Wonderful stamps

It has been a while since my last stamp post, so here we go again: gorgeous stamps from all over the world:

Edellisestä postimerkkipostauksesta on ehtinyt vierähtää jo tovi, joten tässäpä olisi taas merkkimaistiaisia eri puolilta maailmaa:

 

the UK

 

the UK

 

Russia

 

Lithuania

 

Belarus

 

Japan

 

Lithuania

 

the Netherlands

 

Germany

 

Finland

 

Germany

 

China

Cards that make you smile

Which would be your favorite?

Mikä on oma suosikkisi?

 

offical card from Russia

artwork by Maria Stepanova / Мария Степанова

 

official card from Russia

artwork by Maria Matavkina / Мария Матавкина

 

swap from Czech Republic

 

swap from the Netherlands

artwork by Lali

 

official card from Germany

copyrights: MMVII New Line Productions, Inc. (TM) Tolkien Ent. Lic. to New Line Productions, Inc.

Miffy by Dick Bruna

Today, I received an envelope filled with great cards fitting my Dick Bruna collection:

Tänään saapui kirjekuori, josta löytyi upeita kortteja Dick Bruna -kokoelmaani täydentämään:

 

swap from the Netherlands

artwork by Dick Bruna

 

swap from the Netherlands

artwork by Dick Bruna

 

swap from the Netherlands

artwork by Dick Bruna

By Fiep

Fiep Westendorp's cards are one of my favorites to receive from the Netherlands - and lately I have been lucky to find several of them in my mailbox:

Fiep Westendorpin kortit ovat yksiä suosikkejani mitä alankomaalaisiin postikortteihin tulee - ja viime aikoina olen ollut melkoisen onnekas ja saanut niitä useammankin kappaleen:

 

official card from the Netherlands

artwork by Fiep Westendorp

 

official card from the Netherlands

artwork by Fiep Westendorp

 

official card from the Netherlands

artwork by Fiep Westendorp

Baby RAS

This touching card arrived as a RAS from the Netherlands - many thanks, Marianne!

Tämä koskettava RAS-kortti saapui Alankomaista - suuret kiitokset, Marianne!

 

RAS from the Netherlands

copyrights: Paperclipcards

Book can be an adventure

 

RR card from the Netherlands

If you know what I mean.

Happy Friday the 13th!

Jos tiedät, mitä tarkoitan.
Hyvää perjantaita 13. päivää!

Postcrossing on stamps and cancellations

It is so cool that there are already so many Postcrossing stamps around - here are some gems that I have been lucky to receive lately:

Superhienoa, että Postcrossing-postimerkkejä on julkaistu jo niin monessa eri maassa - tässä muutama herkku, jonka olen viime aikoina vastaanottanut:

 

the Netherlands

 

Ukraine

 

Ukraine

 

Belarus

 

Åland Islands

Summer vibes?

Well, these card somehow gave me summer vibes; not too many weeks to go anymore, before my summer holiday (part 1) begins!

No, näistä korteista tuli yhdenlaisia kesäfiiliksiä; ei enää montaa viikkoa siihen, että kesälomani (osa 1) alkaa!

 

official card from the Netherlands

artwork: Belle & Boo

 

official card from the USA

 

official card from France

photo: H. Armstrong Roberts / Corbis

Pretty stamps

Some stamp gems from the past two or three weeks...

Muutama postimerkkiherkku kuluneilta viikoilta...

 

Croatia

 

Sweden

 

the UK

 

Spain

 

the Netherlands

 

Vietnam

Incoming postcard mail

Here's some neat mail from this week... which would be your favorite?

Tässä vähän maistiaisia tämän viikon postiherkuista... mikä on oma suosikkisi?

 

swap from Germany

artwork: Papersisters

 

swap from France

 

official card from Germany

 

swap from the Netherlands

photo by Anna Popova

 

official card from the Netherlands

copyrights: www.guusvaneck.nl

 

official card from the USA

artwork by unknown, Envelopes, 1936

 

official card from the UK

artwork by Patrick Oxenham

Stamps and illustrations

I guess I have written this thousand times, but I'll say it once more: Dick Bruna and Fiep Westendorp belong to my all-time favorite illustrators. So, maybe it is no wonder that I found these stamps especially cool...

Olen varmaan kirjoittanut tämän tänne satoja kertoja, mutta menköön nyt vielä kerran: Dick Bruna ja Fiep Westendorp ovat yksiä kaikkien aikojen suosikkikuvittajiani. Ei siis liene ihme, että nämä postimerkit miellyttivät silmääni erityisen paljon...

 

Japan

 

Japan

 

the Netherlands

 

the Netherlands

 

the Netherlands