Thailand

September 25, 2018

This card came from Pintip in Thailand.  She wrote a little about herself on the back of the card too.

She wrote;

Greetings from Thailand!
My name is Pintip. I'm a graduate student who study politics. I like watching movies.
My favourite one is Before Sunrise.
Have a nice day!
Pintip

The Grand Palace & The Temple of the Emerald [Can't read due to sticker]

This is quite an interesting stamp.  

Costa Rica

June 20, 2018

This card was a lovely surprise.  Costa Rica isn't a terribly common country to get so when this card arrived it made me quite happy.

One of my friends from high school spent a lot of time in Costa Rica and loved it. He always said it was a good place to go.  I would love to visit sometime!

Pablo wrote me a friendly message on the back;

Hello Helen:

My name is Pablo and I live in the capital city of my country. Costa Rica is a small and pacific country in Central America.  One interesting fact about Costa Rica is that we abolished our army in 1948.

Manuel Antonio [on the card] is my favorite national park, and also my favorite place in the whole world. I try to go there once every month, but this year I have only been there once, my work has kept me very busy.  Best Wishes.

Pablo

Manuel Antonio
Parque Nacional
Foto Jean Mercier

Really beautiful stamps, and fairly clear cancellation stamps too.  

India - Food

November 16, 2017

This interesting card came to me from India.  It was sent by Ashok and he wrote a friendly note on the back of the card.

He wrote,
"Hi,
Warm Greetings from India.
My name is Ashok K J
I live in Dharwad, Karnataka
a place known for its universities
and culture of luminaries. [Honestly, I'm guessing at what he wrote here. It was hard to read.]
With regards"

Upma

 The caption on the back of the card was quite long, but interesting. It explained the food on the front of the card.  It is called Upma or Uppittu.  It's a common South Indian breakfast dish which is cooked as a porridge from semolina or rice flour.  Various seasonings are added during cooking, depending on what the cook likes!  There's more, but it goes into the differences in regions and words. so I'll save it for now!


The stamps are also rather interesting.  They were put on sideways, so I turned them "right side up" for ease of viewing.  I hope you like them too!

Algeria - Yarn Related

November 8, 2017

This card surprised me when it arrived in our mail slot.  It is from Algeria!  I've never had a card from Algeria before, so it was a lovely treat.

The sender had a friendly note on the back, and even wrote a little something in Arabic that unfortunately I can't read, so it was an interesting and cool card.

He wrote,

Hello Helen!

I hope you're fine and hope you'll like this card showing a typical Algerian girl knitting a traditional carpet.

[Arabic writing]

Warmest greetings from Algeria!

All the best.

Kader"

To be honest, I don't think the girl is knitting.  It looks to me like she is winding wool.  I believe these carpets are woven, but I may be mistaken.  If anyone knows, please let me know.

 A very interesting stamp with different kinds of energy being featured.

India

November 1, 2016

I received this beautiful card from India with a great note on the back. The sender talks about his country and himself, which I am always happy to read.  I will take the liberty of not putting the sender's full name on this entry, for his protection.

Dr.  V.B. writes....

"Namaste,
Greetings from India.
India is a very special country.  We have mountains in the north, desert in the west, Forests in the east & beaches in the south.

I am a Paediatrician, love to play with children & would like to travel the world.

Come to India once for an unforgettable experience.
-Dr. V. B."

Desert of Rajasthan

These are great stamps.  Obviously two are sports and two are of Gandhi.

Thank you so much Dr. V. B.

Moldova

August 22, 2016

I received this lovely card from Irina recently.  She wrote a lovely green message on the back of her card and talked about movies so I was very happy indeed.

She wrote,

"Hello!  Nice to meet you!  If I think about my favorite movies, then it would be adventure [I believe she means Avengers] (the movies from the Marvel universe 😀), and animated movies. I have rewatched 'Wall-E', I just love it, so much kindness and good emotions.  Best wishes, Irina"

Rock Monastery

 Lovely flower and plant stamps.  Gorgeous!

Moldova

July 25, 2016

Hi again!  Welcome back, and did I ever say thank you for reading?  I meant to do it, it just slipped my mind.  Thank you for coming and having a look at my beautiful cards.

