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.
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
Today, May 27, we are celebrating the Jordans Golden Anniversary 2017 Cachet! Over at the Wilmington Philatelic Society scrapbook page today, you will see a shout-out: A special day for the Jordans – their Golden Anniversary! Congratulations to the Jordans on their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary
This morning with a nod towards baseball going into the Memorial Day Weekend, we are looking at the Have a Ball USPS Stamps June 2017 Announced. And I’m including a very short clip from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Hey Batter, batter! Have a Ball USPS Stamps June 2017 Announced Over at
Today marks 40 years ago Star Wars opened in movie theaters #StarWars40th, so I’ve chosen The Art of Star Wars Comics 100 Collectible Postcards for our blog topic today. You’ll also find a two minute YouTube movie trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official
Today’s blog post is a lot of fun learning about the Smallest US Post Office Ochopee Florida. There is a really cute post mark one can get at the Ochopee Post Office. When asking yourself just where exactly is Ochopee Florida – think the Florida Everglades.
Did you happen to see Sunday’s The Word of the Day for Miriam-Webster Philately Stamp Collecting Definition? Happy Tuesday! Thank you to AnchoredScraps.com MyThreeMuses, Ellen, who shared the email with me inspiring today’s blog post. If you are new to reading my daily blog
With today being Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday, we are looking at the 2007 Arthur Conan Doyle book – A Life in Letters. He was the creator of Sherlock Holmes, born on May 22, 1859. In my October 29, 2015 blog post we looked at The address is “Elementary,
