stamps

as in postage stamps.

in canada we have the "perpetual" or "permanent" stamps, where the denomination is indicated as "p". it means they can be used anytime regardless of the going rate for stamps. at present the regular price of a stamp is $1.00 but if you buy a pack of 10 stamps, the price is $0.85 a stamp.

and look! the queen is smiling and is wearing a yellow hat. how cool is that? the yellow is in support of marta's @whimsicalgrateful month of yellow project in support of Childhood Cancer Awareness month.

thank you for your kind visits and comments; know that they are extremely and gratefully appreciated.

[kali]

we have those too, i should stock up

[Sally Ings]

I cannot even remember when I last bought a stamp, let alone sent a letter! Our postal service is unreliable so we try not to use it.

[alia_801]

Lovely stamp set - those perpetual stamps sound like a great idea - over here they make you buy new ones when the put the price up.

[Chris Johnson]

Really like these fancy stamps!!

[Margaret Obey]

Lovely stamps. My first husband would have been hunting them down for his collection.

[Janiskay]

Ours are fallen Forever stamps. Good until the price of the forever stamp goes up and you need more stamps. Still cheaper then the regular stamps. If you can afford to buy tones of them you could in the long run make out better.

[summerfield]

@ceilidh - i can send him a few. the rabbit and girl skiing are no longer in circulation. i have i think some old american ones that belonged to my partner's mother. if your hubby's a collector, i'd rather he gets them because frankly i don't know what to do with them. although first i have to find them as i know it's somewhere in my book shelves. :-)

[KWind]

Nicely composed shot.

[Marta]

I didn't think you were still under the rule of the Queen in Canada... Are you?

[Leslie]

Great looking stamps. We have a forever stamp that you can use in the US on first class letters but ours is only 49 cents.

[Bill Fenske]

Did she steal your Carmine Miranda hat?

[Margaret Obey]

@summerfield Thanks for the offer Vicky, he would have so loved it. Unfortunately he's passed over. Although I've remarried every time I see my eldest grandson I see a young him looking at me.

[summerfield]

@ceilidh - oh, i'm sorry, margaret. for some reason my reading 'skipped' the word "first". sorry to hear he's no longer with us. thank you.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I wonder if the queen knew? We have perpetual stamps too (called "forever stamps" here). I have no idea what they cost! I just buy a book when I need them- which is a lot less thanks to Facebook and emails! Good one for month of yellow!