Sunday Stamps: The Letter "Q"

 Good day and welcome to my blog.  It is a nice spring day in the American Midwest, though clouding over.

Welcome to Sunday Stamps, with a letter (Q) that some contributors find difficult.  Not me, not this year!  The US Postal Service released in February a set of four stamps honoring Harriet Powers and her two amazing quilts.

Post office store link 

These two quilts are well known among quilters, and those studying women's history.  There is even a book written about Harriet Powers and her quilts, by Kyra Hicks.

From Amazon's website for the book:

"The powerful quilts of Harriet Powers (1837-1910), a former Athens, Georgia slave, continue to capture our imagination today. Her two-known creations, the Bible Quilt and the Pictorial Quilt, have independently survived since stitched more than a century ago. Over the years, thousands of museum visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have stood transfixed viewing her artwork. Powers' two quilts are arguably the most well-known and cited coverings in American quilt history." 

The stamp images are from her Pictorial Quilt, in the Boston museum.  I have not seen the quilts in person.  Thay are probably not on display all the time, due to their age.  I do have Kyra Hicks' book however - an interesting read.

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Sunday Stamps: the Letter "P"

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.

I am back after an extended trip to Italy and Switzerland.  It is a good thing I took lots of pictures on my phone and journaled about it in notebooks, because the memories are swirling together!

But I am back home safely, and able to join in the tour of the alphabet.  This week is the letter "P".

Today, a humble vegetable:

Peppers from Romania, a stamp from my Postcrossing days.

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Sunday Stamps: the letter "K"

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.

It is a cool morning in the American Midwest, but entirely appropriate for mid-April.  Trees are blooming, and I saw some lilacs beginning to flower.

It's Sunday, and time for Sunday stamps.  We are up to the letter K.  Here are two stamps from Kenya:

The stamps showcase the minerals Amethyst and Tourmaline, and the cut gems made from these minerals.  I don't have these in hand.  I must have downloaded these images some time ago.

I will take the next 3 weeks off, as I am on a big trip to Italy and Switzerland.  I am NOT bringing my laptop computer!  See you later in May.

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Sunday Stamps: the letter "J"

 Happy Easter out there to those who celebrate.

Welcome to my blog.  We are up to the letter J in the tour of the alphabet.

I struggled a bit this week to find a stamp but then thought of Jewelry.  Here is a stamp I have shared before.

This silver and turquoise necklace is from the Navajo nation.  This is an older stamp to make up postage, before the USPS went to Forever stamps.  This image is from the USPS.  I find this style of jewelry so beautiful.  I have only a pair of earrings though.

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