Sunday Stamps: Aerial views

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool (45 deg F!) and sunny morning in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme today is aerial views.  Inspired by Joy's contributions from France, I found this stamp, shared on my blog previously:

A joint issue with China, a view of Paris.  I received this stamp via a Postcrossing postcard in 2014.

Have a good week, friends!

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Sunday Stamps: Food

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a beautiful September day in the American Midwest, not a cloud in the sky.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme this week is food.  I have a stamp of grapes, not exactly grapes for eating.

According to the US Postal service, these are Pinot grapes, more likely to be made into wine.

This is a stamp to make up postage - therefore the 5 cents printed on it.  You would never see it alone on an envelope, as in the second image.  Even postcard postage is much more than that!

Have a good week, everybody.

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Sunday Stamps: Color

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a lovely morning, sunny and clear, in the American Midwest, and it's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme is color, and our hostess has shown a range of Machin stamps from the UK, all of different denominations, and different background colors.  The USA generally does not issue stamps with the same image in different colors.  There are a few examples however.

These stamps were issued circa 2019 - 2020 I think, in time for Valentine's Day.  I have shared them before.

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Sunday stamps: Patterns

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

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme this week is patterns.  I have a geometrical stamp from the US Postal Service:

This stamp is worth $5 US so it is not a stamp you see everyday.  There are stamps with similar designs for $1, $2, and $10.

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Sunday Stamps: Olympics

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

I have a current stamp from the US postal service:

Women's rowing, though I haven't seen coverage of this sport this year (but I haven't been watching closely).

According to the USPS webpage, the USA women's team has won the gold medal in the past.

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Sunday Stamps: Sport

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It's a warm humid day in the American Midwest.  

It's time for Sunday Stamps.

I have a stamp currently on sale on the USPS website:

Celebrating women's soccer, as it is known in the USA, or Football in the rest of the world.

In 1972 in the USA Title IX passed, banning discrimination on the basis of sex in education, and women's sports in schools improved.

In 1996, women's soccer (football) became a summer Olympic sport for the first time.  The USA beat China for a gold medal at those games.

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Sunday Stamps: Western Hemisphere

 Good day and welcome to my blog.

I was at a professional conference last week, and could not blog.  But I am back again, on a warm day in the American Midwest.

The theme this week is stamps from the Western Hemisphere.  North and South - that is set by the equator.  East and West - that is set by the prime meridian of longitude, and that was set by Great Britain back in the day.

Anyhow.  I have a stamp from a postcard sent by traveling friends, and it continues the Caribbean theme:

A nice harbor scene from the Cayman Islands.  Probably hot there today!  And I believe they were affected by the last big hurricane.

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Sunday Stamps: eastern hemisphere

 Good day and welcome.  I am on vacation with family but making time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme is stamps from countries in the Eastern hemisphere.  In looking back at former blog entries, I found some stamps from a Postcrossing postcard from the People's Republic of China, perfect for today:

2 Chinese stamps issued for the London Olympics.  I can tell from the "tectonics plates" logo on the left hand stamp, and the strange one eyed creature on the right hand stamp.  And it's postmarked 2014.

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Sunday stamps: Northern Hemisphere

 Good Day, and welcome to my stamp blog.  It is a nice sunny day in the American Midwest, blue skies and fluffy white clouds.

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  We are going to take a trip around the world, starting with the northern hemisphere.  I have few stamps from France, host of the Olympics, starting soon.  But I do have this, shared once before:

Stamps from Spain, showing national parks and flora and fauna.

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Sunday Stamps: Flags

 Good Day and welcome.  It is a lovely sunny morning in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme today is national holidays, and flags.  I have a USA stamp I shared in 2016:

And I see the date in the corner is 2014.  Appropriate for this week, as it has the USA flag, and fireworks, and it's almost Independence Day (for the USA).  People in my neighborhood are already shooting off some fireworks.  This makes it hard to relax and get to sleep.  We have a family cookout planned for Thursday.

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Sunday Stamps: Black and white

 Good day, and welcome to my stamp and postcard blog.  I also have a quilt blog.

Today is a moderate rainy day in the American Midwest, and it's Sunday, so time for Sunday Stamps.  I have an older stamp, shared a while ago:

This is a pot made by Native Americans of the Acoma pueblo.  I believe it was part of a set of stamps of pottery from the American Southwest.  This pueblo is my favorite, and I love their black and white designs.  

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Sunday Stamps: Fatherly Figures

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool morning in the American Midwest, but will soon go up to 90 degrees F as the heat dome overtakes us.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and I am sharing a stamp issued last year by the US Postal Service.  It is of Chief Standing Bear.

