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 Friday we are looking at the Old-Time Postmark Calendar 2017 available for ordering. For those of us who like to begin looking for the next year calendar beginning in September we are not too early. Over at Jim Mehrer’s Show Calendar for Collectors
Today is September 08, 2016 and our daily blog post is on SuperFans Bjo and John Trimble who led the 1968 Save Star Trek Letter Writing Campaign. Today is 50 years from when the television series premiered Sept. 8, 1966. We then fast-forward to August
The Smithsonian Postal Museum Mail Social Club Meets Monthly on the 2nd Thursday of every month in Washington, D.C. It is meeting this Thursday, September 8th. For my friends traveling who may find themselves nearby this week it is something to consider adding
It is the day after Labor Day and we are kicking off the new week with Pep Talks for When You Need Them ebook by Bill Zimmerman. Today’s blog post includes the link to the pdf to download for free! With back-to-school as
On this Labor Day Monday, we are covering Page A Day Journal Since 1963 newspaper story that is worth sharing! My blog post last year was on the Labor Day 1956 Commemorative Stamp. This year the timing seems perfect to share a wonderful story in the
Our blog topic on this Sunday is Famous Letters book _Frank McLynn Editor from 1993. The long Labor Day Holiday weekend continues! What a treat it is to explore books available with collections of historical based letters to add to my bookshelf. I’m almost through with
On this Labor Day Saturday here is a downloadable easy project for your own Printable Labor Day Stationery project. Happy Saturday on this long weekend! “If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.”
Finally, it is here – the Star Trek Forever Commemorative Stamps Today ! “The release of the stamp falls almost 50 years after the television series premiered Sept. 8, 1966.” The blog post for today has on purpose been held to this evening
