Postcard Inventory

Year 2010 is coming up, this December I am trying to catch up sending around 3 envelopes and 5 postcards, and still expecting postcards from these postcrosser:
WAITING FOR CARDS:
Nostalgia (Privates Swap February)
Nancy (another you choose Tag #3:Penguin) 16/3

Nanou (RR 3 cards) promised but never arrived
kristinnaap(Private Swap Afghani Girl) 12/10/09
RajkoG (New Offer Tag: Hard to get countries) 10/10/2009
javi27 (you can choose tag #2) 24/10/2009
javi27(Show the card you offer TAG (show 30 or more cards)27/10/2009
perfectile (send me favorites - Lithuania desert) 3/11/2009

GREAT Postcard View Tops on Swapbot

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Great Postcard View Swap

As the title say it should be of a GREAT VIEW from YOUR country!
No animals, no adcards, no paintings, no handmade please.It could shows a beautiful national park, mountain, see view, lightouse, colorful houses, old castle, vineyard, amazing architecture or scenic.

The card should be postcard bought and sent stamped and written (no envelopes).To participate you should have at least 4.5 ratings on your homepage.You will be sending to 1 partner.


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Show me every Country
It should be of a great view from YOUR country! no adcards, no paintings, no handmade please.It could shows a beautiful national park, mountain, see view, lighthouse, colorful houses, old castle, vineyard, amazing architecture or scenic.

The card should be postcard bought and sent stamped and written (no envelopes)
To participate you should have at least 4.5 ratings on your homepage.

Note: A maximum of 2 Users from each country including US (So if you are from USA please state what state you are from).You will be sending to 2 partners.

Anne Geddes

I am quite a fan of hers for a year now and a subscriber to her site. Every once in a while, I would visit her site, and just browse.

Before I never intended to collect her postcards, but a postcard showing little Ballerinas caught my eye and marked it a favorite.


Then another Anne Postcard caught my eye again. You can see more on my favorites below this blogsite. Anyways, I got my very first Anne Geddes Postcard on October 1, 2009 from Kally of Estonia from “Fast favorites Tag.”

The Stamp shows Beijing Olympics 2008 by the Estonian Post.

Postcard 161: Studenica and Sopocani in Serbia

My penfriend Karoly, sent me a lovely surprise. It is a card of Serb-Orthodox Monastery in south Serboa. The name is Studenica Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It’s second names is: Our Lady Church.

A week later another surprise came from him, its Sopocani. Now I am writing him to tell him that he really made my day for spoiling me with surprises. It is rainy here nowadays and the mailman rarely delivers when it happens. Whenever, I receive a pile of Surprise cards it's like sunny day again.

Poscard 160: The First Iranian Satellite Stamp

Yasi, surprised me with this postcard of Ghajar museum or Nezami house which she told me is a 200 year old infrastructure.

Poscard 159: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Vista Aerea del Fuerte San cristobal detalle de dos garitas.
Aerial view of San Cristobal fort and view of two sentry boxes.

Sent by chololattkato of Puerto Rico. San Cristobal is part of UNESCO World heritage site inscribed as ‘Old San Juan’. Stamp shows “Grand Teton National Park, wyoming’ by USPS. I though this country would have its own stamp series.

Postcard 158: Mount Ararat from Armenia's Side

Photo by Artak hambaryan
Danny wrote:
“This picture is of Ararat which is technically in Turkey but was in historical Armenia.Either way some of the picture is of Armenia. It is a beautiful and very hospitable country. Probably one of the most beautiful I have ever been to. Highly recommended it. “
This postcard is sent stamped and written from Armenia. Stamp is published by Armenian post.

103 Postcards Received Out of 263 Territories

Latest Countries Received:
Nepal, Armenia, Cape verde, Guatemala

Wanted Postcards stamped and written:
Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Azores, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, British Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central Africa Republic, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, Columbia, Comoros, Congo, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Faroe Island, Fiji, French Antilles, French Guyana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guam, Guinea Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechentien, Madeira, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mayoltel Islands, Monaco, Mongolia, Myanmar(Burma), Niger Republic, Nigeria, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Reunion Island, Ross Island, Rwanda, Marianas Islands, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, St. Vincent, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands, Uganda, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia

Ascension Island, Afghanistan, Chad, Cook Islands, Eq. Guinea, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kiribati, Micronesia, Montserrat, Nauru, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Solomon Islands, Somalia, St. Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Tonga Island, Tuvalu, Zaire

Diego Garcia, East Timor, Falkland Islands, Midway Island, Niue, Tokelau, Wake Island, Wallis/Futuna, Spanish North Africa.

