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Lettermo Day #5

It’s a handmade postcard! (Also, I mailed out a bill, but that probably doesn’t count.)

This is a postcard to California via swap-bot, particularly for this swap.  I took this picture back in…2006ish.  This is WB91 right before the SR271 interchange.  There was heavy traffic because Anaheim Hills was on fire again.  This was during the time when it was quite fashionable for Anaheim Hills to be on fire.  I remember there were quite a few number of years where Anaheim Hills would have wildfire issues every fire season.  It made commuting through the area pretty painful.  More painful than it is normally.

Why did I send a postcard of some place that’s on fire?  Well, I’ve actually always liked this photo.  I’m not really sure why.  I guess I like the contrast between the blue sky and all that orange smokiness right below it.  It’s not that I want Anaheim Hills to catch on fire again.  It really would be nicer if it didn’t.

Stamp watch!

Look!  Exact postage!  I found that I had several sheets of 0.01$ stamps so I was able to use exact postage this time.  It is now 0.32$ to send normal, first-class postcards through the mail.  It is 0.45$ if you’re sending oversize postcards.  Just fyi.

Lettermo Day #4

One last postcard to round out the first week of lettermo.  Next week will also contain postcards, but a few of those will be handmade for a swap.  Hopefully, there will be some actual letters written as well.

This is a postcard to Germany via postcrossing.  This one is out of my places I’ve visited collection.  I typically loathe sending these ones out because it’s a souvenir from when I visited said destination.  But the recipient said he really liked bridges and out of all the bridge postcards I have, this one was one of the nicest ones.  I have a bunch of postcards of the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City and some other random bridges.  Not entirely sure how I got those.  Probably in swaps.

Stamp watch!

Still pressed for time.  Still not willing to dig around all my stamps to find the exact postage.  Also, I decided to cover the denomination with caution tape this time.  Variety.