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Mailed out a letter to Sweden today, as well as postcard swaps to Ukraine , New Zealand , Belgium , India , Algeria , Portugal , Spain , the Netherlands , Malaysia , Italy , France , Finland , USA , Canada , Poland , China and Germany . Yes, that’s right, I’m back from my long swapping hiatus!
Last week, this letter with a beautifully drawn owl arrived all the way from USA. Thank you, my dear Kaylee! It’s so great to read your news, dear.
This blog has been dead for a year already. I wasn’t active as I decided to use less of social media and focused more on my well-being. Not long after my last post, I was institutionalized and had to work my way back into recovery. I was lucky to have the support of my mum, my soul sister, my colleagues and especially my penpals. My penpals have never failed to check on me, write to me, sent me care packages, just to ensure I feel loved and never alone. I wrote a lot of letters too. With social media, almost always I chose to show what I want people to see but with letters, I can be vulnerable and share my deepest thoughts with people who truly care enough to stay in my life, no matter how ugly life may be.
Now that I am feeling better, I decided to revive this blog. With the situation with CoVid-19, I am spending a lot of time at home and writing again.
I also moved to a new place last month so if anyone needs my updated address, please shoot me a PM!
Recently, I took up a few more new penpals to write to and restarted writing with an old pal. So, I made these envelopes while I patiently wait for their letters to arrive.
Stay safe, everyone!
Outgoing : 260219✉
Mailed out 2 letters today. They will be heading to Germany and Scotland respectively. It was fun making the food themed envelopes, hope y'all like them too!
I have 3 more letters left in my mail pile. I’ll get there, please be patient with me.
Outgoing : 161018 ✉
Today’s big outgoing mail! So I sent out postcard swaps to Indonesia , New Zealand , Tunisia ; as well as letters to the Netherlands , Scotland, England , Belgium , Denmark . Hope everyone will get their Halloween themed mail in no time!
I have close to 700 followers here on Tumblr. I can’t thank you enough for your support. But I need help from each and every one of you, if it’s possible!
I will be turning 31 on the 17th of December. My wish this year is very simple and I hope it isn’t too much to ask for.
I would love to receive as many postcards as possible before the 17th. The only catch is: It must be a view card of your city / country. No illustrations or whatsoever. So you are free to pick for me! Please include your name, country and Tumblr name. Please also help me to reblog this so more people can participate!
The best 10 cards will receive a card from me, either from Singapore or New Zealand (yes, I’ll be going there soon) of either one of the following nature: FOTW, GF or view cards.
Mail it to:
Nur Fariza
Apt. Block 322, 03-289
Sembawang Close
750322
Singapore
Let’s go!
Love,
f.
Outgoing : 091018✉
Mailed out postcards swaps to Bahrain,Trinidad & Tobago ,AustriaandGermany . Thank you for the swaps! Hope they will reach their destinations soon ✈
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Incoming : 290918 ✉
A very happy mail week it has been for me! Got a letter from my dearest Kim in Belgium and postcards of Sweden,Scotland, Bosnia & Herzegovina ,San Marino ,The Bahamas andUSA. Thank you everyone! I’m very happy to receive postcards of rare / difficult countries to find. Also, happy to get a card of Montana and I have Indiana on the way - so that means I’m left with only 9 states to go!
If you have postcards of the following states : AL, AR, DE, GA, KY, MS, NE, NM, WV; I would love to swap with you!
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Incoming : 150918✉
I have been so behind with updating my incoming mail but I believe this big pile is my 2 weeks worth of mail! Received letters from Denmark,the Netherlands,EnglandandAustria . My postcard swaps have also arrived from Canada,the Philippines,USA,China,Russia,Hong Kong,LithuaniaandBermuda Thank you so much everyone! I’m so happy to come home to this huge mails pile. I’m happy to add more missing countries into my collection Thank you everyone for helping me out!
