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The Missive Maven: Epistolary Exultation
Extolling the virtues old-fashioned snail mail and letter-writing. Photos and thoughts on letters written and received, favorite stationery, fountain pens -- all the accouterments of the old-fashioned letter
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Bejeweled princess kitty postcard
Yes, Virginia, you CAN get pen pals from Postcrossing! This fantastic postcard came from a German postcrosser with whom I've struck up a correspondence, and she sends me AWESOME postcards like this one. I love the photo of the crowned woman with her ...
Hanukkah stamp
This seems a great moment to talk about this year's Hanukkah stamp from the post office - Hankkah begins at sunset this evening. It startled me to learn how early that is here in Newport right now - 4pm! Sometimes I find the US postal service's Hanuk...
British post boxes
This lovely postcard came to me from the gal behind A Postcard A Day. A while back (in August, specifically) she blogged about these lovely stamps and postcards, and offered to send one to the first few people who emailed her. Lucky for me, I was one...
Envelope for GMD Faux Post Giveaway
When I saw this post on the Good Mail Day blog, I fell in love with the "special delivery every day" faux postage. And those awesome gals, they said they had a few to give away if you sent them a SASE! So I did, but of course I had to pretty up the e...
Mail art thank-you
My amazing little package full of mailbox postcards from Carolee of PodPost begged a mail-art-licious thank-you response, so I had fun putting this puppy together, with all the meta-postal goodness I could muster. Only the Shakespeare stamp doesn't r...
Cool Turkish stamp
This stamp came on the package that contained that fine Bic Easy Clic fountain pen, and I liked the stamp a lot... so I photographed it to share with you. I don't get a lot of stamps from Turkey...On another note, please applaud Sirpa for letting me ...
Gnome with butterfly stamp
This fine stamp came from a correspondent in the Netherlands. Is there a story behind this, I wonder, or is it just a cute little gnome sitting on a branch, reaching out to a butterfly? I can't read the words that are on their side by Priority....
Letters Mingle Souls
I tried to achieve some harmony in the stamps on this envelope, both rubber and postage, in that the Letters Mingle Souls theme appears in both. I am particularly fond of the Universal Postal Union/Letters Mingle Souls stamps, and use them sparingly....
Exquisite Estonian stamp
This lovely stamp arrived on my first Postcrossing postcard from Estonia last month. Why do I go so ga-ga over animals with envelopes? In any case, I am just loving this stamp with the birds passing an envelope from beak to beak....
Flying goose stamp from Germany
Luftpost indeed! I loved this stamp. It was much more interesting than the postcrossing postcard on which it arrived. Looks to be by Selma Lagerlof - I like the style....
Another iridescent peacock stamp!
Remember that incredible iridescent Thai peacock stamp I blogged about back in August? That came to me from Postcrosser Sathitporn.Well, get this - his brother, Nareeporn, is also a Postcrosser. Nareeporn got my name on a Postcrossing Postcard ID, to...
Finnish frolic and footwear
This giddy postcard came from a Postcrosser in Finland. I just love the dancing old ladies' mood. This has to be one of my favorite Postcrossing cards recceived.AND, it came with this really cool stamp! I don't wear high heels myself, but I love the ...
Snail-riding Pixies
Here is another fantastic issue in the UK Mythical Creatures stamp set, which I blogged about in greater detail earlier.Of course I love that the pixie is riding a snail (even with a fabulous harness)... Could he be making a snail-mail delivery, perh...
Splendiferous peacock stamps
For some reason, one week in July brought not one but TWO incredible peacock stamps, from two different countries. Above we have two lovely stamps from China; if you view large, you might be able to see that the border of the peacock stamp is actuall...
Vintage stamp jamboree
Sorry it's grainy, it was low light. But in response to these fine stamps, I wanted to send a letter using only small-denomination stamps that covered the envelope. I'm particularly fond of the Shakespeare stamp....
Vintage stamps, received
Here are some fine vintage stamps on a letter from a fine pen pal; I believe all these lovelies came from Errol Murphy, in case you're hoping to get your hands on some of your own old stamps.My favorite is the African Elephant Herd!...
Where DO you get all those awesome old stamps?
I am getting this question so regularly that I must do another post on a source. I posted on him a while back, but I didn't use any pretty pictures.First, I should say that a great majority of my stamps come from my dear beloved Grandfather, who is 9...
Singapore stamp spectacular
More fabulous Singapore stamps. I maintain that they must all be simply gorgeous, or this correspondent chooses them with particular care.I am so taken with those Cinema Theatres of Yesteryear Stamps. The Cathay theatre shown here in 1939 reminds me ...
Cinema stamps + flower doodle
Here's an image of sent and received all in one. In response to another wonderful letter from Singapore (with those smashing "Cinema Theatres of Yesteryear" stamps), I wrote on an International Girl aerogramme, which has a handy little box that comma...
