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.

 

Deutsche Post... the German postal service, which sponsors Letternet for penpals.

 

Royal Mail... the United Kingdom's postal service.

 

Sweden Post... includes Postmuseum, celebrating its centenary in 2006.

 

Stationery

Jenni Bick Bookbinding... click Stationery in the menu to see some great note card designs.

 

... specializing in anything cute, including stationery and note pads.

 

Dear Friend Paperie™... beautiful note cards and boxed sets.

 

... Edward Gorey's inimitable designs on note cards, postcards, rubber stamps and more.

 

Magick Moon features Wiccan/Pagan items including tree-free greeting cards.

 

ArtsEFest has hundreds of handmade note cards and journals, plus many other crafts.

 

Siamese Dream... clothing and gifts from around the world, including beautiful Asian and tree-free greeting cards.

 

... lokta paper note cards, elephant pooh paper, tree-free journals, paper-making kits.

 

Animail... tree-free greeting cards help support wildlife.

 

Paporganics... organic cotton and 100% recycled note cards.

 

... Egyptian items, including genuine papyrus.

 

Green Field Paper... tree-free stationery and handmade plantable seed paper, plus paper made from junk mail.

 

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.

 

Paper Arts

Wilde-Ideas has rubber stamps from more than two dozen companies, plus cards, fun pens, and more.

 

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.

 

Letters and Paper... dedicated to preserving the fine art of letter writing.

 

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

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 Links

The Classifieds Directory... ads to help get your mail box stuffed.

 

Xerography Debt... a review zine for zine readers by zine writers.