In: from the United Kingdom

De Ardnamurchan vuurtoren op de 'Ardnamurchan Point'. Verstuurd vanuit Schotland door John, die op de achterkant prachtige, toepasselijke postzegels plakte.

The Ardnamurchan lighthouse on the Ardnamurchan Point. Sent from Scotland by John, who had this postcard accompanied by beautiful lighthouse stamps on the back.

Thank you very much, John!

Sunday stamps: Automobiles

This Sunday Stamps theme is 'Automobiles and motor transport'.
The stamp above is the last one from a stamp sheet on sustainability. This happened to be a car stamp; 'auto delen' means 'car sharing' or 'car pooling'.
The stamp sheet was issued in 2009, when national mail postage still was € 0.44 (for international mail within Europe € 0.77 and outside Europe € 0.95).

Only five years later we have to pay € 0.64 for national mail and € 1.05 for all international mail. However, one cannot see that anymore, because the postage stamps are marked with '1' now, as you see on the stamp sheet below.

This stamp sheet has been issued in January 2014, themed an automobile museum, the Louwman Museum in Den Haag (The Hague) in the Netherlands.
I already have used the upper two for my mail to Ravindra in Sri Lanka, who collects car stamps and postcards. On Ravindra's blog you can see many car stamps from all-over the world!

Below you see the eight remaining stamps; the complete stamp sheet fortunately is visible on the Postzegelblog. The text is in Dutch, but interesting: the author and some people who react are criticizing the commercial purposes of the Dutch post executives, who seem to be interested more in making money than in issuing good stamp designs, as these pictures have been taken straight from the museum's catalogue.
But for car fans they will be o.k., I suppose. And also I like the simple and clear stamp design.



By the way, the Spyker (previously: Spijker) has been honoured with postage stamps before, in 2004. See this link, and this one.

In: from the United Kingdom

Thank you very much, John!

In: from Morocco

Zaterdag 13 september is de 98e geboortedag van Roald Dahl. Een paar dagen ervoor kwam dankzij Eva deze kaart in de brievenbus, met daarop een boekomslag van 'De Reuzenperzik' uit 1980. De oorspronkelijke uitgave is uit 1961, en het is geïllustreerd door Nancy Ekhom Burkert.

Saturday 13th of September is the 98th birthday of Roald Dahl. A few days before this postcard arrived in my mailbox, thanks to Eva, showing the book cover of "James and the Giant Peach". Originally issued in 1960; this Puffin book dates from 1980. The cover illustration has been made by Nancy Ekhom Burkert.



Thank you very much, Eva!

Out: to Sri Lanka

Update Sunday 8 March 2015: this Sunday stamps' theme is 'Riding the rails', so I'd like to share this previously posted Dutch stamp sheet with all of you Sunday Stamp fans (I'm a fan, too :-) ). For the ones who don't know yet Sunday Stamps, please check the Sunday Stamps blog and the links for many more postal beauties!



[Original text, Sept 2014: ]
Afgelopen maandag bracht PostNL een postzegelvel uit ter gelegenheid van 175 jaar Spoorwegen in Nederland.
Natuurlijk moeten de verschillende postzegels stukje bij beetje naar Ravindra gestuurd worden. Voor de bovenste postzegel vond ik onderstaande toepasselijke kaart, die hij zo te zien nog niet heeft.

Last Monday the Dutch post issued a stamp sheet for the 175th anniversary of Dutch railways.
Of course these ten stamps have to be sent, little by little, to Ravindra for his collection. Fortunately I found this suitable train card, which he hadn't received so far, to accompany the first stamp-to-send.



En eerder vond en stuurde ik deze auto, voor Ravindra's autoverzameling.
And some time before I found this car, to send for Ravindra's car collection.

In: from Sri Lanka

Een mooie kaart van een Srilankaanse olifant, met dank aan Ravindra.

A beautiful Sri Lankan elephant, Thank you, Ravindra!

In: from Scotland

Ik hou van kaarten met treinen, en John uit Engeland was zo vriendelijk om me met deze Schotse trein te verblijden.
Het viaduct komt ook voor in de Harry Potter films, aldus John, en de oude stoomtrein heeft dan ook de nieuwe naam 'Hogwarts Express" gekregen.

I love trains on postcards, and John was so kind to do me a favour with this postcard. He writes that this viaduct is from the Harry Potter film, and the old steam train has been renamed The Hogwarts Express.



Op de postzegel de NCC Class WT van de LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway).

On the stamp the NCC Class WT of the LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway).

Thank you very much, John!