Good afternoon, and welcome to my blog.  The theme for Sunday stamps this week is Industry.  I have USA stamps I have shown twice already, so I went on to a set of stamps from Thailand, that I have shown only once before.  They commemorate 100 years of engineering in Thailand.  They are from 2013.It's hard to see the detail, but there is some industry going on in ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a lovely warm day in the American Midwest,  warmer that usual for this time of year.It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme this week is Marine Life.I have a timely stamp - it was just released on March 27 this year.From the US Postal Service, a stamp honoring the endangered manatee, a marine mammal.  I actually have never seen this ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool and cloudy day in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.The theme today is dragons or saints (thinking of St. George).I have a stamp from 2012 that I have shared before, but it's really beautiful:From the US Postal Service:"Dragons aren't always scary monsters. Consider the colorful creature depicted by the U.S. Postal Service ..read more

 Good day and welcome to my blog!It's a nice sunny day in the American Midwest.  For the eclipse on Monday, we had only a few high clouds - perfect viewing weather.  What an amazing sight!Anyhow, it's time for Sunday Stamps.  Our theme this week is trees or leaves.  I am going to bend the theme this week to stretch it to rose bushes:An older Great Britain stamp -though I ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It's a cool cloudy day in the American Midwest, and it's time for Sunday stamps.The them this week is Green, or Irish stamps.  I don't have any ready scans of Irish stamps, so green it is.This is one of a set of Spring stamps released just yesterday.  Each stamp shows a hummingbird and flowers.  This is the greenest one of the lot, and ..read more

 Hello and welcome to my blog.  It's a cool sunny day in the American Midwest, and time for Sunday Stamps.The theme this week is illustrations.  I have a stamp issued last year, still available on the USPS website:A stamp honoring children's book author Tomie dePaola (1934 - 2020). He has a varied body of work: folktales, legends, informational books, religious and holiday stories ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to a cold but sunny day in the American Midwest.  The snow that fell yesterday and the day before is not melting.It's time for Sunday Stamps, and the theme is blue.I have a clever interpretation for you today:Bluegrass music!  This stamp will be available on March 14, 2024.  The instruments pictured are the core of a bluegrass band.  The "high and ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.It is a normal temperature today in the American Midwest, after two day of warmth (55 - 65 Degrees F).It's time for Sunday Stamps.  The theme this week is calligraphy.  I don't have any stamps that feature a typeface that looks like handwriting, but I do have a stamp that may fit the theme:A USA stamp available now, honoring women ..read more

 Good Day and welcome to my blog.  It is a cold but sunny day in the American Midwest.It's time for Sunday Stamps.The theme this week is lighthouses.  Having no stamps in hand, I went searching on the internet and found an ebay seller with this set from 2021:The whole sheet.  These are forever stamps.  The brick one is Navesink, New Jersey.See more participants at ..read more

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  It is a cool and cloudy wintery afternoon in the American Midwest.  It is time for Sunday Stamps. and the theme this week is trees.I have some stamps I shared back in 2011:These older stamps from Poland came from a lot I purchased on ebay.  The trees shown are pear (on the left) and cherry (on the right).  Thank you to Google translate ..read more