Envelopes 214 and 171

I finally found a moment to send replies to Cathy and Rose who sent me bonus mail earlier in the year. 

#214 is one of those envelopes that I didn't pay attention when using the template.

I'm not sure if Lydia Mendoza ever played an ice rink, however the colors are pretty close.

And the back.

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#171 is unusual in that there is a lot of dark space on the front. 

While it could have been the perfect place to hide Mr Cash another time, the image extended onto the flap made me think of the West Virginia stamp. Another hand addressed one - the gold actually looks better scanned than in real life; maybe a bronze metallic pen would have worked a little bit better.

The back is the best part of this one, in my opinion.

29 faces in september part VI: envelopes 381, 359 &198

16/29: # 381 to Currie

There were several candidate stamps for this one, however I really liked the circus stamp. I've had a hard time using them as they tend to be quite dominant on an envelope (plus the large ones are extra large).

The back

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17/29: #359 to Cathy

If only I had one of the Star Wars stamps for this one. I do like the smile on Gwendolyn Brook's face on this stamp.

The back.

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18/29: #198 for Rose

Sometimes the scanner doesn't do so well with white edges.

The first appearance of Miles Davis on the blog, I think.

And the back.