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Monday, July 25, 2016

Postcard #41

Postcard #41 from Czech Republic.

Date: 25.07.16
Depicts: Plzen city center.
From: got from a postcrosser Anna.

My 22nd postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
This so amazing to get postcards from places you've already been to even not for a long time. I stayed in Plzen for an overnight when I travelled back home from my mini Euro-trip by car with my parents. I managed to see this exact city Square on the postcard in the late evening.
Stamps: "Folk Architecture", Classical Architecture theme, Czech Republic, 2011.


Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Postcard #40

Postcard #40 from USA.

Date: 20.07.16
Depicts: Currituck Beach Lighthouse located on the Outer Banks in Corolla, North Carolina.
From: got from a postcrosser Catherine.

My 21st postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
Stamps: "Repeal of the Stamp Act, 1766", Forever, USA, 2016.

Postcard #39

Postcard #39 from Turkey.

Date: 20.07.16
Depicts: (from left to right and bottom) Galata Tower, Bosphorus Ferry and Galata Bridge in Istanbul.
From: got from a postcrosser Ahmet.

My 20th postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
Stamps: "Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938)", Atatürk series, Turkey, 2009.
Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey.

Friday, July 15, 2016

Postcard #38

Postcard #38 from USA.

Date: 15.07.16
Depicts: boat reflections at Ferry Point Marina, Old saybrook, Connecticut state.
From: got from a postcrosser Pam.

My 19th postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
Stamps: "USPS Hummingbird", USA, 2014; "U.S. Flag", Forever, USA, 2016.

Postcard #37

Postcard #37 from Portugal.

Date: 15.07.16
Depicts: a viaduct somewhere in Portugal with a freight train.
From: got from a postcrosser Luisa.

My 18th postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
Stamps: "Ski", Extreme Sports III series, Portugal, 2016.

Postcard #36

Postcard #36 from Russia.
Date: 15.07.16
Depicts: a Russian Post mail box.
From: got it from Nadezhda.

Another Russian Post postcard with a mailbox dedicated to "Ural Music Night" event organized in Ekaterinburg. I was lucky to find a woman who collects RP postcards too and who had a spare postcard from this event for swap. So I exchanged with her my spare "Papa Fest" postcard for this one :)
Stamps: "Косатка. Orcinus orca" (Grampus), Fauna of Russia: Whales series, Russia, 2012.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Postcard #35

Postcard #35 from Czech Republic.

Date: 13.07.16
Depicts: "Moravsky kras", local caves with stalactites and stalagmites.
From: got from a postcrosser Pavel.

My 17th postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
Stamps: I don't know how Czech postal system works but as I understand this is not an actual postal stamp, this is some kind of electronical sticker which also includes a weight description.


Postcard #34

Postcard #34 from Moldova.

Date: 13.07.16
Depicts: food and wine of Moldova.
From: got from a postcrosser Catherine.

My 16th postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
Stamps: "Plugușorul", Datini si obiceiuri de iarna (Tradition of the Little Plough, Winter customs and traditions series), Moldova, 2015.
Plugușorul is a Romanian New Year's tradition and carol.

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Postcard #33

Postcard #33 from Russia.
Date: 09.07.16
Depicts: a Russian Post mail box with kites.
From: got it for free :)

Yet another Russian Post postcard with a mailbox dedicated to "Papa Fest" event organized by Paternity Fund. 
Stamps: "Чемпионат Мира по Хоккею 2016 в России" (Ice Hokkey World Championship in Russia 2016), Russia, 2016.


Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Postcard #32

Postcard #32 from USA.

Date: 06.07.16
Depicts: an iris flower.
From: got from a postcrosser Sheena.

My 15th postcard from Postcrossing.com project.
One of my most favorite flowers. On postcard it is actually violet but unfortunately the scanner made it blue.
Stamps: "Global: The Moon", USA, 2016.