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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World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Passport
Helen Rittersporn

World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Passport

When I first glimpsed some of the passport cancels available for the World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Passport last weekend it got me asking to find out more about it. The World Stamp Show-NY 2016 begins today and is scheduled May 28 – June 04, 2016.  Today begins the release of

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Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
Helen Rittersporn

Memorial Day Holiday Weekend

Today begins the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend for a lot of us.  The World Stamp Show-NY 2016 begins tomorrow with a lot of new stamps to be released. Before we get busy with backyard cookouts or weekend travel plans I wanted to pause for

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Research Triangle Pen Show June 03-05
Helen Rittersporn

Research Triangle Pen Show June 03-05

Before we get started with today’s blog topic of Research Triangle Pen Show June 03-05, I wanted to mention today begins a new process of how my email notifications will be done when I post my daily blog post. I’ve changed plug-ins and am delighted

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Helen Rittersporn

American Philatelic Society Membership

American Philatelic Society Membership is our May 25th blog post today with encouraging us to join them with a great way to expand stamp knowledge. You know that famous line from the scene towards the end of the Tom Cruise movie, “Jerry Maguire” and she tells him:

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For Vintage Telegram Notepad blog post - the Hello Telegram Notepad on Etsy
Helen Rittersporn

Vintage Telegram Notepad

Vintage Telegram Notepad is our nod to Samuel F. B. Morse sending the transmission of first official telegraph on this day in 1844.  Today we are looking at inspired Vintage Telegram Notepad offered on ETSY by SmittenOnPaper and one by Kate Spade. Last October

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Included in blog post on New York Public Library Digital Letters
Helen Rittersporn

New York Public Library Digital Letters

Happy Monday as we kick off a new week with the New York Public Library Digital Letters Collections. On this day in 1911, May 23, “In a ceremony presided over by President William Howard Taft, the New York Public Library, the largest marble structure ever

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This image included in blog post Worlds Smallest Postal Service
Helen Rittersporn

Worlds Smallest Postal Service

On this Sunday afternoon it is a delight to share the very creative Worlds Smallest Postal Service. In addition there are many beautiful items worth exploring on its Leafcutter Designs website.  It is easy to get lost looking amid the may items offered, i.e. Creative Promotional

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Flintstones Mailman Episode blog post with this cover Cover The Flintstones: The Official Guide to the Cartoon Classic by Jerry Beck Published March 29th 2011 by Running Press Goodreads
Helen Rittersporn

Flintstones Mailman Episode

On this Saturday morning I am thinking cartoons so we’ve got The Flintstones Mailman Episode. This particular episode of The Flintstones was selected for its obvious tie-in with letter writing here at AnchoredScraps.com. If you recall there were wonderful Hanna-Barbera cartoons which if we rounded-them-up would find it

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