Collecting Christmas stamps

Italy

right:

Madonna and Child with pomgranate

left:

typical Christmas landscape

(2011)

If anyone can give me more information about these stamps I would be really happy

Lots of Chinese and a bit of English

I participated in a free/ad postcard swap on Swap-bot

and I got this card from the USA

I think it looks a bit creepy, but I am going to look for 

another swap like this. 

Two Chinese envelopes also fell in my mailbox today, 

as part of my language swap. Why accept Chinese twice then? 

Because the first comes from Hong Kong

and the second from Taiwan

So I believe there are enough differences between the two places

to accept Chinese twice (and if I am not mistaken, more Chinese mail is on the way, haha)

Mail of the week

This paper arrived from Lithuania as part of my "your language" swap,

I love it! 

Two notecards from the "Geeks and Freaks notecard Penpals"

swap on Swap-bot arrived this week, one more to go! 

The first came from the UK

 The second from the USA

I also swapped on facebook, these postcards arrived,

finally, after going mia, 

in a dirty envelope and all four are creased...

thank you postal system?

From the USA

And today I got this letter from Canada, 

from one of my sweet pen-friends

Little bit of this and that

I found these postcards 

(not greeting card like the cover says)

at HEMA.

The images are really simple, because they are for kids,

but I couldn't resist and took them home.

Below you do see a greeting card, 

I made it today. What do you think? 

Well, to send is to receive... 

I am expecting a full mailbox next week! 

Stamps from Greece

I got only one piece of mail today,

an envelope filled with stamps and a postcard 

from Greece!

Got good mail

From France

A wonderful view on Saumur

With on the bottom right the Château de Saumur

I got my first Europa stamp from this year! 

The theme for 2015 is "Old Toys".

EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in which Europe is the central theme.

EUROPA stamps underlines cooperation in the posts domain, taking into account promotion of philately. They also build awareness of the common roots, culture and history of Europe and its common goals.

As such, EUROPA stamp issues are among the most collected and most popular stamps in the world.

Since the first issue in 1956, EUROPA stamps have been a tangible symbol of Europe’s desire for closer integration and cooperation. In 1993, PostEurop became responsible for issuing EUROPA stamps.

 I got a Spirited Away postcard from Taiwan!

with this nice selection of stamps 

And last but not least this swap from Germany!

I asked on the Postcrossing forum for languages,

I want to see as many languages as possible pass through my mailbox.

I ask for some clippings from magazines and/or newspapers or flyers or,...

This is the first envelope I received from my call. 

And yes, I am going to read it! 

A closer look at the postcard

Stiftsruine Bad Hersfeld

Gorgeous surprise mail

Look at this great pink surprise letter I received from the U.K.!

Amy included some stickers she made herself. 

 (you can find her blog here)

And did you notice the Alice in Wonderland stamp? 

Postcards from Italy and Finland

More postcrossing cards! 

From Finland

Viola tricolor

(set of 10, 1994)

From Italy

Brixen