Sunday Stamps: Modern Architecture

 Good day, and welcome to a brisk sunny day in the American Midwest.  It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme today is Modern Architecture.  I have a set of stamps I shared last year - but they really fit the theme!  When I hear Modern Architecture I think of Frank Lloyd Wright and specifically his house Falling Water.

Yes there is a stamp featuring it.

A set of four stamps.  I haven't visited any of these locations.  Falling Water I believe is a museum now and I would love to visit.

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Sunday Stamps: Roads or highways

 Good Day and welcome to my postcard and stamp blog.  It is a cooler cloudy day in the American Midwest.  It's Sunday, and time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is roads, and I cannot find a stamp in my collection or at the US Postal Service to fulfill this except one:

A stamp I shared back in January.  This is an image of a so-called pony car, but it is on a road!  More on these stamps at the US Postal Service website.

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Sunday Stamps: Landscapes

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a warm late summer morning in the Midwest USA.

It's Sunday, and time for Sunday Stamps.

I know the US Postal Service has some newish landscape stamps - the theme for today - but their website is down right now.  So I will share a stamp I have shared before, early in my days of hosting:

A stamp of a National Park in Southern Finland, looking serene with the trees and lake.  This came on a Postcrossing stamp, back when I was doing Postcrossing.

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Sunday Stamps: Persons of Interest

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  It is a cooler, cloudy day in the American Midwest.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is persons of interest.

I am sharing a very new stamp issued by the US Postal Service,  It is of John Lewis, tireless advocate for civil rights.  

He was a speaker in 1963 at the March on Washington (anniversary yesterday).  March 7, 1965: while trying to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the March from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, he and about 600 other protestors for civil rights were set upon by police and beaten.  It has become known as "Bloody Sunday".  He later served in the US Congress for many years.

More information is available on the US Postal Service website.

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Sunday Stamps: Endangered Species

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a beautiful sunny day in the American Midwest, with a cloudless sky.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is endangered or vulnerable species.

The US Postal Service has recently released a set of 20 stamps that fit this theme.

Sadly, there are many more than 20 species that are endangered.  The Postal Service has picked large mammals such as the Gray wolf and the Florida panther shown here, but also a crayfish and a toad.

These images are from the USPS website, as I don't have these stamps in hand.

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Sunday Stamps: Education

 Good day, and welcome to my entry for Sunday Stamps.

It is a beautiful cloudless day in the American Midwest.  My coffee maker decided to stop working this morning, after many years of service.  So I am here on the blog without caffeine.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is education.

I have no college or university stamps so I will share a stamp I had on here in May 2023 - a yellow School Bus, iconic symbol of American public education.

This scan is from the US postal service.  It's almost time for the busses to start rolling again in our community.

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Sunday Stamps: Patterns

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  I am back in the American Midwest.  It is a partly cloudy Summer day.

Time for Sunday Stamps, where the theme is Patterns.

Mail Adventures showed two higher denomination stamps for the US Postal Service with patterns on them, and I have here the highest denomination of all:

Four $10 stamps in a pane.  I think it's a pretty geometric design.  Prettier than a printout of the postage, don't you think?  This scan is from the USPS as I certainly don't have this in hand!

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Sunday Stamps: At sea

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  I am at my mom's house in New England for a visit.  It is a refreshingly cooler day.  Time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is "At sea".  Perhaps one could be sailing?

This image is from the US Postal Service, and these are postcard stamps.

I'd also like to share a stamp honoring Eugenie Clark, a marine biologist who made many important studies of sharks.

Wish I could get to the ocean this summer!

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Sunday Stamps: Play and Sports

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is going to be a warm hazy day here in the American Midwest.

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The them today is "at play/sports".

The USPS has some stamps that fit the theme.

An arresting design, promoting Women's Soccer (football to the rest of the world).

And:

I don't know if you can see this, but these stamps showcase  the artwork on skateboards.  Both images are from the US Postal Service - I don't have these stamps in hand.

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Sunday Stamps: Children's art

 Good day, and welcome to a cloudy day in the American Midwest.  It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is children's art, and I have a stamp I have shown before (long ago):

I do not recall how I acquired this stamp.  It is from the USSR, 1979, so it's vintage.  It is a slightly larger size so it shows the children's art well.  So sweet.

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Sunday Stamps: Butterflies

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool rainy morning in the American Midwest.  I've had some coffee, and it's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is butterflies or dragonflies.  Having none in hand, I turned to the web site of the US Postal Service.

This is the Colorado Hairstreak butterfly, native to the American west and southwest.  It can be found in forests and close to oak trees.  More on this species can be found on the US Postal service website.

This stamp is for large, lumpy, or square letters that can't go through the sorting machines.  That's what they mean by "non-machinable surcharge" printed on the stamp.

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Sunday Stamps; hats

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It's a cloudy and rainy day in the American Midwest.  No matter, it's time for Sunday Stamps.

The them this week is hats, helmets, or headgear.  I have a stamp from the US Postal Service.  I don't have it in hand, this image is from their website.

