Winter Elk/Deer

Illustrated envelope sent to Phillip (the USA).

Delays

First mail day of 2021 was 11 January. Nothing else has arrived since then.

Vegetables

If you think there are a lot of vegetables on this card I got from a German postcrosser... What about this envelope sent by Phillip?

Front

It is a very big one (30 x 30 cm), made out of two pages of a calendar.

Back

And one thing I just love... the matching stamps!

Later, I got the rest of the stamps along with the first day of issue postmark. The stamps couldn't match better!

Canterbury on Cards

View from the West Gate Tower

St. Alphege Taken Abroad a Viking Ship
Stained-glass window, Canterbury Cathedral

St. Nicholas Hospital, Harbledown

St. Nicholas Church

St. Agustine's Abbey

Sunday Stamps | Innovation

Here you have the latest stamps I have got celebrating Science, today's theme in Sunday Stamps.

Genome Sequencing and Robotics

Genome Sequencing, Robotics and Solar Technology

They belong to a 5-stamps set issued on 20 August 2020 by USPS, which features, apart form those above: Computing, Biomedicine and Solar Technology.

Maps (and More) on Postcards

Maps are a good way of learning about the world. And, these days, almost the only way of travelling. 

Heleen (the Netherlands) send me the postcard above, of the Dutch province of North Brabant. And also another one with its flag!

Another map on a postcard, showing where some famous Ukranian lighthouses are located. 

The postcard is completed with fantastic stamps on the back!

Maps from New Mexico and North Carolina (the USA), also received through the Postcrossing site:

Magi

Cyprus

Ireland

The Netherlands

Poland

Spain

The United Kingdom

The United States

Wishlist

The Three Wise Men arrive tonight, and they bring presents for good children. My wishlist is on the postcard.

Sent by Julia (the UK), through the Postcrossing site.

I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter

 

I'm Gonna Sit Right down and Write Myself a Letter

Sara Vaughan

Music by Fred E. Ahlert  / Lyrics by Joe Young

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter

And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet

They're gonna knock me off my feet

Kisses on the bottom

I'll be glad I've got 'em

I'm gonna smile and say "I hope you're feelin' better"

And sign "with love" the way you do

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter

And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter

And make believe it came from you

I'm gonna write words, oh, so sweet

They're gonna knock me off my feet

Kisses on the bottom

I'll be glad I've got 'em

I'm gonna smile and say "I hope you're feelin' better"

And sign "with love" the way you do

I'm gonna sit right down, write myself a letter

And make believe it came from you

And make believe it came from you

Sunday Stamps | Beer

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Food &/or Drink. 

Maybe beer is not the best choice during the cold months, but these stamps are two favourites of mine.

7 April 2016

500th Anniversary of German Beer Purity Law

9 September 2010
Bicentenary of Oktoberfest in Munich

Update: Browsing the Postcrossing site, I found this postcard.

The First Atlases

Very interesting stamps on these envelopes sent by Heleen (the Netherlands). She sent me the whole set of these fantastic stamps.

The first atlas ever was published in Antwerp in 1570, 450 years ago this year. To celebrate this, PostNL issued the stamp sheet The first atlases on 23 March 2020. The six stamps on the sheet are dedicated to maps from six atlases that were published in the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th Century. 

The creator of the first modern atlas was cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). Ortelius collected the best maps available in his time. He either redrew or shrunk 53 in total, added descriptions, and collated them to create a book. This atlas was published for the very first time in 1570, in Latin, entitled Theatrum orbis terrarum (literally: ‘the theatre of the Earth’s surface’). A Dutch translation was published in 1571. This world atlas inspired many other publishers to create their own atlases.

In addition to Abraham Ortelius, the stamps feature the following publishers: 

Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664)

Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1638)

Gerard de Jode (1509-1591)
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

Gerard Mercator (1512-1594)

Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612)

Picture taken from this article

Tired?

Don't stop, keep going!

Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

Winter Stamps

Belgium

Canada

China

Plum Blossoms Snowing in Winter

France

Germany

The Netherlands

Sweden

The United Kingdom

The USA