It only happens twenty-five times in each century, that odd day on the calendar, 29 February. What a great opportunity to sneak in some postal history to your mail art this year.At the end of this…Continue
Started by Keith S. Chambers. Last reply by Heleen de Vaan Jun 22, 2016.
Bonjour boys and girls! Angie and Snooky told us yesterday that:"This year July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This apparently happens once every 823 years."I propose that we celebrate it…Continue
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From today's UK Daily Telegraph Postboxes stolen and sold on eBay for thousandsBritains world-famous red Victorian postboxes are being stolen by criminals who sell them abroad for thousands of pounds…Continue
Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Jun 28, 2011.
In the very early days of the postal system -- and going way back before postage stamps were introduced (in the UK in 1840 -- addresses were very simple, or even non -existent (and of course there…Continue
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Postal History...and Postage with a Story! from Japan:
Japanese postage stamps on two mail art pieces that arrived today in Greece. They were mailed with such joy, with such cheer...a moment in time BEFORE the destruction of the earthquake and the tsunami, before fears and saddness. One cancellation reads 7 III 11, March 7, 2011, from Tokyo, and the other reads on the lower left: 8 III...., March 8, 2011. I shall treasure this mail art and the stamps that brought them to me before disaster. May the senders be safe and well.Postal History: set of four flowers, US postage, 18 cents, issued April 23, 1981. 1. Rose, 2.Camelia, 3.Dahlia, 4. Lily. Flowers...lots of flowers, on a grey rainy day in Greece! Thank you, Val! You do good with all those old stamps...now, what can you do for the hundreds of "windmills"-on-your-mind? coming soon ;-)
Mail people -- ie La Poste employees -- are a protected species here in France. They will never loose their jobs, although their civil service (and heavily unionised) positions may be redefined in various ways.
'Soon there will no longer be a need for letters, postcards and parcels' Haven't I heard that before somewhere?
It reminds me of the rubbish that the computer company came up with at the start of the internet. 'We'll soon have a paperless office and a paperless society'; And what happened, Well in that particular company paper consumption went up by at least 600%!
I'm all for protecting Post people. And white rhinos; And pandas. And honey bees. etc.
Bon weekend, mes amis!
Val
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