Anelmaiset

I received this lovely postcard from Finland!

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Thank you Sari for introducing me to these wonderful wool socks, the Anelmaiset:

If I had the patience to knit two whole socks, it would be this pattern :)

And a lovely stamp, to boot:

Burchell's Zebra

Munise sent me this card way back in 2015. I put it up on my wall, and completely forgot to register it on postcrossing. :(

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Merhaba! Hello!

And the stamp!

She wrote me the card while visiting South Africa!

Firinda Sutlac Recipe

My first postcard from Turkey!

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 no matter how i save it, it flips sideways when i upload it.

 

I have to try this

Stamp!

China Map

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Interesting-shaped postcard from Luris in China. I'm amazed it's in such good condition! Usually the post mangles these types of cards.

Stamps!

прывітанне з Беларусі

I love this postcard from Olga in Belarus. It's a USSR postcard from 1981 showing a traditional embroidery pattern.

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It is a very bright red in person. I really really want to make this!

She says: "прывітанне з Беларусі"
pronounced: "pryvitannie z Bielarusi"
translated: "Greetings from Belarus!"

Stamps!

Last concert: 30 Seconds to Mars (jealous!)

Book(s): Discworld series by Terry Prattchet - I know, I need to read these!

Thank you Olga!

Нам есть, что скрывать

I LOVE ad cards! Some people on Postcrossing are adament about not receiving ad cards, but I think they're fascinating.

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The phrase on the card:
translated: We have something to hide!
pronunciation: Nam yest', chto skryvat'

And check out these stamps!!

This is the best kind of postcard: unique, pretty stamps, another language, AND her favorite book? Hells yes. Thank you Kira!!!

PS. To Kill a Mockingbird is her favorite. This book has been on my to-read list for years.

Day 16

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From Jessica in China! Dated Feb 4th 2015

Books: currently reading Before I Fall, favorite book The House on Mango Street. Added to my tbr pile :)

Check out the stamps and stickers! I love embelishments:

PS. If anyone wants to translate the front of the card, I am curious what happened on "Day 16"

Niasvizh Palace

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The view of the Entrance Gate of the Niasvizh Palace. Painting by Irina Kotova

 

IRL:

 

 

Another post about a postcard of this palace

 

The stamp:

I love it when postcrossers give me their return address! Then I can tagback:

View of Denver. I bought this postcard at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science over 5 years ago

 

 

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A winter scene from Olga in Belarus:

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I just love the back:

Latvian Museum of Natural History

Postcrossing card received from Anda in Latvia. This was a perfect postcard! Black and white, viewcard (ish, it's an old photograph), beautiful stamps, and a translation.

Latvian Museum of Natural History

The Latvian Museum of National History is a national history museum in Riga, Latvia. It was founded in 1869 by the Riga Latvian Society. Since 1920 it has been located in Riga Castle and in 1924 it attained state museum status. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, research and popularise spiritual and material culture from Latvia and the world from ancient times until today, which has archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic, historical or artistic significance, in the interests of the Latvian nation and its people".

Stamps!

Adorable sticker with translation in Latvian.

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Prosper d'Epinay

I received a postcard from Mila in Belarus, via postcrossing:

stamp!

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Mila is a medical student. She was listening to "The Promise - Secret Garden" whilst writing this card. Mila loves October and Autumn (me too!), classical music and 30 Seconds to Mars.

Strusta Lake - according to the map, this is somewhere near Mila :)

Once Upon a Page

Can you find:

Captain Cook

Henry VII and his wives

Billy the Kid

Stamps!

As long as no one makes a wax version of me

I received this card from a sendsomething user almost exactly one year ago!

The Exciting WORLD OF THE OLD WEST

Royal London Wax Museum

Pheonix, Arizona

Look at those stamps! When were stamps only 15/18 cents?!

Las Vegas, Nevada
October 20, 2013

Thanks Miss Lowry!

All that we see or seem

As much as I love postcards, there is nothing quite like receiving a hand-written letter in the mail. All the more special when there are other surprises inside. Knowing someone took the time, thought and energy to send you something original is just wonderful.

Something Blue from sendsomething.net sent me this marvelous package. I mean, just look at the envelope!

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back

This is from quite the Poe fan, I don't know if you can tell? (look at that vintage stamp!) As part of the set, I received a few little extras...

Along with a very macabre printout of Poe in his coffin, with an anecdote about his death.
True, Something Blue, 'Tis the season, after all. ;)

There was a card with a lovely letter inside, in beautiful calligraphy. This was, in fact, a tagback letter from a Wizard of Oz postcard I had sent earlier this month. I'll have to think of something creative to send back :)

Happy Halloween,

Charlie

A Business Trip

I received a most interesting postcard: A woman from Moscow sent a Russian postcard with Deutschland stamps, postmarked at Briefzentrum 80 (Munich). Wow!

I would love to know where/what this place is!

Congrats on the engagement, Polina!

part of the postcard description I can't read: 

 

Stamps!

Postcrossing RU-3112453

La Fachada

Three postcards in my PO Box Today!

1- Erick sent me a postcard from Costa Rica. I sent him a Denver Postcard last month. Thanks for the tagback!

2- Another swap-bot postcard! This one is from Raven in Singapore! Her Top 10 TV Shows, some of them I've never even heard of.

3- A postcrossing user from Mexico! I think this is my first ever from Mexico. He even wrote to me in Spanish :)

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I love this old time photo postcard from Kaneste in Russia

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Back:

The stamps are awesome! I also think it's neat when people write little tidbits like she did on the bottom: She wrote it on 15.08.12 (August 15, 2012) at 21:29 (9:29 pm), and it was Gloomy that day (25 C = 77 F).

Also, this took a month to get here! I picked it up from my PO Box on the 16th of September.