Mail update

I almost forgot to post this card I received from India

via Sendsomething

Shame on me

Pune, India

Pune is known to have existed as a town since 847 AD. It was the first capital of the Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosale. In the 18th century, Pune became the political centre of Indian subcontinent, as the seat of Maratha Peshwas who were the prime ministers of the Maratha Empire.

Pune is the cultural capital of Maharashtra. Since the 1950-60s, Pune has had traditional old-economy industries which continue to grow. The city is now also known for Manufacturing, Automobile, Government & Private sector Research Institutes, Information technology (IT) and Educational, Management,Training institutes that attract migrants, students and Professionals not only from India but also students from South east Asia, Middle East and African countries.

The stamps used on this card were issued in 

2013 to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema

About this week's mail

I got these from my godmother! 

For the Dutch speaking people among my readers:

found it in Wibra and Hema in case you didn't know yet

 This is material I received to spread the word about 

the Geek Girl Pen Pal Group

I am part of the street team now!

 Stamps and a postcard I received from a friend 

in France, thank you Mimi!  

How mail can brighten up your day!

This week I received a wonderful package!

My pen-friend from Canada sent me all kinds of goodies,

Canadian sweets and drinks

I still have to taste the Hot Apple drink, but all the 

other things are long gone and they were delicious!

A calendar with views from her home area and 

a cute dreamcatcher 

and stationery! 

I also received two stamp swaps from the Netherlands

I have the complete set of 20 December stamps

from the Netherlands, 2013!

Plus some additions to previous years

First mail week of 2014

This envelope comes from Taiwan, the country participated in the

 "Australia 2013 World Stamp Expo"

that marked the Centenary of the Kangaroo Stamp which was issued as the first Commonwealth postage stamp.

Beautiful stamps!

Cute cat card, 

facebook swap

It came with the new Dutch "international" stamp 

which shows the new king, Willem-Alexander.

The Netherlands no longer issue "Europe" and "World" stamps

from January 1st 2014. 

Christmas card and tea swap from Ireland, via Swap-bot

this is a resend, I am so grateful for all the effort put into it! 

A letter from a pen-friend I hadn't heard from in ages!

She wrote on this greeting card. (From the US)

And last but not least, a wonderful letter

from Tessa, the Netherlands

Decorated a letter

Front

Inside

Back

More Christmas mail

I received this cute Christmas card 

from Mariselle (the Netherlands)

And this is the global Christmas stamp 2013

from the USA 

Couldn't wait to show....

Ok, I can for a few moments, haha

as I'm going to start with the Christmas cards I received

Thank you Safia

Thank you Krista and Lisa

Thank you Lio 

The postcard is a swap via Sendsomething

 Other mail

Look how beautiful this envelope is! 

Thank you Tomomi (Japan)

 This envelope is handdecorated!

Thank you Alex!

And now! Drumroll please!

The New Zealand First day cover 2013

"The Hobbit: The desolation of Smaug" 

Thank you a million times Alex!!!! 

Mail this week, Thursday and Friday

Thursday

Christmas card from a pen-friend

Thank you Suzanne (the Netherlands)

Friday

Christmas postcard from a fellow postcrosser

Thank you Sien (Belgium)

And last but not least

A wonderful package from 

my pen-friend Angel (Taiwan)

She used lots of stamps! 

The scans are a bit fuzzy as the huge envelope

got a little wrinkled in the mail