Sunday, January 31, 2016

Belarus


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A lovely orange, white, and black cat with green eyes from Belarus.  



Saturday, January 30, 2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

USA - Wisconsin


Trollin' for treasures on the Trollway!

This card was sent by my little niece Evy from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.  The small city outside of Madison is known for being the troll capital of the US and they nickname their main street the "Trollway."

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Belgium


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Keep Calm and Carry On

This card, of the now famous unused British World War II poster is beautiful, especially with the Union Jack background.  While the card would look like it would be from the Uk, it comes from Gent, Belgium!

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Finland


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Finnland

This awesome travel posted card of Finland, appears to be of a 1960 travel poster.  I love these kinds of postcards!

Monday, January 25, 2016

Russia


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This card is of a formal photo of the wedding of Prince William of England and Catherine Middleton in 2011.  Of course, they are now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.  

I love the English royals and so this was an awesome card to receive.  It is actually a Russian postcard, from the Russian printed writing on it.    

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Saturday, January 23, 2016

USA - Washington


Super Awesome!  Abraham Lincoln

This card comes from my friends Chanele and Val written jointly from Seattle, Washington.

Friday, January 22, 2016

USA - Michigan


Titan Missile Museum, Sahuarita, Arizona

This card of a Titan II missile was big, fast, and deadly.  It weighed 15 tons, was 103 feet tall and carried a nine-megaton warhead with a top speed of 16,000 miles and a range of 6,000.  Time to target was 30 minutes.

This card comes from my friend Neslihan on her trip back to the US and is also, I think, the first card I've posted from Michigan.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Germany


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Ruine des Dunluce Castle, County Antrim

This card comes from Germany, but the card is of Dunluce Castle in North Ireland.  The card is says this, I think in either German or French.  

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Netherlands


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2000 Kopies Voor Een Niewum Millennium

Card Sent:  May 25, 2015
Card Received:  June 2, 2015
Distance:  4,107 miles
Travel Time:  8 days

This cute card of a cat amid a model desert landscape with toys of animals from Africa is a really cute card.  

Monday, January 18, 2016

USA - Massachusetts


The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Tower

This card shows a painting of the above hotel.  

Sunday, January 17, 2016

USA - Wiscosin


Carr Valley Cheese - Our cheese is udderly delicious!

This card comes from my little nice in Wisconsin.  It says on the back: Cheesy Fact No. 3: the United States is the top producer of cheese in the world with Wisconsin and California leading the states.

Saturday, January 16, 2016

USA - Colorado


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Wildlife of the Rockies

This card, from Colorado, is of a Bald Eagle going to its nest.  The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the US.


Friday, January 15, 2016

USA - Texas


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The Alamo

This card is of the front of the Alamo, the famous former mission in San Antonio, Texas.  It is a beautiful structure and really nice museum.  

Thursday, January 14, 2016

USA - Oklahoma


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Oasis in the Desert - Albuquerque NM

This card actually came from Oklahoma, not New Mexico.  It is an awesome homage to classic travel posters.  It also came with these old stamps featuring George M. Cohan (composer and performer), "Retarded Children Can Be Helped", and American Militia.



Wednesday, January 13, 2016

USA - Missouri


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Cat

This pretty cat postcard comes from Joplin, Missouri,  

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

United Kingdom


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Greetings From . . . Poland

This card is a card sent from the UK but of a "Greetings From..." or "Postal Love" card for Poland.  The user was originally from Poland but had moved to the UK with her fiancee.  

The front of the card mentions things such as the number of postcrossers, population, highest mountain, that the Polish National Volleyball team won the World Championship in 2014, and a list of famous Poles including Chopin, Pope John Paul II, maria Curie, and Copernicus.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Taiwan


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This card is a beautiful maxi card from Taiwan of the "treasure fish." 

Sunday, January 10, 2016

USA - Wisconsin


Hello! from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mount Horeb is a small city outside of Madison, Wisconsin (the state capital).  The town is known for it's Scandanavian culture and this card features one of the trolls around town.

Friday, January 8, 2016

USA - Tennessee


Elvis Presley

My friend Evelyn sent me this cad from a visit to Memphis, Tennessee to see Graceland.  The King would have been 81 years old today.  

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Finland


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"If you tell where he's going...He may never get there!"

I love old propaganda cards and this is a reprint of a poster probably dating from the World War II era. It included a beautiful stamp of a swan shown below.


Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Finland


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Swedish Royal Family

Card Sent: May 22, 2015
Card Received: May 29, 2015
Distance: 4,439 miles
Travel Time: 8 days

The user fro Postcrossing says that the Finish people love the Royal family of Sweden.  It also has this awesome Finish Postcrossing stamp!  


Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Germany


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Ski Lift

Card Sent: February 19, 2015
Card Received: March 10, 2015
Distance: 4,426 miles
Travel Time: 19 days

This card is by Allan I. Teger from an artwork called bodyscapes (www.bodyscapes.com) showing figures skiing down a mountain made from of a person's body.  





Monday, January 4, 2016

Greenland



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New Year, New Country

This photo is far smaller than this oversized postcard.  Featuring a helicopter and a skier, this is one of the largest postcards I've received.  However, this card comes from Greenland which is a SUPER RARE country.  There are only 3 postcrossers from the country and they've only sent about 142 cards total!

Because this has been a fairly rare country, I learned from a friend to contact the board of tourism and sent a quick email to them explaining that I collect postcards from various countries and had asked if I could get one mail ed from the post office in Nuuk, Greenland.

Thanks very much to Elisabeth who mailed this card to me!  Thank you Greenland Tourism!  



Sunday, January 3, 2016

USA - Illinois


Chicago - Sears Tower

This card shows four views of Chicago's Sears Tower, which the card mentions is the tallest building in the world.  

The building's name was changed to the Willis Tower in 2010 and the building wa ssurpased as the tallest building in the world in 2009 by the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Poland


Krzyztopor, Poland

This was a direct swap card from my friend Patrycja in Poland.

Friday, January 1, 2016

Netherlands


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Winter Tree, 1979 by Gabriele Hopfinger

 Card Sent:  February 27, 2015
Card Received:  March 8, 2015
Distance: 4,136  miles
Travel Time: 8 days