Two new Europa stamps and FDC. Release date 16.04.2015.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Netherlands: Nieuwegein
Nieuwegein is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the river Lek and borders on IJsselstein in the southwest and Houten in the east.
Nieuwegein was founded on 1 July 1971 as a planned city, following the merger of the former municipalities of Jutphaas and Vreeswijk. The new town was built for the expanding population of the city of Utrecht, and grew rapidly during the decades following its foundation.
Nieuwegein is connected to Utrecht and IJsselstein by light rail. There is a pedestrian ferry across the river Lek to Vianen.
Three canals flow through Nieuwegein: the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, the Lek River and the Merwede Canal.
Thank You Laura
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Netherlands: Fryslân
Friesland or Frisia is a province in the northwest of the Netherlands. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of Flevoland, northeast of North Holland, and south of the North Sea. In 2010, the province had a population of 646,000 and a total area of 5,749 km2.
The capital and seat of the provincial government is the city of Leeuwarden, a city with 91,817 inhabitants.The province is divided into 24 municipalities.
The province itself, of which the north western area once was part of the ancient, larger region of Frisia. The official languages of Friesland are West Frisian and Dutch.
Postcard have sticker instead of post stamp.
Thank You Hennie.
France: Keep dreaming
And a FDC with nice stamps:
La danse - La Salsa, released on 13.10.2014.
Marianne and youth 0,01 € released on 16.07.2013.
Marianne and youth 0,05 € released on 16.07.2013.
Marianne and youth 0,10 € released on 16.07.2013.
Thank You very much Axel!
Russia: Ferret
Very nice postcard from Russia.
The ferret is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur. They have an average length of 50 cm including a 13 cm tail, weigh about 0,7–2 kg, and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females.
Thank You Xenia!
The ferret is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur. They have an average length of 50 cm including a 13 cm tail, weigh about 0,7–2 kg, and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females.
Thank You Xenia!
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Germany: Colored card
Very nice colored postcard coming from Germany, from Korean girl who study in Germany.
Thank You very much Minjun!
Thank You very much Minjun!
Germany: When nothing goes right...
Great retro looking card coming from German city Cologne.
Thank you very much Anke!
Thank you very much Anke!
Indonesia: Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi, is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is located approximately 28 kilometres north of the large Yogyakarta city, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1,700 metres above sea level.
Smoke can be seen emerging from the mountaintop at least 300 days a year, and several eruptions have caused fatalities. Pyroclastic flow from a large explosion killed 27 people on 22 November 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano. Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.
Thank You Linda!
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Finland: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
This postcard comes from Finland and this is one of my favorites postcrossing postcards and fantastic surprise from Lasse.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a 1989 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth feature film based on Star Trek, and a sequel to the 1966–1969 Star Trek television series. Taking place shortly after the events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the plot follows the crew of the USS Enterprise-A as they confront a renegade Vulcan, Sybok, who is searching for God at the center of the galaxy.
The film was directed by cast member William Shatner, following two films directed by his co-star, Leonard Nimoy. Shatner also developed the initial storyline in which Sybok searches for God but instead finds an alien being. Series creator Gene Roddenberry disliked the original script, while Nimoy and DeForest Kelley objected to the premise that their characters, Spock and Leonard McCoy, would betray Shatner's James T. Kirk. The script went through multiple revisions to please the cast and studio, including cuts in the effects-laden climax of the film. Despite a writers' guild strike cutting into the film's pre-production, Paramount commenced filming in October 1988.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/
Thank you very much Lasse!
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a 1989 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fifth feature film based on Star Trek, and a sequel to the 1966–1969 Star Trek television series. Taking place shortly after the events of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the plot follows the crew of the USS Enterprise-A as they confront a renegade Vulcan, Sybok, who is searching for God at the center of the galaxy.
The film was directed by cast member William Shatner, following two films directed by his co-star, Leonard Nimoy. Shatner also developed the initial storyline in which Sybok searches for God but instead finds an alien being. Series creator Gene Roddenberry disliked the original script, while Nimoy and DeForest Kelley objected to the premise that their characters, Spock and Leonard McCoy, would betray Shatner's James T. Kirk. The script went through multiple revisions to please the cast and studio, including cuts in the effects-laden climax of the film. Despite a writers' guild strike cutting into the film's pre-production, Paramount commenced filming in October 1988.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/
Thank you very much Lasse!
