Post by Mia on Feb 1, 2018 19:44:30 GMT
Happy February and Happy InCoWriMo-2018 / a handwritten letter every day.
A big welcome to all the new members. Please make yourself at home, have a read of some of the discussion threads. Feel free to introduce yourself and ask questions (we don't bite). If you have joined because you are taking part in the February letter writing projects, I can definitely say that I have enjoyed these projects in previous years and I intend to enjoy again this year. A reminder: not everyone writes the date in numbers the same way (I use day first then month), so please write the month out in full: if the correspondence continues throughout the rest of the year, there'll be less confusion as to when the letters were written.
I am sorry I haven't been able to do much in advance of the February letter writing projects, due to unforeseen family circumstances. I had hoped to do more videos on snail mail, but for the moment, these have been put on hold.
Ongoing - I am still, still looking for the bigger charities around the world accepting stamps as donations (and then they can sell on to dealers and the philatelic world). The UK has many charities doing this - they may research into cancer or other illnesses, provide nurses, hospices, fund equipment at hospitals, support services, humanitarian causes..... but I would like to find equivalents around the world. When I was a child in the UK, I remember watching Blue Peter. This television show for children would have fundraising campaigns, and one I remember is the saving of used stamps - these would be sent to the programme and the stamps sold by weight to dealers, with monies raised going to the charity chosen by the programme).
I am also keeping an eye out for new stamp issues, especially for the countries we have members in. The list I have is nowhere near complete.
A reminder - while it is nice to share pictures of incoming/outgoing mail (here, Instagram or elsewhere), please please obscure the other person's address - show your own address at your own risk, but please do not share that of others without their permission.
A big welcome to all the new members. Please make yourself at home, have a read of some of the discussion threads. Feel free to introduce yourself and ask questions (we don't bite). If you have joined because you are taking part in the February letter writing projects, I can definitely say that I have enjoyed these projects in previous years and I intend to enjoy again this year. A reminder: not everyone writes the date in numbers the same way (I use day first then month), so please write the month out in full: if the correspondence continues throughout the rest of the year, there'll be less confusion as to when the letters were written.
I am sorry I haven't been able to do much in advance of the February letter writing projects, due to unforeseen family circumstances. I had hoped to do more videos on snail mail, but for the moment, these have been put on hold.
Ongoing - I am still, still looking for the bigger charities around the world accepting stamps as donations (and then they can sell on to dealers and the philatelic world). The UK has many charities doing this - they may research into cancer or other illnesses, provide nurses, hospices, fund equipment at hospitals, support services, humanitarian causes..... but I would like to find equivalents around the world. When I was a child in the UK, I remember watching Blue Peter. This television show for children would have fundraising campaigns, and one I remember is the saving of used stamps - these would be sent to the programme and the stamps sold by weight to dealers, with monies raised going to the charity chosen by the programme).
I am also keeping an eye out for new stamp issues, especially for the countries we have members in. The list I have is nowhere near complete.
A reminder - while it is nice to share pictures of incoming/outgoing mail (here, Instagram or elsewhere), please please obscure the other person's address - show your own address at your own risk, but please do not share that of others without their permission.