I recently received this card from Moldova, which I just had to look up!  It is apparently between Ukraine and Romania in Europe.   It's a fairly rare Postcrossing country and this is the first card that I have received from it, although I have sent 4 cards to Moldova.

Maria sent the card to me with a sweet little note.

She wrote,
"Hello!
My name is Maria, I'm 15.  And I envy to you because I dream to live in Japan.  I love this country very much, it is beautiful.  With best wishes, Maria.
P.S. My favourite movie is 'Leon: the Professional'"

Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine

I'm not sure if there was a stamp on the card originally or not, but there wasn't one when it arrived.  There was half of a cancelation stamp and a little picture in the corner of the card where the stamp should be.  It's a mystery!

Thailand - Book Related

July 21, 2016

This card came into my box in July.  It had a short and I think friendly note on the back. It was my first card from Thailand.

Noi wrote,
"Sawasdee from Bangkok Thailand, the land of Smile.  Noi :-)"

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There was a prepaid stamp in one corner and a note that if the card was for international use 6 baht in postage had to be added.

Luxembourg

August 29, 2015


This was a nice surprise...a fairly rare country and my first card from Luxembourg.  There is some German on the card which I couldn't translate I'm afraid.  The rest of the message goes like this...

"I am Simone, a German living in Luxembourg.  Luxembourg is a small country in Europe, framed by Germany, France and Belgium.  It is also the world's only Grand Duchy and did belong to the Netherlands till some 150 years ago.

This card shows sights in a border town from Luxembourg.  People from all over the world visit that town due to some kind of Catholic procession.

Best Wishes, Simone

Greetings from Echternach

I hope I write the monarch's name correctly.  According to Wikipedia, the man on the stamp is Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Just a note to my readers.  I am on holiday now so may not be able to approve any comments until I return.

Bangladesh

March 18, 2015

I received this card recently.  It was rather unusual.  I had to sign for the card and it was wrapped in plastic!  That doesn't usually happen.

There are stamps on the back that cover most of the card.  Unfortunately, they also cover everything that the sender wrote, so I have no idea what he wanted to say.

The sender put his home address on the card.  His address is in another country.  The card shows a pair of hand-knitted stockings from Estonia.

Stockings

Beautiful stamps, but so big!

Iceland

February 10, 2015

I received this card and I was quite excited at first because it is from a new country for me, Iceland.  However, I believe it is a self-printed card that the sender sends out to many people.  It's a little disappointing, but I do appreciate the stamp.

The sender printed a very generic message on the back...printed by computer, not even by hand.  Le sigh.

He said, "Hi my name is Stefan and I live in Reykjavik the capital of Iceland."  That's it.

I have no idea what the pictures show, except for the very obvious one on the top row!

Very interesting stamp.  I'd love to know what it represents!

Macau

July 29, 2014

I was happy to receive this card as it comes from Macau.  Macau is still a fairly rare country to receive a postcard from, and even more interestingly for me, I've been there!  My husband and I took a trip to Hong Kong a few years ago and from there went to Macau for a day trip.  I would like to stay longer!

Martha sent me this art card and writes that it is nice to "meet" me.  She's from Macau which is at South of China.  This postcard is from the Macau Museum of Art.  It's an exhibition of art that is there now.  She loves this oil painting very much.

Fernand Leger - The Medrano Circus

About the stamps she writes "Saw that you're from Japan.  So give you a sushi stamp~taste good!  I love Japan Sushi very much."

Well, I love these stamps, although I'm not really from Japan, I just live here! The Sushi does look good and I have the sneaking suspicion that I might have been to the place in the stamp, but I'm not completely sure.

Thanks Martha!

Cyprus

June 23, 2014

Vera writes that she is a graphic designer, illustrator and photographer from Russia.  In 2012 she moved to Cyprus with her husband and currently they live in a small sunny city on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. She is going to move again in a few months to Germany.  She's very excited.  She loves adventures and travelling :) She sends her best wishes.

A Streetcar Named Desire

These are cool stamps that I haven't seen before.  Cyprus is a fairly uncommon country so I am thrilled to receive this card.