I see butterflies.

Haha I see bat man symbol

I sent this to someone else and she pointed out that the bat is rather well-endowed. Now I can't unsee it.

I see a branch of Ilex aquifolium with berries. When I take a sip, I see a bat, and after another sip, a butterfly. 😁

Oh a Rorschach Test in a stamp.

I see a web page with  symbols on it representing a stamp

Bomb-dropping bats .  

LSD blotter paper.  As if you don't already look funny when licking a stamp.

I see a $4.00 stamp! Didn't they use to be 40c?

Paul1977:

 

I see a $4.00 stamp! Didn't they use to be 40c?

 

Handsomedan:

 

Paul1977:

 

I see a $4.00 stamp! Didn't they use to be 40c?

 

It would get spat back out of the letterbox for 40c these days...then you'd get a bill! 😁

 

A bit of trivia for the youngsters: In the old days if the postage wasn't sufficient the letter wouldn't be returned to the sender. Instead a "Postage Due" stamp would be added to the envelope and the letter delivered. The recipient would then have to pay the amount due before they were allowed to receive the letter.

Some people purposely sent envelopes without stamps and used schemes to send pre-arranged messages to the recipient. For example they might underline the recipient's name to signal that everything was ok, or add a full stop at the end of the name to signal that something was wrong. Then the recipient would be shown the envelope by the postman, read the pre-arranged message, and refuse to accept the envelope.

MurrayM:

 

A bit of trivia for the youngsters: In the old days

 

Casting a wide net there. Postage due stamps in NZ were discontinued in 1951.

MurrayM:

 

Some people purposely sent envelopes without stamps and used schemes to send pre-arranged messages to the recipient. For example they might underline the recipient's name to signal that everything was ok, or add a full stop at the end of the name to signal that something was wrong. Then the recipient would be shown the envelope by the postman, read the pre-arranged message, and refuse to accept the envelope.

 

Sneaky! Reminds me of over-writing a message in a different colour ink to fit a second "page" into an aerogramme.

Postage stamps, how quaint. 

Bung:

 

MurrayM:

 

A bit of trivia for the youngsters: In the old days

 

 

Casting a wide net there. Postage due stamps in NZ were discontinued in 1951.

 

Well I did say "in the old days", but I guess that very much depends on your age. Many youngsters these days think that anything before the year 2000 is ancient!