Sunday stamps - an apple a day...

...keeps the doctor away. Here are three of the four 33c apple stamps from the USA (postcard rate from 2013). 

Update: you can read about the apple varieties at USPS. 

Today's Sunday Stamps theme is health, medicine and the Red Cross.

I have this one from the British set of medical discoveries issued in 1994. This was also the Europa theme for the year.

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On a side note, I *think* this is my 500th blog post. Thanks for all the great envelopes and other mail art, and not forgetting the stamps themselves.

Envelope 231 - Eat your zipcode

I am usually drawn to the Julie Chen stamp when I look at the celebrity chef sheet - must be the brighter colors. I'll have to start finding some envelopes fro the other chefs - I've only got 1 Julie left.

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On a related note, I used food-related stamps on a package recently:

Envelope 462 - Happy Mail. And bonus stats.

Over at MMSA, Beth A asked for contributions for a mail art/happy mail workshop she had planned for mid-October.

Here's another envelope from an old calendar. The original caption read, "I'm doing my part to go green. I've had three apple martinis today."

Stamped.

And addressed.

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October became the most visited month to date - by just 40 views. Cathy's envelope continues as the number one post. This is the first top 5 to not feature a post from 2013.

Top 5

1 (1) Exchange 11 - Mr Charles resplendent in orange 

2 (2) Faux postage + digital color postmarks 

3 (-) Stats This new entry to the top 5 cracked me up 

4 (-) Mail Art from France - with bonus stamps 

5 (-) Bonus mail - Fancy French mail art call