Eva sent me this wonderful stamp of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid) - the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid.
The Academy was founded in 1752 by Charles III. The stamp was issued in 2023, and is part of a long-running museum series by Correos.
For more stamps with a B theme explore the links at See it on a Postcard.
Today's postcard hunt theme is Asian cities.
I've chosen a postcard received via postcrossing that shows an Indian express intercity train, the Vande Bharat Express, that is used on routes that connect cities that are less than 500 miles (800 km) apart. The inaugural journey was on 15 February, 2019, running the New Delhi-Varanasi route, which is 472 miles (750 km). The trip takes 8 hours, with an average speed of 59 mph (95 km/h), and two intermediate stops.
For more postcards with the theme of Asian cities, explore the links at See it on a Postcard.
Sunday Stamps is embarking on another A to Z of stamps. This week, A is for Animales domésticos - domestic animals, in this case a pet dog. The stamp was issued as a mini-sheet in the shape of a kennel in 2018, and sent by Eva.
For more stamps with an A theme, explore the links at See it on Postcard
I didn't have to hunt too far this week, as Eva recently sent me this postcard of my favorite author, Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
A couple of quotes on light:
'Light is the left hand of darkness, and darkness the right hand of light'
(The Left Hand of Darkness, 1969. Winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards for best novel)
'Only in silence the word,
Only in dark the light,
Only in dying life:
Bright the hawk's flight
On the empty sky.'
(The Creation of Éa)
For more postcards with this theme, explore the links at See it on a Postcard
Z is always a tough letter for stamps. The currency in Poland is the złoty, abbreviated zł, as seen on this pretty 2025 Christmas stamp.
For more Z stamps, explore the links at See it on a Postcard.
Today's postcard hunt theme is lights in windows.
This postcard shows the Hamburg City Hall at Christmas, forming the backdrop for Hamburg's famous Christmas Market.
For more lights in windows, explore the links at See it on a Postcard
The Sunday Stamps journey through the alphabet is on Y, and I feel yellow might be a popular choice. This cheerful, bright sunflower from Poland is perfect on this cold (snowy?) day in Ohio.
Explore links to more Y stamps at See it on a Postcard
If you're in the middle of grey winter, what do you turn to to brighten your day?
Today's postcard hunt theme is snowy scenes, and I recently received this from Middelburg in the Netherlands. The sender wrote, 'It never really snows in this part of the Netherlands, so when it does it is truly magical.'
Explore the links to more snowy scenes at See it on a Postcard
These great 3D penguins arrived from. the Netherlands in the past few days - thanks, Heleen!
Love these guys!
The Sunday Stamps prompt this week is the letter X, and I didn't have many options. Plus I wanted to share these fun Christmas penguins from Australia.
January's theme is light, and this week the prompt is reflections
Here's the beautiful city of Stockholm on a postcard I received via Postcrossing in 2020.
For more postcards with this theme, explore the links at See it on a Postcard.
Do you have a favorite city on the water?
My first postcrossing card received this year, and it is a beautiful dragon sent from Russia.
What kind of unusual animal would you like to see on a Christmas card/postcard? Or do you prefer the traditional ones?
More Christmas mail arriving in 2026, I love it. Eva commented that there shoud be more postcards with chickens, and then a Christmas chicken arrived in my mailbox from Carroll!
Are you still receiving Christmas mail?
First mail of the year from Fafa arrived in this great envelope
Christmas Winnie the Pooh, who is, delightfully, Winnie l'Ourson (little bear or cub) in French. My favorite name for the characters in French is Coco Lapin for Rabbit. Ooh, la, la!
The theme for this week's Sunday Stamps is the letter W.
I have two beautiful stamps from France to share. The first commemorates the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference, held in Nice this year. The conference goals were to work on ocean conservation and sustainability.
The second, from Fafa, focuses on conservation of the unique biodiversity of Mediterranean nature reserves.
To see more W stamps, explore the links at See it on a Postcard.
Happy New Year, everyone!
January's theme is Light, and today is sunshine. Looking through several postcards I had a lot with blue skies, and none with the sun itself.
This card from Eva is perfect, wishing everyone all the best for 2026. Hopefully the sunglasses are needed for a sunny outlook, rather than a raging dumpster fire ;)
Do you like to get away in the middle of winter to somewhere sunnier? Do you live somewhere with a lot of bright sun, even in winter?
For more postcard with this theme, explore the links at Sunday Stamps.
