Sunday Stamps: Churches

 Good day, and welcome Easter Sunday!  It is a nice sunny day here in the American Midwest, and it's time for Sunday Stamps.

Our theme is Churches, and I have a stamp I have shared before, but it's a great one for today.

This is an image of one of rose windows in Notre Dame in Paris.  It was produced by Zazzle.com, under a contract with the US Postal Service.  You could produce your own customized postage stamps (for a fee of course), or choose from designs made by other people.  Zazzle is still in business but discontinued the postage stamps in 2020.  I did a few sheets of my own postage stamps once.  Zazzle produces all sorts of personalized products.

I wonder how collectable these Zazzle stamps are?

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Viridian

Sunday Stamps II 91

Hello and it's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme this week is worshipful places.

I guess I interpreted this a bit differently that other players today.  I wasn't thinking of a church but of a place of natural beauty with a feeling like a cathedral - Muir Woods, a redwood grove north of San Francisco CA.  And, if you look at zazzle.com, you can even find a stamp with a redwood grove image:

Source: http://www.zazzle.com/postage_stamps_with_photo_of_redwood_trees-172687907682232760

I have been there and the tall trees are like pillars in a cathedral, with the light filtering down, dappling the ground.  Because of the low light, there is little undergrowth and nearly open ground between the trees.  It really is a worshipful place.

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Viridian

Sunday Stamps #31

Today's theme is anything you wish, on this hot summer Saturday or Sunday.

Today I'm doing some blatant self-promotion.  This image is a quilt block that I made and scanned, and I put the image in my Zazzle store.  You may buy stamps (USA postage only),  notecards, return address labels, and other things.  Just check out

http://www.zazzle.com/gifts?gp=105306313195917859

Hey, it fits the theme!
I hope you are having a great weekend.  I just received some great stamps on a Postcrossing postcard which has inspired my next theme:

Next week: stamps of unusual shape, size, or orientation.

Viridian61

Sunday Stamps #13

In which I ask you to share anything you wish.  I'll share a stamp I created myself:

It's my avatar for this blog and for Postcrossing, holding down some USA postage.  It is true I paid more that 44 cents each to have this stamp made, but who else has such a stamp? I am happy with how this turned out.

Along the way, zazzle management asked me if this was a photograph of anyone famous, and where I obtained the image.  I imagine they have to worry a lot about copyright infringement.  But no, this is from a photograph that I own, and I do not think she is anyone famous.

Share with us any stamp you wish.  The linky list will be open until Midnight USA Eastern time.

                   

Viridian

Theme next week: flowers, any flowers.

Sunday Stamps #8

In which stamps move into the internet age.



I received it on a postcard from Germany. (Love the snowdrop.) If you go to this website and can read the German you too can order specialized postage for your postcards or letters.

In the USA you can do this too - if you are willing to pay more than the marked rate on the stamp. The US Postal Service offers zazzle stamps, at US $19.99 to $20.95 for 20 stamps. Here are two of my favorites.

You can also make your own specialized postage, using your own images, at zazzle.com.  It looks pretty straightforward, and I might do it someday.   I hope Dorin will add some more information, as he has produced these special stamps and shown them on his blog.

A question: will some of these become very collectible?  They are limited editions.  Will stamp collectors snap them up?

Viridian

Theme for next week:  Children's artwork on stamps, or stamps that would appeal to children (cartoons!)