Well, for this week's Sunday Stamps, the theme is my choice, so I thought I would go back through my blog's picture archive and dig out some of my favourite stamps.
This sheet for Gerry Anderson/Thunderbirds is lenticular. 4, 3, 2, 1! I'm not afraid to use stamps individually from a miniature sheet. I had the 41p stamp in my purse for ages and ages, before I decided to use it to send something to a fellow stamp blogger!
I haven't sent many Postcrossing postcards recently, but when I did send, of course I needed to affix some stamps. I tried to use first class if I had room to add the Machin stamps to make the postage up.
Most of my outgoing post is letters, and there's usually a bit more room for the stamps on an envelope. I also try to choose stamps I think the recipient would like (a theme they are interested in, outside of stamps).
The stamps themselves can be talked about in letters. I probably mentioned films, or Peter Cushing in at least one of the letters above.
Portmeirion is "The Village" in the 1960s cult, The Prisoner. We went for a walk around Portmeirion recently. The "Green Dome" is not so green these days. There's a postbox in The Village as well, so I fed that with a letter.
I love Terry Pratchett. I didn't picture Nanny Ogg in my mind the way she is in the stamp above. I love the Discworld books (but still haven't read them all). Going Postal must be one of my favourite books in the series... the start of a postal service!
This was probably a Christmas mailing from a little while ago. I haven't bought any of this year's Christmas stamps.
Oh, I agree, that is not how I pictured Nanny Ogg! I also try to include stamps from the interests in the Postcrosser's profile.I rarely use just one stamp.
ReplyDeleteI actually really like the Machin stamps, mainly for the variety of colours. I have pages and pages of them, mint and used.
I haven't participated in Postcrossing for a long time, but I remember buying all the unusual stamps from the USPS, rather than boring old flags.
ReplyDeleteI try to use more than one stamp, too, especially on envelopes. But in Spain we don't have so many choices; low rate stamps are difficult to find.
ReplyDeleteYour mail looks gorgeous!
A nice reminder of stamps past, they are always nice to receive. I've only bought Christmas stamps to use on cards this year, I like the angels.
ReplyDeleteI wonder whether we will take the 'new' barcode stamps in the same way.
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