Nouvellesimages

I came across some post in the forum that says Offer this, in return of Nouvellesimages. What the heck are Nouvellesimages, it got me thinking and just ignored my curiosity.
Then flocks of information about it flooded the forum, there are already tag games about it. So I decided to really investigate and see for my self. And I saw cards like these:

And so I decided to collect it. My first postcards on hand is Les Fromages de vaches/ Cow cheese from Nevski of Finland. The second card is Les gateaux de la Maison stohrer, a RAS from friend Pazzolina.

Nouvelleimages postcards are printed in France and they have a very wide collection of topics, so see it for yourself. They can be seen circulated around major countries in Europe and the Northern part of America like USA. So there’s no way I can find it here in my country.

My purpose of collecting is not just mere collecting but as you can see I like postcard that shows some French illustrations with French text. On my mind is, It can greatly help me in my French.Harhar, dictionaries could be so boring unless it has illustrations like Nouvellesimages has. Oh, I found one dictionary that really have colorful illustrations on it but it cost a thousand pesos. Nouvellesimages is like my new French dictionary plus postcard in one.

A Handful of Auroras

Fangorn from Finland wrote to me one day and told me how she ran into my profile. Upon seeing my interest on Auroras, she sent me an extra large postcard of not one view but a multiviews of Auroras. Here how it looks:

On the back are the 3 Aurora stamps published by the Finnish Post. Revontulet as they call it (Aurora Borealis) in Finland, Fangorn told me a story about a fox losing its red tails to the sky. That is why there are red auroras, and there are white tailed-foxes. Revontulet is translated as “the lights of a fox”

I have read another legend about the Auroras from a postcard sent by Marit of Norway. Nordlyset as they call it in Norway / Norge, the postcard was written with this: “One of the many legends about the Northern Lights is the story of the flock of swans that flew too far North and were frozen into the ice. Every time the swans beat their wings to try to get free, the Lights flame across the sky.

The postcard is stamped by a matching Aurora stamp also from the Norway Post entitled: Bleik, Andoya, Nordland published this 2009.

You can see the rest of my Aurora collection bellow:

New Lottery: Illustrated Philippine Map

For this month of October I offer this:

Postcard 157: A Favorite from Montenegro

Budva, Montenegro

Here comes the card from your favorites, showing the old town of Budva in Montenegro!

One down another few cards coming from my favorites. My latest interests now on postcrossing forum are the threads, “Fast Favorites Tag”, “Send me a card from my favorites album” and a part two of the latter.

Aside from those threads, I am so much impressed and in awe for those who would contact me via U2U and offer to send a card that I really love. Some would even send them as a RAS card. When that happens, I feel like winning in a jackpot. So either I send them their favorites or go and surprise them with a lovely card from Philippines. My favorite postcards to send in return, are those published by PHILIPPINES POSTCARDS, white bordered, larger card and a lot more expensive but I don’t care much. It’s my way of expressing to someone that I am grateful by their act.

To see more of my favorites, click HERE

Or see the bottom of this page.

Postcard 156: Reading 'Curacao'

You can read it as ‘Cu-ra-sow’ sounds Portuguese, right. Curacao is in fact one of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean. They call it Nederlandse Antillen. I admit first time I read the name I mispronounced so I googled it. Now I am learning, but my folks had it hard.
Here’s the conversation we had on the phone:
Me: Papa, Komusta? did I get some mail today?
Papa: yes, its, uhm I think it is read as ‘Cu-ra-sow’ (he’s right so I get it)
Mama in the background: You sure, it appears ‘Cu-ra-kao’ to me.
[Then some debate over the name]
Me: It’s ‘Cu-ra-sow’ so stop it.

