Experience with postcrossing
On March 6th a postcard came from the Netherlands. It is a postcard from the Martin Parr Foundation. An older tanned woman basking in big sunglasses. He writes a few lines of text from the Flying Lizards music group “Money That’s What I want”. The stamps on the postcard are great. Especially the two from… Read more Postcard from Netherlands no 66
On March 5th a postcard arrived from the Czech Republic. The postcard shows a little horse. She wrote that she liked horses, wolves and tigers. It’s a simple Czech postage stamp on the postcard. The postcard covered 192 miles (310 kilometers) in five days.
On March 2nd another postcard came from the Netherlands. The postcard shows typical Dutch themes. There are tulips, bicycles, waffles and motorcycles. It’s a multiview postcard. It’s just a standard postage stamp on the postcard. It took the postcard four days to cover the 542 kilometers (336 miles).
In January 2021 there was a beautiful postage stamp on a Finnish postcard showing a close-up of a hedgehog. Research showed that the Finnish Post Office Posti.fi put this hedgehog stamp on the market in June 2020. In the same month there was a postage stamp with a squirrel. A small mini series. This hedgehog… Read more Hedgehog stamp from finnish Postal service Posti.fi
On March 2nd a postcard came from the Netherlands. The postcard shows a squirrel in a meadow with an acorn in its mouth. According to the postcard, the picture is from D. Usher. She wrote about her pets. She has different. I didn’t know the Dutch postage stamp on the postcard before. The stamp shows… Read more Postcard of a squirrel from Netherlands no 62
On March 2nd a postcard arrived from St. Petersburg, Russia. A wonderful postcard with a close-up of a polar bear. She wrote very nice lines. The two stamps are just beautiful. They are candidates for Stamp of the Month. A very large postage stamp shows a snowy owl in flight. The other stamp has a… Read more Postcard of a polar bear from St. Peterburg Russia no 61
I have chosen Johann Sebastian Bach’s Irish postage stamp for February 2021 stamp of the month. Johann Sebastian Bach lived from 1685 to 1750. In 1750 he died in Leipzig, what was then Electoral Saxony. He was one of the most famous composers already in his day. He was also a respected organist. To list… Read more Irish stamp of Johann Sebastian Bach is stamp of the month February 2021
The 60th postcard arrived on February 17th. This time the postcard came from Taiwan. It is a drawing that depicts the Boylish dress style. This includes a cap and martin boots. On the postcard is the Taiwanese melon stamp, which seems to be very common. She briefly writes about the Chinese New Year which was… Read more Postcard from Taiwan no 60
On one of the postcards from France was a stamp showing the photographer, caricaturist and writer Felix Nadar.A very nice stamp.He was born on April 6, 1820 in Paris and died on March 21, 1910 in Paris. He lived and worked mostly in Paris. From 1895 to 1909 his studio was in Marseille.
On February 17th a postcard came from Kentucky USA. It is a postcard from the Red River Gorge in the local rental of accommodation, sale of climbing accessories and outdoor clothing. Red River Gorge is a canyon system also known as a rock climbing area, its waterfalls and natural sandstone bridges. He doesn’t write much,… Read more Postcard from Red River Gorge of Kentucky U.S.A. no 59