PRIOLO

I've been fulminating about new issues for a long time (ever so friendly and humbly though!) but I feel I must slightly readjust my opinions for I seem to keep on showing you new issues that I love! How's about this one then!:

Isn't it absolutely gorgeous? Those colours, the soft background! Deg allan o deg, as the Welsh would say (sorry, feel like showing off a little here).

Here's another stamp from the set. Look at those chicks! Reminds me of our barn swallow chicks which have just left the nest and are now (battered by rain and wind) on the phone line, huddled together, waiting for their mum or dad to bring them food!

It's of course a bullfinch, although I couldn't find this species in my European bird book, so it's probably an uncatalogued Azorean variety?

You know how we stamp collectors love those!

:-)

Adrian

DONKEY

You may remember that I have a soft spot for windmills on stamps. I think they're the most fascinating objects to put on stamps. So I was very happy with this miniature sheet which Paulo sent me the other day (thanks, mate!). It's part of a set of stamps and miniature sheet showing windmills in (on?) the Azores.

I'm not an expert at all on windmills so don't ask me for any technical details! It's nice, though, that the stamps include a schematic drawing of the mill depicted. Here's a closer look at the two stamps of the sheet.

From the Portuguese info on the stamps I gather that the top one is a static windmill and the bottom one a rotating mill.

And I must say I like the donkey as well!

:-)

Adrian