This stamp is honoring author Ernest J. Gaines. (1933 - 2019).  He wrote The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, and A Lesson Before Dying.  And he is wearing a beret, in this painting form a photograph.

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Sunday Stamps: Art

 Hello, and welcome to my blog.  It's a cool day in the American Midwest, and it is raining lightly.  It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is fine art.  The US Postal Service normally has at least one set of artworks on stamps.  Available on the website now is a set of stamps of artworks by Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997) iconic artist of the pop art movement.   I don't have these in hand.  These images are from the USPS.

Here is one, and here is the set:

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Sunday Stamps: Fish

 Hello and welcome to my blog.  It's a hazy morning in the American Midwest, and promises to heat up quite a bit.

It's Sunday, and time for Sunday Stamps.  The prompt this week is fish.  I have some USA stamps from some time ago:

How do I know?  Because their face value is 22 Cents for a first class letter.  And when I first showed these on my blog in 2012 or so, postage was higher than 22 cents!

A variety of fresh and salt water fish are shown.

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Sunday Stamps: Yellow

 Good day, and welcome to Sunday Stamps.  I am on a short family vacation to a State Park - but they have internet connectivity!

So here is my post for Sunday stamps, and the theme this week is Yellow.

From the US Postal Service, the iconic American School bus, in a well known bright yellow.  This scan is from the USPS.

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Sunday Stamps: The Inverted Jenny Stamp

 Hello and welcome to a pretty Spring day in the American Midwest.

It is time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is our choice.

I am showing the US Postal Service's reprint (at a different denomination) of one of the most famous misprints in stamp history, the "Inverted Jenny:"

This is available now in the USPS store.

The original air mail stamp, with a face denomination of 24 cents, was printed in 1918.  Only one sheet seems to have gone through the printing press upside down - 100 stamps.

Prices at auction for single stamps vary from $500 K to a million US Dollars.  

More at Wikipedia's entry (lots of detail).  Interesting detail I might add.

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Sunday Stamps: Women

 Good day, welcome to a cloudy but nice day in the American Midwest.

It's time for my contribution to Sunday Stamps.

The them today is women.

I am featuring a stamp released this year by the USPS of Toni Morrison (1931 - 2019), author and Pulitzer Prize winner.  In 1993, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.  She is the author of Tar Baby, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, among others.

I am sorry to say I haven't read any of her books.  But I can look forward to reading them.

These images are from the USPS website.

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Sunday Stamps: Bridges

 It's a rainy day in the American Midwest, with thunderstorms waking me up last night.  But the rain is good for the plants and the grass.

It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is bridges.  Not having stamps I hadn't shared before, I went searching on the internet, and found a famous bridge in the USA:

As the title points out, this is the very long Mackinac bridge, connecting the two parts of Michigan state.  I like the style of these older stamps.

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Sunday Stamps: Beards and moustaches

 It's a sunny and slightly cool day in the American Midwest.  It's Sunday, and time for my contribution to Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is beards and moustaches.  Our hostess featured a poet, and I am too!

This is an older stamp I have shown before.  But there is a full beard on display.  Whitman is one of the great American poets.

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Sunday stamps: Mountains

 Good day, and welcome to a cloudy and somewhat cool day in the American Midwest.  There was scattered frost last night.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme this week is mountains or hills.

I have a stamp I have shared before, a stamp from Russia:

I can't read the Russian.  A commenter at that time pointed out that these are in the Altai Mountains.  Definitely mountains, and snow covered!

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Sunday Stamps: Flowers

 Hello, and welcome to a pretty Spring day in the American Midwest.  The daffodils are slowly passing by and the tulips are blooming.  It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is flowers, and I am sharing some stamps that came out a few years ago:

And a look at one of the stamps:

Simply beautiful.  These images are from the US Postal Service.  Yes, I have shared them before.  But they are worth sharing again!

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Sunday Stamps: Easter

 Happy Easter to those who celebrate this holiday.

It's a sunny and clear Easter day in the American Midwest.

Although the US Postal Service issues Christmas stamps, they do not issue Easter stamps.  So I have gone looking on the internet using Mr. Google and found these on an ebay listing:

Four paintings of the risen Christ from different periods of time, featured on some stamps from the Cook Islands.  Mint and unhinged, as you can see.

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Sunday Stamps: Languages

 Good day, and welcome to my contribution to Sunday Stamps.

It's a cool cloudy day in the American Midwest.

Our theme today is different languages, as they appear on stamps.  I have this stamp from Greenland:

(Yes I have shared it before.)  The words here are in the native Greenland Eskimo language and in Danish.  Denmark administers Greenland still, I believe.  This stamp came on a postcard from a student, sent to our department.

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Sunday Stamps: Beaches and coasts

 A warm sunny day in the American Midwest - perhaps Spring is finally here!

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is beaches or coasts.  This is a stamp I have shared before (in 2020), a USA stamp celebrating Maine statehood:

Maine is part of New England, so why 1820 for statehood?  Well, originally it was part of Massachusetts, then became a separate state.  This stamp shows a part of the coastline of Acadia National Park.  

