Stamps of the Week

I have some great new 'Stamps of the Week' for you this week. Over the last couple of weeks I've gotten a lot of new stamps. These first two pictures show the bulk of the stamp loot that I just received in the mail. This is about 2 lbs of stamps. I have not had a chance to sort these or to really look through them much. Sorting takes a veeeery long time so some stamps sit in my general collection like this for months and months until I need a particular color, theme, etc... and go hunting for it in my general collection. The rest of my collection is already sorted by color, theme, country, etc...

The first stamps I want to show today are some sheets from Oman. I think this is the first time I've gotten stamps from Oman. I'm not a dog person, but I do think these stamps are fascinating. I tend to like the ones that use few colors and have clean lines.

I have a separate collection of butterfly stamps, which is growing quite large, and plan to add these to it. I love that these show the caterpillars! It's brilliant.

I didn't pick the most colorful stamps for this week but I did pick some of my favorites from the top of the pile of new stamps. I really like the ones that just use one or two colors or otherwise have a very simple design.

I'm always fascinated by all things 'trees' so I particularly love the Nederland stamp with the tree in this next set. It has simple colors, a great design and one of my favorite themes. I've set this one aside for an as yet unidentified special project in which to include it.

Some of my all-time favorite stamps are from France. I have these sorted into a separate collection which is just waiting for this one to be added to it.

And last, but definitely not least, is this pretty little guy. I love birds almost as much as I love trees and I simply couldn't leave him out. (I'm assuming it's a male due to the oh-so-bright coloring). This is one of the best bird stamps I've seen to date. And I've now added Uganda to the list of countries that I still need to visit....