A surprise piece of Happy Mail from Finnbadger. Ink in a starry night teacup with a solar eclipse stamp. Isn't it purrfect?
Loos like going through the cancellator or the sorting machines a couple of spots tore on the envelope or as I thought of them cat scratches.
Finn reminded me to warm the stamp over a lightbulb to see it change. All the lightbulbs in the house have been changed to LED bulbs which do not give off heat so I had to use the heat from my hand. Behind the umbra appears the moon and the corona of the eclipse. So cool! Even the cancellation mark is perfect like waves of solar radiation, and handled with care by post office personnel as there are no magic marker marks to mar the stamp.
Finn likes to make his own envelopes. In his note, he said he knew I was eyeing the cat literature envelopes. He was so right. 😺
Inside, he included a collage, a silver moon (the scanner wasn't happy with the shiny, silver paper) rising above or sinking below ocean waves. Or mountains.
Thank you so much, Finn, the envelope was a delightful surprise and as you said in your note, "perfect for you and the spirit of Ink."
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