Welcome letter writing enthusiasts and those new and/or rediscovering the joys of letter writing. We celebrate letter writing here!

AnchoredScraps letter writing blog encourages old-style correspondence through handwritten letters between kindred souls since 2015

Whether the topic focuses on buying your first fountain pen, downloading a printable for jotting down a few whimsical sentiments, sending a post card, dusting off your typewriter, the joys of selecting vintage or new postage to our envelope cachets, adding to our stationery stash, or simply hand-writing a letter – it’s all fun and part of the journey with a blog post by Helen Rittersporn. 

Here you will find ongoing encouragement to regularly carve out a few precious moments to connect with others via “old” styles of correspondence, specifically in letter writing. 

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#4268 stamp from 2008, one of Four Mount Rushmore National Memorial Stamps
Helen Rittersporn

Four Mount Rushmore National Memorial Stamps

Our letter writing interests today finds us continuing to look at Mount Rushmore with these Four Mount Rushmore National Memorial Stamps. Yesterday we covered the Love Letters from Mount Rushmore book and included a mention of a previous blog post of mine that included the 1952 Mt. Rushmore

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Cover Love Letters from Mount Rushmore book by Richard Cerasani
Helen Rittersporn

Love Letters from Mount Rushmore book

On this July 4th weekend we welcome the month of July with looking at the Love Letters from Mount Rushmore book; the hardcover was issued in May 2014.  The full book title is Love Letters from Mount Rushmore: The Story of a Marriage, a Monument, and a

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USPS Protect Pollinators Forever Stamps
Helen Rittersporn

Buzzing USPS Protect Pollinators Forever Stamps

Today we are buzzing along with these USPS Protect Pollinators Forever Stamps. The new stamps arrive on August 03rd in Richmond, Virginia during the APS National Summer Convention StampShow. There are five designs in the Pane of 20 stamps, and will not be sold individually. “The

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Be Bold Be Brave Typewriter Postcard Book
Helen Rittersporn

Be Bold Be Brave Typewriter Postcard Book

Today we have the Be Bold Be Brave Typewriter Postcard Book by Tyler Knott Gregson.  Image being able to not only read a book but getting to mail it sheet by sheet, actually postcard by postcard! Our letter writing today is with a bit of

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Ice Cream Sandwich Postcard
Helen Rittersporn

Summer Novelty Ice Cream Sandwich Postcard

We have had ‘bulky’ mail items before but nothing like making our own Summer Novelty Ice Cream Sandwich Postcard today! As we begin seeing a longer weekend coming up with the approaching 4th of July, today’s blog post is something you may want to consider

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Post Mark Collectors Club Convention 1987 Pictorial Postmark
Helen Rittersporn

PMCC Post Mark Collectors Club Convention 2017

Today, June 26, kicks off the PMCC Post Mark Collectors Club Convention 2017 in Reno, Nevada; the event is running through Thursday.  The image upper left is of their 1987 PMCC Convention Pictorial Postmark. Post Mark Collectors Club – “Enthusiasts of Postmarks, Postal History and Post Office

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Image from The Letter Box Project Vending Machine in Idaho Statesman video.
Helen Rittersporn

The Letter Box Project Vending Machine

We are looking at The Letter Box Project Vending Machine at Boise Public Library which unveiled on June 01; the project is on display through September. It is staggering to read the pricing is at only 25 cents for each letter! I’m including a short

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