Ohio Votes!

 It's election day here in the US, and I received an unexpected, handwritten postcard a few days ago.

If you're a US citizen and haven't cast your ballot yet, please exercise your right to vote today.

Fashion

 Today's Sunday Stamps theme is fashion, and the Oscar de la Renta sheet issued in early 2017 (almost a decade ago!) came to mind. The stamps are large, and have a nice quality to them.

Here's a sheet I am still using up:

Here's a scan of the full sheet:

And Eva showed them all on envelopes on her blog almost 9 years ago.

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

Happy Halloween!

 I've kept this great envelope from Fabienne, sent earlier in the year with a colorful array of stamps, for today.

Thanks, Fafa, and happy Halloween, everyone.

It's Spooky Season!

 A Halloween postcard from Eva arrived in time for postcard Thursday!

Proof

 

An archaic device

Alia touched the letter, experienced an odd sensation of mutual contact. This paper had been in her mother's hands. Such an archaic device, the letter - but personal in a way no recording could achieve.

Children of Dune (1976) 

by 

 Frank Herbert (8 Oct 1920 - 11 Feb 1986)

Sunday stamps - birds

 I found a few stamps for today's theme.

From Germany, a peacock which is part of the wonderful World of Letters definitive set, issued in 2024.

From the Netherlands, a bird delivering an international envelope

And this impressive California condor issued in 1996. It reminds me of the Skeksis in The Dark Crystal!

Finally, love birds on a postmark from earlier this year

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