Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Stamp it out





July 14.  On this day in history in 1845 in the US, the first postmasters' provisional stamps were issued in New York City.  It seems that stamps were being used earlier in the 1840’s in England – the first one was called the Penny Black.  After the first stamps in England, other countries followed suit.  Today, it costs about $150 to mail a letter from Canada.  OK.  Not THAT much.  But the costs seem to go up daily.  It’s sad – my human tells me that back in the old days, people used to send letters a LOT.  Now everything is electronic.  No wonder she becomes happy if she gets an old-fashioned letter.  Which Paxton can then destroy.  Personally, in our house, I think e-mail is safer.

Anyway, I had to look and see if I could find any postage stamps with Bernese or PONs on them.   I found that Bernese stamps have been issued by a number of countries including, Guyana, Laos, West Africa, Finland, Monaco and of course, Switzerland.  Some of those surprised me…I wonder how many Bernese are in West Africa….chasing lions….seriously.

Anyway, of course I had to see if there have been stamps issued with PONs on them.  I found two from Poland – which is cool – but I didn’t find any from other countries.

So of COURSE, my human had to see if we could get a stamp in Canada with a PON on it.  And low and behold, you can make your own stamps.  Which cost a hefty price, but then, I’m worth it.  I automatically ASSUMED the stamp would have MY image on it – after all, I’m the one with the blog.  But nooooooooooooo.  My human is too “fair” for that.  So I would have to have my image WITH Frodo.  


 And then she started thinking she felt badly for Paxton.  So, it suddenly becomes a stamp with the three amigos.  



 I vote for three DIFFERENT stamps – one for each of us.  Or if it is JUST one of us, you know who I pick.
 I have a feeling this stamp idea isn't over yet...

©  Linda Wozniak

1 comment:

  1. You have shared Stamps, it's really beautiful.
    Thanks for sharing

    Pincodezone

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