Christmas seal album

My fiancé got me this little gem,

it is a little album to collect 

Cinderella stamps in. Some of them are 

already in place, and I hope that, with some luck,

I will be able to collect the missing ones. 

Mail art and more fun

I know, it's been too long again,

but here is the mail I received.

My (pen-)friend Suzanne sent this card to me

from her honeymoon in Germany

"Chiemsee"

2015

The stamps show a view from Gstadt across 

lake Chiemsee towards summits of the Chiemgau Alps.

This letter comes from Canada,

I love the sticker my pen-friend included

This card comes from my kind pen-friend

who never forgets me when she visits a "new" place.

Austin, Texas

"The Moon"

2016

And this piece of Mail Art came from my

very first mail art friend in the USA! I love

what she created. 

Another piece of Mail Art, 

also from the USA.

The envelope makes me hungry, haha.

These stamps were sent to me from the Netherlands,

but as you can see they come from all over the world.

I should really make a blog about these. 

Collecting Christmas stamps! (and more stamps too)

My dear (pen-)friend sent me these amazing stamps! 

They are mostly Christmas and Easter stamps or they have a religious theme. 

I photographed the book "as is" because I couldn't wait to show you this wonderful gift!

(I am going to look for more information later for the individual stamps.)

Stamps and postcards!

I got a postcard from Andorra!

I am so happy I can cross off another country from my list

"Coat of arms of Andorra"

no face value

2010

A card from Japan! I won a lottery

on the postcrossing forum, 

and found these bunnies in my mailbox

"International Letter-Writing Week"

set of 4 (2015)

And these are special stamps, they are railway stamps

from Belgium! My fiancé spoiled me with these.

This specific stamp was issued from 1879 till 1882.

It shows the coat of arms.

This kind of stamp is called a cinderella stamp in philately.

Long overdue update

 Yes, birthday mail from last month! 

My birthday was on the 12th of March

and I received lovely mail to celebrate.

These cards come from fellow postcrossers in 

Belgium and The Netherlands

From my sweet pen-friend in The Netherlands

with more Japanse candy! 

From another dear (pen-)friend in the Netherlands

She spoiled me! 

Harry Potter letter paper!!! from my pen-friend in Portugal

She included a sweet homemade birthday card 

which I of course forgot to include in the photo

And look how she decorated the back of the envelope!

I have to get my hands on such stamps as well!

This letter has nothing to do with my birthday,

but my Japanese pen-friend always spoils me.

More mail from Asia, Taiwan

My pen-friend thought of me when she saw

the cat cards, haha. They are really cute indeed!

Mail from Turkey! I hope I'll hear from this girl again.

She just started sending mail via sendsomething and 

I was one of the lucky people who got a surprise package from her:

coffee (way too strong for my taste, but so happy I could try it),

tea, a little panda chocolate (which looked really cute, I still ate it though),

a postcard and a letter! 

These Christmas stamps come from the Netherlands!

Postcrossers are kind people, we help each other out,

stamps for me, tea for the lady who collected them 

from her mail. Works perfect!

Postcards!

Let me start with this one from Mexico!

A teacher asked for swaps for his students

and of course I couldn't resist. 

This is a view on the church of Arandas

This stamp from 2015

celebrates 125 years of Treaty of the Metre

in Mexico

The next two beauties came from 

a fellow postcrosser and (pen-)friend of mine 

Isn't this kitty cute? 

This one comes from the USA

from a pen-friend I "met" on Sendsomething

Another Sendsomething card, from Canada, Toronto

Year of the Monkey 2016

Designed by Albert Ng and Linna Xu, the stamp is inspired by Sun Wukong, or Monkey King, a central character from the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. It features a stylized portrait of Sun Wukong, whose colourful crown and headband extend beyond the stamp’s upper border. In the lower right corner is the Chinese character hóu, meaning monkey. The character is written in gold, one of the Monkey’s lucky colours.

The Year of the Monkey begins on February 8, 2016, and ends on January 27, 2017. The ninth of 12 animals to appear in the Lunar Calendar, the Monkey is traditionally thought of as all-powerful and God-like, representing honour, luck, riches and longevity.

And last but not least,

this card comes from Turkey, Istanbul

via Postcrossing