A few months ago, I discovered the blog "La Boite aux Lettres du Monde", which my high school and Duolingo French lessons enable me to translate as "Mailbox of the World". The blog author, Daniel, solicits postal mail with interesting stamps from all over the world, which he posts on his blog. In return, he promises to reply to senders with mail of his own. This is a man with whom I share a like mind, so I sent off my letter on about November 30th. Today, Daniel has posted my letter. For the international 1st class 1 ounce postage rate of $1.70, I used two first class forever stamps ($ 0.78 each) and a vintage 14 cent stamp. The paired forever stamps come from this year's issue of battlefield scenes of the American Revolutionary War, which was issued this past April. Some of that stamp issue are matched pairs, or two stamps that combine to make one scene; the ones I used were from the Battle of Lexington and Concord. I've had great enjoyment following this blog, and seeing all the beautiful stamps from around the world, and I look forward to receiving my reply from Daniel. Stay tuned.
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