Did you know : Are you a Philatelist ?

Hello folkes

 

 So you have that beautiful stamp collection, you might even have that very rare stamp, and it makes you very proud, but, can you you call yourself a philatelist?

Now some people go like : " Wait Vi, phithalate what?"

Phi la te list, is the name given to those who study stamps, postal history and other items related. So, if you just collect stamps, i'm sorry to say that,no your not a philatelist, in fact, to be a philatelist you don't even have to own any stamps!

And did you know that there's many different types and ares of stamp study? Going from the stamp design study, paper used, method of printing, aerophilately , postal stationery and even Cinderella philately, which is the study of things that look like stamps but are not!

 

Well, Im not a philatelist myself, but I started a humble collection of stamps last year, what about you? Are you a philatelist? Or just a collector? Any Philipp von Ferrary out there ? Let me know in the comments :)

Source : Wikipedia 

Incoming from Malaysia

 

Aloha Everyone

Yesterday I received a mail as lovely as its sender Shavin.She sent so much sweet things inside that envelope literally. And I cant wait to send as much care as she sent me :)

Thise stamps *---*

yummy:P

Thank you so much for these beautiful adds to my coin collection Sha S2

From left to right: Malaysian, Indonesian and Thai coins.

If you wanna see more of Shavin's mails don't forget to check out her blog :)

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Outgoing to Hong Kong

Hello Everyone

Today's outgoing goes to Terry. I used this cute little envelope. I was afraid that the things wouldn't fit inside, but everything fit perfectly, and i hope she likes my crochet granny square touch ^-^

I hope you enjoy my words to you Terry, and that the letter arrives safe and soon

Much Love

Vi  ^_^  

Postal Guest : Bruno Souza - Brazil

Oi Pessoal, tudo bom?

Today My guest is my postcard swap mate Bruno Souza, he happens to also be my fellow countryman :) And he have a collection of 640 postcards, check out

1-Talk a little about yourself ( your name,who are you, where you live, what you do etc)

        My name is Bruno Souza Vasconcelos, 15 years old. I live in Uberlândia, a city with 700.000 inhabitants, inside of Minas Gerais – one of the Brazilian states.  I’m a very shy boy, determined and dreamer. I like sleeping and eating, yes, I think they are basics actions, but I like sleeping a lot and eat different kinds of foods.

2- When, and how you got into snail mail?

 I started to collect postcards about 3 years ago with an advice of my English teacher. Now, I have 640 postcards by curiosity.

3- What you enjoy the most about snail mail and what you dislike the most?

      

         In snail mail I like to meet new things, new people and new cultures. I dislike when I receive many postcards from the same country, because I’d like to receive postcards from all countries. But I like it all without parciality.

    4- Would you change or improve something in your country’s postal service?

 I’d change the time of delivery service and values of postages.

5- Could you tell one of the most memorable or special things you received so far?

       

      One day I received a package with 25 coins and 12 postcards. I loved this envelope.  And the  other day I received a package with many things about my birthday. I appreciated this too :D

6 -Can you describe in one word the feeling of receiving mail?

     
     Surprise.  

Thanks for your words Bruno :) If you wanna keep on track of Bruno's growing collection or see more of it, don't forget to follow him on instagram. 

Muito Amor

   Vi :)    

Outgoing to the US

Hello everybody

First I want to say thanks for the 1000 views! This is incredible,and if you follow me on instagram (@postalswing) you know that I already said thanks for all the people that supported me and helped me, but I just wanted to say again here on the blog, and well, thanks are never enough :)

But now, for the outgoing to Becca. She wrote me a really sweet letter and I hope my words to her make her as happy as I was reading about her :)

Since it is very hard here where I live to find good Stationery - what happened to all that beautiful decorated papers I used to find in the local stationery when I was 8 and collect it and swap with other girls at school ? - I decided that I was going to do it myself! Well, I want to learn how to use the watercolor set I have,  that was quite pricey and  that I wasn't really using 'cause I thought that I would just created a mess, but I guess my flowers turned out pretty good :p

Becca is a chemical engineering, so of course i had to make a periodic table envelope to her (learn how I did it here).

Becca, I hope you enjoy my words to you,and that the letter doesn't take much time to arrive.

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Outgoing to Israel

Hello :)

Today I came quickly just to show you my Outgoing to Topaz.

Made a TFOS " inspired" card :)

 I hope you enjoyed my words to you Topaz, and that my letter arrive safely for you :)

Much Love

Vi     

Incoming - Australia and Hong Kong

Nǐ hǎo Péng Yǒu :)

Last week I received really beautiful letters. First from Wing, who lives in Hong Kong. She also sent me a little Frozen Card, that she designed herself, with the " let it go " song  lyrics on the back, thanks Wing, for this and all the great things you let me know about you :)

Wow, such beautiful stamps *----*

I also received a pretty letter from the sweet Kayla. I mean, just this wax seal made it all so beautiful right?

I loved to hear from you Kyla, in this cute pretty paper ^_^

I loved to read everything you girls had to tell me, and appreciated the little things you girls sent me. Thank you, cant wait to write you back ;)

And now, for the Postcards I received : One from Slovenia , a postcrossing official with this cutie cute kitty *----* and the other, a beautiful waterfall from my swap pal Bruno. Thanks :)

Much Love

Vi  S2     

Incoming from the USA

Thunder Clatter by Wild Cub 

Hello my friends

Today, I was a little bit stressed before leave for the post office ,but my grumpy face soon got a large smile after seeing everything I received :)

Priscilla sent me a really cute letter. I loved  read a little more about her, and can't wait to read even more things about Califórnia

                         

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Thank you so much Pri for those cute stickers and postcard ^-^

I also received a sweet sweet letter from Becca. I loved how she created a beautiful collage right at the envelope.

Isn't this balloon stamp so cute *-*

Thank you very much Becca, from all the words you sent me and the cute little gifts as well S2.

And, to make me extra happy, I also received some postcrossing officials :

I can't stop looking at this ballerina!

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      Vi S2