Sunday, March 17, 2024

A green leap

 An excellent frog stamp from the Netherlands, part of the beautiful 'Experience Nature' series






Sent on this leap year postcard

With a 29 Feb postmark!

Thanks to Heleen!

Explore the links for today's Sunday Stamps theme of green, snakes, or Irish stamps at See it on a Postcard

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Elvis

 The first Elvis stamp and the second Elvis stamp. I think I read that the 29c issue is one of the all time best selling USPS stamps.





Sunday, March 3, 2024

Campanula persicifolia

 Also known as the peach-leaved bellflower, seen on this Russian stamp from 2019.



For more stamps with today's Sunday Stamps theme of flowers, visit See it on a Postcard.

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Käpt'n Blaubär

Käpt'n Blaubär is a blue-furred bear from a German children's TV show. His name also sounds similar to blueberry in German. Issued in 2023, this is part of a series titled "Heroes of Childhood". For more on this fun bear, check out the wikipedia page.




For more stamps with today's Sunday Stamps theme of illustrations, explore the links at See it on a Postcard.

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Blue skies and Bluenose

 Two Canadian stamps on the same postcard for this week's Sunday Stamps theme: blue.





The Bluenose stamp celebrates 100 years since this famous yacht was built in Nova Scotia in 1921 as both a fishing and racing vessel. For more on this interesting vessel here is a link to its Wikipedia page. There is also an image of a previous Canadian stamp (coincidentally all blue) featuring the Bluenose.

Apologies for the blurriness of the stamp on the left, it is the 2018 Canada Post Community Foundation semipostal stamp. A clearer image:


Not stamp related, however going back through photos for today's stamps I found this blue image  - jellyfish at Newport Aquarium in Kentucky.


For more blue stamps check out the links at See it on a Postcard.

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Chinese Calligraphy

 Today's Sunday Stamps theme is calligraphy, and I always admire beautifully drawn Chinese characters (also called logographs).

Thanks to Fafa, I have this wonderful Year of the Dragon mini-sheet to share.



For links to more calligraphy on stamps, head over to See it on a Postcard.

Saturday, February 10, 2024