Can't believe it's been 2 years already. It seems like just yesterday when I was traveling around London with that red double decker. WooHoo..
Anyway, yes, I was in London in May of 2010 for the international stamp show and it was my first time stepping in Brits soil. Yea yea, I know this post is really late :( But Eric from France has covered the show brilliantly and extensively so I thought I was not going to waste your time. Please see his article here.
I had fun shopping around and one thing that really caught me off-guard was that a lady from the Australian postal service recognized me from attending Washington 2006 4 years ago. That was really shocking, what is the odds of that happening? Someone reconizing you from 4 years ago and had met you only 1 time? Do I have a special face? LOL .. hope not. But it was really sweet that she remembered me. On the other hand, I am really bad with names or faces.
I had a lot of fun obtaining commemorative postmarks from various postal services. When I was in Washington DC for the 06 show, I bought a philatelic passport and was really busy stamping them. However, it was just not the same as stamping on a real COVER!
Here is a cover I made and mailed to myself. I sort of bumped into the Royal mail postal service by accident. It was not located in the main hall where Royal mail sold their products but it's in a different room on the right hand side of the main entrance to the show.
As you can see, I've sort of trying to confuse the postman by having all these stamps from different postal administrations. Haha..
But I guess it's really hard to miss that big golden bust of the queen on this one!
As you can see, I've sort of trying to confuse the postman by having all these stamps from different postal administrations. Haha..
But I guess it's really hard to miss that big golden bust of the queen on this one!
