This and That: A Blog

 Let's see some Vacation Destinations today for Sunday Stamps. These are people visiting Vacation Destinations, not places I necessarily want to go. I love this one!  Great Britain 1994 "Bather at Blackpool"  Picture Postcards Centenary  Malta 1999 Tourism series  New Zealand 1981  Health series  Semi-postals with 2¢ going to Children's Health Camps that provided care, nutrition, and recreation for children recovering from illnesses, living in difficult situation, etc.  Unfortunately, due to the drop in physical mail numbers the series was discontinued, after 87 years, in 2016.  I picked the New Zealand stamps because my Vacation Destination of choice would be the rocky tidepool beaches, but not in New Zealand.  They'd be northern CA, OR, and WA.  I wouldn't poke things with a stick like the girl in the illustration though!  Nor, pick anything up, just observe. September begins next week with stamps featuring Places of Educa...

  Sunday Stamps  this week is the letter  W . W eevil, Flax  New Zealand 1997 W ildebeest South Africa 1954  W aterbuck, Defassa Republic of Guinea1961  Next week we finish up the alphabet with a three-fer, X , Y , and Z!

  Sunday Stamps : Letter G  G iant Land Snail New Zealand 1997 They can be up to 12" long and 2 pounds!  Naturally, at that size they can destroy a garden in a short time. G oldfish, a Japanese breed, the Tosakin  Singapore 2021 G azelle The French Somali Coast (now Djibouti) 1958 H is up next.

  H is the letter of the week for Sunday Stamps . H elicopter People's Republic of Cambodia 1987 H elicopter Great Britain 1963 H yena Mauritania 1963 H ibiscus trionum (Venus mallow) New Zealand 1960 What stamps will represent the letter I next week?  Come back next Sunday to find out! 

  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.