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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Inverted Jenny Stamp
Helen Rittersporn

Inverted Jenny Stamp

The most famous of all U. S. stamps – the Inverted Jenny Stamp from 1918 made news again – this time at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016 with the $1.35 million sale at auction!  With the once-a-decade stamp show concluding yesterday I wanted to make

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New Tailored Stamp Collectors Products
Helen Rittersporn

New Tailored Stamp Collectors Products

On this Saturday I wanted to make sure to mention the four New Tailored Stamp Collectors Products introduced at the World Stamp Show – NY 2016 by the US Postal Service. New Tailored Stamp Collectors Products “The self-adhesive Classics Forever Stamps dedicated June 1 were the first water

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Colorful Celebrations Commemorative Stamps
Helen Rittersporn

Colorful Celebrations Commemorative Stamps

Today finds the Colorful Celebrations Commemorative Stamps released at the World Stamp Show on Day 7; it wraps up tomorrow on June 4th.  What a fast week it has been – Happy Friday! It is fascinating to read about the “pierced paper” and I will be looking at

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National Parks Centennial Stamps released
Helen Rittersporn

National Parks Centennial Stamps released

Yogi Bear and Park Ranger would be delighted to see the National Parks Centennial Stamps released today, June 02, 2016 at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016.    There are 16 Forever® stamps in the National Parks Centennial Stamps set.  In parallel to the reveal at the

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Classics Forever Stamps
Helen Rittersporn

Classics Forever Stamps

The Classics Forever Stamps were revealed today at Day 5 of the World Stamp Show-NY 2016, it is scheduled through June 4th.   It is “all about the Benjamins, Georges and Abe unveiled”.   Welcome to the month of June here at AnchoredScraps.com! It is a

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Included in blog post Planets Pluto Stamps May 2016 Recap
Helen Rittersporn

Planets Pluto Stamps May 2016 Recap

Today’s blog post is out of this world with Planets Pluto Stamps May 2016 Recap. At the World Stamp Show today it saw new stamps – Views of Our Planets and Pluto Explored! released with both having their First-Day-of-Issue.   And I have included the May 2016 Recap

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blog post: Memorial Day Service Cross Medals Stamps
Helen Rittersporn

Memorial Day Service Cross Medals Stamps

How wonderful that today on Memorial Day Service Cross Medals Stamps debuted at the World Stamp Show-NY 2016. The image upper left is from a poster from 1937 where Memorial Day was also on a May 30th too, although that year it was on a

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Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 stamp released
Helen Rittersporn

Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 stamp released

On this Memorial Day Weekend Sunday – today’s blog post is short sweet sharing about the Repeal of the Stamp Act 1766 stamp released today May 29th, 2016. The “New stamp marks 250th anniversary of repealing the Stamp Act, which began our push to independence.”

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