Woman Writing a Letter
color woodcut, 1850 - 1851
by Japanese artist Tsunoda Kunisada
I am so desperately indignant with you for writing me that short apology for a note, and pretending to suppose that under any circumstances I could fail to read with interest anything you wrote to me, that I have more than half a mind to inflict a regular letter upon you. If I were not the gentlest of men I should do it!
— Charles Dickens
Getting it Right
- Wikipedia... looking for a name, a date, or an explanation? Wikipedia is free!
- Merriam-Webster Online... a dictionary and thesaurus for when you need just the right word.
- Letter Writing Guide... tips for writing letters, including "friendly letters" – that's us!
The Post Office
- Postage Rate Calculator... USPS domestic and international postage calculator.
- Zipcode Lookup... find a US ZIP code by entering an address.
- The Postal Store... buy stamps and stamp-inspired products from the USPS online.
- Canada Post... choose French or English.
- Australia Post... the Australian postal service.
- Royal Mail... the United Kingdom's postal service.
Pens
- Art Brown International Pen Shop... fine writing instruments from over 60 manufacturers.
- Independent Living Aids... pens, paper, writing guides, and other items for writers with visual or manual challenges.
Letters & Letter Writing
- Search Powell's Books for hundreds of collections of historical and famous letters, books about letter writing...
- Wendy's World... letters, letter-writing and other intimate discourse.
- A Passion for Letter Writing... Wendy's newest site, with lots of blog entries and much more about letters.
- Rivertrout... a library of letters.
Pen Pal Sites
- Heaven Bound Newsletter... free pen pal ads, puzzles, recipes and more.
- Handicapped Friends Pen Pal Club... for people with disabilities and their friends.
- Friendship-by-mail.com... the wonderful world of letter writers.
Collecting the Mail
- Rubber Stamps, Philately, & More... a wealth of information about philately, the collecting and studying of stamps.
- Post Mark Collectors Club... a gallery of over 3000 post office photos.
- American Philatelic Society... serving stamp collectors since 1886.
- UK Philately... stamp collecting plus much, much more.
- Australian Philatelic Society... the name says it.
- British North America Philatelic Society... The Society for Canadian Philately.
- The Royal Philatelic Society London... the oldest philatelic society in the world, founded in 1869.
More
- Xerography Debt... a review zine for zine readers by zine writers.