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p green frog carved a bunch of HHs and they are still active in many places. She was from Urbana, IL and passed away several years ago. We all loved and adored her. I taught with her for many years as did Tyson's mom. We had a HH Hostel at Homer Lake Forest Preserve in Champaign County and I think her HH was there for awhile.

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Hope that helps!

If it is this one, foster it and remove the restrictions long enough to log it.

😉

And leaders.

Hope you had a great one, Dana!

And everyone else as well!

WOW, thats them. How in the world did you find it. I spent so much time looking for these.

Ill put a sticker on the baggy with the AQ number. Thank you so much.

I searched "winter" and filtered to just show HHs with a box count of at least 2 (which would indicate a series). Picking "winter" for the search term was just a lucky guess 😜. Then I just clicked through to see if "skis" were #3 for any of the series and cha-ching!

Nope. The paradox of tolerance. Disagreement is disagreement, transphobic hate speech is not an opinion, it is an act of violence and should be dealt with accordingly.

Silvio

It's one thing to express an opinion, it's totally different calling trans people crazy, delusional, needing mental help. I happen to take extreme offense at that.

I have to disagree. The minute anyone goes to name calling vs an opinion, then they just lost all creditability in my eyes.

Calling someone delusional and crazy isn't an opinion, its just name calling and mean.

i wanted to know what techniques are out there that you can get a carve way down to less than an ounce but have a smooth finish?
I use my straight edge knife but it still doesn't get smooth. What is out there that I haven't found out about? Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help.

Hi,
I would like to get this postal if it is still traveling.
Here is my address:
LetterboxHunter2018
Tina Lillard
423 Evans Ridge Ter. NE
Apt. C
Leesburg, Va. 20176

Thank you in advance! And if you know of anyone else who might have another one, please pass my info to them too! TY!

I use a box cutter razor or a scaplel. I just keep cutting until it is as thin as I can safely get it

I do I do, and I must say, some of the most amazing, talented, gorgeous people I know are Trans ♡
Pheonix Rizing, I love you already and no matter what anyone thinks or says, YOU ARE AMAZING!! XO

HECK YEAH!! CRAZY AWESOME! XO

Unfortunately, there aren't any book stores near me. I love to go to Auntie's bookstore in Spokane, WA. I could live there. Lol. There's a giant, 3 level, bookstore in Portland OR that I would give my left arm to spend a weekend at. Just drop me off and come back in 2-3 days, or longer :D ♡

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Hello,

I've received some stamps that came on envelopes in the mail, a lil extra something with a postal. When logging them I noticed they were listed as an LTC. I've made a few stamps now that will be exclusive to my postals envelopes or envelopes pertaining to Letterboxing only. What do I list these under? Wanna make sure I'm following rules.

Thanks.

Well, start with what they are not.

It is not a traditional as it isn't a stamp in a container with clues to locate it.
In fact, everything except LTC & Other are excluded because they all involve the rubber stamp and not the image.

If the stamp is on it's own paper, it is definitely an LTC. If it is directly on the envelope, it can be argued either way. But I personally consider it an oversized LTC - I also often cut them down to save and they then become an LTC on thin paper.

Thank you. I myself cut them out and looked at it like an LTC.

I list the ones I carve as LTCs and choose the undersized attribute. The ones I receive on envelopes I log as listed by their creator*. I cut them out and put in a "scrap book."

Back in the before times they were called "quisps" and used in Postal Letterboxing. AQ had a separate listing for quisps. LTCs got popular and a listing was created for them. Quisps were merged with LTCs. One morning I woke up and all my Quisps were in the LTC column (at that time I had never made an LTC).

*I am conflicted about what some list boxes because it matters to me. According to the AQ glossary
postals, hitchhikers, LTCs, and so forth. Strictly speaking . . . aren’t real letterboxes
So it doesn't really matter, they aren't real anyway.

The first time I found envelope art, it was listed as an undersized LTC. Fast forward…that’s how I’ve categorized all the stamps I’ve carved and use as envelope art.

It makes sense to me, even if they’re not a tradable card. Mainly because I clip out all the envelope art I find and paste them into my logbook.

For fans of The Talented Mr Ripley. I recently got a DVD of the French adaptation (called Putple Noon). And in the extras is an interview on French TV with Patricia Highsmith about her life and her writing ! Totally fascinating.

Amanda from Seattle

I just got the DVD of Purple Noon which is the French version of Talented Mr Ripley and in the extras is an interview from French TV with Patricia Highsmith about her life and writing. Very interesting!!

Amanda from Seattle

Perhaps ask this question on the Postal board.

I would love to see that, I really miss the DVD extras. One of my favorite things was to watch the director commentaries track. We still have a functioning DVD player, but I wouldn’t know where to get the discs. Every thing is streaming now.

On a Highsmith note, we re-watched the American version of TTMR the night before last. What a fantastic movie!

I was trying to find Purple Noon via streaming and could not find it which is why I ended up getting the DVD. (actually I did find Purple Noon, but it was only in French with no dubbing or subtitles and despite knowing the story --I had started watching it, but then realized I was missing stuff by not understanding the language--I decided I had to get the DVD)
And then I was delighted to see the extras
-Amanda from Seattle

I have an adorable snail mail stamp (obviously not carved by me) that I frequently include on envelopes and pacakages. I consider it an "other" (although I do not yet have it listed)

For me, an LTC comes on a card that can be traded and usually involves other art/embellishment

That is how I classify MY stamp image. Others may choose to do differently

It's time for Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo! Everyone's invited to join in! It's rumored to be the world's slowest bingo game, but it's a fun letterboxing activity for the cold winter months. You do NOT have to live in the Great Lakes region to play. If you'd like more information about how to play, email me at GreatLakesBingo@gmail.com. I've already sent an email to last year's players, so also email me if you didn't receive it.

Such slow time winter fun!