At first sight FinnBadger startled me by sending this 'envelope'. Well, first I didn't know who the sender was, which is not that frightening, but the thing that scared me was the idea that a bad odour of rotten Scandinavian fish would come out, into my nose, as soon as I would open this plastic bag envelope. So after hesitating for some time I had a try. Fortunately my worries had been in vain. A sweet smell proofed that these Scandinavian swimmers must have been born in a candy factory instead of a Swedish lake or Norwegian river.
Luckily for me there were no candies inside (I am not that fond of candies) but something far more beautiful: a nice letter and a great two-sided piece of colour test print (aka color bar) art.
The green side shows (sweet smelling) underwater life: a Jellyfish, Mermaids, Sea Horses, Molluscs (among them a Sea Snail) and various sea weeds. A clever piece of recycling art, and FinnBadger even recycled received stickers.
The back side (also sweet smelling) shows this intriguing colour test print (or: color bar) flower:
Thank you very much, FinnBadger (and indirectly Eva for the Mermaids and Molluscs :-) )!
I was worried how well it would travel, and doesn't even look like it got a postmark - amazing! And yes, thanks to Eva for her unwitting collaboration.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI noticed the lack of postmarks so I thought it a good idea to return the envelope to you so you can re-use it again :-)
Verwijderen(Please have a little patience, as I am behind with my mail it can take some days to weeks before the 'envelope' will be outgoing again..)
Thanks for the offer, but you don't need to send it back - it is a crime to reuse them,plus it will cost you more in postage. Unless of course you are turning it into recycled mail at from you :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenOr maybe your idea to send it back is the hope that I can fill it with another ocean scene?
VerwijderenHaha, no not necessarily re-use it to send to me.
VerwijderenJust do what you prefer. Well, first see if the bag reaches your home, I didn't send it yet.. :-)
By the way, concerning naming reusing unmarked stamps a crime or not has been discussed before at the IUOMA site (as you know). To my opinion mail loving people, like you and me, who use too much postage at a regular base (to get variety in stamps for the receivers), I don't think criminal when they use an unmarked stamp again. Speaking for myself, more than once I am sticking two national stamps to my mail, to please the receiver (and Dutch PostNL by buying more than enough stamps). This costs me (in 2016) € 0.73 each, soin total € 1.46, while for international post € 1.25 is sufficient.
Happy to have collaborated! :D
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