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Mailed out a letter to Shanaya in USA and postcards to swappers in Hong Kong , Lithuania , USA and Bosnia & Herzegovina Thank you for swapping!
I am very happy that my postcard collection is growing and I am able to find cards from some of my missing countries. If anyone can help me with the missing countries, I’d greatly appreciate it!
My USA state cards collection is almost done. I need 9 more states to complete this series. If you have the states I’m looking for, I’d be happy to swap with you.
*** I collect view cards only ***
No requests for stamps, written & stamped only
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Outgoing : 160818✉
Sent out a letter to my Hungarian penpal Anna and postcard swaps to USA , Belarus , Russia , China and Australia . Safe travels!
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Mailed out postcards to China , Taiwan , Philippines , Scotland , Russia , USA , Vietnam and Lithuania . Thank you everyone for swapping with me! I hope you will like the postcards
If anyone fancies a swap, please send me a DM with your offers. I have view cards, WOW, WT, FOTW, GF, Icons and a bunch of illustrative postcards. However, I am looking for VIEW CARDS ONLY. Stamped and written, no envelopes. Postcards for postcards, no request for stamps. This hobby is supposed to be fun, please don’t ruin it with demanding requests. Thank you.
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Incoming : 050818 ✉
Some beautiful postcards arrived this week from Germany , Malaysia and Russia ❤ Thank you, everyone, for the swaps! Love them all
️ Looking for:
• USA states: AL, AR, DE, GA, KY, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NM, RI, WV
• Southeast, East & South Asia countries: Laos, Timor-Leste, Mongolia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan
• Central Asia countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
• Baltic countries: Latvia, Lithuania
• Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina
☆ VIEW CARDS ONLY ☆ Please send me a PM if interested to swap.
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Outgoing : 230718✉
Mailed out a letter to USA , and postcards to South Korea and Indonesia . Thank you for the swaps!
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Incoming : 210718✉
Received a letter from my new American penpal. Also received postcards of Wyoming, Utah, Texas (thank you for the surprise, Allison!) from , Taiwan and my very first card of Uzbekistan . Thank you everyone for the swaps! Loving all the cards
️ Still looking for 15 states of USA:
AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IN, KY, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NM, RI, WV, WI. If you have any cards from the aforementioned states, let’s swap!
️ If you’re not from USA or have the USA state cards, it’s okay, we can still swap. Looking for scenic view cards ONLY.
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Outgoing : 180718 ✉
Mailed out a letter to my dear Emma in Scotland and a few postcard swaps to USA , Canada and Russia . I can’t thank you all enough for helping me build up my collection of USA state cards!
I am still looking for the following states:
AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IN, KY, MS, MT, NE, NJ, NM, RI, WV, WI.
If anyone would be so kind to help me with my collection, let’s swap!
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- Norway
- Finland
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Other Nordic territories
Would anyone from any of these countries like to do a postcard swap with me?
I adore this region of the world and wish to travel up North soon. If anyone could help me out, I’d greatly appreciate it and will send a postcard from Singapore in return! :-)
Please shoot me a PM if interested!
Incoming : 130718 ✉
Postcards of South Dakota and Cuba (Havana ooh na na ) arrived this week. I love the cards so much! Thank you, SamandNina for swapping with me!
I would be happy to do swaps with anyone who can offer me beautiful view cards. Please DM me if you’d like to do a swap with me!
Also, if you have one of the 18 missing USA state cards, let’s do a swap! That is right, I have 18 more to go!
Outgoing : 100718✉
A big round of outgoing mail to USA , Taiwan , Portugal , Finland , Canada and a local mail in Singapore as well. One of the cards will be heading to the random winner from my snail mail blog for the most number of “likes” and “reblogs”, YAYYY!!!
9 outgoing mail altogether! Been so long since I had a big outgoing mail. Phew!
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Postcards arrived this week from China Rwanda and USA . Thank you, everyone, I love all the cards! It’s very hard to get postcards from African countries so I really want to thank Deo for helping me with the Rwanda card! Will definitely get more cards from him!
