Sunday, September 11, 2016

A pictorial postmark misadventure

I've had some great successes with pictorial postmarks, however this latest one didn't work out as I intended. I addressed the envelopes correctly, expecting this postmark to be applied:


Instead, as seen on Heleen's and Eva's blogs, this is what happened:



So I hope the other people who received those aren't scratching their heads too much! The stamps I used were intended to match up with the postmark. At least I'm guessing the recipients don't get envelopes from Puerto Rico very often.
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6 comments:

  1. HeleenSeptember 11, 2016 at 4:58 AM

    I am hapy with your mail and any postmark you sent me (I learn from that), but indeed a pity that the colibri didn't reach our envelopes...
    I immediately recognize this bird from the Nazca lines, which I've seen in real in the late 90'ies, enormous lines, manmade centuries ago, are so impressive!

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    1. FinnBadgerSeptember 11, 2016 at 9:40 AM

      It is the one thing I didn't see when I was in Peru. The lines are fascinating.

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  2. EricSeptember 11, 2016 at 9:16 AM

    Did you understand what happened ?

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    1. FinnBadgerSeptember 11, 2016 at 9:42 AM

      The address to send the envelopes to was very similar - my outer envelope was addressed carefully, so I can only assume it was delivered to the wrong office.

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  3. Mail AdventuresSeptember 15, 2016 at 3:31 AM

    But I wouldn't call it a misadventure. It's just another mail adventure (and, if not happily, at least ended).

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    1. FinnBadgerSeptember 15, 2016 at 8:31 AM

      It's true that it did complete its journey without delay.

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