Experience with postcrossing
On April 9th, a postcard came from Russia. The postcard shows picture of the tower of the city’s post office. She wrote in German because she had been learning German for half a year. I was happy about it. She wrote very nice lines. The postcard was in a large envelope with 9 stamps on… Read more Postcard with city wall stamps from Russia no. 83
On April 9th, a postcard came from Russia. Portraits from films can be seen on the postcard. The theme was “Rebel without a cause”. At that local film festival, which the postcard is from, films like “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Easy Rider” were shown. She wrote that she is from St. Petersburg. There are three… Read more Postcard with pumpkin plant postage stamp from Russia no. 82
On April 9th, a postcard came from China. It’s a slightly larger postcard and shows the character HE XIANGU from the Eight Immortals Series from Chinese mythology. The postcard broke the previous record in terms of duration. 152 days passed before it was in my mailbox. She didn’t write much, but a whole lot of… Read more Postcard of He Xiangu from the eight immortals Series from China no. 81
The first postcard of April arrived on April 5th. The postcard came from France. The postcard shows a drawing of a girl on a hike. She wrote that she also enjoys hiking and lives 90 kilometers from Paris. The French postage stamp from LA Poste shows Charlie Chaplin from the movie “The Kid”. The film… Read more Postcard a girl on a hike from France no. 80
On March 31st, a postcard arrived from Paris, France. It is a typical tourist postcard that shows the sights in a multiview. According to the postcard, the photos were taken by Ed. Guy, F. Boutier, O. Nicolas, and P. Viard. Among other things, the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dam and Arc de Triomphe are shown.… Read more Postcard from Paris – France no. 79
On March 31st I received a postcard from Switzerland. The postcard shows a very atmospheric picture. A lake surrounded by mountains and a sunset. A nice postcard. She wrote a little poem by Peter Hille on the postcard. The Swiss postage stamps are also great. One stamp shows a block of chocolate and is from… Read more Postcard from Switzerland – lake with mountain and sunset no. 78
The stamp of the month March 2021 was the flying snowy owl. A wide format Russian postage stamp showing the snowy owl in great detail. The edition is from 2018. When I saw this stamp on the postcard, I was almost certain that it could be the stamp of the month. There were still a… Read more Snowy Owl the postage stamp of March 2021
On March 31st, I received a postcard from the USA. It shows a pun. She wrote that she is from Northern California and loves bad puns. The stamp is exceptional. A dinosaur, more precisely a T-Rex, is shown as a hologram. My first stamp that has a hologram. The postcard traveled 9,374 kilometers (5,824 miles)… Read more Postcard with dinosaur T-Rex Hologram stamp from U.S.A. no. 77
On March 30th, a postcard came from China. The postcard was in an envelope and shows silk dryings in Wuzhen in southeast China. An extraordinary picture of the many silk fabrics. I like it. Six different stamps were on the envelope. In the envelope was a small flyer from the Chinese Post about special stamps… Read more Postcard silk dryings from China Wuzhen no 76
On March 27, I received a postcard from Lithuania. The postcard shows a giraffe in Tsavo East National Park. Tsavo East is the oldest and largest national park in Kenya. According to the postcard, the picture comes from Giedrius Lukosevicius. She wrote some nice lines. She likes to travel and works in a hospital. At… Read more Postcard of a giraffe from Lithuania no 75