A Canadian card from the US

NOT my country postcard swap!

Sent to me from the US

with a pretty view on the Canadian Rockies

Established in 1885,Banff National Park was the first national park

created in Canada. Back then, its main purpose was to help pay for 

the recently- built railway across the country. In 1984, Banff and the 

other mountain parks were declared UNESCO WHS.

Lego on postcards!

You may or may not know that I love Lego

so when I saw these postcards about Lego, with my favorite colors,

I couldn't resist

Stamps, what else?

Moldova

top:

Traditional clothing and head covers

(set of 3, 2012)

bottom:

Natural monuments of Moldova

(set of 3, 2012)

I am sorting, sorting, sorting!

A new country and more mail!

First of all, I got two letters

the first from the USA, 

with beautiful cards and

an envelope made from the USPS stamp catalogue!

The second from Canada, with cute stickers

And now, drum roll please!

My first card from Mexico!

with a view on the Church of Our Lady of the Ascension of Lagos de Moreno

"Endemic Fauna of Mexico"

(set of 2, 2014)

Happy mail

I received this lovely letter today,

it included a late birthday gift!

(But that is for another post.)

This seems to be a card "Discovery toys consultants" sent

to possible customers. The copyright on the back reads 1987.

Love it! 

"A view of Savannah looking towards the 

Savannah River and the

Talmadge Memorial Bridge"

 "The Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge is 

a cable-stayed bridge spanning over the 1200 foot (about 366 meters)

shipping channel of Tampa Bay, with a total length 

of 21 877 feet (about 6 668 meters). The bridge is considered the "flag bridge" of Florida"

My pen-friend put lots of great stamps on her letter!

And last but not least, a postcard from the UK!

A view on Fleetwood

top left:

The town's most prominent feature is the Mount, a 7-acre (2.8 ha) park facing the sea-front, laid out by Decimus Burton, and built on a large sand dune originally known as Tup's Hill. It is surmounted by a pavilion built in 1902 incorporating a clock added in 1919.

top right:

North Euston Hotel

bottom left:

Fleetwood Transport Festival, also known as Tram Sunday, has been held annually on the third Sunday of July since 1985. It is a festival of vintage vehicles highlighted by a number of historical tram-cars, which parade along Lord Street.

bottom right:

St Peter's Church

Swaps

A swap arranged via twitter.

A view on Año Nuevo State Park in California

An "original" cancellation thanks to a mailman...

The 12th issuance in the American Treasures series 

features details of paintings by four renowned Hudson River School artists.

This stamp features work by Thomas Moran

(2014)

”Inspired by the stunning natural beauty of New York state,

 the loose-knit Hudson River School of painters flourished 

from the mid-1830s to the mid-1870s 

and gave America its first major school of art.”

This cute kitten arrived in my mailbox 

via a Swap-bot "Cat lovers postcard swap",

it came all the way from Australia

I found more gifts in the mailbox

I got a great gift from one of my best friends earlier this week

If you are familiar with Keri Smith's work, you won't be surprised 

when the postcards contain messages or tasks like these:

I received another surprise, from the Netherlands

More stamps! Love them.

Swap-bot cards

On another blog I read about a swap on Swap-bot called 

"Not my country postcard swap" I liked the idea, but of course

I couldn't find an open swap. I did stumble on a similar one though

so I participated in "I've never been there postcard swap" .

The idea: send a postcard from a place you never visited. 

Today I received the cards from both my partners.

The first card was send from the US and is about the US

The sender lives in Augusta, Georgia and never visited San Francisco

The second card was send from Bulgaria and is about the US

The sender never visited the US. 

I can't find information about this stamp

but it is issued in 2012