Easter on Sunday Stamps

 Not an easy theme for me, but this is bright enough.

USA - 16 January 1969

For stamps for Easter visit the links at Seeitona postcard

Easter - Sunday Stamps II

I looked for an Easter bunny but found this stamp from 1997 instead.

Great Britain

In 2009 my article in the magazine Ireland's Own entitled 'Mad as a March Hare' include a paragraph which read -

"Our name for Easter may be derived from a goddess associated with spring called Eastre. The date of Easter is tied to the moon, and the hare has strong lunar associations, with hare hunting being a common activity in England." 

Now that's probably illegal.

However I have discovered a rabbit on a set of pet stamps from the USA.

USA - Pets 2015

It may be Easter but I'm spending my time decorating. For those wanting to see more Easter of favourite stamps just check out the links at Sunday-stamps-ii-122.html

Easter/Spring - Sunday Stamps II

I struggle every year with this theme - I've shown flowers, rabbits and cathedrals before. This time I have chosen stamps containing chapels and churches from Scandinavia and Europe.

Finland - Lammi Church - 4 March 1956

The original church was built in 1490/1510. It was initially a Catholic church but converted to Lutheran in the mid 1500s. It's also known as the church of St Catherine of Alexandria.

Le Corbousier was the architect of the chapel on my next stamp from 1965.

France - Chapelle de Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp

The building was finished in 1954 and has appeared on a number of stamps of different denominations.

My third stamp shows the national shrine of Bavaria dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

West Germany - Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting, 9 February  1989

For more Easter offerings please visit the links at Sunday-Stamps-II-67

Easter - Sunday Stamps II

I've had to cheat today and reuse some stamps from Great Britain I've shown before to make an Easter connection.

I found a chick:

And a rabbit:

However I could not find an egg for Easter and had to settle for some flowers instead.

Päskelille

You may know these flowers as daffodils but in Norway a päskelille is an Easter lily.

God Päske at Sunday-Stamps-ii-16.