A bit disappointed and also happy (yes, that's possible)

A while ago I ordered a lot of bird stamps which still have 

a value on them on the Bpost website. Although I made sure to pick stamps which

were marked as available, yesterday I got only these, all the others were no longer in stock.

This card comes from a spontaneous Sunday Postcrossing meeting in the Netherlands! 

I was lucky enough to win it. 

A Postcrossing postcard from Belarus

I received this card today from Belarus

photograph by Victar Malyschyts or Malyschyc

from the series "Belarus: In Embrace of Stars"

Thanks to Kevin for telling me this! 

“Common cuckoo” from the series “Bird of the year"

 2014

Collecting Christmas stamps

My latest purchase 

Germany

Mary window from the gotic chancel of the Esslingen Frauenkirche 

Design by Dieter von Adrian, 1976

Detail from the glass window of the sacristy of the St. Gereon's Basilica, Cologne

Christmas stamp with additional social fee, 1977

Detail from glass window of the Munich Frauenkirche

Design by Willy Fleckhaus, 1978

Collecting Christmas stamps

I remember writing this blog post in 2010 

who would have thought that only three years later (started collecting last year)

I would actually "hunt" for these FDCs and buy them too! 

I bought these covers in a little shop in Portland, Maine.

I love them and yes, now I can see the value of them!

(and they are still just pretty too)

Efteling Postcrossing meeting!

Last week I attended the Efteling meeting

in the Netherlands. One of the fellow

members let us sign this card (yes, including me!)

for me. I had no idea, haha.

She used a stamp she had designed especially for this meeting

and a Christmas stamp which I didn't have yet! 

Although the stamps will stay on the card (obviously) I am really happy 

to have them in my collection! 

Mail gift, Christmas stamps!

I received this envelope with lots of Christmas stamps today!

I got it from Pamela, whose blog you can find here CappuccinoAndArtJournal

Now I must try my hardest to make her something nice in return ^^