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Letters to my dearest Hungarian pal Anna and Austrian pal Doris
I also sent out a postcard swap to Russia Thank you for swapping with me
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Mailed out letters to my 2 new penpals, Shanaya in USA and Marina in Greece Also mailed out postcards to my American bestie Thomas, my postcard buddy Flo in Uruguay ; as well as a swap to USA Safe travels! Thank you for swapping!
Incoming : 290618✉
This week’s incoming mail includes letters from my penpals Doris in Austria and Emma in Scotland; a postcard from my friendFloin Uruguay, as well as postcard swaps from USA (Texas, South Carolina & Iowa). Thank you for the swaps and thank you to my penpals - always nice to hear from the both of you!
️ Looking for 20 missing USA state cards & missing countries ️
➤ US states which I am looking for: MT, NM, NE, WI, IN, KY, AR, MS, LA, AL, GA, WV, NJ, DE, CT, RI, NH [updated]
️GIVEAWAY! [still ongoing] ️Currently, I have 595 followers of this blog! I can’t thank you all enough for your support. As a token of appreciation, I will be sending a postcard to the 600th follower. I request for all my followers to ‘like’ this post or give it a reblog. I might even send a postcard randomly to someone who reblogged this post!
Incoming : 240618 ✉
This week’s lovely incoming mail.
Letter from new penpals from USA and Greece , as well as a letter from dear Viv in Sweden . I’m also very happy that my postcard swaps from USA have arrived.
This card right here is the one that made me smile the most because it came from le bestie Thomas’ hometown of Maryland! I love how he signed off!
️ Still looking for postcards from missing countries & missing USA states. Please comment or DM me your offers! ️
️GIVEAWAY! ️Currently, I have 591 followers of this blog! I can’t thank you all enough for your support. As a token of appreciation, I will be sending a postcard to the 600th follower. I request for all my followers to ‘like’ this post or give it a reblog. I might even send a postcard randomly to someone who reblogged this post!
Thank you once again for the support!
f.
Outgoing : 190618
Mailed out these postcards to Russia and USA (Maryland, South Carolina & Iowa) Thank you for swapping with me!
Also, I’m loving the flags in the background. Yay, World Cup season!
Still looking for postcards from missing countries & missing states of USA. Please leave a comment or DM me your offers!
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Postcard swaps to China 2 of them to Texas, USA and the Netherlands Thank you so much for swapping with me!
Still looking for 23 missing USA state cards & missing countries. Please leave a comment or DM me your offers!
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Postcards sent to Scotland and 3 states in USA (Arizona, North Dakota and Ohio). Thank you for swapping with me!
Looking for 25 missing USA state cards and missing countries. If you’d like to swap with me, please send me a DM! ☺
“Surprise” for day nine of #februllage2022 on instagram this was tough for me, until I remembered that mailboxes are always surprised! If the #USPS needs a new mascot, I got them. Did you see faces in random objects as a kid too? (As if I dont still see them…)
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#MiniatureMonday
Voyage aboard the Jupiter : [the contemporary account of the world’s first airmail flight, Indiana, 1859]. James Lamar Weygand printer
Anyone still waiting for packages? Have you considered trying getting them shipped via hot air balloon? Since the balloon, Jupiter, in this story got loose by accident at least once, perhaps it would not be the most efficient method.
Binding: Bound in fancy marbled paper boards with navy leather spine with gilt details and spine title.
Article from the Lafayette, Indiana Daily Courier, August 18, 1859, with commentary by J.L. Weygand.
Illustrations include a 1959 U.S. postage stamp commemorating the event.
“100 copies printed and bound by James Lamar Weygand”–Colophon.
Title page printed in blue, red, and black.
References: Bradbury, R.C. 20th cent. U.S. miniature books, 3014 –Catalog
–Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student
^Our Packages!!
outgoing - miffy postcards and stamps. I will have a rabbit limited postmark on each one:-)
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