Hi there! My name is Nitisha, and I live in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. The city I live in is Prince George, BC. I moved here in 2001, and I really do love it. I have enjoyed collecting stamps and coins since a young age, and the novelty never wore off!!

Skip to the ….Things I Like….section for quicker swapping info, as the below stuff is just life updates that some people seem to enjoy, while others do not….you can choose which one you are. 👍🏻

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January 7th 2022: Just a heads up, what felt like forever of not receiving a lot of mail (got some from the east coast of Canada and a few from eastern states, but no rhyme or reason) (I’ve just received multiple postcards my mom had sent from her vacation at the end of October early November?!) things are starting to arrive (happy to also know that I wasn’t flaked on by so many amazing swappers - I honestly didn’t think I was flaked on though, mail had already been ridiculously slow (covid?) and Christmas mail always slows things down even further but our weather added some extra challenges) My provinces weather over the past 2-3 months (well, honestly all of 2021) has been wreaking havoc on infrastructure (flooding has destroyed major arterial bridges and major highways connecting the north to the south, entire towns were underwater in November) Vancouver even had a tornado in November?? A tornado on the west coast??? Where I live got to be the 8th coldest place on the planet for Christmas (ummm, hooray for not being number 1?!) We’ve been getting record snow falls (who ever heard of it snowing at -40°C?!?!? Just 6 months ago we were hitting record temperatures of +45°C…) It has been a wild ride…
Anyways, to the point: I have received multiple envelopes this past week and I am hoping to get to open and rate them ASAP (I work for the city moving snow, so I’ve now been extra busy since Christmas, thankfully, I think snow is magical and beautiful (even though it’s also dangerous) so, I’m mostly having a good time not getting any days off 🥴) I promise, as soon as I can have a chance to finally open some happy mail, I will be rating. These +70/80 hour work weeks without days off have left little time to do more than shovel the driveway, eat, sleep, shower, work and repeat. Thankfully I had stopped signing up for swaps (I actually gave up on my mail system 😬) before life got so busy. So everything I was signed up for was taken care of ☺️ (That being said, if you haven’t received something from me, please message me to let me know!) With all of this crazy weather and every thing else that’s been happening, I’ve been just as concerned about my outgoing mail making its journey safely, as much as my incoming mail.
Sorry for the long babble! I must go get some sleep now, just wanted to update anyone, in-case they were worried something they sent, hadn’t made it. I hope I can let you know soon!
Take care everyone 💕 I hope your 2022 is off to a good start 🤞🏼🤞🏼

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December 2019 My life is currently undergoing massive changes. I've needed to adjust the time spent on swapping to focus on the challenges. (I'll be very limited on the swaps I join for a bit)

These past years (2015-2020) have been full of changes, challenges and loss, so some days are less positive than others. Thankfully, I am generally an overly positive person, I'm always continually looking to see positives. Feel free to send your favourite inspirational or positive quote(s) if you're my partner for a postcard swap...or any swap really. They seem to show up when I need them most.

I had a beautiful sweet short haired, orange and white 18 year old cat named Baylea. Autocorrect would often correct her name to "Battles" so she was dubbed my battle cat. She went to the rainbow bridge on March 10th 2017. You never really notice all of the idiosyncratic habits that you have with your pets, until you don't have them around anymore, each one is a reminder of how much she was loved and will be missed.
Update/June 2021 My heart is finally getting to feel the love of a cat again. In December of 2020, I got two kittens. Ember and Ash, sisters, from a litter of 8! They have been the best therapy for me, in the few months I’ve had them, they have helped heal me so much more than I was able to do on my own or with counselling. I honestly, should not have gone so long, without a cat.

June 2021, I feel like my life might be settled down enough to join swaps again. I have been missing the coin and stamp swaps! If you would like to do a private swap for coins or stamps, please let me know.

