Tutankhamun / Toutânkhamon

Stamps issued by Royal Mail on 24 November. I have got those on letters. and the whole set (mint) as birthday present.

And I should add this French stamp, issued on 22 June 2022 (already shown on other envelope):

Maths

"You have to spend some energy and effort to
see the beauty of Math"
Maryam Mirzahani, 1977-2017

Pi Day is the perfect date to publish this piece of mail sent by Phillip (the USA). 

The shadowy stamp is dedicated to Women Cryptologists of World War II. You can read more about the stamp here and here. I love especially the First Day of Issue pictorial postmark. It includes a a coded message that contains the date and location of stamps issuance: October 18, 2022, Annapolis Junction, MD20701.

Envelopes with Windows

I almost never use envelopes with windows because... it is too difficult to write the address in the right place of the sheet and fold it correctly.

This one was sent to Laura (the UK).

Sunday Stamps | State Flags

Today, Sundays Stamps is dedicated to Flags. Most of the stamps I get featuring flags come from the USA. I like the series dedicated to the state flags. I am sure that I have more of these stamp somewhere.

Alabama

California

New Mexico

Oregon

Mississippi

Pennsylvania

Tenessee

Texas

Postbox Saturday | Province of València

Simat de la Valldigna

Otos

Carrícola

From Belarus

This postcard was sent by Eugene (Belarus) through the Postcrossing site. It features the Holy Resurrection Church in Borisov.

I like the label he added on the back, with some information about the country. 

And look at the stamps! This sheet is the Belarussian contribution to the EUROPA stamps in 2012. The theme was Visit.

More Lighthouses on Postcards

Little Cumbrae (Scotland, UK)

List-West (Germany)

L'Île d'Aix (France)

You would need a magnifying glass to see the two-towers lighthouse on the last postcard... But I assure you it is there!

Postcards sent by Heleen (the Netherlands), Martina (Germany) and Fabienne (France).

We Are Still Fighting Today

"Nothing was given to minorities or women.
It took some fighting to get that equal opportunity,
and we are still fighting today"
Annie Easley
Computer programmer, mathematician and rocket scientist

Portrait of a Girl, c. 1638-1642
Diego Velázquez

Frida Kahlo, c. 1926
By Guillermo Kahlo

Mail sent by Phillip (the USA), Laura (the UK) and Catherina (France).

Greetings from Salisbury (UK)

Letter sent by Laura (the UK).

Māgha Pūjā

Māgha Pūjā is the second important Buddhist holiday, celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar. The holiday praised the event when Buddha transferred his main theory to 1,250 monks.

In pre-modern times, Māgha Pūjā has been celebrated by some Southeast Asian communities. But it became widely popular in the modern period, when it was instituted in Thailand by King Rama IV in the mid-19th century. From Thailand, it spread to other South and Southeast Asian countries. Presently, it is a public holiday in some of these countries. It is an occasion when Buddhists go to the temple to perform merit-making activities, such as alms giving, meditation and listening to teachings. 

It has been proposed in Thailand as a more spiritual alternative to the celebration of Valentine's Day.

Sunday Stamps | Canines

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Canines. I hope you have read the sentence "Interpret the theme any way you wish"!

This stamp was issued in 1977, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Dental Education in the Netherlands.

Postbox Saturday | Adjoining Towns

Càlig

Benicarló

Alcossebre

Franklin Park Conservatory

The Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardeny is located in Columbus (Ohio, USA). On the postcard above, you can see the John F. Wolfe Palm House, built in 1895, as illuminated by James Turrell 's 2008 installation Light Raiment II.

Inside, you can enjoy wonderful creatures like these:

Ruby lacewing (Cethosia biblis) with Angel-wing begonia 
(Begonia coccinea)

Blue morpho (Morpho peleides)

I don't know if you can see the following species at the conservatory, but I think they are pretty matching stamps. The flowers belong to the Mountain Flora series, issued in March 2022.

Mail sent by Phillip (the USA).

Thinking of Holidays?

Letter sent by Rosemary (Canada),

These Vintage Travel Posters stamps were issued in June 2022. Don't they make you feel like travelling?

Ar-Men

Ar-Men (in Brittany, France) is probably the most famous lighthouse in the world. It has been nicknamed The Hell of Hells by the community of the lighthouse keepers, because of the severe conditions there. 

It looks perfect on this envelope made by Fabienne (France), made out of a page of a calendar. I like how the postmark imitates the waves around the stamp...

The other stamp features Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (mathematician and philosopher) and Charles Marie de la Condamine (explorer, geographer and mathematician):