Mail Adventures

28 July 2026

USPS Postcrossing Stamps

On 26th May the USPS Postcrossing stamps were out in the world. Three weeks later I got this maxicard from Bryon (the USA), which bears not one but two stamps, along with the First Day Cancelation.

There are four different designs that make difficult to choose a favourite. You can read more about this issue, including an interview with Jackson Gibbs, the illustrator, on the Postcrossing blog.

I got another one on the back of a postcard:

27 July 2026

Ciclocorreio

Pedro (Portugal) sent a sort of second part of this envelope. This time, it took eight days to arrive.

26 July 2026

Sunday Stamps | Mekk Elek & Little Donkey

Stamps issued in 2024. The puppet film series Mekk Elek the Jack of All Trades was first broadcast on the Hungarian state television channel MTV in 1974 and the series ran until 1975. The protagonist is Elek Mekk, a goat who advertises himself as a handyman. His house is adorned with 13 trade signs, showing the jobs that he is skilled at. He then makes a mess of the jobs he is given one after another and sometimes even causes damage while doing them (Read more).

2024 & 2025 stamps. The puppet film series The Adventures of Mirr-Murr the Tomcat was completed in 1975. The puppet series, a sequel to The Adventures of Little Donkey (on the stamp). Read more.

The stamps arrived on this envelope sent by Micu (Hungary), and I thought they fit in today's Sunday Stamps theme: Children's Stories.

25 July 2026

Summer Mail VIII | Come Sit by the Water

Regent's Canal near Camley Street (London, UK) in 1984,
when the gasometers were still there

Lago di Como, Italy

South Hampstead Pond, England. UK

Postcards sent by Laura (the UK) and Marina (Italy).

24 July 2026

Women on Postcards | P Is for The Princess and the Pea

Illustration from the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen The Princess and the Pea, by Anton Lomaev.

Mazes and Labyrinths are a favorite subject, but I think it's not easy to find postcards that show them. This postcard was sent by Nata (Russia) via Postcrossing.

[Women on Postcards - 2026]

23 July 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Metro Art

This is the Universidad de Chile metro station. It features a 1200 square metre mural called Memoria visual de una nación (='Visual Memory of a Nation'), painted by Mario Toral.

Wood engraved design by David Gentleman (1979) for the Northern Line platforms in Charing Cross tube stations, depicting the construction of the original Eleanor Cross (1291-1294).

(See pictures here.)

Sent by Hernán (Chile) and Laura (UK).

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
July theme: ARCHITECTURE

Week 1 - Churches
Week 2 - Houses
Week 3 - Palaces
Week 4 - Stations
Week 5 - Shelters

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

22 July 2026

Summer Mail - VII | Three Octopuses

One octopus, two octopuses, three octopuses...

Letter sent by Phillip (the USA).

21 July 2026

Beautiful

By David Sarmento

A friend sent me this postcard simply because, as he wrote, it is a beautiful illustration. I agree. And... is it not even more beautiful that he took the trouble to send it?

20 July 2026

International Moon Day

International Moon Day (IMD) is a United Nations-proclamed annual celebration held on July 20 to mark the anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon by Apollo 11 in 1969. IMD serves as a platform to educate, inspire, and promote awareness about the past, present, and future of sustainable lunar exploration and utilization.

Bryon sent a postcard to celebrate it!