Monday, March 16, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
India: two postcards and three banknotes
I have received two postcards and three banknotes from my friend Subramanya from India.
For those who grew up on a steady diet of the epic drama Mahabharatha and Tipu Sultan, the Elephant Stables in Hampi are sure to bring back to memory fantastic wars fought between seemingly invincible dynasties as kings faced each other atop elephants. Incredible domed structures, fitting for the majestic, royal beings that were housed here, Elephant stables is a row of 11 chambers with the one in the center, distinct with its temple-style tower, grander than the 5 on its either sides.
Bearing a faded and slightly decrepit appearance the stables still stand as firmly as when they were in use, housing the royal Elephants. Inside the chambers, on the roof are metal hooks used in tying the Elephants and towards the rear of each chamber are small openings, possibly used by the mahouts to enter the chambers.
Fronted with a carpet of green, you can see the alternating pattern of the domes from outside while the central chamber is decorated with wall carvings and frescoes on the ceiling and was perhaps used for gatherings, celebrations and events that involved the stables royal residents.
Five, ten and twenty rupees banknotes.
Thank you very much Subramanya!
For those who grew up on a steady diet of the epic drama Mahabharatha and Tipu Sultan, the Elephant Stables in Hampi are sure to bring back to memory fantastic wars fought between seemingly invincible dynasties as kings faced each other atop elephants. Incredible domed structures, fitting for the majestic, royal beings that were housed here, Elephant stables is a row of 11 chambers with the one in the center, distinct with its temple-style tower, grander than the 5 on its either sides.
Bearing a faded and slightly decrepit appearance the stables still stand as firmly as when they were in use, housing the royal Elephants. Inside the chambers, on the roof are metal hooks used in tying the Elephants and towards the rear of each chamber are small openings, possibly used by the mahouts to enter the chambers.
Fronted with a carpet of green, you can see the alternating pattern of the domes from outside while the central chamber is decorated with wall carvings and frescoes on the ceiling and was perhaps used for gatherings, celebrations and events that involved the stables royal residents.
The Western Ghats are a mountain range that runs almost parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity in the world. It is sometimes called the Great Escarpment of India. The range runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain, called Konkan, along the Arabian Sea. A total of thirty nine properties including national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests were designated as world heritage sites - twenty in Kerala, ten in Karnataka, five in Tamil Nadu and four in Maharashtra.
Thank you very much Subramanya!
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Maxicards of Serbia
Serbian maxicards are rare, but this is what you can buy from main post office in Belgrade:
International polar year
Amelia Earhart - 75th anniversary flight across the Atlantic
Art - 100th birth anniversary of Peđa Milosavljević
The museum exhibits - Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
Europa 2009 - Astronomy
World Exhibition Expo 2010 - Shanghai
Motoring: 55 years of Fiat 750
50 years of Guča Trumpet Players' Gathering
International Year of Biodiversity
Science - Bridges
Lunar Horoscope - Year of the Dragon
25th Belgrade Marathon
1700 years of Edict of Milan
200 years since the birth of Petar II Petrović Njegoš
125 years since the birth of King Alexander I Karađorđević
Monday, March 9, 2015
Netherlands: Holland
- Holland, an area within the Netherlands, now split into North Holland and South Holland
- Informally (and formerly also formally in sports events), a designation referring to the whole of the Netherlands
- The County of Holland, a county in the Holy Roman Empire factually until 1581, formally until 1795
- The Dutch Republic or Republic of the Seven United Provinces, an independent aristocratic Republic from 1579/1581 until 1795, frequently called simply "Holland" in literature
- The Kingdom of Holland, a French vassal state covering roughly the area of the Netherlands during the Napoleonic era (1806-1810)
France: Six fours - Ile des Embiez
Six-Fours-les-Plages, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Inhabitants of Six-Fours-les-Plages refer to themselves as "Six-Fournais".
It is located in the metropolitan Communauté d'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée, and is southwest of the main city of Toulon.
Thank You Ber.
Finland: Claude Monet
Nice postcard form Finland with portrait of Claude Monet.
Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.
Thank You Eeva!
Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise), which was exhibited in 1874 in the first of the independent exhibitions mounted by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon de Paris.
Thank You Eeva!
Australia: Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Thank You Karin!
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Netherlands: Pelican
Very nice postcard from Netherlands with drawing of pelican.
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America as well as from polar regions and the open ocean.
Thank you very much Régine
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America as well as from polar regions and the open ocean.
Thank you very much Régine
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