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Sunday Stamps: Green Stamps

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a very cold (18 deg F) March day here in the American Midwest.  I was traveling all day last week and could not participate.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is the color green.

From the US Postal Service website. a recent stamp honoring Shel Silverstein:

This, I believe, is an image from his book The Giving Tree.  Reading it as an adult, I never really liked this story, but that's just me.  I think this counts as a green stamp.

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Sunday Stamps: Canines

 Good day, and welcome to a sunny day in the American Midwest.  The cardinals are singing, but not the robins, not yet.

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme is Canines.

I don't have these stamps in hand, so I copied an image off a seller's listing on Amazon, of USA stamps:

These are military working dogs.  They are illustrated in a style similar to the elephant stamp that I shared previously.  4 designs, originally sold in a booklet of 20 stamps.

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Sunday Stamps: Winter/Snow

 Good day, and welcome to my contribution to Sunday Stamps.  It is absolutely clear, sunny, and cold today in the American Midwest.

Today's theme is winter or snow.  I have a set of stamps issued by the US Postal Service in 2016.  Each year they issue a religious Christmas stamp, and a set of secular Holiday stamps.

The scan and words below are theirs.

"In 2016, the U.S. Postal Service® issues Holiday Windows, four new stamps that rejoice in the simple pleasures of the season. 

Nothing compares to the tranquil calm of a winter evening after the snow has fallen and the sun has set. Whether you enjoy viewing the peaceful scene from a cozy spot indoors or feeling the chill on your face outside, these brief moments remind us of what makes this time of year so special. Recalling nostalgic winter nights from childhood, these stamps highlight the role windows play during the holidays, letting us delight in the snow when we’re inside while also sharing our warmth and merriment with the outside world.

Conveying the joyful and reverent spirit of the holiday season, these elegant stamps showcase various ways we observe traditions and spread cheer. Each stamp is sure to add a dash of winter bliss to letters and cards during the year’s coldest months."

(I shared these on the blog back in 2016).

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Sunday Stamps: The letter "E"

Good day, and welcome to my contribution to Sunday Stamps.  The clouds are clearing and it's about 40 degrees F. outside.

This week's theme is the Letter "E".

I have a stamp currently available at the US Postal Service website:

The image is from their website.  This is a stylized image of an Elephant and baby.  Thank goodness people are in general treating elephants more ethically (not everywhere it is true) and the ivory trade is slowing down.

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Sunday Stamps: Islands

 Good day, and welcome to a cool but bright sunny day in the American Midwest.  It's time for Sunday Stamps and the theme this week is islands.

This stamp I shared back in 2012 so it's ok for it to come out again.  It is an island in Thailand.

It's a lovely island scene from Thailand, only partially obscured by the postmark.  Ko Panyi is a fishing village with houses on stilts, according to Wikipedia.  More tourism is coming to this area over time.

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Sunday Stamps: Anniversaries

Good day, and welcome to another cold and moderately cloudy day in the American Midwest.

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme this week is anniversaries.

I have a stamp from my Postcrossing days, from Germany: 

It is a stamp commemorating 200 years of the publication of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales.  There is an open book, and in the center I think you can see the Bremen town musicians.  I can't quite make out the other characters, given the cancellation.

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Sunday Stamps: Automobiles

 Good day, and welcome to my contribution to Sunday Stamps.  It is a gloomy day in January, but there have been some great stamps shared today!  Go to SeeitonaPostcard to know more.

The theme this week is automobiles.

The US Postal service currently has a set of stamps for the "Pony cars" of the late 1960's and 1970's - I knew these as "muscle cars" in my youth.  Oh, to see the cars of my youth with antique license plates!

Here is the set:

All images from the USPS web site - I don't have these in hand.

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Sunday Stamps: Trees

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It's about 30 degrees F in the Great American Midwest, and it is snowing gently.  We expect 2 -3 inches.  It's very pretty, on the trees and bushes, but driving could be tricky.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme this week is trees.

These older stamps from Poland came from a lot I purchased on ebay.  The trees shown are pear (on the left) and cherry (on the right).  Thank you to Google translate to help me translate the Polish!  I certainly didn't recognize the Latin species names.

In spring we'll see flowering trees like this.

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Sunday Stamps: Music makers

 Good day, and welcome to a cold sunny day in the American Midwest.  It's time for Sunday stamps.

This week's theme is music makers.

This stamp commemorates Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014), American folk singer.  He travelled and collected folk music from around the USA, and wrote some important songs himself. (If I had a hammer, Turn turn turn!, Where have all the flowers gone?)  The stamp is part of the Music Icons series.  This is a current stamp offered by the US Postal Service.

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Sunday Stamps: Geology

 Good day, and welcome to my contribution to Sunday Stamps.  I am sorry I didn't join in last week, but I really did not have appropriate stamps for the theme.

The theme today is geology, one of my favorite themes!

This is a stamp from my Postcrossing days.  From Hong Kong, it shows a rock formation on an outlying island.  These are tilted sedimentary rocks, eroded and sculpted by waves into a sea stack.

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