Hlukhiv

 Today's postcard hunt theme is pictorial landmarks.

In 2020, I received this card via postcrossing showing landmarks in Hlukhiv, a city in northeast Ukraine, close to the Russian border, showing famous city landmarks.

Left: the Church of the Savior's Transfiguration (1765)

Middle: Hlukhiv water tower, constructed 1927-1929

Right: I've seen several names for this one, including the Orthodox Church of Three Saint Anastasias, and Holy Three Anastasias Cathedral.

For links to more postcards featuring pictorial landmarks, head over to See it on a Postcard

Flags

 The theme for Sunday Stamps is flags.

A couple of Dutch stamps sent by Heleen.

The German and US flags vs the Dutch lion on Football/Soccer World cup stamps:

And a stamp featuring the flag of Gelderland, one of the provinces of the Netherlands.

You can see the blue, yellow and black flag at wikipedia. The words of the Gelderland anthem 'Ons Gelderland'(Our Gelderland) are featured on the stamp.

 Explore the links at See it on a Postcard for more philatelic flags.

Caturday

 Great cat postcard from Eva :)

Post 2000

 What better way to celebrate post 2000 of the blog than with an envelope from Jean - who's blog I found back in 2013!

I like how Jean made this stamp look like not a stamp. The addition of decorative leaves and suns to go with the motifs on this Thinking of You stamp (issued in 2023) is a lovely creative touch.

Thanks for all the visits and comments along the way!

Stratford-upon-Avon

 Today's postcard theme is maps - city/transportation system.

I received this map of Shakespeare's home town via postcrossing.

For more map postcards, visit the links at See it on a Postcard.

Turquoise

 Today's Sunday Stamps theme is minerals and gems. I chose turquoise which is featured on this 2c stamp, set in silver in a squash blossom design with crescent motifs at the bottom. The turquoise looks pale in my scan, for a better image and more information about the stamp, the National Postal Museum has a great page.

A photo of my remaining 2c stamps:

The 2c Navajo Jewelry stamp was issued in 2004, and reprinted several times due to price increases in the days before 'forever' stamps. There's a detailed article here. 

Here it is on a couple of envelopes I sent in 2020 to celebrate it being a leap year.

This stamp is part of the definitive low value postage set featuring American Design. It was withdrawn from sale in 2019.

For links to more stamps on this topic, head over to See it on a Postcard.

Two for TGIF

 Blog buddy CJ posts the Friday Five every week - five positive things that happened.

I've got a couple today - two for thank goodness it's Friday1

1. The ice storm earlier in the week was not as bad as expected - I didn't wake up to an ice cube car the morning after :)

2. This fab Pushing the Envelopes exchange envelope from Julliana Q was the most snow I saw this week