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Coins
Foreign currency
Postage Stamps (new and used/canceled)
Soveiner Sheets (new and used/canceled)
First Day Covers
Postcards
Orange
Pink
Purple
Blue
Gray
Rainbow
Glow in the dark
Snowflakes
Crochetted snowflakes
Beaded snowflakes
Snowflakes of any kind
Mail themed items
Compass
Butterflies
Bees
Dragonflies
Cats
Crabs
Stingrays
Narwhals
Piggies
Leopards
Tigers
Unicorns
Dragons
Fireworks
Stars, Moon, Galaxy, Earth, Planets, Space themes,
Milky Way, Constellations
Northern lights (aurora borealis)
Lightning
Rainbows
Waterfalls
Landscapes with leaves in fall colours
Origami art / drawings of origami
My Zodiac: Cancer/Crab
My Lunar: Boar/Pig
Tea (I'm open to trying anything)
Coffee

• Postage Stamps: new and used/canceled, on or off paper (see list below for postage stamp swaps)
• Souvenir sheets (new and used/canceled)
• First Day Covers
• Coins (list below)
• Foreign currency (coins and paper)
• Pressed Pennies
• Canadian Commemorative Quarters (list below)
• USA Quarters (see below for list of missing ones)
• Lapel pins (of things from my list of likes)
• Postcards: my preference is naked, written on, canceled stamped, postcards but I don’t mind blank PC's, especially if it’s of something off of my list of likes. I also love creative postcards made by you 😊 Beautiful ad cards have found their way into my collection too. If you think you’re sending me an ugly postcard, put some fancy stamps on it (not the regular most common stamps) and send that ugly postcard my way….I’ll be super excited about it 😸 feel free to write on it that you think it’s an ugly postcard, but the stamps balance it out, I’ll chuckle 🤭 This makes me want to start a collection of peoples choice for ugly postcards with beautiful stamps 😅😅😅
• Snowflake ornaments, crochet snowflakes, beaded snowflakes, fimo snowflakes, glass snowflakes, all the snowflakes, snowflakes will find a special place on my snowflake themed tree, and there are typically a few snowflakes decorating my house year round. I love snowflakes 💕
• Pocket Letters
• ATCs (as of April 11, I've received my very first ATC 😊 and have created and sent out my first two!!) 😊
• Copic Sketch Markers. (This list is more so for myself, super handy having this list handy when I want to add a new pen) Copics I have: B06, B29, B41, B45, BG18, BV08, RV11, RV04, YR07, Y13, YG13, YG63, YG17, G07, RV19, R27, R37, E34, E39, E59, 100, 110, 000 Blender.

Here is a list of coins that are found in circulation that I'm missing.

Canadian Commemorative

•2013 War of 1812, Laura Secord, coloured

Canadian 25¢ - year:

1960,**
1961,*
1963,**
1964,**
1965,**
1966,*
1970,*
1983,**
1991** (caribou)
1992** (caribou)
1996** (caribou)
1997 no mintage, (caribou)
1998 no mintage, (caribou)
1999** (caribou)
2000 (caribou)
2001 without P
2003 P Crowned (have one grimy)

Canadian $1 - Loonie -

1992 double date (1867-1992) Regular Loon
1997-2001 2002 Golden Jubilee (1952-2002)*
2003 with crown (need two)**
2010 Regular Loon with Rcm mark back**
2012 Regular Loon with Rcm mark below queen no security features (need two)**
2016 Women's Right to Vote* (Have 1 dirty)

Canadian $2 (Toonie)

1998*
1999**
2003 with crown* (have one scratched)
2003 without crown* (do have one dirty)
2006 10th anniversary (1996-2006 below queen, maple leaf above queen)**
2008 Quebec*
2010**
2012 old style w/o security features**
2017 Canada 150 -Our Wonders- coloured***
2018 Armistice not coloured*
2020 Bill Reid not coloured*

Canadian 10¢ - year:

1941,
1942,
1944,
1945,
1946,
1947,
1948,
1949,
1950,
1951,
1952,
1954,
1955,
1956,
1957,

Canadian 5¢ - year:

1942,
1944,
1946,
1947,
1948,
1951 nickel refinery,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,
1956,
1957,
1999 w/ P,
2000 w/ P,

Canadian 1¢ - year:

1920-1933
1935
1936
1937
1939
1941,
1948,

US State Quarters

(D=Denver mint / P=Philadelphia Mint)

State Quarters Needed

2000
* Maryland D*
2003
* Illinois D*
2004
* Michigan P*
* Florida D*
2008
* Oklahoma D*
* New Mexico P*
* Alaska D*
2009
* Guam P*
* America Samoa P
* US Virgin Island P

US National Parks & Sites Quarters Needed

(D = Denver Mint / P = Philadelphia Mint / W = West Point Mint)

