Postcard Friendship Friday 128 - trees

Again it seems to have been a few weeks since I participated in Postcard Friendship Friday. To make amends I am going to share a few vintage postcards, all in the same set, that I picked up a few weeks ago. Following on from the thoughts of entering June, these vintage postcards show trees in their late spring/early summer glory. They are all published by Ruskin, who is a publisher I have not come across before. They are all postally unused so I'm not sure of the age of the cards but would guess 1960's.

Beech tree

Hornbeam

Horse Chestnut

Oak tree

Scots Pine

Sweet Chestnut

Yew tree

More vintage postcards can be found on my web site

     

Sunday Stamps 25: Summer (butterflies)

When the theme for this week's Sunday Stamps theme was announced as 'summer', and in particular butterflies, I knew I had just the stamps to share. This is a First Day Cover from 13th May 1981, and features the Small Tortoiseshell, the Large Blue, the Peacock, and the Chequered Skipper. We get a few butterflies in our garden, but not that many ... which is just as well as the cats seem to like chasing them

First Day Cover, Butterflies, 13th May 1981

I must admit however, that the background colours on the butterfly stamps made them look a little drab. In terms of summer stamps I prefer this second First Day Cover, from 16th January 1980, showing British Birds ... Kingfisher, Dipper, Moorhen, and Yellow Wagtail.