Marjaliisa Pitkäranta (1941-2003) was a prolific Finnish artist and illustrator and her works include about 2000 postcards. The one above of a Finnish post office, had this lovely stmap on it.
Another I found on a different card would have been appropriate too:
And while I was on a roll, I also found one from the Netherlands and another from the Czech Republic:
The text on the Czech card translates (according to Google) as, "Get your own stamps".
This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
That Finnish stamp with the little girl putting in an envelope is the cutest I've seen for this theme.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Maria! though the Czech stamp is wonderful too. thank you for joining us this week.
ReplyDeleteYou could fit an awful lot of mail into that first Finnish post box!
ReplyDeleteGreat stamps, the postal vans especially.
ReplyDeleteNice postcards and stamps!
ReplyDeleteA nicely themed, and cute, stamp for the postcard. The Finns are lucky to have artists producing postcards, ours always seem to do greeting cards.
ReplyDeleteThat's a friendly looking lady at the counter!
ReplyDeleteFinland wins the day for me. I didn't even mind a second look at the post box.
ReplyDeleteI love the postcard. I think I have some Christmas postcards by Pitkäranta that I got in the 1980s, but I haven't seen any others here.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see pretty, happy stamps of the postal service!
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