Cool stamps from all over the world

Stamp art at its best!

Postimerkkitaidetta parhaimmillaan!

 

Switzerland 

 

China

 

Russia

 

Italy

 

the Netherlands

 

China

 

USA

 

India

 

France

 

Singapore

 

New Zealand

 

Russia

 

South Korea

 

Switzerland

 

Portugal

 

Latvia

 

USA

 

Austria

 

Germany

 

Spain

Official cards: Beautiful views

These photos and illustrations do wake an urge to travel, don't they?

Nämä kuvat herättävät kyllä matkakuumeen, vai mitä olette mieltä?

 

official card from Russia

 

official card from Portugal

Copyrights: www.veracor.pt

 

official card from India

 

official card from Japan

copyrights: JP/amanaimages

 

official card from Australia

copyrights: Suzie Bartel & Marcus Clinton

 

official card from Japan

copyrights: vanille

Capital city collection

Some weeks ago, I decided to continue collecting capital city postcards. This is a collection that I started over 10 years ago, quite at the beginning, when I discovered Postcrossing in the first place. But then the life came on the way; I sent and received less cards, and did not have the motivation to collect as eager as I maybe should have. When I "returned", I started lots of new collections (like coffee and books) and those have kept me busy. However, now I long for a change and wanted to continue with this collection of mine.

Here are some breath-taking capital city cards that I have received lately:

Päätin muutama viikko sitten jatkaa pääkaupunkikokoelmani kartuttamista. Aloitin keräämisen jo yli kymmenen vuotta sitten - suunnilleen silloin, kun aloitin Postcrossingin harrastamisen. Kuten klisee kuuluu, niin elämä vei kuitenkin mennessään ja postihommat jäivät ns. paitsioon, eikä keräämiseenkään ollut samanlaista motivaatiota kuin aikaisemmin. Kun sitten parin vuoden jälkeen "palasin" crossauksen pariin, aloitin monta ihan uutta kokoelmaa (kuten kahvi- ja kirja-aiheiset), jotka ovat pitäneet keräilijäminäni kiireisenä aina tähän asti. Nyt kuitenkin alkoi tuntua siltä, että tahdon vaihtelua, joten tartuin tähän keskeneräiseen kokoelmaani uudella innolla.

Tässäpä siis muutama upea pääkaupunkikortti, jotka olen saanut viime viikkoina:

 

swap from Slovakia

 

swap from India

 

swap from Turkey

 

swap from Israel

 

swap from Ukraine

photo by И. Кропивницького

 

swap from New Zealand

photo by Peter Morath

Little Prince and other incoming cards

More amazing cards that have arrived this week!

Lisää upeita, tällä viikolla saapuneita kortteja!

 

swap from India

 

official card from Poland

 

official card from Russia

 

swap from Indonesia

 

FB group swap from the USA

 

official card from Belarus

artwork by Lena Gnedkova / Лена Гнедкова

 

official card from Belarus

 copyrights: Acards & Valeria Novik

 

private from Finland

artwork by Karin Holmström

Keep calm and blog on!

Some nice cards I received last week!

Muutama kiva kortti viime viikolta.

 

swap from Belarus

 

swap from Singapore

 

swap from India

 

swap from Norway

 

swap from Norway

artwork by Eric Hill

 

swap from Russia

artwork by Olga Lednichenko

 

official card from Russia

Vogue from the USA and other cards

More neat cards that had reached our mailbox earlier this week. The one made by Anna Lomakina is great - and the name of the illustrator was new to me, too.

Which is your favorite?

Muutama upea kortti lisää alkuviikosta saapuneiden postien joukosta. Anna Lomakina on minulle kokonaan uusi tuttavuus - tykkään kovasti hänen tyylistään!

Mikä on oma suosikkisi?

 

official card from Belarus

 

official card from the USA

artwork by Irving Penn, 1950

 

official card from Germany

 

official card from Germany

photo by D. Berthold

 

official card from Germany

 

official card from India

 

private from the UK

photo by Ian Mills

 

private from Australia

 

swap from Russia

artwork by Inga Paltser

 

official card from Belarus

artwork by Anna Lomakina

 

official card from Canada

artwork by JL