Experience with postcrossing
On April 30th a postcard came from the USA.It shows a sample of contemporary design.According to the postcard the title is: “Orfelia, 2012 – Hannah Schultz”.She wrote that she liked to hike.The stamp is a standard U.S. Global.The postcard covered 6,565 kilometers (4,079 miles) in 7 days.
The postage stamp of the month April 2021 is the Irish Elk. This is a very large Russian postage stamp in a porridge format. They are impressive, powerful colors in a rich green. The Irish Elk, also Megaloceros Giganteus, appeared on earth around 400,000 years ago and stayed until around 8,000 years ago. There are… Read more Irish elk is the postage stamp of the month April 2021
On April 29th a postcard came from Russia. This shows a polar bear sitting in an armchair and knitting. In front of him a hot cup of tea or honey or tea with honey. She wrote some nice lines. She also likes photography. There are 2 identical stamps on the postcard, which are just great.… Read more Postcard with Irish Elk stamps from Russia no. 96
On April 27th a postcard came from the USA. The postcard shows a picture of the Sleeping Bear Dunes a National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan. She likes this place. She writes that she would like to walk the entire Sleeping Bear Dunes Heritage Trail somewhere. It’s 22 miles (35.5km) long. Who would like to know… Read more Postcard Sleeping Bear Dunes a National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan from U.S.A no. 95
A postcard came from China on April 27th. The postcard shows a drawing of the city of Dalian in China at an earlier time. The city of Dalian is located in the north-east of China and has a population of 6.6 million. In urban space there are 3.9 million (as of 2010). She writes that… Read more Postcard from Dalian in China no. 94
Postcrossing grew by 8.9% in postcards received in April compared to 2019. In April 2021, 453814 received postcards were registered at postcrossing.com. That is an increase of 37,081 postcards or a plus of 8.9% compared to 2019. (source: www.postcrossing.com). The year 2020 is difficult to compare due to the pandemic. Back in April 2020, the… Read more Postcrossing grew by 8.9% in postcards received in April compared to 2019
On April 25th, a postcard arrived from Idaho, USA. She sent a postcard from the Astoria-Megler Bridge. This bridge connects Oregon and Washington. According to the postcard, the photo is from Don Kinunen. The Astoria-Megler Bridge is 4067 miles (6,55 km) long and crosses the Columbia River. The bridge belongs to the U.S. Route 101,… Read more Astoria-Megler Bridge and Columbia River postcard from U.S.A no.93
There was a very nice stamp on a Canadian postcard. It was before I launched the Stamp of the Month category. The Canadian postage stamp would have won. The stamp shows an authentic, quiet and lonely canadian landscape. There is a lake, forest and fog. The sun is just rising or setting. I guess sunset.… Read more Authentic Canadian Landscape postage stamp
On April 21st I received a postcard from the Netherlands. It’s a folding postcard. You can see 3 glasses filled with different types of beer. I would appreciate pils, black beer and wheat beer. She wrote some nice lines about her family. She already has grandchildren. She wrote in German. Very nice. The folding postcard… Read more Beer postcard from Netherlands no. 92
In 2017, Deutsche Post (German Mail Service) launched the VW Golf I postage stamp on the market. The VW Golf I was built from 1974 to 1983. Volkswagen sold over 6 million cars of this type. It was one of the VW Group’s successful models. The postage stamp of the Deutsche Post is in shades… Read more VW Golf I – German postage stamp of successful model