A violet butterfly

Postcard ID: NL-1792802
Country: Netherlands

Hurray! This is my received postcard from Netherlands.

Butterfly is one from my favourite themes. So the day when these postcards come to me is special :)

And I like this postcrosser - she share with me some interesting information about herself.

Fly Like a Butterfly!

Also here are wonderful stamps from old series -  Johannes Vermeer Paintings (1996),  Child Care (1984) and Numeral Stamp (1979):

Guess How Much I Love You? by Sam McBratney

Postcard ID: TW-856754
Country: Taiwan

This card is my absolutely Love. And mostly is due to backside.
Firstly it has beautiful stamp with butterfly.

Secondary, it has many kind words from sender.

Thirdly, it has quote from Jane Eyre

Fourthly, it has cute drawings! Yep, there is also painted Jane Eyre!

Absolutely amazing card!

Portuguese sweets

Postcard ID: PT-293697
Country: Portugal

Here are sweets from Portugal. Yummy!

I want to eat all of them! Omnomnom :)

Also here are 2 stamps from 2 series - Native Birds (2002) and Traditional Food (2012):

Photo made by Joni Niemela

Postcard ID: TW-864575
Country: Taiwan

This postcard came to me from Taiwan. This is a photo made by Finnish photographer Joni Niemela. He makes amazing photos of nature.

You could see more on his swebsite following the link.

Enjoy!

Architectural ensemble of Mykhailivskyy gold-topped cathedral

Postcard ID: UA-583299
Country: Ukraine

This is a beautiful postcard from Kyiv, Ukraine. This card shows architectural ensemble of Mykhailivskyy gold-topped cathedral. It is one from the most interesting landmarks of Kyiv.

Unfortunately, ancient cathedral was not saved, so cathedral from the postcard was rebuilt and opened in 1999. It was originally built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych.

 I saw this Cathedral when I visited Kyiv in 2008. It's a really nice place with unique atmosphere. Recommend to visit :)

Here are stamps from different series (Definitive Issue 2007 and 2009, Flora 2012):

Handmade buildings

Postcard ID: US-3212578
Country: USA

Here is a great and beautiful card made with love :) These buildings have so many details and layers. All these clouds and stars - so many elements! I think that a sender spent really much time to make this unique postcard for me. Many-many thanks for this!

And also I see new USA stamp for me from series 2014 year -  Christmas Evergreen Wreath:

Cactus in Arizona, USA

Postcard ID: US-3224527
Country: USA

Here is so magic, even mystic postcard! Would be great to receive this one in the time of Hallowween, huhu :)

The backside has beautiful name for this postcard - "A solitary cactus silhouetted by the full moon on a low ridge in Superstition Mountain". Great! :)

Here is also one from 15 stamps from series Earthscapes (sorry, forgot to scan, so took a screenshot from Internet stamp):

The 24 solar time calendar

Postcard ID: CN-880494
Country: China

This is the card from China which was traveling to me in 52 days. It shows the traditional culture of China - the 24 solar time that people used to remind themselves the time to cultivate. Just like calendar in western country.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Postcard ID: DE-2099823
Country: Germany

Now I know what is absolutely happiness for postcrosser - finding an envelope in mailbox. No, no, not unusual envelope. A chubby envelope. When you open it, you’ll find 5 (five!!!) postcards there. Really happiness.

The first card introduce Bochum City where live the sender. Bochum is located in the deep west of Germany, 70 km to the Netherlands border. It’s a former coal mining area, now all mines are closed. Only a mining museum they have. But this museum is the biggest in the world! Look at the center of postcard.

On the second card you see the biggest National park in Germany with wild living wolves, lynx and bears.

The third card is about The University where study 38 000 students.

The forth card shows Hohenzollern Castle - the family seat of Prussian kings and the German emperors. Near the small town Hechinger, south of Stuttgart

And one more amazing castle is present on the last card. It’s the Cinderella Castle in Bavaria, the favourite castle of king Ludwig II of Bavaria.

This post was copied from my another blog that I had in 2013 :)

Wish you happiness!

Postcard ID: RU-1672075
Country: Russia

Here is one more postcard painted by Victoria Kirdiy from series 'Wish you a happiness'.

There are many-many pleasant words for me on the back side.
The phrase on the backside says:

Wish you happiness - fragrant like a ripe cherry and hot like morning coffee!

The Blackhead's House, Riga, Latvia

Postcard ID: LV-104616
Country: Latvia

House of the Blackheads is a building situated in the old town of Riga, Latvia. The original building was erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried German merchants in Riga. Major works were done in the years 1580 and 1886, adding most of the ornamentations.

The structure was bombed to a ruin by the Germans June 28, 1941 and the remains demolished by the Soviets in 1948. The current reconstruction was erected from 1995 to 1999

A stamps is from series EUROPA Stamps – Astronomy issued in 2009. Actually I have all 2 stamps from this series :)

A woman by Dave Thompson

Postcard ID: GB-628409
Country: United Kingdom

This is an orogonal illustartion painted by Dave Thompson. On the background everyone can see one of the most famous UK's symbols - Big Ben!

