The final Eric Monday - part 42 - to the moon and back! Now with added frogs!!

The final 50 that I sent to Eric was a special postmark celebrating 50 years since the Apollo mission. I wanted to send Eric the rest of the planets of the solar system.

From his blog:

And Eric sent a very nice thank you, with a personal postage stamp featuring 50 frogs.

Eric Mondays part 41 - USS Guardfish

This is the third submarine to turn 50 in the same year that Eric turns 50.

Image from his blog:

Eric Mondays part 40 - the second sub

Another pictorial postmark celebrating a 50th anniversary for Eric. This image is from his blog.

Eric Mondays part 39 - Happy Halloween

Another 50 pictorial postmark for Eric. The image is from his blog.

Only 267 days until Halloween... you've been warned.

Eric Mondays part 38 (on Sunday) - (Outer) Space, the Final Frontier

Yes, Eric and Star Trek turned 50 together.

Here's the pictorial postmark from Eric's blog. I really like how this one turned out.

The Star Trek stamps have come in for some criticism as being too abstract, however I love them. Apparently they may owe some of their look to this set of posters by Juan Ortiz.

For more Outer Space on Sunday Stamps check the links here.

Eric Mondays part 37 - a misadventure

And a missed postmark.

Either I mixed the dates up, or they were incorrect on the web. Either way, this is what happened:

Sent back to me, with a nice note. This is what the cancellation would have looked like.

I sent them back to Eric in this envelope made from a folder he had sent me.

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Postal update: Forever stamps went up to 49c yesterday. Fortunately postcards and international rates stay the same.

Letters up to 2 oz cost 70c, and those up to 3 oz are 91c. 

Eric Mondays part 36 - The Ladies Auxilary

I decided to continue keeping a look out for any relevant pictorial postmarks for Eric's fifty call.

From Eric's blog, the result:

I am still not sure on the spelling of 'auxilary' on the postmark? A typo, or just a variant spelling?

Eric Mondays part 35 - the 50th state

When I sent Eric 50 states on postcards, I mailed them with the 50 state flag stamps. Or so I thought. I left off the Wyoming state flag by mistake.

A pictorial postmark from Yellowstone National Park allowed me to correct my error.

Here's the final product shown on Eric's website.

Eric Mondays part 33 - the missing 50

Eric may be the only one keeping count, but one of the fifty fifties never arrived.

It was one of the pictorial postmarks, and this is what was supposed to be stamped on the envelope, which had some of the circus poster stamps on it.

It never arrived at Eric's, and it has not been returned. I suppose 49/50 isn't a bad average.

Eric Mondays part 32 - Fifty!

This was the fiftieth fifty I sent to Eric.

Eric Mondays part 31 - a walk along the pier

Another 50 post mark for Eric.

Eric Mondays part 30 - collage

I sent four collaged cards out that were related. See if you can spot which one was sent to Eric.

Eric Mondays part 29 - Say Cheese

Eric Mondays part 28 - another moon

This moon fifty is a bit out of sequence from when I sent it to Eric.

November's full moon is known as the Beaver Moon in native American culture - the time to set traps for these animals before the swamps froze. It is also called the frosty, snow and tree moon in other cultures.

Eric Mondays part 27 - chevrons

One of the pictorial postmarks for Eric's birthday was sent back to me rather than to him, so I forwarded it in this chevron envelope.

Eric Mondays part 26 - The universe next door

Another calendar page that made for a great part of Eric's fifty celebration.

Eric Mondays part 24 - submarine

Eric was born in the same year as USS George C Marshall.

Eric Mondays part 23 - faces

I sent another envelope to Eric using all the Os and 0s in his address to make some 50 faces.

Eric Mondays part 22 - cardboard

I had wanted to send just the numbers 5 and 0 through the mail to Eric. I used my Pacem letters to get it done. 

Even though I wrote non-machinable, and paid the extra 21c (because of the hole in the cardboard)  it still went through the machine, as you can see from Eric's scan.

Eric Mondays part 21 - celebrate!

I did send Eric a commercial birthday card as a bonus, and I decided it couldn't go through the mail without a little bit of decoration.