Stamps, Stamps, Wonderful Stamps

I have received several envelopes

recently with some very nice stamps.

I decided to put them all in one post.

Danielle, an American lady who teaches in Japan,

sent me a note and some 'squished pennies'

in an envelope with thes awesome stamps.

One of the squished pennies had an image

of 'Hello Kitty' on it and one of the stamps

does too! Really neat!

These bird stamps came from my

newest penpal, Arlene, from the Philippines.

The top two stamps show a white-collared

kingfisher and a white-throated kingfisher.

The two at the bottom show the

short-eared owl. Nice stamps!

These stamps were on a package I received

from Sisko in Finland. I think Finland has

some of the most beautiful and unusual

stamps I've seen. I was really intrigued by

the two on the upper right, because they

are 'shaped' stamps rather than rectangular.

One of them shows a castle and the other

looks like dancers. Of course, there were also

the beautiful flower stamps.

And these stamps? Why, they are from the

U.S.A. The 5-cent stamp shows American

toleware. The other celebrates the

lunar (Chinese) new year. However, it is not

this year's 'Year of the Ox'. It is for the

'Year of the Ram'.

Since I joined Postcrossing, I have been amazed

at all the beautiful stamps that have

brought my postcards from the four corners

of the earth! I love them all!