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| Japanese stamps are always beautifully created |
A letter from my Japanese penpal. She writes lovely letters with the most beautiful handwriting and always uses different letter sets. So far I have received 5 letters and she never repeated! Also the stamps she uses are really cool. This time, two of them are a set featuring a history battle -- my guess as I cannot understand Japanese.
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| A ribbon and mashi tape on the back of the envelope. Lovely! |
She also decorates letters with the most interesting stuff you could ever imagine. Today the envelope was white with some fade flowers in a corner. Very elegant and feminine. As the back looked very plane, she decorated it with washi tape and a tiny ribbon. Yay!
Letter from: Tahara-city, Aichi, Japan.
Received: November 2011.
Language: English.
Stamps: one ¥10 stamp with a bug and two ¥50 with a history battle (please correct me if I am wrong).
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| Palm grove |
This is the second Spanish postcard I send to Greenland. This one is from my hometown and shows three different views of the
palm grove (
UNESCO World Heritage Site). I didn't take any picture of the other one before I sent it but it was nice too.
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| Charaxes iasius |
And this is the stamp that is now being sold in Spain for European post. I really like it when they feature animals and nature (and include their scientific name!). My handwriting hasn't improve yet though. Not as pretty as the butterfly. But yep, it's Latin. I have a Latin speaker penpal in Greenland. How cool is that?!
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| See the Latin words? |
Note that not only Japanese stamps are gorgeous but those from the Philippines too. Two 40₱ and one 5₱ featuring some beautifully frightening sea creatures. Love them. :-)
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| Green Gate (초록의문) |
Another ancient palace from the Joseon (조선) dynasty from the same collection
from before. I am told there are ten of them! Again the adhesive machine stamp (₩680).
Postcard from: Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. (의정부시 경기도 대한민국)
Received: November 2011.
Language: Korean. :-)
Envelope: yes.
