Flea Market Love Letters

Last year the lovely Kareena posted me a surprise -- these vintage Postcards fell in the letter box and my jaw dropped to the floor....

February is all about the love letters! In this month's installment of the Books About Letter series we turn to the Iona Grey bestseller...

Happy Valentine's Day from Flea Market Love Letters H.Q. ! Readers of the archive will know that the "Love" in our title refers to all...

Kicking off our 2022 "Books About Letters" series we have the World War II historical fiction new release "The London House" by Katherine...

Just before the end of the 2021, I was hunting in an antiques mall in Annapolis, Maryland when I came across three displayed New Years...

Readers of the monthly Flea Market Newsletter will be familiar with "Collector Corner" where I share found letter stories that hit my...

In the 1950s Alaska became the 49th state, Disneyland opened, and 4.3 million babies were born (the "Baby Boom" peaked in 1953). And...

In the 1940s the Bikini debuted, George Orwell's "1984" was published, and World War Two raged across Europe. This is perhaps THE time...

In the 1930s olympian Jesse Owens won 4 Gold Medals, the Hindenberg exploded, the comic book hero "Superman" debuted. There were also,...

In the 1920s women gained the vote, Kool-Aid & Reeces were invented, and a Missouri baker invented "sliced" bread! Thankfully there were...

In the 1910s there was Prohibition, a World War, the Titanic sank, and the Oreo cookie was invented. There were also letters -- like the...

This time of year is the Olympics for Letter Lovers: Christmas Card Season! We prepare all year for this season. There are special...

This month's "Book About Letters" came to Flea Market H.Q. during the Summer from my Future Mother-in-Law -- thanks Ellen! For December...

December! The final installment of the Letter Writing Through the Decades series is well and indeed here. The idea for this series...

Some girls go to Paris for the Eiffel Tower. Me? I went for the Musee de La Poste, or French Postal Museum. When I tell you this three...

Recently Flea Market Love Letters went on the road for the first time since 2020! You may recall our visit to Switzerland in February...

I could not be more excited to be talking about Jillian Cantor's "The Lost Letter" (2017, Riverhead Books) for the November edition of...

You wonderful letter legends raised over ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY euro for the charity From Me To You (FMTY). I am in shock and several...

Today we're looking at the "Complete Letter Writer For Ladies and Gentlemen". In this blog we'll look at this mid-century letter writing...

If I've said it once I've said it before that oftentimes the envelopes can tell us almost as much as the contents inside them. That...