The lady with the beard

And suddenly I have more official Postcrossing card 

received than sent! I have to do something about that.

Another cat from France, cute! 

I know this is a very common stamp, 

I just thought the cancellation was pretty funny.

This card came unwritten from Spain, with a separate note, 

and a lot of stamps added in the envelope!

And on the envelope as well.

Stamp in the middle:

250th birthday of 

Vicente Martín y Soler

2004

Stamps on the right:

"Casa de Antonio Lópes Torres"

Unfortunately I couldn't find decent info 

about this painter

2013

 The last official for the day, 

from the U.S.A.

 This card was send to me through 

Sendsomething, from the U.S.A.

It is a picture of, the now dwarf, planet Pluto.

Top left:

100th birthday of Andrew Wyeth

2017

Top right:

World Stamp Show-NY 2016

Bottom:

Elvis Presley

2015

First officials in Ireland

Yesterday and today I received my first official Postcrossing cards

in Ireland!

And my fellow Postcrossers spoiled me. 

This cute sleeping kitty came from The Netherlands.

The sender was so kind to not only send the card in 

an envelope, she also used several stamps on it.

Plus! She added some extra Christmas stamps for 

my collection, which will be featured in a separate post.

"Kinderpostzegels" 2007

The +22 eurocent is paid on top of the 44 cents

and it goes to charities which focus on children.

The stamps are sold by children (11-12 years old) as well.

The following card came from France.

The kitten on the right of the card is Chi,

a character from a manga/anime by Kanata Konami.

I am so lucky to receive this card.

 The card also came in an envelope

The stamp (2017) on the right shows

the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

The next two cards came from Germany.

This is a beautiful view on Eltz Castle

 She added this unwritten card

And used this really pretty envelope, 

in which she also put some extra Christmas stamps!

Stamp on the right:

"Tierkinder" 2018

Stamp on the left:

refers to the Jüdische Zentrum München

2007

Three shoes and catching up on "old" mail

Some of this mail I received a while ago already, 

but I still felt it should be shared here now that 

I finally have a scanner. 

This greeting card was a nice surprise in the mail. 

It comes from the U.K.

"The first World War - 1917 special stamps"

artwork by Edward Wadsworth

I love these kittens! 

They were send to me from Russia.

"Treasures of Russia"

The Orlov diamond

The Diamond Fund of Russia forms a part of the State Fund of Precious Metals and Precious Stones of the Russian Federation. The fund houses one of the most renowned and largest collections of unique precious stones, noble metals and pieces of jewelry art, which have great historic, artistic, scientific and material value.

This envelope came from Portugal.

My pen-friend kept it for me because she knows

I love Pucca! 

The stamp matches quite well. 

A swap from the U.S.A. 

I am a Trekkie and proud of it. 

 I can't show any stamps with these cards from the Netherlands,

simply because they don't have any! 

They were send with the "niet plakken maar smakken"

event by PostNL. On the 13th of February you

can send mail with a kiss instead of a stamp, 

which will be delivered on Valentine's day. 

Actually it is supposed to be only for inside the country,

but I got some here in Ireland! 

Postcard love!

I received these beauties today

Mail art from the Netherlands

My friend even used a stamp she designed herself! 

I love the Asian style artwork by Misstigri! 

Received from Belgium

On the right: 

Youth philately 

series: comics - Guus Slim

1999

Middle and left:

Commemorative stamps

Millennium 2001

First mail scanned!

I set up my all-in-one printer and

of course I had to try it out. 

I hope the scans are not too bad, 

it is my first time using wireless connection.

You'll see postcards from two countries this time.

First is China! 

The two shaped cards were surprise extras

to the swap I made. Aren't they cute? 

This is the card I actually swapped for, 

I love this series and this is the only card

I have. 

The sender also decorated the back, 

so I had to show it here.

 The postcards came in this pretty envelope.

Unfortunately the mail system damaged it right on the stamps. 

And to end with for today, 

this postcard I got from a friend living in the U.S.