Taiwan - Movie Card

June 2, 2020

This card arrived back in June and was a nice surprise. I haven't seen the movie on the front however. It came from Penny in Taiwan. She wrote a lovely friendly note and used amazing stamps on the card.


She wrote,
Hello Helen,
I have been to Yamagata for 2 time, both of them are going to Zao, cause I want to see the Jyuhyo (Snow Monsters) with blue sky! And I saw it in second time trip! Lucky me.

Penny

[Mt. Zao in Yamagata-ken is famous for strange snow formations in winter. The snow covers the trees, but the strong winds carve the snow and it looks like snow monsters. I've never seen them as Zao is more than 2 hours away and the roads aren't great in winter!]

I don't know anything about this film, I've never seen it or even heard of it!

These stamps that Penny used are amazing. I am not sure which one I like most.

Thank you Penny!

Canada - British Columbia

March 9, 2020

This gorgeous card came from Marty in Canada. He sent this great card with a cool note on the back.

He wrote,
" Becoming excited. I accepted a new job that begins in two weeks. I will be cooking for children who are vegan or gluten-free or have other food allergies. It is a little overwhelming as this is a lot of responsibility. I will be ready. I have been searching the internet & Facebook and cookbooks to gather ideas and recipes.

Marty

United States of America - Black & White

March 5, 2020


Diane sent this card to me with a nice note on the back and wrote about her favourite films. That's a subject that I always enjoy, so this was a good card for me!

Diane wrote;

"Hi Helen,

Happy Birthday Month!

Walt Disney is a famous writer of sorts & Mickey surely is a famous actor!

I loved Mama Mia, Les Miserables, Bohemian Rhapsody & Judy, I really love musical & romantic movies.

Blessings, Diane"

Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse doll

Three interesting stamps from the US.

Finland - Food, Flowers and Drink

August 5, 2019

This beautiful card came from a young woman in Finland.  She wrote in felt pen on the back, so she didn't have much space to write!

She wrote;

"Hello and greetings from Finland! Here in the picture there is a "metsa"mansikkaa" and "mehua" in English, Forest Strawberries and juice. This postcard I bought from city named Pori.
Happy Postcrossing."

This is a very pretty stamp!

Germany

July 6, 2019
Elke sent this huge card to me from Germany. It's quite interesting! She wrote a short and friendly note on the back.

She wrote;

Hello Helen,

nice to meet you 😀

I live with my family in Chemnite, Saxony. My hometown was called Karl Marx Stach from 1953 to 1990.

I like to read in my free time. My favourite author is Clive Cussler. 

Enjoy your day!

Elke

The card has a stamped URL at the bottom. It's to a site for fantasy books. If you read German, or have a translation button, check it out!

This is a rather oversize card.  It is quite large!

German stamps are always quite interesting!  I like these ones.

France

June 22, 2019

Francoise sent me a card of Japan, although she lives in France.  I would say it is a bit like sending coals to Newcastle though!

It's a lovely card and she put a friendly note on the back.

She wrote,

I send you a card of your country, fun is not it, I like this series a lot: as a travel, I wish you a beautiful summer wear well.

Francoise

Toshodai-ji, Honshu island, Japan

The big stamp on the right depicts a view from the cave paintings at Lascaux.

Brazil - Food

May 7, 2019

Igo sent this delicious looking card from Brazil with a friendly note on the back.

He wrote;

Hello Helen!

Tudo bem com voce? (How are You?)
My name's IGO and I live in a small town called Aracaju. My wife is grand-daughter of Japanese. Your last name is Shimada [I think he means 'her' last name, not mine.] I love desserts...My favourites are: Tiramisu, Brownie, Ice-Cream and Brigadeiro (typical Brazilian dessert)

All the Best!

:-)

Tiramisu

 Gorgeous stamps from Brazil.

Russia

May 7, 2019

Dmitry sent this card to me with a short and friendly note on the back.

He wrote;

Hello, Helen!
My name is Dima or -Dmitry. On the card depicts the Vezhe-Tundra mountain in the Murmansk region in spring.  I wish you excellent spring mood.

Dima  21.04.2019

 Dima used some very interesting stamps on the card. I'm not sure if the picture in the corner is an indication of a pre-stamped card or the place where we are supposed to put the stamp!

