Sunday Stamps - Food and Drink; USA, Brazil

 I guess many of us have seen a lot of food and drink over Christmas and the New Year but I still had trouble finding stamps for this theme.

The 150th Anniversary of the Statehood of Illinois had some farm buildings and fields of grain on this stamp.

USA - 12 February 1968

The Celebrate the Century Series  contained this curious stamp for the 1900s which fits the food theme I suppose.

USA - 3 February 1998

Agricultural products appear on a number of stamps from Brazil and no it's not coffee that I have found.

Brazil - 1 September 1981

This is Anacardium Occidentale, the evergreen tropical cashew tree that gives us the cashew seed and the cashew nut. Its apple  is used for a drink and concentrated juice.

For more food for thought, or drink if you prefer go over to 

Sunday Stamps - New Year; France

 I thought I would have to give the 'Holiday' theme a miss until I found this from 2001.

France - 2001

Happy New Year to one and all.

For other holidays visit Carnival at Sunday Stamps

Sunday Stamps - Happy Christmas; USA

 With Christmas arrangements cancelled for many in the UK all I can do is say - stay safe everyone.

In the US National Gallery of Art Museum in Washington the Dutch painter Hans Memling's Madonna and Child is not on view so we shall just have to share it on a stamp from 1967.

USA - 6 November 1967

The actual painting is larger than this and includes angels on either side.

A similar Memling painting also hands in the London National Gallery.

For other stamps related to a religious Christmas please visit the links at Seeitonapostcard - Mary..

Meanwhile stay safe!

Sunday Stamps - Christmas: Great Britain

 I'm always pleased to see robins in our garden so they are a natural choice with which to celebrate a secular Christmas.

Robin on some railings

This was one of a set of five issued for Christmas 1995. The other two of the set in my possession were - 

The postmark on the 11p stamp shows they were used in1996 - perhaps the robin had to find a road sign first; the robin had found a doorknob to rest upon on the 60p.

For more Christmas stamps just fly over to Sunday Stamp's calendar to start counting the days.

Sunday Stamps - Red: Great Britain, USA

Two old stamps to start this week, one from when I was a young boy.

Great Britain - 1939-1948

The 9th World Scout Jamboree, known as the Jubilee Jamboree, was held in Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield in August 1957 and commemorated with three stamps. This is one of them.

Great Britain - 1 August 1957

By 1962 Jetliners had become a more common sight as shown by this one flying over the Capitol.

USA - 5 December 1962

We already have a poinsettia plant ready to be part of our Christmas decorations this year - I suppose that this would also be appropriate for next weeks secular theme.

USA - 10 October 2013

Father Christmas may well land on a red roof soon, so check it out at Seeitonapostcard.

 

Castles on Sunday Stamps - Denmark, West Germany

 From Denmark and the island of Funen comes a medieval  castle where King Eric V signed Denmark's first constitution in 1252. The castle was also the venue for the country's first parliament, the Danehof.

Denmark - 16 Aug 1954 - Castle Nyborg

From an island location to two wasserschloss in Germany which appeared on West German stamps before reunification. A wasserschloss is a castle surrounded by a moat.

West Germany - 13 January 1973 - Gluckburg Castle

This water castle on the Flensburg Fjord was built from 1553 - 1597 by the son of a Danish king and is now a museum.

The water castle in Inzlingen is on the southwestern border of Germany near the Swiss city of Basel.

West Germany - 14 February 1980

Neuschwanstein Castle lies in a village near the town of Füssen

in South West Bavaria.

West Germany - 13 January 1977

For more impressive castles visit the links at Sunday Stamps

Sunday Stamps - Under the Sea: Australia, Belize

 Marine life seems to be a suitable topic for 'Under the Sea' but slugs were not initially in my mind until I saw Bennetts Nudibranch.

Australia - 18 June 1984

They seem to be having fun.

Belize's coral reef also seems to be the place for life of a different sort as shown on these stamps also from the same year.

Belize - 27 April 1984

To spend more time under water then please visit the links at Relics at Sunday Stamps