Anyways, Gosia from Italy sent this to me while on a vacation there. She shares, that the view shows a traditional House. Very colorful, I love it!

Postcard 155: The Atlantis is in Dubai

The Atlantis Resort at Palm Jumeirah features a landmark hotel and many other attractions.

Lies in Palm Jumeirah island, this hotel is one of the greatest addition in this man made island.
The hotel bears the name the Atlantis Resort which resembles the other hotel found in Bahamas.

I got intrigued by the hotel itself for 2 reasons:
1)It resembles the atlantis hotel in Bahamas where one of Bond movies was shot.Or am I wrong, either one of Brosnan Pierce’s Movie.
2)The sender claimed that is Paris Hilton’s latest favorite.

Dubai now has its vast superlatives either biggest or tallest. That include the “really bad traffic” as claimed by the sender. But later she added, “On September 9,2009, Dubai will begin a metro station so this would be the greatest way around Dubai and much faster than the traffic.”
That’s a good news and old news for everyone [It’s October now yipee!]

I am waiting to have that Burj dubai card and the Burj al Arab Postcard; If someone who’s kind enough, please. I just saw a segment of national geographic featuring this country and now I am a fanatic.

Postcard 154: Iglesia La Recoleccion, Nicaragua

Foto by Jorge Sebesta

Leon, Nicaragua
The stamps shows the Nicaraguan Orchid ‘Epidendrum Werckleii’ photographed by friend’s friend named Eric Van DenBergle. The bird stamp is part of “Fauna de Nicaragua” collection with the name Tucancillo Orejiamarillo Selenidera spectabilis. Like what it’s name says, Orejiaamarillo suggest yellow eyed bird. That’s a new learning for me from my Nicaraguan Friend.

Postcard 153: Map of Qatar

Written August 2, 2009, it arrived 10 days after. It says “it’s a gift”. Thank you very much to dale. I really appreciate it. The stamp cost 2 Riyals from the state of Qatar with Girdled Skimmer as featured.

Postcard 152: Games from Kuwait

Got it though private swap in exchange of a favorite. A postcard cost 150 Fils, with “1st GCC Woman Sport Tournament Kuwait 2008”

Postcard 151: Bandar seri Begawan, Brunei

From the sender: "Brunei is a very small country. We only have 380,000 population. The major population is Muslim."

A bird’s eye view of the scenic city of Negara Brunei Darussalam. The capital assumed it’s name from the late Sultan haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien who was also know as Begawan Sultan.

Stamp is by Brunei Post entitled “World telecommunication day”

Postcard 150: Bhaktapur in Kathmandu Valley

Photo by Dilip B. Ali

Sent by Raju of Nepal. Bhaktapur in Kathmandu Valley is part of UNESCO World heritage list.

Nepal is also the birthplace of the Great Buddha.The stamps shows “Golden Jubilee year of Nepal – Germany Diplomatic Relations”

Project 149: A Little of Mozambique

Flavio sent it this August, arrived safely last September. That’s a month long of waiting to have this card finally on my hands. Mozambique is a country located east of the African continent.

The stamp is from Mozambique post which wrote, “50th Aniversario de Primeira Edicao”

Project 148: His Majesty of Bhutan

“It is not enough that a few of you excel – every single one of you must strive to be the best.”,that must be His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan have said.

Sent from Thimpu last June 18, 2009 with a stamp “Phunkha Dzong Bridge” by Bhutan Post.

Thanks to leo. The card shows their scouts I think which reminds me of myself as little girl before.

My Long List of Thank You's

My scanner needs fixing. My camera phone’s not working well; postcards keep piling up; and I am not sure if I have sent messages to all. So give me a chance to thank everybody, here on my blog, who sent great postcards for the last couple months of July and August, and for this month of September.

* I am sorry if it has to be this way (if you find it unlikely).

Private Swaps

Delenn_mir – the Cracow caslte card from my favorites album

Sylwia – a Zamosc card from my favorites album

Susan – an aerial view of Banr Seri Begawan

Aj07- the Atlantis Resort at Plam Jumeirah, Dubai

Falvio – Mozambique Postcard in exchange of Bolivia

Chololattkato – San cristobal in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Adriennegary – An aerial view of Champagne Pool (craig potton postcards)

Hob – New Caledonia Map from my favorites album

Sonia – Monasterio de Yuso (Spain) in exchange of her favorite Philippine Mapcard

GroMarit – for the two lovely stamped postcards from Norway: Voringfossen and Aurora Borealis. Both are from my favorites album. Thank you also for the matching Aurora Borealis stamp.

