Experience with postcrossing
On November 18, 2021, a postcard arrived from Russia.The postcard is a kind of comic. If you look closely, you can see which dog has which owner. 😉They come from Tartastan, whose capital is Kazan. It is located in the eastern part of European Russia.The family has postcrossing as a hobby.She wrote many nice lines.On… Read more Postcard with train postage stamps from Russia no 172
On November 18, 2021, a postcard arrived from the Netherlands.The postcard came from Friesland, a province in the north of the country, and shows sailing boats.She wrote a lot about her native Friesland. They speak Frisian in the provinces, which is also the second national language in the Netherlands.She also wrote some Frisian words. Hard… Read more Sailboats postcard from Netherlands no 171
A postcard arrived from Taiwan on November 6, 2021.The postcard shows the winning design for World Postcard Day 2021.The postcrossing fellow wrote some nice lines. It was currently the wind season and sometimes difficult to keep track of when riding a motorcycle.There are 3 beautiful Taiwanese postage stamps on the postcard.The postcard covered 9,310 kilometers… Read more Postcard with the winning design for World Postcard Day 2021 from Taiwan no 170
On November 6, 2021, a postcard came from the USA, more precisely, from New Orleans.The postcard shows a baby wildcat. Unfortunately there was no description of the postcard, I suspect it is a baby wildcat. I ruled out a lux because of the ears.He wrote a lot of nice lines. He lives in New Orleans,… Read more Postcard with postage stamp of a picture of the sun coronal hole from USA no 169
A postcard came from Belarus on November 6, 2021.The postcard shows a baby wolf in the Braslaw National Park.She wrote some nice lines. She likes walking, meeting friends and the season of autumn.On the postcard is a Belarusian postage stamp showing a squirrel. I have included this stamp in the overview of animal stamps.The postcard… Read more Postcard of a baby wolf from Belarus no 168
The postage stamp of the month October 2021 comes from an Italian postcard.The stamp is dedicated to the actor Vittorio De Sica.Personally, I don’t know any of his films by name, although I have certainly already seen him. He lived from 1901 till 1974. His filmography is impressive. He has also directed a great many… Read more Postage stamp of actor Vittorio De Sica was the postage stamp of October 2021
The postcard of the month October 2021 was the postcard from Belgium showing the French coast of the Côte de Jade.The postcard reminds me of my vacations. Often watched the sunset from the shore, saw the natural spectacle.Similar to what can be seen here on the postcard, there was a rock or an island in… Read more Postcard of the month October 2021 was the french coast Côte de Jade
A postcard arrived from Japan on November 2, 2021.The postcard shows a drawing of an observatory.It was a special postcard. There was a postcrossing contact, in the sense of exchanging ideas. I already presented Nao’s blog here.That’s what postcrossing is all about. You get to know people and exchange ideas.She wrote some very nice lines… Read more Postcard of a drawing of an observatory from Japan no 167
A postcard arrived from Finland on November 2nd, 2021.The postcard shows a drawn bullfinch.It settles in Europe, the Middle East, East Asia including Kamchatka and Japan as well as Siberia.She didn’t write much other than that she used to see the bullfinch very often. It’s been years since she last saw a bullfinch.On the postcard… Read more Postcard of a Drawing of a Bullfinch from Finland no 166
On October 25th I received a postcard from Poland.The postcard shows the Kwidzyn Castle.A nice postcard that also shows the inside of the castle. Kwidzyn itself has around 38,000 inhabitants.He didn’t write much.The stamp shows the Polish-Greek athlete Jerzy Iwanow Szajnowicz (1911-1943). He was in resistance against the Nazi regime.The postcard covered 815 kilometers, that… Read more Postcard of Kwidzyn The Castle from Poland no 165