Envelope exchange

I've been taking part in Jean's monthly envelope exchanges for a few years now. Always a great variety incoming. These are the March envelopes I received.

From Amy - I'm loving the silver technique she used on the envelope. And of course the note on the Charley Harper art. And as she wrote, check out the 5.3c vintage non-profit stamp.

Fun rubber stamps from Cathy. The colors work so well with the La Florida stamp from a few years ago.

St Patrick's day luck in green and gold from Jannie.

Jean sent this great graphic piece inside a glassine envelope. Love the clever use of the C as part of the address.

And this awesome envelope with one of my favorite stamps ever from Royal Mail from Tina M.

Sunday Stamps Water Birds

Water birds is this week's Sunday Stamps theme. Go here for more entries.

Last year the post office issued a new set of non-denominated postcard rate stamps - currently 35c. I don't think many countries offer a postcard rate any more, and I am not sure why the US still does - is it really cheaper to deliver a postcard compared to a letter? I suppose they do weigh less, so maybe on balance less fuel is required to deliver one?

Anyway, the set of 4 stamps issued is titled coastal birds. I have sent and received all of them.

They feature the Frigatebird, Red Knot, Spoonbill, and King Eider.

The other water bird I have sent out in the past is the Tufted Puffin stamp. This was issued in 2013 at 86c, which was the cost of the 3oz letter rate at the time (currently 93c).This is a great stamp, really unusual subject. They are found in the northern Pacific, and have been sighted as far south as Northern California.

I sent one out in combination with a Frigatebird on a another bird-themed envelope made from a Charley Harper calendar.

And just received one in the last few days:

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Last time I participated in Sunday Stamps I chose a bridge stamp that I have in my possession, but have never used. Well, here it is with a few others on a package I sent to Finland recently.

Advent - envelope exchanges

Jean and Jan increased the frequency of the envelope exchanges to once a month. The one featured for today is from Cathy O, and she used colors from the great new coastal birds postcard stamps. See the rest of the mail from Cathy here.

Charley Harper to Heleen

Birds... including my last tufted puffin stamp.

Charley Harper to Carroll

OK, to make up for an unexpected zombie envelope, here's something much nicer.

The theme for Jean and Jan's November envelope exchange was 'what are you thankful for?'. The themes are not compulsory, however I am thankful for the work of Charley Harper.

To Carroll:

Deanscape

From the most In Seine Dean (who ran the NY marathon in a banana suit!!) here is his latest collage.

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