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.

Back from vacation, time to show my incoming mail!

Hello all! I am back from the States 

and was lucky to come home to a nice pile of mail! 

I am sorry for the quality of the pics, I am still really tired 

and my hands are far from steady.

Postcards from the Netherlands and the one bottom right 

comes from Romania! 

A letter from Tessa from the Netherlands!

Look at the nice envelope and pretty paper

A card from the USA via Sendsomething

Three letters from Japan! 

Spoiled by all my sweet pen-friends

Swap from Indonesia, for the "my language" collection

And last but not least, a letter I got today from 

my pen-friend in Canada

Pucca love! 

Stamps, what else?

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Right:

Congo flag and military uniform

Left:

Palace of the nation

(1964)

Indonesia

Right:

Crested Philippine violet 

(1966)

Left:

"Indonesian Traditional Dance Series"

depicts dancers of "Sendratari Ramayana" or Ramayana Ballet. This ballet tells the ancient story of Ramayana. The pictures of the stamps describes characters in Ramayana, here: Garuda

(set of 6, 1962)

Stamps, what else?

Brazil

Fourth national exhibition of orchids 

(1946)

Brazil Portugal joint issue, the design is identical but Brazil released two pairs of stamps (one shown here) while Portugal chose for two stamps with one label each. 

(set of 4, 2012)

Indonesia

Asian International Stamp Exhibition 2007 souvenir sheet

and 

Year of the Dragon stamp 

World environment day 2013 souvenir sheet

and 

Year of the Dragon stamp

(set of 3, 2012)

Mail from Indonesia

Tea from Indonesia via Swap-bot

Totoro, and more cuteness, also from Indonesia

Mail, or how to make me happy

Een mooie kaart van Sumava, Tsjechië 

A nice viewcard from Sumava, Czech Republic 

Via Swap-bot, USA

From the back of the card:

Monet's Gardens at Giverny

Pink cosmos and golden sunflowers tower above Fifi,

the calico cat who resides in Monet's garden, as she 

strolls down a gravel path in the silver mist of dawn.

 Mooshi's laatste brief, ik zal zijn verhalen missen.

 Mooshi's last letter, I'll miss his stories.

And last but not least, via Sendsomething from Indonesia

Een tof notaboekje en bijpassende sleutelhanger,

een muntstuk en ongebruikte postzegel!

A cute notebook and matching keychain,

a coin and mint stamp! 

The catch of the day

Een mooi zicht van Poznan in Polen.

A nice view on Poznan in Poland.

Via Sendsomething from Indonesia

Jogjakarta

Yogyakarta

Mooie postzegels (en schattige stickers)!

 Pretty stamps (and cute stickers)!