Postal Adventures

Main blog is gardenforsparrows. This is my blog for stamps, postcard writing, and postal arts and crafts.

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The New Yorker - April 25, 1988 Artist: André François

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Dronefall, Ukraine /Україна, 2026

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Denmark, 2019, Morten Schelde is a Danish artist. He is primarily known for his characteristic use of red colored pencil in large drawings.

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Ernst Roch / postage stamp design

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These Oscar de la Renta stamps are the best I’ve seen in years 😍

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Singapore, 2026, Year of the Horse

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切手

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Design study for postage stamps by Irma Boom, 1992

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July 1st is National Postage Stamp Day! This day commemorates when the first US stamp was issued on this day in 1847. Up until then, people would send a mailed item and the receiver would pay when it arrived. By 1855, the postage stamp became required for all mail.

In honor of today, Howard letterpress printed two cuts that to relate to postage stamps, and that would be in cases where postage isn’t required. In the print, the one on the right states, “NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID SACRAMENTO, CA PERMIT NO. 393.” The one on the left comes from Donna from Kentucky and states, “No Postage Stamp Necessary If Mailed in the United States.” This was a common tag on old hotel keys. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press.

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▽ The first envelope was a pair of wings.

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