vintage and contemporary postcards and stamps from around the world
07 July 2025
06 July 2025
summer fun
I am more of a hibernator in summer than winter. heat (and humidity) and I are not best buds.
Maybe a road trip would be in order (is that van air conditioned?)This series is from prolific illustrator and designer Gavin Ryan.
Or a round or two of golf. This is Royal Troon Scotland which last held The Open in 2016. This year, it will be at Portrush in Northern Ireland (July 13 - 20)

05 July 2025
03 July 2025
touring canada


from the French charm of Quebec City to the turquoise, crystal clear waters of Georgian Bay (with some of the best scuba diving for shipwrecks)
to the wilds of the far north in Yukon
29 June 2025
28 June 2025
26 June 2025
tchochtkes

22 June 2025
21 June 2025
19 June 2025
faces
A Taoist man with his face painted for a temple parade in Taiwan
I can't quite tell what is behind this look...


15 June 2025
activities
There are plenty of stamps featuring men but I wanted to find some who were doing things, rather than sitting in a portrait, or posing. In this case, we have some anonymous men racing, plowing, and planting.


14 June 2025
12 June 2025
sandstone
Colorado River doing its best incised meander. The rock is Navajo Sandstone and the drop to the river is 1,000 feet. The best time to visit - and see the colours - is at sunrise or sunset.
08 June 2025
pillar boxes
Although I don't have the actual stamps, I do have this set of 2002 PHQ cards - which I think I prefer





07 June 2025
05 June 2025
thatch
rooftops
Storks are the national bird of Belarus. Their nests are high off the ground, in trees or rooftops, or pylons. They evolve over time as the pair return year after year and expand, alter and redecorate. Some nests have grown to 2 metres wide and could be decades old (and are, eventually, passed on to other pairs)
Some people's nests have thatched roofs that require repairs every 10-25 years or so. It can be eyewateringly expensive, but is environmentally friendly and the materials are sustainable. And is so pretty. With the wildfires we are experiencing, it is a good thing that it is not a common practice here.
Some architectural details for Thursday Postcard Hunt.
01 June 2025
epic
'creepy crawlies' of a different sort
once a year, millions (!) of red crabs take over this island in the Indian Ocean crab migration31 May 2025
29 May 2025
red
an iconic VW Beetle (something I've always wanted)

25 May 2025
fading

24 May 2025
22 May 2025
splashes of colour
under less sunny skies, is this street in Helsinki
and some unusual colours on this lighthouse on the North Sea
