All kinds of mail

Got some nice mail to share. 

I am a big fan of Cardcaptor Sakura, 

and when I saw these cards from my favorite characters,

I had to have them. 

The sender put some extra decoration on the backs, I just love it. 

This beautiful mini sheet from China was on the envelope.

Any information about this mini sheet is welcome.

 I received this card from a friend who went on vacation to Japan.

I love that Japan issues a stamp for

the International Letter Writing Week 

every year. This one is from 2017.

 This postcard arrived via swap-bot. 

It was a mail art swap with a theme, 

can you guess which one? 

A while ago I read something about youvegotmail.club 

on another blog (I am sorry I don't remeber which one).

And I decided to take a look, as I am always curious

to try new snail mail related things. 

It is a bit like Postcrossing, but you send envelopes instead. 

I sent a "surprise" to Italy and got one from Sweden in return.

The photos don't do it justice, there was so much in the envelope!  

I guess this is fun to do once in a while. 

Let's visit some countries...

We will start in

Denmark, Copenhagen

Next stop, Hallstatt, Austria

We already have map for Milton Keynes, UK

München, Germany

This is the Palace of the Parliament, Romania

When possible, go to a Postcrossing meeting 

while travelling! Like this one in the Netherlands!

Or this one on the border of the Netherlands and Germany

We will end with a tour around the States

The bear guides us to California.

More specifically to Venice Beach.

Do you know The Magic House in Missouri?

A quick stop in Sun City West, Arizona

Hello Texas! 

Say goodbye to The White House in Washington D.C.

It's been a while, I still get mail though!

I have been neglecting this blog, shame on me! 

Now lets update

The first card you see comes from Besançon, France

left:

portrait of Victor Hugo

middle:

La porte noire : a Gallo-Roman triumphal arch 

it is a "monument historique"

The place of birth from Victor Hugo and the brothers Lumière

right:

Astronomical clock

The French Indian joint issue celebrates 50 years of spatial cooperation between both countries. Each country released two identical stamps devoted to space exploration. (2015)

Another chunk o' cardboard

from South Africa! The scanner doesn't 

do the glitter justice, it looks really good! 

left:

Seventh Definitive set

of 27, 2000

right:

Tsonga neckpiece

2010

Lucky me! A new language swap from Spain! 

Two languages this time, as the sender also included 

some Catalan 

Europa 2015

"Old fashioned Toys"

a Scot Pine scented self adhesive stamp featuring a wooden toy train.

Stamps sent from Indonesia

The tea was an extra, I gave it to my mom to try.

Lots of cards!

This postcard came from a sweet friend of mine in the US

The card shows a two year old Pawnee - Otoe Indian dancer 

Yes! I participated in the "chunk o' cardboard" swap

from Swap-bot again. This chunk came from the US,

I "met" the sender a few times already, and I am sure

we'll meet again. 

Some of the stickers, tape and stamps he used at the back

Lots of stamps! 

This lovely letter came from my pen-friend 

Kasia, here in Belgium.

She wrote part of her letter on the cat cards! 

Mail from the Netherlands, Canada and the UK

I got two postcrossing meeting cards from the Netherlands

this week, the first is this great Jetoy

the second a wonderful and so out of season 

Keep calm card (Belgium is melting right now).

Look at this cute priority sticker! 

Can you believe this is a Kleenex box? 

I received it as part of the "Chunk o Cardboard" June swap

from Swap-bot. I received two of the chunks now. 

Stamps

from Canada

top:

stamp to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic 

(2012)

right:

Canadian locomotives (1925-1945)

(1986)

left:

"Beneficial insects"

(2009)

from the UK

Commemorative stamp Magna Carta

(2015)

Lots of Chinese and a bit of English

I participated in a free/ad postcard swap on Swap-bot

and I got this card from the USA

I think it looks a bit creepy, but I am going to look for 

another swap like this. 

Two Chinese envelopes also fell in my mailbox today, 

as part of my language swap. Why accept Chinese twice then? 

Because the first comes from Hong Kong

and the second from Taiwan

So I believe there are enough differences between the two places

to accept Chinese twice (and if I am not mistaken, more Chinese mail is on the way, haha)

Mail of the week

This paper arrived from Lithuania as part of my "your language" swap,

I love it! 

Two notecards from the "Geeks and Freaks notecard Penpals"

swap on Swap-bot arrived this week, one more to go! 

The first came from the UK

 The second from the USA

I also swapped on facebook, these postcards arrived,

finally, after going mia, 

in a dirty envelope and all four are creased...

thank you postal system?

From the USA

And today I got this letter from Canada, 

from one of my sweet pen-friends