A woman also looks like a real Lady :)

Hope, I correctly identified the stamp. This is Queen Elizabeth II, stamp is issued in 2014:

 

Also here are some stickers with my lovely butterflies:

You've got a mail! by Tania Samoshkina

Postcard ID: RU-3446036
Country: Russia

I think each postcrosser will be happy to receive this card. It's absolutely in postcrossing theme and so colourful!

By the way, I found a name of a new artist for me - Tania Samoshkina. Wiil be happy to receive cards with other her works :)

The text on the card is similar to this:

Someone is bringing you a letter through all the cities and avenues, somewhere slowly and not being afraid to be late. 

And the second my great happiness is the stamp! The Russian Postcrossing stamp! It's the first time when I received it, so I added it here:

Mur Amour

Postcard ID: RU-1690588
Country: Russia

Here is one more postcard from Kotovasiya series. Actually is was my first card with cat Vasya, however it takes a long time to add info about postcards that was received before this blog creation.. :)

Stamps with animated films are my favourite :) this series contains 4 stamps, but I 3 others I haven't received yet:

Greetings from the Wendland

Postcard ID: DE-2111008
Country: Germany

I haven't found any additional information about this card in the Internet... However now I know that there is a great panoramic view with wonderful sky! :)

Sandman

Postcard ID: DE-2132727
Country: Germany

This card is from Germany. As far as I understand from the backside of postcard it shows a character from German children's bedtime television program. I think that this is nice program, children like it and have an interesting dreams then! :)

Also here is a stamp Pfälzer Hütte - Joint Issue with Liechtenstein:

Geri's game

Postcard ID: CA-499992
Country: Canada

To be honest I haven't watched this animated film yet. But postcard looks so kind that I think that I should watch this film as soon as possible :)

Geri's Game is a 1997 computer animated short film made by Pixar, written and directed by Jan Pinkava. Although Pixar had started out with a successful string of shorts in the 1980s, these were put on hold for most of the 1990s to focus on for-hire work, and development of the feature films Toy Story and A Bug's Life; Geri's Game was the first Pixar short since the 1989 short Knick Knack. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1998.

Also this postcard has a stamp issue for Chinese New Year theme:

Postcard's way

Postcard ID: LV-178809
Country: Latvia

This card look so simple, but so interesting for postcrossers. Just look: mailman has its own transport - balloons - to deliver our postcards. Then he hand off them to doves and they deliver it to happy postcrossir. It's great, isn't it?)

And separately I'd like to shows 2 sets of stamps from this card.  On the first one we see Imants Ziedonis, a Latvian poet:

 The second set contains Flowers stamps of 2014 and 2015 years:

Towers of Lusatian Mountains

Postcard ID: DE-3946444
Country: Germany

This postcard took only 4 days to reach me. Usually this time is applicable only for Netherlands, huh :)

This postcard shows great towers that located in the North of Czech Republic. So if you're going there, keep in mind this info ;)

The sender wrote that he visited all of them. My favourite is second right in the bottom row :)

Also this postcard has 2 beautiful stamp from series "Tourism - Germany's Most Beautiful Panoramas". I received one of them before, just want to show them both in one place:

Greetings from the lake

Postcard ID: DE-3943350
Country: Germany

I'm not really good in sorts of ships so I just can say that these ships from he card look awesome for me! Of course, I'd like to be a passenger on each :)

It's more postcard for my husband (and he appreciated it) as it has so great front side and adorable football stamp on the backside:

Happy Postcrossing!

Postcard ID: DE-3922222
Country: Germany

Here is a wonderful postcrossing postcard!

First of all I see that is was issue special for postcrossers :) secondary, it has so great mailboxes, each of them is unique!

Thirdly, look at the postcrossing ID. It's not a n-million, but also cool! :)

Butterfly on a flower

Postcard ID: NL-2793754
Country: Netherlands

One more butterfly flew to me :)

It's wonderful to receive so colourful postcard this cold white and gray winter :)

All my postcards with butterflies can be easily viewable by the label :)

And here is one more stamp from Dutch Icon series (I have 4 from 5, except bicycle):

Brisbane, Australia

Postcard ID: AU-401193
Country: Australia

I have quite big collection of city view postcards (not Australian, but at all). Sometimes some of them look boring for me, I like colourful, unique card. But I cannot say such words about night city views - they are always adorable!

This one is full of lights and with so great bridge!

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, approximately 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range. The metropolitan area sprawls across several of Australia's most populous local government areas, including the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.

Brisbane is named after the Brisbane River on which it is located, which in turn was named after Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825.

Here is the stamp of 2014 year from series Wilderness Australia (3 stamps):

Moominmamma

Postcard ID: FI-2306664
Country: Finland

Here is a lovely postcard with Moommimama :) 

As I already have a special post for this character, I won't duplicate it here. All my Moomin card can be easily view here :)

On this postcard we see that Moomminmama prepare something tasty for her family and friends :)

The stamp is also so shaped and wonderful!