C is for Calidad Turistica

 For today's Sunday Stamps, C is for Culidad Turistica - Quality Tourism. This concept focuses on maximizing the visitor experience while promoting sustainability, responsibility, and high-standard services, moving beyond mass tourism to create meaningful, authentic, and low-impact journeys. It prioritizes quality over quantity, fostering economic, social, and environmental benefits for both tourists and local communities.

The stamp was issued in 2019 as part of a tourism series, and sent to me by Eva.

For links to more C stamps, head over to See it on a Postcard

Beep, boop, beep

 Happy Valentine's Day!

Thursday postcard hunt - southern European cities

 Today's theme is southern European cities.

Not exactly a city, but the best I could find - a view of Efdilos on the Greek island of Ikaria sent by Eva in 2017. Sure to warm anybody up if you're still in winter :)

Head over to See it on a Postcard for more on this theme

B is for Bellas Artes

 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.

Thursday postcard hunt - Asian cities

 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.

A is for Animales

 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

Thursday postcard hunt - light or bright colors

 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 for złoty

 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.

It's still Christmas, German market version

 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

Y is for yellow

 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?

Thursday postcard hunt: Light - snowy scenes

 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

It's still Christmas - Merry and Bright

These great 3D penguins arrived from. the Netherlands in the past few days - thanks, Heleen!

Love these guys!

It's still Xmas - Penguins

 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.

Explore the links to more X stamps at See it on a Postcard. 

Thursday postcard hunt: Light - reflections

 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?

It's still Christmas - Dragon

 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?

It's still Christmas - Chicken

 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?

It's still Christmas - Little Bear

 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!

W is for water

 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. 

Postcard hunt Thursday: Light - sunshine

 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.