Chief Standing Bear, a Ponca chief

From the  US Postal Service page:

In 1879, Chief Standing Bear won a landmark court ruling that determined a Native American was a person under the law with an inherent right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Their homeland in NE Nebraska was given away and about 700 Ponca people had been relocated to Indian Territory (OK).  Standing Bear sued the government for his freedom after being arrested, along with 29 others, for attempting to return to his homeland.

After winning his case, he and others from his tribe were allowed to return to their old reservation.

In 1924, one issue that his 1879 case had raised was finally resolved when Congress adopted the Indian Citizenship Act, which conferred citizenship on all Native Americans born in the United States.

His Wikipedia page with more information is HERE.

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Sunday Stamps: Countryside

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool sunny morning here in the American Midwest, with warmer temperatures later on.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is the countryside.  Having none in hand, I did a google search and an anonymous Amazon seller came to my rescue:

This is a set of Forever stamps of winter scenes, but there is a red barn, and some wildlife.

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Sunday Stamps: Movement

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool cloudy day in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is movement, and there are a number of ways to interpret this.  How to show this in a small space?

The US Postal Service came to my rescue, with a set of stamps showing endless movement, endlessly the same:

And a scan of just one:

Some famous locations, such as Yosemite and Yellowstone, but also some lesser known waterfalls.  See the USPS webpage for the details on these.  All beautiful, in my opinion.

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Sunday Stamps: Mountains

 Good Day, and welcome to my blog.  It promises to be a warm humid day in the American Midwest, wtih thunderstorms this evening.

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is mountains.  I am sharing one of the Ansel Adams stamps that were just released as a set of 16 by the US Postal Service.  Issued May 15,2024.

This is Half Dome, in Yosemite, and the scan is from the USPS.  As is the grouping below:

Ansel Adams worked in black and white, I think exclusively.  I have always liked his images.

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Sunday Stamps: Women on Stamps

Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool May morning with an absolutely clear sky here in the American Midwest.  No, I did not see the Northern Lights: too much light pollution where I live.

It is time for Sunday Stamps.  I have today an image from the US Postal Service of Betty Ford (1918 - 2011), wife of the 38th president, Gerald Ford:

She was First Lady from 1974 - 1977.  This is a portion of her official White House portrait.  She is also well-known for her establishment of the Betty Ford Centers.

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Sunday stamps: Industry

 Good afternoon, and welcome to my blog.  

The theme for Sunday stamps this week is Industry.  I have USA stamps I have shown twice already, so I went on to a set of stamps from Thailand, that I have shown only once before.  They commemorate 100 years of engineering in Thailand.  They are from 2013.

It's hard to see the detail, but there is some industry going on in these images!

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Sunday Stamps: Marine Life

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a lovely warm day in the American Midwest,  warmer that usual for this time of year.

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

I have a timely stamp - it was just released on March 27 this year.

From the US Postal Service, a stamp honoring the endangered manatee, a marine mammal.  I actually have never seen this animal, not even in a zoo.

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Sunday Stamps: Dragons

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool and cloudy day in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme today is dragons or saints (thinking of St. George).

I have a stamp from 2012 that I have shared before, but it's really beautiful:

From the US Postal Service:

"Dragons aren't always scary monsters. Consider the colorful creature depicted by the U.S. Postal Service® in its 2012 Year of the Dragon (Forever®) stamp, fifth in the Celebrating Lunar New Year series! The Year of the Dragon begins on January 23, 2012, and ends on February 9, 2013.

Combining original artwork by Kam Mak with two elements from the previous series of Lunar New Year stamps — Clarence Lee's intricate paper-cut design of a dragon and the Chinese character for "Dragon," drawn in grass-style calligraphy by Lau Bun — art director Ethel Kessler has created a culturally rich stamp design that celebrates the diversity of the American experience."

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Sunday Stamps: Trees or Leaves

 Good day and welcome to my blog!

It's a nice sunny day in the American Midwest.  For the eclipse on Monday, we had only a few high clouds - perfect viewing weather.  What an amazing sight!

Anyhow, it's time for Sunday Stamps.  Our theme this week is trees or leaves.  I am going to bend the theme this week to stretch it to rose bushes:

An older Great Britain stamp -though I do not know how old.  Yes there are leaves in the stamp!

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Sunday Stamps: The Sun

 Good Day, and welcome to my stamp blog.  Tomorrow is the great American eclipse, and my area of the American Midwest is in the path of totality!  I'll be busy in the morning but take the afternoon off, to watch the eclipse from my own backyard.

So: the theme today is the Sun.  The US Postal Service has not issued any stamps for this, unlike the Canadians.  So I am going to sneak in this stamp:

A hummingbird on a sunflower.  Hey, it's the closest I could get.  This is from a recently released booklet of stamps.  Each stamp shows a hummingbird and flowers.  The image here is from the US Postal Service.

