For the love of postcards

So I sent a few Postcrossing cards again

and these came in return

A nice view on Cobh, Ireland

A very pretty card called "Spring" from

the Netherlands

William II of the Netherlands

200 years of Waterloo

This beautiful card came from Poland,

from another Studio Ghibli fan

She also decorated the envelope and back of the card

with Ghibli themed washi tape

And look at all those stamps! 

Holiday card from Portugal,

Azores

50 Years Sanctuary of Christ the King

Christ the King Sanctuary (Santuário do Cristo Rei) was built in 1959

on the south bank of River Tagus, the 110 meter high statue of Christ offers

a magnificent panoramic view over Lisbon and River Tagus.

2009

Stamps, what else?

Yes! After a very long time, finally a stamp post again!

Slovenia

"Coats of arms of the nobility"

(2014, set of 5) 

Several noble families of the highest rank lived and worked in the lands that

 make up present-day Slovenia and played an important role not only locally 

but also at the imperial level. The coat of arms was one of the most important attributes 

of every noble family; it was the badge by which the family was identified. 

Coats of arms frequently reflected the name of the family and its history.

Germany

Top:

stamp commemorating German Unity Day

(2015)

Bottom right:

The Ishtar Gate was the Eighth Gate to the Inner City of Babylon

Bottom left:

Issued to commemorate the 100-year 

Anniversary of the discovery of the Nefertiti Bust

(both 2013)

Poland

Minisheet about Witkacy

(2015)

Horses

(1989, set of 6)

That was all for this one! What do you think? 

Happy mailbox, happy me

I did several swaps again and here are the results.

I got so many nice cards and stamps that I put the latter in 

a separate post. 

So lets get started!

The first two postcards you see here 

I received from Slovenia for the 

"your language" swap. 

This card came from Poland with a nice view on

Czartoryski Palace in Pulawy 

This card came from a German swapper but,

as you can see, this is a beautiful view on Hohensalzburg Castle

and Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg, Austria

And to end with, this card from Midland, Texas, U.S.A.

Not from a swap but from my kind pen-friend who lives there.

From the back:

In 1880, the Texas Pacific Railroad began to lay tracks 

westward from Fort Worth at about the same time that 

the Soutern Pacific began building east from El Paso.

The place where the tracks met bacame known as Midway. 

Later, the name was changed to Midland when it was discovered 

that there was another Texas town by the same name. 

The Parmian Basin, of which Midland is the geographic center, 

is said to contain 25% of the nation's reserves. 

Stamps, what else?

I promised to show you some of the stamps I received recently

but because I got so many, it took me a while to figure out which

I wanted to put online first. 

Now that I finally made a selection, here they are!

Italy

Montecatini Terme

The view on the stamp is the Terme Tettuccio

from a series about tourism 

(1975)

Poland 

Flowers on the meadow; protection of the environment

(1973)

Monaco

The stamp on the right shows Princess Grace, 

The series of four stamps was printed to celebrate the birth of 

Princess Caroline

(1957)

 The stamp on the left obviously shows a seahorse

engraved by Albert Decaris

(1960)

Postcards from Poland

Bytom

This postcard shows how this street still looks 

the same after 100 years

Zabrze

 St. Joseph's Church

Theatre

Swimming pool

Stamps, what else?

Poland

LOT Polish airlines 

Stamp on the left:

Pm 36 is the name for a Polish experimental fast steam locomotive used by PKP (Polish State Railways). designed in 1936.  One year later two of these locomotives were built, one of whom (Pm 36-2/ Beautiful Helena) survived the war and was operated until 1965.

Stamp on the right:

Passenger locomotive O149-7

Locomotive stamps 

(set of 4, 2002) 

Source mauritian philatelic blog

Swapping with Postal Society

Yesterday I received this great envelope from a swap

on Postal Society. 

Maraia also included these goodies

Looks a bit like a treasure no? 

Collecting Christmas stamps

Poland

First row: left 2007, right 2008

Second row: designed by Ewa Szydłowska

2009 set of 2

Third row: designed by Marek Kwiatkowski, feature a nativity scene and Mikolaj (Santa) on his sleigh

2011 set of 2

Letter from Poland

Only one letter today

but what a beauty!

Yes, that's a real flower

stamp with chicks: 2002 set of 2

European Capital Cities: this stamp, Brussels

2009 set of 5

Poland and colours

I've been quiet the last 14 days, but I am doing a full-time internship and I am simply exhausted when I come home after work. Luckily my mailbox saw some life!

I got these pretty postcards from a friend 

who went to Poland. Thank you Lio!

Nowy Targ

Great view on Zakopane

Colourful snailmail I received through 

the "SNAILMAIL NL" facebook group

Birthday mail!

I got lots of birthday mail! 

 Belgium

Japan

The Netherlands

(not just birthday mail but also a nice letter

thanks Tessa)

Non-birthday mail

from the Netherlands

thank you, Suzanne

and from Poland

thank you, Zuzanna

Some stamps

 Nice stamps I received in the mail from nice people

Poland 

  Gaski and Niechorze Lighthouses off the Polish Sea Coast 

2006 (set of 4)

Russia

On the left the Russian Europa stamp 

"Astronomy" from 2009 

On the right

Russian costume 

The costumes of Vologda Guberniya: a youth in the holiday costume, 

a girl in the costume worn after engagement.

2012

Two envelopes, good for TEN postcards: part 2

Today I received these postcards from a very kind fellow postcrosser

From Poland

Polish folklore 

View on the town hall of Český Těšín

View on Palace of Culture and Science

Reksio (on the right) is a Polish cartoon character from the TV animated series by the same title. Reksio was created by a Polish director Lechosław Marszałek. Its 65 episodes were made from 1967 to 1990 in a Cartoon Movies Studio (Studio Filmów Rysunkowych) in Bielsko-Biała. All episodes describe adventures of a friendly, piebald terrier dog named Reksio, with his animal friends - hens, cats, other dogs and their owners.