Poland - Movie Related

April 24, 2019

This great card came to me with a great discussion of movies on the back, lovely stamps and was almost a perfect card for me.  I'm not a fan of Taxi Driver, although I do know how influential the film was and is.  However, I'm always there for another movie fan!

Piotr wrote,

April 17, 2019
Warsaw  +16 C

Dear Helen!

I like a lot of different films and it would be difficult to point to my favourite. Sometimes the subject moves me, ("Into the Wild"), sometimes music ("Three Colours: Blue") or actors ("The Graduate") or atmosphere ("Blade Runner"). I really like artistic film posters however - I am sending you a postcard with one work of Polish School of Posters. The original poster can be bought for $1000!

All the best for you!

PIOTR

Andrzej Klimowski 1978 - Taxi Driver

Look at all of these cool stamps on the card.  I think they are amazing!

Philippines - Tea

December 27, 2018

This great card came to me near the end of 2018 from the Philippines.  Miguel wrote a lovely friendly note on his card and used cool stamps so it was a very happy Postcrossing for me!

He wrote,

Dear Helen,

Hello from Manilla! I hope htis postcard reaches you well and that you are doing fine. You wrote that you like tea. May I ask what kind you drink? Personally, I like Jasmine tea. I don't know why they failed to include that in this postcard. I went to Taiwan last week and I enjoyed Jasmine Milk Tea. I must have had 10 servings of it. I would very much like to experience a Japanese tea ceremony. I'm sure tradition would add some kind of flavor to the tea. 

Yours, 

Miguel

Herbal Tea Selection
Photo by marilyn barbone

Cool Stamps!

Austria

November 12, 2018

This card arrived rather a while ago. It was sent by Monika who wrote a short friendly note on the back.

She wrote,

Hello Helen!

Greetings from Austria!
On this card you can see some impressions of our beautiful capital Vienna. My older son is studying there. W.A. Mozart is one of my favourite composers.

Best wishes, Monika

Vienna

This is a gorgeous stamp, really like it too.

Finland - Food

September 25, 2018

This attractive card came from Tuija in Finland.  She wrote a short note on the back to me. Yay!

She said,

"Happy Greetings!"
It's starting to be colourful fall here in Finland nowadays.
I don't like mushrooms but I do like lingonberries! I make
jam and porridge from those berries :-)

Take care.
Tuija

Happy Greetings!

 Beautiful stamps too!  I also like seeing the priority sticker.

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.  

China

August 7, 2018

This card came from China with an unneeded apology.  The sender didn't sign the card, and his name is written on his profile with Chinese characters so I can't read it.

He wrote;

Sorry. I don't have a postcard you like, but I have a stamp from musician Beethoven, hoping to make up for it.

I have no idea where this picture is.  Any readers?

These are great stamps.  The Beethoven one is really interesting, but so is the winter wonderland one!

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.  

Taiwan - Movie Card

June 12, 2018

This is the kind of card that I love!  The sender found something that I would like, wrote a nice little note about their city and was friendly too.  She even used great stamps and had an excellent cancellation stamp used on my card.  Hurray!

She wrote,

[kanji] (Hello) ~ Greetings from Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

If you come here for a visit, you shouldn't miss Pier Z Art Center, which consists of several old abandoned warehouses that have been converted into exhibition space and hosts plenty of exhibitions  throughout the year.  Hope you like this AD card of Movies. And welcome to Taiwan anytime!

Janice 2018.06.02

Jurassic World...haven't seen it yet, but hope to!

Aren't these stamps interesting?  I love the cancellation mark as well.

Black & White Bond-Movie Card

May 2, 2018

This fabulous postcard came from Helen in Britain.  She wrote a great message on the back and the front of the card was terrific too, so I loved this Postcrossing!

She started out in the middle of speaking, so to speak!

OK we have a lot in common:- our names, our love of Daniel Craig as Bond (Thank God he's doing one more!), our language!
I've been saving this card for just the right person & it looks like that's you!
Strictly Ballroom is in my all-time Top 10, plus Apollo 13 or any Tom Hanks film (well, most)
Happy Postcrossing
Helen

Bond looking appropriately Bondish!

An interesting grouping of stamps.  Love them!

The big stamp says,
St. Abb's Head
Scottish Borders