2010
* Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas (2010) (P)
* Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon (2010) (P)
* Yosemite National Park, California (2010) (P & D)
* Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (2010) (D)

2011
* Olympic National Park, Washington (2011) (P)
* Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi (2011) (D)

2012
* Acadia National Park, Maine (2012) (P)
* Denali National Park , Alaska (2012) (P)
* El Yunque National Forest Site, Puerto Rico (2012) (P* & D)

2019
* American Memorial Park, Northern Mariana Islands (2019) (W)
* Lowell National Historical Park, Massachusetts (2019) (W)
* San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas (2019) (W)
* Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho (2019) (W)

2020
* Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Site, Kansas (2020) (P & W)
* Weir Farm National Historic Site, Connecticut (2020) (W)
* Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, U.S. Virgin Islands (2020) (W)
* Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Vermont (2020) (W)

American Women Quarters Needed

(D = Denver Mint / P = Philadelphia Mint)

2023

• Eleanor Roosevelt – leader, reformer, first lady, and author (D)
• Jovita Idar – Mexican-American journalist, activist, teacher, and suffragist (P)
• Maria Tallchief – America’s first prima ballerina (D)

2024
* Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray – poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest (D)
* Patsy Takemoto Mink – first woman of color to serve in Congress (D)
* Dr. Mary Edwards Walker – Civil War era surgeon, women’s rights and dress reform advocate (P & D)
* Celia Cruz – Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century (P & D)
* Zitkala-Ša – writer, composer, educator, and political activist (P & D)

2025
* Ida B. Wells – investigative journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist (P & D)
* Juliette Gordon Low – founder of Girl Scouts of the United States of America (P & D)
* Dr. Vera Rubin – astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation (P & D)
* Stacey Park Milbern – activist for people with disabilities (P & D)
* Althea Gibson – multi-sport athlete and first Black athlete to break the color barrier at the highest level in tennis (P & D)

BIG REQUEST I collect stamps, I suppose I could be consider slightly obsessed with collecting them. It breaks my heart a little bit each time I see sticker stamps mailed out overlapping each other in any amount or stuck so close together, that I cannot possibly cut around them to make them an individual stamp to add into my stamp books, or even worse, with tape on-top of them. If the stamps were all still licky stamps instead of sticky stamps, it wouldn’t be an issue, however the sticker stamps have absolutely changed this for the worse. Specifically, the USA stamps, use an awful super glue on them so, soaking them off of an envelope has now become destructive, which leaves me to preferring to cut around the stamp and leave the paper on to be able to add to my stamp books. It is GREATLY appreciated, if you can be cognizant about stamp placement on envelopes ❤️
I collect stamps on and off paper. If you’re cutting stamps out of envelopes, try not to cut close to the stamp. For USA stamps, I will just keep the sticker stamps with the paper on, (unless you have a magic trick that gets them off paper without being tacky/sticky on the back, or roughed up, wrinkled/worn from over soaking??? I’d be interested to hear/learn how)

It is not essential to go by this list, I've enjoyed hunting through my stamps for other swaps, based on their stamp profile list requests, so I figured I'd add a list too; in-case anyone else enjoyed going on a mission. If you cannot or do not want to add a personal touch, I just love stamps in general and will be super happy to receive any stamps you choose to share with me 💕

NOTE:

I will take stamps ON paper, even if the swap specifically says to send stamps only off paper….I will not rate down for this, as I would absolutely prefer to be able to have some newer stamps with the sticker backs that haven’t been damaged or sent with a tacky back sticking to other stamps, in the attempt to peal off the paper or the process of soaking off of paper…don’t hesitate to send them on the paper to me please.

Canadian Stamps:

•Any and all Canadian stamps. My main collection is Canadian postage. On paper and off paper.
•I've got some big gaps from year 2000 to current.
•I also collect unique stamp cancels on stamps and on paper around the stamps (stamp included on the paper).

