Monday, December 31, 2012

Postcard Stats for 2012

 Total of 83 cards received from 29 different countries in 2012.

  1. Australia (2)
  2. Austria (2)
  3. Belarus (2)
  4. Belgium (1)
  5. China (5)
  6. Czech (1)
  7. Denmark (1)
  8. Estonia (1)
  9. Finland (7)
  10. Germany (10)
  11. Hong Kong (1)
  12. India (1)
  13. Italy (1)
  14. Japan (4)
  15. Lithuania (2)
  16. Malaysia (1)
  17. Myanmar (2)
  18. Netherlands (11)
  19. New Zealand (1)
  20. Poland (2)
  21. Portugal (1)
  22. Romania (2)
  23. Russia (8)
  24. Slovenia (2)
  25. Switzerland (1)
  26. Taiwan (2)
  27. U.S.A (6)
  28. Ukraine (4)
  29. United Kingdom (2) 

Friday, December 28, 2012

CN-005 Postcard from China

CN-005 Postcard from China  ~~ Map Card

The sender seems not intend to get 12/12/12 postmark, but I am lucky enough to get the postmark on that date.  :)

MM-002 Postcard from Myanmar

MM-002 Postcard from Myanmar ~~ Htilominlo Temple build about 1211 AD


This card is sent on 12/12/12 from Thingungyan PO, Yangon, Myanmar by Aunty Thitar Aung of www.stampsmyanmar.com, Myanmar Lexicon Technology.  Thanks, Aunty.


RU-008 Postcard from Russia

RU-008 Postcard from Russia  ~~ Kovrov



Monday, December 24, 2012

NL-011 Postcard from Netherlands

NL-011 Postcard from Netherlands



FL-007 Postcard from Finland

FL-007 Postcard from Finland  ~~ Dandelion Flowers



LT-002 Postcard from Lithuania

LT-002 Postcard from Lithuania



US-006 Postcard from U.S.A

US-006 Postcard from U.S.A  ~~ Bill Clinton

The souvinear postcard from Clinton Museum Store. 
"Nothing big ever come of being small."



CH-001 Postcard from Switzerland

CH-001 Postcard from Switzerland  ~~ Morteratsch Glacier from Kanton Graubuden



RU-007 Postcard from Russia

RU-007 Postcard from Russia


UA-004 Postcard from Ukraine

UA-004 Postcard from Ukraine



NL-010 Postcard from Netherlands

NL-010 Postcard from Netherlands ~~ Postcrossing Card



JP-004 Postcard from Japan

JP-004 Postcard from Japan ~~ Todai-Ji Temple Nara, Japan



NL-009 Postcard from Netherlands

NL-009 Postcard from Netherlands  ~~ Twickel Castle from Delden



Sunday, December 16, 2012

TW-002 Postcard from Taiwan

TW-002 Postcard from Taiwan ~~ Postcrossing Taiwan 4th meet up (maxicard)



DE-010 Postcard from Germany

DE-010 Postcard from Germany ~~ old picture of Cologne, from 1939.



US-005 Postcard from U.S.A

US-005 Postcard from U.S.A ~~ Christian Dell (1893 - 1974) German Table Lamp, 1928
Copper shade, chrome-plated metal, 16.5 x 9.5 in.

This artifact is from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Modernism Collection, Gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota. 



RU-006 Postcard from Russia

RU-006 Postcard from Russia ~~ Panoramic view of the Kremlin and the River Moscow




AU-002 Postcard from Australia

AU-002 Postcard from Australia  ~~ Red Dirt, Blue Sky, White Ghost Dums by Debbie Urquhart, WA
From Living Australian Photography Competition 2011



PL-002 Postcard from Poland

PL-002 Postcard from Poland ~~ Lublin : Ninth largest city in Poland



FL-006 Postcard from Finland

FL-006 Postcard from Finland



DE-009 Postcard from Germany

DE-009 Postcard from Germany  ~~ Eisenkapelle am Morgen



DE-008 Postcard from Germany

DE-008 Postcard from Germany  ~~ Rustic Gardens

The card is damaged at the sorting device at Deutsche Post.  The cancellation on stamps are fine, so it's supposed to be damaged after the card is canceled.  Deutsche Post enclose it in plastic bag together with the letter of apology.  

The card is teared into two pieces and Deutsche Post and is connected using clear tape. 
You can see that the postmark is stamped before it is damaged.


This is the plastic bag of Deutsche Post.  You can see the bag from Singpost here.

This is the letter of apology from Deutsche Post with no signature. 

IN-001 Postcard from India

IN-001 Postcard from India  ~~ Jantar Mantar, New Delhi


This card is mini-delhi postcrossing meetup card.  Only two member of postcrossing society attends this event, meet each others and sign on cards.  They are Manu Sharma and Bhaskar Pakrasi and met on 15th feb 2012.