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Sunday Stamps | Calligraphy

Some stamps featuring beautiful calligraphy for today's Sunday Stamps:

French stamp designed by the (mail) artist Benjamin Vautier, aka Ben, and issued in 2011. It belongs to the series Les timbres de Ben:

The following Thank You stamps were issued in 2020. They were designed by the calligrapher Dana Tanamachi, who drew the original sketches by hand. The script is highlighted in gold foil.

The stamp below features the American writer Carl Sandburg, as well as his signature:

And to see the penmanship of another writer and artist, two stamps depicting Edward Lear's work: Edward Lear as a bird (Self-portrait) and a Cat from an alphabet book. This four-stamps set was issued in 1988.

Blue Carnival

I got this postcard though the Postcrossing site last December. It was sent from Schwäbisch Gmünd, but I don't know which Carnival the picture belongs to.

Hello, Year of the Dragon!

Postcard with matching stamp sent by Bryon (the USA). 

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Mills

This is a postcard from Bruges and I love it. Not only because I have received it twice, firstly from my friend Laura and later through the Postcrossing site. But also because I have actually visited the place, and sent this very scenery myself.

Below, some more mills (a favourite topic) on stamps, sent by Heleen from the Netherlands:

Update: 22 February 2023

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Thursday Postcard Hunt

February theme: BUILDINGS

• Week 1 - Lighthouses
• Week 2 - Windmills
• Week 3 - Public buildings
• Week 4 - Houses
• Week 5 - Temples, churches

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

Bye, Year of the Rabbit!

La Pau

I go this mint stamp from Fabienne (so, sent from France, actually), and I am more than happy to add it to the Peace Stamp Project collection. 

Happy Winter Collages

Ways of coping with the long winter afternoons: reading, knitting, writing letters...

...or just sitting in front of the fireplace with a cup of tea!

Collages on envelopes sent by Laura (the UK).

Sunday Stamps | Lighthouses from the World

Lighthouses is my favourite theme for stamps and postcards, and I even have a separate album for those. Sunday Stamps offers the perfect excuse to upload the latest stamps I have got to the blog.

Australia

Hornby, Inner South Head, NSW
Robertsons Point, Cremorne Point, NSW
Macquarie, Outer South Head, NSW

Canada

Covehead Harbor Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island

France

Ploumanac'h, Peros-Guirec, Côtes-d'Armor

Goury, La Hague, Normandie

Germany

Buk, Mecklenburger Bucht
Staberhuk, Schleswig-Holstein

The Netherlands

Scheveningen, South Holland

Sweden

Falsterbo

Thailand

Bang Pa-In
Koh Sichian

The United Stamps of America

Hillsboro Inlet, Florida
Old Cape Henry, Virginia
Thomas Point Shoal, Maryland

Harbor of Refuge, Delaware

So Many Nice Stamps...!

Envelopes sent by Fabienne (France).

One Big Tuesday

Why does February feel like one big Tuesday?
(Todd Stocker)

Last year, I decided to celebrate Groundhog Day also through mail. Not that it is a tradition here: I only know it thanks to the film. And that exemplify a perfect February feeling.

So I drew a (bit crazy) groundhog, and made several envelopes with the same design. 

The groundhog travelled to France, the Netherlands, the UK and the USA.