Non Canadian stamps:

•Unique stamp cancels on paper with the stamps.
•Zodiac and lunar stamps
•Stamps with constellations
•Stamps with space theme
•Stamps with maps on them
•Stamps with flags
•Stamps with weather themes
•Stamps with cats (big and small cats)
•Stamps with animals
•Stamps with flowers
•Stamps with dinosaurs
•Stamps with rocks, gems, minerals or fossils
•Stamps with heavy equipment
•Stamps with modes of transportation (ie: planes, trains, automobiles, boats, ships, hot air balloons, etc…)
•Stamps with windmills
•Stamps with bridges
•Stamps that do neat stuff (ex: heat sensitive, 3D images, moving images, holographic, odd shapes, scratch n sniff, fun hidden UV light sensitive markings, super shiney, glow, glitter, foil, etc.)
•Differently shaped stamps
•Any of the below mentioned "Things I Like"
Glow in the dark
Snowflakes
Mail themed
Compass, Anchors
Lighthouses
Butterflies
Bees
Dragonflies
Cats
Crabs
Donkeys
Stingrays
Narwhals
Piggies
Leopards
Tigers
Unicorns
Dragons
Fireworks
Tea \ Coffee
Stars, Moon, Galaxy, Earth, Planets, Space themes,
Milky Way, Constellations
Northern lights (aurora borealis)
Lightning
Rainbows
Waterfalls
Landscapes with leaves in fall colours
Origami art / drawings of origami

USA Forever:
Would really love to have any individual (or all) of this series: 2016 47c National Parks, Souvenir Sheet of 16 Scott 5080

• Photoshop design
• Photography
• Creating magnets
• Wax seal magnets/stickers
• Melty beads
• ATCs
• Pocket letters (when I have time!!)
• Paper crafting
• Mixed media
• Vinyl creations in all sorts of creative ways
• Colouring, albeit, I'm not great at it...I do enjoy it and am trying to improve...I've got a small selection of Copic markers and I am enjoying playing with them...it amazes me what so many people are able to create with them.

• Traveling
• Postage stamp collecting
• Coin collecting
• Crafting
• Munzee
• Geocaching
• Happy/fun Mail
• Camping
• Reading
• Kayaking
• Hiking
• Hunting for waterfalls
• Photography and creative digital editing
• Photo-restoration
• Digital design

If, for some reason there is postage due; please Please PLEASE let me know, and we can figure something out that works for you to be reimbursed. I would really like to know if it does happen though in-case it becomes an issue.

Often, I make my own envelopes, using double sided tape, and adhere items, for cover my envelope or handmade postcards, with another adhesive. I’m curious to know, if these handmade items hold up in the mail as well as I hope/think. If you receive something from me that looks like the adhesive isn’t doing what it should, please let me know, so I can adjust my glue products accordingly.

I have NO intentions of flaking. If you don't receive something from me PLEASE let me know before giving me a bad rating so I can resend. Thanks :) Sometimes I take stuff to the post office (especially if I am concerned it may not fit through their lil slot checker) but I do also use the red mail boxes when I believe weight and size shouldn't be a concern...I have no idea how often they get picked up from those things, but I mark as sent after I drop off, be it the post office or a post box.

I want mail swapping to be enjoyable and I hope that my swap partners feel the same way.

Just a list of forum tags I play, to easily keep track of for myself.

Pick 2 tag ...Canada only

Get Something, Give Something Tag (US and Canada only)

I've Got What You Want - Tag

I collect...send to the person above you
Tagged May 17, 2024: @kiddomerriweather Sent: yes
Received June 8, 2024
Tagged by: user6937
Received: yes 👍🏻

postcards not store bought forum tag

Who Likes….tag
Tagged June 8, 2024: @LauraM540
Received:
Tagged by: @user6937 June 17 - profile surprise
Sent: June 27, 2024
Received: Yes 👍🏻

This or That tag Tagged June 9, 2024: @Boomerang
Received: July 2, 2024
Tagged by: @user6937 June 17 - coins
Sent: June 27, 2024
Received: yes 👍🏻

Pick Two!
Tagged June 9, 2024: @anicka22 Received 06/21 Tagged by @simcoe54
Sent: June 11, 2024
Received: Yes 👍🏻

Swap Tag!
Tagged June 13, 2024: @pianoheart
Received:
Tagged by: @kitsune - 40 used stamps - June 17
Sent: June 27, 2024
Received: Yes 👍🏻

Tagged June 21, 2024 @anicka22 -40 used stamps
Received: Yes 👍🏻 Tagged: @lilmissthrifty
Sent:

cheap postage - pay it back
Tagged: @nathalieswap - July 13, 3024 Sent: September 18th Tagged by: @ Received: