This and That: A Blog

My Sunday Stamps for the letter H . H are, an Irish Mountain H are Ireland 1980 H ippopotamus, a Pygmy Liberia 1884  H yena, Striped Spanish Sahara (now called Western Sahara, a United Nations recognized self-governing territory) 1957 Come back next Sunday for I stamps!

 It's T stamps this week for Sunday Stamps .  T rains! Belgium 1934 People's Republic of Cambodia 1984 Ireland 1995 U stamps are up next Sunday. 

 S for S unday S tamps . S tar Trek with S pock's Vulcan S alute USA 2016 S trawberry Tree, a native Irish s hrub bearing edible fruit. Ireland 1979 S intra National Palace, former royal residence of the king (pre-1910), now a museum. Portugal 1972 Another of the beautiful Portuguese stamps.  S ea Turtle USA 2024 Come back next Sunday for T stamps.

 It's R stamps this week for Sunday Stamps .   R ailway Station, Brussels, Belgium Belgium 1954 R ace Horses at Fairyhouse R acecourse, R atoath, Ireland Ireland 1981 R ooster, specifically an  Onagadori  r ooster, a rare and protected Japanese breed. Onagadori means "long-tailed chicken." Japan 1951 R am, part of the Sheep and Wool Industry series. R epublic of South Africa 1972 S is up next week. Day 30, and the last day, of NaBloPoMo .  

 Continuing our alphabetical stamps, G is the letter this week for Sunday Stamps .   G eophysical Year  Commemorating the  International G eophysical Year from 1957-1958 (some projects extended into 1959) showing polar lights, icebergs, and penguins in the polar regions.  Hungary 1959  G olf  Ireland 1991 G ate Menin G ate Memorial to the Missing , Ypres, Belgium  Belgium, 1967  The  G olden Spike , a g old foil stamp. USA 2019  Next week is H . 

  Sunday Stamps this week is stamps with an F theme.  F ire!  Australia 1988  Living Together, Rescue & Emergency F erns Ireland 1986 F arm Animals New Zealand 1995 Miniature stamp sheet issued to commemorate  Singapore '95 World Stamp Exhibition   Here are the individual F arm animals. Next Sunday brings stamps of the G sort.

  Sunday Stamps has E for the theme this week.  E lephant Burkina Faso c1963 E arth USA 1988 The E -Rate stamp was issued to correspond to the new First-Class postage rate known as the E -Rate.  The E arth on the E -Rate was a conscious decision made to improve the formerly "drab" look of non-denominated stamps. E viction Scene  Ireland (or E ire) 1981 Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Land Law Act,  which gave, in part, tenant farmers more long-term security, lower rents, and rights to sell their tenancy to others.  This was known as the " Three Fs. "  Fair rent, fixity of tenure, and free sale.  So long as their rent was paid, they couldn't arbitrarily be evicted, as shown on the stamp. The "Three Fs" above reminds me that next week our theme will be F ! 

 Christmas (in July) is the theme for this Sunday Stamps . Australia 1983 Canada 1965 Ireland 1995 U.S.A. 1964 Next week begins a new theme of A.  The fun part is, it will be followed by B, C, D, and E!   By the way, this is Lisa from the previous blog, Lisa's Garden Adventure, which was accidentally, and permanently, deleted when I made a really careless mistake.