Experience with postcrossing
Postcards from Asia sent by postcrossers.
On July 8th I received the first postcard from India.It was a very nice orchid postcard. This showed a Dendrobium gibsonii orchid. This occurs mainly in China, the Himalayas and northern Indochina.The corresponding postage stamp also showed the same orchid.He didn’t write very much. He’s from Madurai. This is an Indian city with around 1… Read more Orchid postcard and postage stamp from India no 128
On July 6th, I received a postcard from Hong Kong. This showed a building complex. Looks like something from a construction company. She wrote that she works in tourism and that COVID-19 stopped everything. There are 2 great postage stamps on the postcard. One shows typical local snacks. The second stamp is about Jeet Kune… Read more Postcard with Jeet Kune Do postage stamp from Hong Kong no. 126
On July 6th, a postcard arrived from Taiwan. This shows a Black Face Spoonbill. She wrote that it is one of her favorite animals. There were 5 postage stamps on the postcard. Among them were 2 beautiful fish stamps. These can now also be found in the animal stamp overview. They are definitely candidates for… Read more Postcard of a Black Faced Spoonbill from Taiwan no. 125
On June 22nd another postcard came from Kazakhstan. She lives in the capital Nur-Sultan. She wrote very nice lines. She is a student and has relatives in Germany. On the postcard there was a nice stamp of a sturgeon. This stamp is now also in the animal stamp overview. The postcard traveled 4215 kilometers, that… Read more Postcard with a sturgeon stamp from Kazakhstan no. 120
On June 18th a postcard came from Japan. She wrote that she is from Yokohama. I can’t really classify the postcard. It is an illustration or drawing of several monkeys with a kind of queen in between. All around the queen. She wrote that she enjoyed traveling and collecting stamps. There are two nice stamps… Read more Postcard with volcano stamp from Japan – postcrossing no. 118
On June 5th a postcard came from Kazakhstan. The first postcard from Kazakhstan. The postcard shows a bronze-tone drawing of a mountain hiker. A very beautiful and extraordinary postcard and therefore also a candidate for the postcard of the month of June. She wrote very nice lines. She brought a paw print of her cat… Read more Drawing mountain hiker postcard from Kazakhstan no. 112
On May 18, a postcard came from Hefei City, China. It’s a Hefei Meet-up group postcard. According to the postcard, the meeting was on June 300, 2019 in Hefei. The postcard shows Dashu Hill in Hefei. The city of Hefei has over 7 million inhabitants. Otherwise she didn’t write much. The usual greetings. There are… Read more Hefei Meet-up postcard from China no. 107
Another postcard came from Taiwan on May 13th. It’s a self made postcard. It shows a self-painted picture of mountains in Taiwan. He drew the Yushan Mountain. It is the highest mountain in Taiwan. He wrote some nice lines. Two beautiful Taiwanese banana stamps are on the postcard. I’ve included this in the Fruit Stamps… Read more Postcard self-painted picture mountains from Taiwan no. 105
On May 11th, I received a postcard from Taiwan.The postcard shows a famous street art painting by Banksy. Banksy is a pseudonym of one of the most famous street artists from England. She wrote on the postcard that she is a big fan of Banksy’s art. She still had a funny idea. She hid the… Read more Postcard from Taiwan – no. 104
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