43. Bullfinch

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Bullfinch
Bullfinch

Three bullfinches in a bird shelter in the cold, cold Siberian winter. I usually show my postcards from Russia to my Russian classmate and she offers her help to identify locations or stamps, or sometimes a quick translation. She told me this is called the winter Russian bird, which appears in the cold season when other species migrate. Of course, it is my first time hearing from it. Another beautiful trip to the even more beautiful Mother Russia. ♪

Russian stamps
Novgorod Kremlin, Russian fairy tale animals & Stolypin stamps

On the back side, nine stamps cover half of the card! From left to right:

♪ The Hare
♪ The Fox (six of them)
♪ Pyotr A. Stolypin 150th birth anniversary

This is a commemorative stamp for the 150th birth anniversary of the Prime Minister and agrarian reformer Pyotr Stolypin (1862-1911), later assasinated in the opera. On the background, the Russian flag and the Palace Square in St-Petersburg. For only one year, this stamp could have been also commemorative of his 100th death anniversary.

Postcard from: Tomsk, Siberian region, Russia.
Received: May 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: nine!

Thank you very much, Andrey!
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  1. Joy24/06/2012, 12:50

    Beautiful winter card it is a wonder a small bird like that survives a Siberian winter.

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  2. Postcardy24/06/2012, 13:48

    I have seen some nice designs of the bullfinch on Russian New Year postcards.

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  3. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day24/06/2012, 16:06

    How great that you have someone to help you with Russian cards. I often have quite a struggle. We have bullfinches too but I don't know if they are exactly the same. They look very similar.

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  4. Bob Scotney24/06/2012, 16:54

    I ;ove to see the bullfinches that visit our garden in the spring. Those stamps on the card are superb especially the hare.

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  5. ♥ Willa @ Postage Journal♥24/06/2012, 17:17

    Russian stamps for me,are always have interesting stuff on it.Willa - Postage Journal

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  6. VioletSky24/06/2012, 19:47

    You are lucky to have someone to translate and explain - I like to see foreign languages on my cards, but then I have trouble looking up any more information with the Cyrillic alphabet!

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