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.
© Linda Wozniak
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