Surprises from Readers and Postcardpals

(I’m gonna feature one by one as soon as I have my scanner and camera fixed)

Dear friends, I am really grateful for your thoughtfulness and kindness for helping me with the project. And to the readers, thank you for following me here on my blog. I have learned a lot from you in this postcard journey. Keep posting!

Hyunah – my postcardpal for lovely dance card from South Korea

Sohpia – The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel Postcard Surprise from Macau

Karen – for the surprise card stamped and written from St. Lucia

Sarah – for a surprise card stamped and written from Trinidad and Tobago

Leo – for the surprise stamped and written postcard from Bhutan

Mindaugas – for the surprise stamped and written postcard of Curonian Spit from Lithuania

Raju – for the surprise stamped postcard of Bhaktapur city from Nepal

Marion- for the surprise postcard from Dordrecht, Netherlands

Mina – for the lovely surprise from Split, Croatia

Dale – for a surprise mapcard sent stamped and written from Qatar. Amazing!

Sissel – a surprise card from Tromso, Norway. Auroras!

Danny – a surprise card from Armenia. A view of Mount Ararat. How you made me happy!

Nguyen – a surprise postcard of halong Bay, stamped and written from Vietnam

Anna – a surprise card stamped and written from Ethiopia

Katuna – for the stamped filled cover and postcards from Georgia (Europe)

Detlef – a surprise card from Liepzig, Germany. Pretty streets you have there.

Canadia_babe – Surprise postcard of Cortona from Italy

Anatoly – The Massandra Palace postcard surprise from Crimea, Ukraine

Karoly – my postcardpal for the lovely postcard of Studenica Monastery. Sent stamped and written from Serbia

A Surprise card from Moldova. Can’t recognize the name. But promise, I will try.

Watch out for your mailboxes for a surprise card too.

TAGS

Raima - the Kizhy Intercession Cathedral for “Send me a card from my Favorites Album”

Anasty – the Golden Mountains of Altai for “Show the card you offer Tag”

Malgosia – the Bialowieza National Park for “You choose UNESCO WHS tag”

Alivemary – an aerial view of Liviv, Ukraine for “You choose UNESCO WHS tag”

Sylwia – the Castle of Malbork in Poland for “Send me a card from my Favorites Album”

Anja – the Skopje capital of Macedonia for “Hard to get countries tag”

Emgee – Vega Archipelago and Woudagemaal for “You choose UNESCO WHS tag”

Marja2006 – for 1 Sauna Maxicard and 3 Aurora Borealis postcards for 4x tags at “Send me a card from my Favorites Album”

Hachi – A Tawangmangu Tourist Spot Postcard in Indonesia for “Send me a card from my Favorites Album”

Shinta – Teapickers in Lembang, West Java for “Send me a card from my Favorites Album”

Lionheart2010 – the World Heritage site Skocjanske jame in Slovenia for “Send me a card from my Favorites Album”

ROUNDS AND ROBINS

UK and Other Countries RR # 183

Mia for a Lyn Gwynan, Snowdonia Card. For me, the name of the place sounds like a place you can find in a children’s storybook. :) Stamped with “Rescue at Sea:Appledore”

Ally for Isle of Wight Postcard, my first card of this place. Stamped with “Pixies”.

I got 2 postcards only (the other 2 is missing), and I am still waiting.Should I? Supposedly, I was about to feature 4 places for UK but I got only Wales and Scotland. England and Northern Island’s nowhere to be found. So I changed my mind.

Islands RR # 37 and #39

Rainmelonpie – after a long time of waiting from I finally received the postcards for these 2 swaps from Puerto Rico.

Slavic countries special group 49

Ana for an Ohrid Macedonia postcard, which is a World Heritage Site.

UNESCO RR #31

Sylwia from Poland sent me a of Porto Coast. I love the color and the lights in this card.