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| Collegium Maius |
Marcelina is a student and sent me this card of the Collegium Maius, the oldest part of the main University in Krakow.
At first, in 1400, it was a building with lecture halls, later a library, and now this is also a museum of Jagiellan University. There are beautiful historic rooms with original furnitures, collection of the European art or science instruments. Three times a day, the courtyard clock performs little show with wooden figures of kings and famous professors parading to solemn music.
I wish you could see her handwriting. Gorgeous! I had received cards from other postcrossers from Poland with a similar style. ♥
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| Watteau's Standing woman |
The stamp is Watteau's 18th century Standing woman (Stojąca kobieta zwrócona tyłem pocz. XVIII w.) from a series of Lost works of art issued in 2011.
Postcard from: Czestochowa, Poland.
Received: May 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 3 zl with Watteau's
Lost works of art.
Thank you, Marcelina!
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I came back home from my holidays to find these wonderful postcards in my letter-box:
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| Eestimaa |
1. Angla windmills.
2. Taevaskoja and Ahja Primeval Valley.
3. Kingfisher.
Elena, who lives in St-Petersburg, went to Tallinn for holidays and sent me this. Elena was once my swap partner on Postcrossing and we have been swapping cards regularly since then.
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| Nissi by Mari Kaarma |
Postcard from: Tallinn, Estonia.
Received: August 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 1€ stamp from 2012 featuring a
woman of Nissi parish in late 19th century dress.
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| Police of Poland promotional card for Euro2012 |
Ania worked as a volunteer during the last Eurocup which was hosted by Poland and Ukraine. She gathered a few promotional postcards from the event and offered to send them to her readers. Of course, being a footie fan I requested one! Now I have a souvenir from the championship my country won.
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| Gniezno (left) & Sieradz (right) churches |
Postcard from: Otwock, Poland.
Received: August 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 2zl Gniezno's church and two 20gr Sieradz's church.
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| Die Mosel von Koblenz bis Trier |
Leonie, on the other hand, went to a short holiday trip to Trier and sent me this wonderful map card of the Moselle river from Koblenz to Trier with pictures of all the worth visiting buildings (castles!) along the river banks. What a wonderful place Germany is!
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| Pfälzer Hütte |
Postcard from: Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Received: August 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 0.75€ stamp from 2012 featuring the Pfälzer Hütte, an Alpine refuge located in Liechtestein.
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Thank you very much, ladies! I really liked your postcards and reading about your travels. ♥
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| Złota Polska Jesień |
There is no need for words. Simply GORGEOUS! ♥
Postcard from: Bytom, Silesia, Poland.
Received: April 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 3 ZL
Dwor w Janowcu k.Pulaw.
Thank you very much, Zuzanna!
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| Łazienki Królewskie |
Łazienki Królewskie (Royal Baths) is the largest park in Warsaw (Poland). It was designed in the 17th century, and enlarged and developed in Classical style in the 18th century. What a wonderful place! I can picture the ladies dressed in full gowns and wigs taking walks around the lake...
From left to right, top-down:
♪ Northern façade of the Palace.
♪ Temple of Diana.
♪ The Amphiteatre on the Island.
♪ Statue of King Jan III Sobieski.
♪ The
Palace on the Island.
♪ The White House.
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Monument to Fryderyk Chopin.
♪ The
Myślewicki Palace.
♪ The New Orangery.
Postcard from: Września, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Received: March 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: none. It was paid & directly postmarked at the office.
Thank you, Jędrzej!
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| Polish Folk Art |
Not long ago Anna from
Ania meets the world held a little post-loving contest and I was the lucky winner. The prize? This awesome round-shaped card depicting an example of Polish folk art papercut. It is a joy to receive such bright colours in my letterbox. As a former art student I am truly delighted with it. ♥
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| Church from Sieradz (left) and Cathedral from Gniezno (right) |
On the back, these stamps carried by a cute happy butterfly-postie made possible this card to arrive in here. Church and Cathedral from Sieradz and Gniezno respectively. Two churches, one cathedral. Both with green roof. Joy!
Postcard from: Otwock, Poland.
Received: february 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: three. Two 20
groszy Sieradz church and one 2
złoty Gniezno Cathedral.
Thank you very much,
Ania!
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| Chapel in Stawnica (Złotów County, Poland) by Ilona Karkocha. |
Stawnica is a village near Złotów (Poland). This art card shows a chapel in this town. I love the autumnal colours of the whole picture and the little details. The sender's handwriting is gorgeous. She wrote her favourite quote: "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite" (William Blake).
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| Dwor w Janowcu k.Pulaw |
The stamp is a very beautiful architecture themed one from 2001. It depicts a late Baroque wooden mansion in Janowiec near Pulawy rebuilt in the early twentieth century after a design by architect Kazimierz Skórewicz (1920-1928).
Postcard from: Złotów, Poland.
Received: February 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 3 ZL
Dwor w Janowcu k.Pulaw.
Thank you, Oliwia!
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