffee Tales

Letter sent to Bryon (the USA), replying to these postcards.

Lighthouses on Postcards

The latest lighthouses on postcards I have got...

Pellworm, Germany

La Jument, France 
(But postcard sent from Germany)

Morris Island, South Carolina, the USA

Niechorze, Poland

Westerheversand, Germany
(But postcard sent from Serbia)

Marshall Point Lighhouse, Maine, the USA

Sunday Stamps | M

Some stamps depicting American women for today's theme in Sunday Stamps: The lettter M.

Moina Michael (1869 - 1944)
 Professor and humanitarian,  who conceived the idea of using
 poppies as a symbol of remembrance
 for those who served in World War I

Marianne Moore (1887 - 1972)
Poet, critic, translator, and editor

Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
Actress, model, and singer.
(See this postcard!)

Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)
Anthropologist

For more Women on Stamps. 

The Mediterraneum Epistolarum

 Letter sent to Alan (the UK).

The Mediterraneum Epistolarum was an important office devoted to sending letters from southern castles to other regions · Some say it never existed · But the truth is that an old-fashioned lady is keeping it secretly alive.

Alice

"...he grinned almost from ear to ear, as he leant forwards (and as nearly possible fell off the wall in doing so) and offered Alice his hand."

Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, coloured by John Macfarlane

Alice's postcards sent by Erina (the USA) and Margarita (Russia), thanks to the Postcrossing site.

Alice through the Looking Glass, by Jetoy. Sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

The Usual

«"You've made a will?" asked Reine-Marie, carrying her plate back to her seat by the fireplace.
  "No," said Ruth. "Decided not to. Nothing to leave. But I have written instructions for my funeral. Flowers. Music. The parade. Tributes for dignitaries. The design of the postage stamp. The usual."»

Louise Penny, Kingdom of the Blind

Sunday Stamps | Olympics

 Some Olympics stamps for today's Sunday Stamps...

Montreal 1976 

Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled

1983 World University Games

Sydney 2000

Athens 2004

Beijing 2008

London 2012

London 2012 Paralympics Games

2014 Winter Olympics

Bel Stamps

Had these existed at the time, they would have been the perfect stamps for the VQR Postal Project. 

So I am really glad that Fabienne (France) sent them!

Surprise!

Letter sent to Heleen (the Netherlands).

Golden Letters Are for the Summer

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Pink & Blue Garden

Painted envelope sent to Laura (the UK). 

Inspiration (but I used coloured pencils for this one).

Sunday Stamps | Reading

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is free (Your Choice). One of my favourites things to do, when I can choose, is reading.

(In)equality Stamps

 

Drawn envelope sent to Heleen (the Netherlands).

Maybe you wonder about those Pantone-like stamps. I sent some more:

They belong to a campaign against racial discrimination. In May 2021, Correos launched Equality Stamps to reflect "an unjust reality that should not exist, in an effort to raise awareness of diversity, inclusion and equal rights". (See the video here).

The idea behind is that you must used more black stamps than "white" ones. But what the users read was: the darker the colour, the smaller the face value. The campaign received a lot of criticism, and the stamps were withdrawn from the market almost immediately. 

You Know You Are a Postcrosser...

 ,,, When you know the postal rates for postcards better than the postal worker.

Does it happens to you, too?

Postcard sent by Heleen (the Netherlands).

Mail from Other Worlds

Postcrossing postcard sent by Laura (the USA).

Star Wars postcard sent by Bryon (the USA), with perfectly matching stamps & postmarks. The Droids stamps were issued in April 2021.

Letter sent by Alan (the UK), bearing a stamp from the Classic Science-Fiction April issue: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.