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 continuing our Typewriter theme on Fathers’ Day weekend with today’s post Celebrating Vintage Typewriter TypeIn! The image upper left is of the Michigan type-in June 24th from over at The Typosphere website. And we have the answer to yesterday’s Q&A about who
As we head into Father’s Day 2017 Weekend, today’s blog post about a Typewriter Robert E Howard Pictorial Postmark makes perfect sense to me. Dad’s Typewriter is still one of my favorite blog posts I’ve written. It was written a few weeks before my first
Think of the month of June with weddings and brides and it’s the perfect combination for today’s blog post on the Bridal Veil Oregon Post Office and their Hand Cancels they will put onto Wedding Invitations. It is an opportunity to show off your
On this Flag Day 2017, my letter writing-themed blog topic today finds me taking inspiration from Looking at Flag Day Envelope Cachets. One of them is from the Postal History Foundation (phftucson) Tucson, Arizona and two are from the Naval Cover Museum. One of our
Today’s blog post is for awareness of the 2017 Canine Influenza Virus and to consider the dog flu vaccination for the dogs in your family. Think of my post today as a Public Service Announcement (PSA). There are several email blog subscribers here who
Today we are looking at talk of USPS Voice Stamp Project. The way we think of our letter writing with our outgoing mail and postage, make that a stamp with our voice is truly amazing! There was an article about it over at Linn’s
With the French Open held earlier today I’ve been looking at stamps of Tennis Championships including this Roland Garros 1991 Stamp and also looking at Topical Stamps on Tennis Pictorial Postmarks. It was a fast paced 2017 French Open today watching Rafael Nadal of Spain winning his
Today we are enjoying looking at these Sea Glass Variety Postcard Prints by Donald Verger Photography. There are 10 postcards in the package. There are two each of the designs shown in upper left. “Of Love & Sea Glass” I’m also including two images of
