Saturday, January 17, 2009
Ottawa
This card is a pre paid postcard, which means that the postage is paid when the card is bought. Thanks Krista for sending this card!
National Holy Hearts Basilica
Venice
This card is extra ordinary, because of it's shape. Its longer than normal cards. However the card it self is really beautiful. It shows the romantic city of Venice of Venezia in Italian.
The card was canceled in Padova on 5.05.08. There is also cancellation mark, with the writing Mal Ensamindo A El Salvador C.A. Does anyone know what that means? Thanks Eleue for sending this card!!
Rio de Janeiro
This wonderful card is one of my personal favorites as well. The statue of Christ the Redeemer over looking the city of Rio and the Sugar loaf mountain, a cracking view indeed!
A lake in Finland.
Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena is the home of German Champions Bayern Munich and their cross town rivals 1860 Munich.
I was amused with this card when I received it because there wasn't a stamp on it at all! On closer inspection I figured out that the stamp must have fallen off some where along the way from Germany to Malaysia, because there are parts of cancellation marks on the card, as seen above!Thanks Yukiko for sending this card!
University of Coimbra
A really interesting card, mainly because of the error that occurred during the cancellation of this card! If you look at the stamp it is uncanceled ,but when you look at the front part of the card you notice a cancellation mark! Errors like this don't usual happen. I guess the card was not the right way up when the machine was supposed cancel the stamps! Cool!!
Thank you Kel for sending this card ...oh and thanks to the Portuguese postal service for making the mistake!lol!!
Dole.
A self made postcard
WWF card
This is a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) card sent from Finland. I am not sure of the place in the card though as it is not mentioned by the sender neither the card makers.
Interesting that the stamp used was a British stamp, so obviously the postage was paid by other method. Nice stamp though, Harry Potter! Thank you Kiti for sending this card!!
Kuressare Bishop Castle
Here is an official postcrossing card sent from Estonia. It shows the Kuressare Bishop Castle in Saaremaa. Just look at the reflection of the castle in the water! Isn't it beautiful?
If you look properly, you will notice that the castle on the postcard and on the right most stamp are the same. The cancellation marks reveal 11.05.08 and the card was canceled in Tallinn ,the capital of Estonia. Thanks Maire!!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Chinese house
This card shows the Zhongyun residential quarters .It was sent by Deng Jiang Ke of China. It looks like an ad card to me, but I am not sure .
Nice stamp. The one on the right is a prepaid stamp. The cancellation mark is quite interesting as it is in Mandarin, unfortunately I don't read Mandarin ,so I don't have clue where it was canceled. Anyway, thanks Jiang Ke
Liege
Nice stamps, oddly enough no cancellation marks were found. Thanks Teerunesh for sending this card!
Estonia Map
Again nice stamps used. Canceled in Johvi on 24.03.08.Thanks Kristiina for sending me this card!!
Ships!!
Buenos Aires
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