Address Your Mail

Love this vintage British poster from 1957, demonstrating how to address your mail correctly. Designed by Leonard Beaumont.


(from the british postal museum & archive on flickr, via els 50)

NPR Postal Service Series

Here's something that I thought you BPS members (as lovers of traditional mail) might find interesting. Via the NPR Facebook page: "NPR wants to see your most cherished mail: a postcard, a love letter, a care package. Upload images to Flickr.com, tag them NPRpostal, and tell us its story. If you're a new Flickr user, leave us your link in the comments. We'll feature some on NPR.org as part of an upcoming Postal Service series."


(photo by Max Attenborough for Selina Lake, via Gingerella)

The Strange Case of the Missing British Postcards

With a few months of the BPS now behind us, certain patterns are beginning to emerge regarding mail delivery — and the most striking has been the ongoing issues we're having with postcards going to (or out of) Britain. It's quite extraordinary — nowhere else (and we mail all over the world) has there been such a problem getting postcards to or from one particular destination. As there's nothing we can do about a postal service that appears to be so lackadaisical, the next best thing I can do is let everyone know the situation and be aware that if postcards don't show it's not the senders — it's the mail. Thanks for your understanding!


(photo of silent film actor William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes via Scott Monty)

Mailing Day!

It's mailing day today! Have fun sending off your postcard — and waiting in happy expectation of one in your own mailbox soon, too!


(pretty photograph by the ghost factory on flickr, via we heart it)