NL-2858320: Cupcakes

Hello! On 11/Feb/2015 I received a postcard from the Netherlands, sent by Raisa. It shows a colorful selection of cupcakes.

Back of the card

And here's the stamp she used

 

Cheers!

[LOCATION #20] FI-2311715: Watercolor painting

Hello! On 11/Feb/2015 I received my first postcard from Finland, sent by Sinikka. It was made by Minna Immonen and it shows a winter scene.

Back of the card
 

 And here's the stamp she used

Cheers!

NL-2957636: Kitten and milk

Hello! On 11/Feb/2015 I received a postcard from the Nerherlands, sent by Janny. It shows a cute kitten and some spilled milk, everything encased in an artistic way.

Back of the card

And here is the stamp she used. The other ones are cat stickers, so cute!

 

Cheers!

US-3203444: Prof. McGonagall

Hello! On 11/Feb/2015 I received a postcard from the U.S.A., sent by Becky. It shows Professor McGonagall, a teacher from the Harry Potter series. Even though she has never read any of the books, her friends have and she hopes one day to read them as well.

Back of the card

And here are the stamps she used. I liked that she could squeeze in a Harry Potter stamp too.

 

Cheers!

US-3203447: California poppy

Hello! On 6/Feb/2015 I received a postcard from the U.S.A., sent by Christy. It’s a close-up shot of a California poppy, a popular flower from that state; it’s a photograph taken by Bill Langton.

Back of the card

And here are the stamps she used

 

Cheers!

[LOCATION #19] HU-83921: Buda Castle

Hello! On 6/Feb/2015 I received my first postcard from Hungary, sent by Barna. It’s a beautiful postcard showing the Buda Castle and the Chain Bridge in Budapest. The name of the city is embossed on the postcard, but my scanner doesn’t show those kind of details. I personally think this is the nicest postcard I’ve ever received so far.

Back of the card

And here's the stamp he used

Cheers!

RU-3369325: Lady Gaga

Hello! On 2/Feb/2015 I received a postcard from Russia, sent by Ekaterina. It shows a portrait of Lady Gaga, made by Lawrence Rowell.

Back of the card

And here are the stamps she used

Cheers!

DE-3867113: Paserben

Hello! On 28/Jan/2015 I received a postcard from Germany, sent by Sonja. It shows a view of the sunset in Paserben.

Back of the card

And here’s the stamp she used. It’s another machine-generated stamp with the value printed on top. Can’t believe it was only €0,01 to send it to me!

 

Cheers!

DE-3867079: When life gives you lemons…

Hello! On 28/Jan/2015 I received a postcard from Germany, sent by Petra. It shows a saying in German: Wenn dir das Leben Zitronen gibt, mach Limonade draus, which translates to when life gives you lemons, make lemonade out of it.

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And here are the stamps she used

Cheers!

[LOCATION #18] TW-1483861: The fuchsia fairy

Hello! On 26/Jan/2015 I received my first postcard from Taiwan, sent by Yi-Chun. It shows the fuchsia fairy, from A Flower Fairy Alphabet, by Cicely Mary Barker.

Back of the card

 

 And here's the stamp she used

Cheers!

{DIRECT SWAP} [LOCATION #17] Raining

Hello there! Apart from the usual postcards I receive, sometimes people contact me to swap specific postcards from Peru (because apparently, my country is an exotic country to receive postcards from); this is called a direct swap.

This postcard was the first one I received that way, and it was a new country for me. Even though I don’t remember the exact date, this was sent to me on 21/Dec/2014 by Xiongfei, from China. It shows one of the round solar terms, the one translated as “raining”, which is around February 19th or 20th every year.

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There are the stamps he used. This was a prepaid postcard, but since the postage wasn’t enough, he had to include an extra stamp to cover all the trip to Peru.

Cheers!

RU-31369213: Russian instruments

Hello! On 23/Dec/2014 I received a postcard from Russia, sent by Veronica. It shows some traditional Russian musical instruments, which I only knew a few.

Back of the card

And here are the stamps

Cheers!

[LOCATION #16] IE-82794: Hello from Ireland

Hello! On 6/Dec/2014 I received my first postcard from Ireland, sent by Brian. It shows the sunset over the River Liffey, in Dublin City.

Back of the card

 And here's the stamp he used

 Cheers!

[LOCATION #15] UA-1178006: a traditional Ukranian village

Hello! On 20/Nov/2014 I received my first postcard from Ukraine, sent by Andrei. It shows a traditional village in the center area of his country, unlike Odessa, the big city he lives in.

Back of the card

And here's the stamp he used

Cheers!

RU-3133886: Cat on a banister

Hello! On 20/Nov/2014 I received a postcard from Russia, sent by Sergey. It shows an illustration made by Wolf Erlbruch, and it depicts a mischievous cat sliding down on a banister.

Back of the card

And here's the stamp he used

 Cheers!

[LOCATION #14] PL-969378: Solec Nad Wisła

Hello! On 20/Nov/2014 I received my first postcard from Poland, sent by Piotr. It shows some views of Solec Nad Wisła, the place he was born in.

 

Back of the card

 And here are the stamps he used

Cheers!

RU-3128343: Northern lights in the Khininy mountains

Hello! On 20/Nov/2014 I received a postcard from Russia, sent by Tatiana. It shows a beautiful view of northern lights from the Khibiny mountains in Murmansk, Russia. The name of the place is embossed on the edge of the postcard, but unfortunately my scanner doesn’t highlight these kind of details.

Back of the card

And here are the stamps she used

Cheers!