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понедельник, 9 июня 2014 г.

View of Tallinn


Postcard ID: EE-158276
Country: Estonia

I've received some really nice views from Tallinn and this is one of them. I know that Tallinn is a beautiful city and we're planning to make a Baltic trip across Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, maybe by sea :)
Tallinn (/ˈtɑːlɪn/ or /ˈtælɪn/,[3][4] Estonian pronunciation: [ˈtɑlʲˑinˑ]) is the capital and largest city of Estonia.

Tallinn occupies an area of 159.2 km2 and has a population of 431,184. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is ranked as a global city and has been listed among the top 10 digital cities in the world. The city was a European Capital of Culture for 2011, along with Turku in Finland.

Here is an amazing sharped stamp with Estonian flag:


суббота, 23 ноября 2013 г.

Chocolate is the new black


Postcard ID: LT-333011, EE-180568
Country: Lithuania, Estonia

Chocolate is my religion :)
Most of all I like milk chocolate, however I know that black chocolate is more useful.
As you see this card came to me from Lithuania. I love their chocolate Pergale. Recommend it!


As I received one more copy of this card, but from another country, here are some amazing additional stamps from Estonia:



суббота, 31 августа 2013 г.

Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker

Postcard ID: EE-159973
Country: Estonia

This postcard is illustration made by Cicely Mary Barker.

Cicely Mary Barker (28 June 1895 – 16 February 1973) was an English illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Barker’s art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the Croydon School of Art. Her earliest professional work included greeting cards and juvenile magazine illustrations, and her first book, Flower Fairies of the Spring, was published in 1923. Similar books were published in the following decades.

Barker was equally proficient in watercolour, pen and ink, oils, and pastels. Kate Greenaway and the Pre-Raphaelites were the principal influences on her work. She claimed to paint instinctively and rejected artistic theories. Barker died in 1973. Though she published Flower Fairy books with spring, summer, and autumn themes, it wasn’t until 1985 that a winter collection was assembled from her remaining work and published posthumously. (c)Wikipedia

Here is the Estonian stamp: