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| Pumpkin, vampire, ghost, cat and witch |
Although I do not celebrate All Hallow's Evening, I would like to share this postcard with all of you who enjoy this celebration. Happy Hallowe'en!
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| Forest from 1975 (left) and Hello Kitty summer greetings (right) |
These are the stamps I showed
last time as part of my Hello Kitty collection.
Postcard from: Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan.
Received: October 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 20 yen forest stamp issued in 1975 and one 50 yen Hello Kitty from 2012 summer greetings series.
Thank you very much, Erisa-san!
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| Australia and Europe |
Is Europe smaller than I thought or is Australia bigger? Along with the comparation map (which I love!) we have the
saltwater crocodile, found in the coastal areas of Northern Australia; the
sugar glider possum and a
kangaroo doe with joey in her pouch.
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| Disney princess - Aurora from the Sleeping Beauty |
On the flip side, three stamps from the
Aurora souvenir stamp sheet! Sleeping Beauty princess Aurora is featured on the tabs between the stamps. And they weren't cancelled nor damaged by the postmark. Yay! Made my day! ♥
Postcard from: Telopea, New South Wales, Australia.
Received: May 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: three 60c Floral Festival everlasting stamps with Disney princess Aurora in the tab.
Thank you very much, Telopea!
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| Lednice's Minaret |
Any scan or photo wouldn't make this postcard justice. It is a lenticular card or 3D. My first! I didn't even know there were postcards like this. This minaret is actually an observation tower located in the middle of
Lednice's Gardens.
The Lednice - Valtice Area in South Moravia is the largest artificially created landscape in Europe. Created by the dukes of Liechtenstein on their Moravian domain in the 18th and 19th centuries, it features several chateaus, large parks and various monuments spread around the landscape fashioned in the Romantic and Classical styles.
The minaret is a Moorish Revival structure (62 m high) in the Lednice Castle garden. The construction of the minaret began in 1797 and ended in 1804. The centre of the building is a tower in whose upper gallery 302 stairs lead. Three other ring-like roofed galleries encircle the tower. The first floor of the minaret is formed by eight halls, where the owners kept their collection of oriental items. Floors are made of stone mosaic, the ceiling and walls are decorated with Moorish handwriting. It is one of the typical buildings of the Romantic period when the Orient strongly influenced art and park architecture in Europe.
Lednice was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the twin manor of Valtice in 1996.
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| Pind'a (left) & Pat and Mat (right) |
Now the stamps *big smile here*:
Pind'a the rabbit from
Čtyřlístek (Four leaves Clover) comic book series, designed by Jiří Němeček, and
Pat and Mat, a stop-motion series by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. I am a huge fan of comic books! ♥
Postcard from: Ostrava, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic.
Received: March 2012
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: two class A stamps featuring comic book characters.
Thank you very much, Tomáš!
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