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.
The Love Stamps Puzzle over at the USPS Postal Store is one of several puzzles on sale until February 21st. Seeing it just came out back in November 2019, the timing is great with Valentines coming up in less than three weeks. “Love is
While it is still January, seeing the Desk Blotter Coloring Calendar 2020 is something I’m seriously considering ordering for this year. Today’s post has more photos than usual given I’m wanting to show an image of each of the four theme choices. When looking
The Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon 2020 Pictorial Postmark is for today’s date of January 26th. Also, we are looking at the book Sled Dog Poodles from 2014. It was just last year we were looking at the Carried by Sled Dog themed Pictorial Postmark. Beargrease Sled
The Lunar New Year Postage Stamps Virtual Exhibit at the Smithsonian Postal Museum is perfect for today’s date. “The Year of the Rat begins January 25, 2020, and ends on February 11, 2021.” When viewing the Virtual Exhibit, enlarge to full screen as it
The Made of Hearts stamp is perfect for Valentine’s Day next month and really anytime wanting to send hugs along with our mail. It was just last year we were looking at the Hearts Blossom Forever stamp, in the Love Series by the Post
Today is National Handwriting Day 2020, January 23rd. Both the Museum of the American Revolution and the Lincoln Presidential Library have tweets celebrating #NationalHandwritingDay! In case you are not familiar with the day, I’m including this from the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association. “…January
The Postcard Set Wild Animals of the World is a collection of 50 postcards. It just came out in October 2019. It is by German illustrator Dieter Braun. The postcard set combines from both of his books, “Wild Animals of the North” (2016), and
Last week there was a Stamp Announcement on the upcoming USPS Wild Orchids Stamps arriving on February 21, 2020. While the majority of us will purchase the set of 10 designs in a double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 682500), it is also available in