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Sunday Stamps: Flowers of Spring

 Happy Easter, for those who celebrate this holiday!

Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool cloudy day in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme is varied: chocolate, bunnies, eggs, flowers, churches.  I have a set of tulip stamps from the US Postal Service:

Closeups of colorful tulips, in a booklet.  Another view:

These two images are from the US Postal Service - I don't have these in hand.

Spring has sprung here - happy Spring to those of us in the northern hemisphere.

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Sunday Stamps: Green

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It's a cool cloudy day in the American Midwest, and it's time for Sunday stamps.

The them this week is Green, or Irish stamps.  I don't have any ready scans of Irish stamps, so green it is.

This is one of a set of Spring stamps released just yesterday.  Each stamp shows a hummingbird and flowers.  This is the greenest one of the lot, and the image here is from the US Postal Service.

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Sunday Stamps: Flowers

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  It is a sunny day, and warm (53 F) for this time of year.  It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is flowers.

I have a stamp from the US Postal Service.  It will be available on March 22 this year.

This stamp is made for heavier or thicker items, such as wedding invitations, therefore the 2 ounce rate printed on it.  It is a forever stamp, always worth the 2 ounce rate.

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Sunday Stamps: Illustrations

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

The theme this week is illustrations.  I have a stamp issued last year, still available on the USPS website:

A stamp honoring children's book author Tomie dePaola (1934 - 2020). He has a varied body of work: folktales, legends, informational books, religious and holiday stories, and autobiographical tales.  The stamp art features a detail from the cover of Strega Nona, or "grandma witch"  who uses magic to help with matters of the heart and to cure her neighbors' ills.

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Sunday Stamps: Blue

 Good day, and welcome to a cold but sunny day in the American Midwest.  The snow that fell yesterday and the day before is not melting.

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

I have a clever interpretation for you today:

Bluegrass music!  This stamp will be available on March 14, 2024.  The instruments pictured are the core of a bluegrass band.  The "high and lonesome" sound is from the Appalachian region of the USA.

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Sunday Stamps: Calligraphy

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.

It is a normal temperature today in the American Midwest, after two day of warmth (55 - 65 Degrees F).

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme this week is calligraphy.  I don't have any stamps that feature a typeface that looks like handwriting, but I do have a stamp that may fit the theme:

A USA stamp available now, honoring women cryptologists.

From the USPS webpage: The stamp image:  the background is a WAVES recruitment poster, with an overlay of characters from the "Purple" code.  The Purple code was used by the Japanese government to encrypt diplomatic messages.  The key to this code was was discovered in Sept. 1940 by Genevieve Grotjan.  The USA could read and exploit the information in Japanese diplomatic messages for the rest of the war.

The women could never talk of their work, and did not do so, even after the war.

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Sunday Stamps: Lighthouses

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  It is a cold but sunny day in the American Midwest.

It's time for Sunday Stamps.

The theme this week is lighthouses.  Having no stamps in hand, I went searching on the internet and found an ebay seller with this set from 2021:

The whole sheet.  These are forever stamps.  The brick one is Navesink, New Jersey.

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Sunday Stamps: Trees

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool and cloudy wintery afternoon in the American Midwest.  It is time for Sunday Stamps. and the theme this week is trees.

I have some stamps I shared back in 2011:

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.

Our hostess has a wonderful se-tenant set of apricot trees over the 4 seasons.

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Sunday Stamps: Writers

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

It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is writers or poets.  I have a stamp that will be released on Feb. 6, 2024, of the Canadian-American writer Saul Bellow:

Scenes of Chicago are in the background, a city he is closely associated with.  He won a number of literary prizes, including the Nobel Prize for Literature.  More on Saul Bellow is at the Wikipedia page for him.

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Sunday Stamps: Bridges

Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a bright cloudless day in the American Midwest - and 3 degrees F!

It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme is Bridges.  I am sharing a stamp from 2012, back in my Postcrossing days:

It's almost Chinese New Year, so it's appropriate to share this stamp of a beautiful arched bridge.

I hope your 2024 is going well so far!

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Sunday Stamps: Places of worship

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cloudy day in the American Midwest, and it is snowing lightly.  It's just enough to cover the grass, nothing major.

This week's theme is places of worship.  Having no stamps in hand, I searched on the internet and found a set of stamps for sale:

This is a set of stamps issued for Berlin, showing the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.  Partially destroyed during an air raid in 1943, it was rebuilt between 1959 and 1963, according to the Wikipedia page. Its nickname is the "hollow tooth".

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