Post office that delivers with stamps

It seems like all I ever get from post offices when I order stamps directly is the stamps I ordered. Here is an exception to that trend. When I ordered stamps in the Trafalgar anniversary set from St Helena, they were very nice and actually used stamps with the nautical theme to pay the postage. Does it really cost these people that much to just add a stamp to the envelope they use to mail us our stamps? Maybe they are afraid that we will not order the stamp from them if we get one used on cover.

Don't cry for me.........

Todays post is a cover I recieved from Argentina(I'll be sending those Pope John stamps soon Monica). I really love the glacier stamps. Kinda makes you wonder how something can look that awesome don't it?

By clicking on the image you can view a better picture of it.

I'm sorry if the cover appears cattywompous. It happens.

Czenslaw

This is one of my latest acquisitions. I've been waiting awhile for this, and last month casually mentioned my desire for it to a friend and he just happened to have an extra!!! There are many people out there who collect all of Czeslaw's stamps. I'm sure this fine engraved stamp will answer any questions as to why everyone enjoys his work. He is going to be sorely missed in the stamp community.

Admiral Nelson

Tonight I should be getting display sheets at my local stamp club meeting for all the Trafalgar anniversary sets I've collected since they began getting issued in early 2005. I've been sticking them in a drawer and need to work on a list of what I have and what I still need. These are the ultimate in topical stamps in my eyes. I'll begin showing my collection with Alderney's.
If you have any stamps that depict Nelson, the Victory or any of the other ships involved in this action, even former ships that Nelson was stationed on, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'd love to get my hands on these!!

King George V Silver Jubilee

This is one of my favorite specialty sets I've decided to work on until I'm too old to do anything but let my nurse change my diaper, the King George V Silver Jubilee series. I really got interested when I looked up a stamp I came across and found this website. http://www.philatel2.com/jubilee/index.htm
With 60 different countries/or groups if countries like Tobaggo and Trinided are counted together as one and several denominations of each set. There is a lot of stamps to get, well over 200 in the omnibus set. Most of the series of stamps has King George V set aside an engraving of Windsor Castle. There are several countries that came up with unique designs also ie. Canada and Australia. I'm no doubt going to need a plethora of these KGV Windsor castle stamps, as I'll need some way to continue working on them as it gets filled and different plate postion varieties exist.
Thanks to the members of http://groups.msn.com/AllNationsStampClub for visiting my blog on it's inaugural day and validating for me that the counter was working just fine.

Tough seeking varieties of penpals

It's tough!! Everyone wants a penpal online, but most people today seem to go for email, What ever happened to letters by mail?
There are some nice writers out there, don't get me wrong. Just look at this nice cover I recently recieved from my friend Patrick in the Phillipines.
This is a perfect example of how to send a letter internationally. Notice how he didn't just grab a common international rate stamp? I love it. He'll be getting plenty of commemorative stamps on the next letter I send back to him!!!
Tomorrow I'll show a few British Commonwealth stamps I have and which I am in the hunt for getting the entire series of.