VQR Postal Project: John

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Highland Cow

Highland Cow. Picture: Colin Baxter
Sent by John (UK)

In Glanstonsbury

Sent by John (the UK)

As early morning mist rises above Glastonbury Tor cattle stand and stare, says the back of the postcard. I would write they are thinking.

Metal Cow

Big metallic cow sent by John (the UK).

A real surprise, and also with a lot of cowstamps on the back (with perfect cancellations, in my opinion).

Extra Light

Sent by John (the UK)

I am glad to add another variety to my collection. I have never seen this before. It seems that the number of calories is decreasing and decreasing...

What an envelope!

How many cows can you count on this non-birthday packet sent by John (the UK)? I wonder how it arrived with all the stickers in their place.

Oh, and wait: you have not seen the back yet!

I enjoyed some details:

Where do you park your cow?

Friesian cow tethered to a parking meter,
1964-1974, John Gay.

Postcard sent by John (the UK). We both wonder if the dairy man put money in the meter. John wrote that the cow would have got a good laugh if the owner got a ticket for illegal parking...

Cowpostcard (I mean, bullpostcard) sent by John. It shows the Hereford Bull and reproduces a stamp designed by Barry Driscoll ARCA, and issued by the Post Office in March 1984. The stamp, along with others from the same series, is stuck on the back.

I can't help to show it, because is very artistic and cowfriendly:

You Make Me Smile!

Sent by John (the UK)

I like the sticker. I guess Pony Brown has just bought some boxes of cheese...

Stampfree VQR

Big envelope sent by John (the UK)

It seems that the sender put the stamps and they were postmarked... and then lost in way (?). The back:

Just pretend

Wot? No cows?

Well, when I started this project I couldn't imagine that one day I would be publishing no-VQR mail (I have another blog for that). John (the UK) send me this cowless letter with a suggestion:

Just pretend they're cows!

Ok, but look at the left stamp... Riding cows?!?

VQR bike

Sent by John (the UK)

Can you imagine a cover with more VQR? It seems that John has caught something like the Mad Cow Disease (or the Laughing Cow Disease, to be exact). Now he can't send a single envelope without cows...

Oh, wait: there is one more cow in the back!

VQR truck & old VQR

Sent by John (the UK)

Collage made by John. He added in the back the picture of the old boxes. The cow was slightly different, the portions were just 6 in each box (so bigger!) and what I love is specially the slogan: Bel et Bon (='Beautiful and good', but Bel is also the name of the brand).