Welcome letter writing enthusiasts and those new and/or rediscovering the joys of letter writing. We celebrate letter writing here!
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.
Today we are looking at the currently available June 2017 Pictorial Postmarks in the May 25, 2017, USPS Postal Bulletin 22468. They show the Pictorial Postmarks available through June 8th, and I expect the next issue of the Postal Bulletin to list those known
On this Saturday with it being opening weekend for the new Wonder Woman movie we are looking at the Icon Heroes Wonder Woman Sword Letter Opener. I’m loving my package I received in the mail last week with eight Wonder Woman Stamps on it!
Right before Memorial Day last week the USPS Henry David Thoreau 2017 Forever Stamp was Commemorated. I’ve included the two minute USPS Stamp Ceremony that was just posted to YouTube yesterday. It was especially fun to see how one of the Presenters handled quoting Thoreau about the
We are kicking off the month of June with the Research Triangle Pen Show 2017 being held through this weekend, June 01-04. If you are not familiar with the RTP designation it is the Raleigh, North Carolina area. The show was started by Terry
On this Wednesday, we are wrapping up the month today with May 2017 AnchoredScraps Daily Blog Recap. This image of multi-color envelopes is fun to see, especially for adding a little zip to our letter writing. Hint – there will be more on this
As we are quickly nearing the end of the month of May, today’s blog post is on finally getting around to Writing Round Tuit Letters. If you have been meaning to all year get a letter in the mail, now is a wonderful time to
On this Monday, May 29, 2017, we are looking at the Memorial Day Flags on Parade 1991 FDC First Day Cover. And I conclude today’s blog post (like I have the past two years here) with the poem, ‘In Flanders Fields‘. In case you are
On this Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, today’s blog post is on the 1948 Moina Michael The Poppy Lady stamp. I’ve been thinking about the poem “In Flanders Fields” today. It has been wonderful to discover there was a stamp in 1948 for recognizing a World
