Birds and Flowers -- First Day Issues [Part 11]

From our collection ... More birds and flowers ... First Day Issues ... Please be sure to see the introduction, information about artists, and stamps, in our March 1, 2015, post. As you have noticed, we are posting the 50 States in alphabetical order, so if you've missed a state you want to see, please check the earlier posts. (Click on images for larger views.)

New Mexico ... The Land of Enchantment ...

Roadrunner seems appropriate for Land of Enchantment

Read about Chuck Ripper in our post on March 1

Read about the stamp artists in our post on March 1

New York ...  The Empire State ...

Eastern Bluebird & Rose stamp is a beauty.

North Carolina ... First in Flight State ...

Another Cardinal for our Cardinal fans

Commonly known as a red bird.

Wings spread on stamp is a little bit unusual

This completes 33 of 50 U. S. States ... 3 more tomorrow, please stop by.

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Birds and Flowers -- First Day Issues [Part 10]

Thank you for all the encouraging comments on this series of posts! As of today's post, we've covered 30 of the 50 U. S. States. We are looking forward to asking you to pick an overall favorite when we are done. And we wonder how many of you will pick your own State. :-)

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From our collection ... More birds and flowers ... First Day Issues ... Please be sure to see the introduction, information about artists, and stamps, in our March 1, 2015, post. As you have noticed, we are posting the 50 States in alphabetical order, so if you've missed a state you want to see, please check the earlier posts.

Nevada ... the Silver State (currently used on license plates)

New Hampshire ... Live Free or Die (motto currently used on license plates)

New Jersey ... the Garden State (currently used on license plates)

Linking up today with Saturday's Critters  -- Thanks to Eileen for hosting!

Thanks to Wikipedia for State nicknames and/or motto.  Thank you for stopping by John's Island.

Birds and Flowers [Part 9] AND Around the Hood

From our collection ... More birds and flowers ... First Day Issues ... Please be sure to see the introduction, information about artists, and stamps, in our March 1, 2015, post. As you have noticed, we are posting the 50 States in alphabetical order, so if you've missed a state you want to see, please check the earlier posts.

Missouri ...

Montana ...

Nebraska ...

Have any favorites so far in the 50 States Birds and Flowers?

Around the Hood ...

Went for a walk in the new hood and snapped some spring-like delights ...

Tulip tree

Iris in the wild
(well, more or less wild)

Bloomin'

Are those little dots the seeds?

First Drone Sighting ...

At Kerry Park ... something buzzing in the sky

Is it taking my photo?

The pilot operating his brand new drone.

Have you seen a drone in action yet?

Linking up today with Skywatch Friday  Thanks to the Skywatch hosts!

Thank you for stopping by John's Island.

Birds and Flowers -- First Day Issues [Part 8]

From our collection ... More birds and flowers ... First Day Issues ... Please be sure to see the introduction, information about artists, and stamps, in our March 1, 2015, post. As you have noticed, we are posting the 50 States in alphabetical order, so if you've missed a state you want to see, please check the earlier posts.

Michigan, The Great Lakes State ...

Minnesota, The Land of 10,000 Lakes ...

Mississippi, The Bayou State ...

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Birds and Flowers -- First Day Issues [Part 7]

Your comments on this series have been so complimentary ... thank you! We trust you are not getting bored. With today's post we're getting close to the midway point ... 21 of 50 States. We are enjoying looking at these images again ourselves ... they had been stored away in a box for years!

From our collection ... More birds and flowers ... First Day Issues ... Please be sure to see the introduction, information about artists, and stamps, in our March 1, 2015, post. As you have noticed, we are posting the 50 States in alphabetical order, so if you've missed a state you want to see, please check the earlier posts.

Maine ...

Maryland ...

Massachusetts ...

For you Cardinal fans, none today, but rest assured, more to come!

Thank you for stopping by John's Island.

Birds and Flowers -- First Day Issues [Part 6]

From our collection ... More birds and flowers ... First Day Issues ... Please be sure to see the introduction, information about artists, and stamps, in our March 1, 2015, post. As you have noticed, we are posting the 50 States in alphabetical order, so if you've missed a state you want to see, please check the earlier posts.

Kansas ...

Kansas -- Western Meadowlark and Sunflower

Such a different stamp ...

Kentucky ...

Kentucky -- Cardinal and Goldenrod

Louisiana ...

Louisiana -- Brown Pelican and Magnolia

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Greetings from Kansas City [1904]

From our collection of old postcards ....

Greetings from Kansas City ... postmarked 1904. Early on, for a relatively short period of time, post cards not produced by the U. S. Postal Service, were required to carry the statement "Private Mailing Card" ... this is an example. One side was ONLY for the address, the other side could be used for correspondence.

This card features The Southwest Limited ... a train that was operated between Chicago and Kansas City, by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.

We are often fascinated by the way people are dressed in photos from this time.

If you enjoy birds, flowers, postal memorabilia ... Please check back with us tomorrow when we will resume our posts of the Official Birds and Flowers of our Fifty States First Day Covers collection. We have posted the first 15 states (Alaska through Iowa) in earlier posts this month. (Please check the archive for Parts 1 - 5. Part 6 will feature Kansas, Kentucky, and Louisiana.)

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