St. Kitts and Nevis

So, as the week comes to an end (there are less than two hours actually until Monday officially begins), it is also time to post some new cards...this past week has been crazy busy..and a two-day weekend sometimes is simply not enough to get enough rest. But well, Tuesday is a national holiday, so I think, or at least I hope, that the following week will be easier to manage.

And now lets see what Ive chosen for today....first we have a new country in my collection...wohooo!!! And again with the huge thanks to dear Glenn. You know, his blog is titled 'gems world of postcards'...and not only that he receives true gems of cards but he definitely sends such too!
This card is also sent from his latest cruise, and this time the stop was in St. Kitts and Nevis....

the card shows a real cutie! He (or maybe it's a 'she') is so adorable that I would love to hug him/her. These animals always capture me with their eyes...they simply have this timid look that wins my heart. I only really hate it when I see people using them to earn money...like, you know, in street attractions and performances...just as with any other circus animals actually...I mean, their place is not there! I remember, when I went to Montenegro and there were this guy and his monkey and he was making the poor animal do all sorts of things to entertain the audience, even though it was obvious that the monkey wasnt in the mood for such stuff...and of course, if you recall some movies, these animals have been perfectly used for pickpocketing...and they turn to be quite good ones in the end...I wonder if the monkey business is in bloom on St. Kitts and Nevis too...
Did you know btw that, the French had imported a few vervet or green monkeys from Africa as pets during their century of rulership. When the British took over the island, they deported their enemies. However, they refused to allow the monkeys on the ships, and the primates were turned loose on the mountainous island. The tropical climate, miles of untamed rainforest, and plentiful vegetation agreed with the furry creatures, so much in fact, that today the monkey population is estimated to be two and a half times larger than the human population in this twin island federation.

and here are the stamps and cancellation...the fact which makes me more than proud to own this card coz it is a written and stamped one from such a rare country!
the stamp is a definitive issued in 2007, and it represents a sugar apple.

thank you soooo much Glenn!!! 

The Franklin Institute Science Museum, USA

One of the trains sent to ran over me...they did quite a good job coz they cracked well my stiff back and muscles :)

the card shows the Baldwin Locomotive #60,000

The mighty 350-ton steam-locomotive takes thousands of visitors for a ride down its track daily. In 1993, before the institute's west wall was constructed, the locomotive was hauled in on temporary tracks. The Railroad Room houses other trains and railroad memorabilia.

I wish we had a railway museum here too....

the lovely surprise was sent by dear Chris...even though im a really lousy pal...so many thanks to him for being so nice and overlooking my lousiness :)

Marija Bistrica, Croatia

A card I received back in 2009...

the card shows Marija Bistrica, which is considered as a famous pilgrimage place since here an old Marian shrine of the Black Madonna is located. During religious holidays this place is packed with people, coming from many different places and in 1998 Pope John Paul II visited this place and beatified the Croatian Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac.

no cancellation on the stamp unfortunately....the stamp was issued in 2005, showing the Croatian town of Rijeka.

thanks a lot to dear Rumi for this card!  And sorry for not posting it earlier....

Books

Well, maybe you know I love to read...and hence, I love book cards...and they seem to be lovely nevertheless!

I wish I had a big room with many many shelves so that I could arrange all my books as I please...and so that I could buy many more books too...at this point I simply have no proper place to keep, so I often refrain from buying some....even though my heart aches to spend money on them....
I love the postcard above coz of all the different colours the book' pages have...these books seem to be older ones but that doesnt make them any less appealing...on the whole contrary....I LOVE the scent of old books! These here seem to be German books....but im not sure if I can decipher them correctly, so Ill leave that up to the readers.

the other card shows some newer books (n.b: when I speak of older or newer books, I refer to the print, not the time when the book was written/published).
This card comes from the Penguin Poetry Series...and here you can see some poetry collections by Blake, Frost, Pushkin, Goethe, Hardy...different types of verses etc. I LOVE the covers on these ones....so nice and colourful!

Currently Im reading "Excavation" by James Rollins...the book is interesting, but the Macedonian translation is simply killing me...but having no original copy and still wanting to know what this book is all about, I decided to proceed...otherwise, with such books I give up after a few pages.
Unfortunately, I dont have much time to read...and often dont have the concentration for it...so lately I mainly read on the bus on my way to work and back home (and that is, if I go by bus in the first place...when the weather is nice I prefer my bike). But otherwise, I rarely have the time to relax and read...and it is quite bothering me...
Im also one of those people who simply love real books and cant read the ones in electronic form...staring at the screen is simply tiring me..and doesnt at all have the charm which flipping through the pages of a real book has...I honestly really dont get it how people can read e-books...Im already spending way too much at the computer..I really cant nor want to read books in that manner...esp. since when I read a book I actually want to relax...and lie down in my bed...and use a nice bookmark...and e-books and e-readers, simply cant offer that, regardless how nice they have been designed to attract people.

And recently I came across this video...which reminded me of all the young people nowadays which consider reading a waste of time and who'd rather watch the movie, which would give them the story in two hours, instead bother to read 400 pages...out of my experience, movies based on books are not even close to what the book is all about...so for this reason ive stopped watching them and stick to the books only...anyways, the video I wanted to show you may seem silly in a way, but who knows, maybe it will motivate and encourage someone to start reading books and discover their magic....the video is titled 'The girl who hated books"

CK 101, Taiwan

And ill close this post today with another train card, which I received back in 2009 for the Slavic RR.

I cant really tell you much about this train coz the text on the back is all in Chinese...except that this train had been made by the Japanese, who called it C44 and later, after WWII it became CK101 . At least thats what the sender has written, so dont shoot the messenger :) It is simply a great card to have!

the stamp is from a set of 4 Orchids' stamps issued in 2006.

have a great week ahead everyone...and see you soon :)

Îles Éparses, TAAF

Well, I think Im catching the last train to make an update...coz it seems that only weekends have remained as a possible option....I wont bother you now about how my Mon-Fri goes..but well, im still alive :)
And those Mon-Fri days bring me some awesome cards, from fantastic people, and the first one is perfect for bragging :P
I have to admit that I havent had this one on the list of my missing countries....coz it seems that the list of world countries can get a bit confusing, or at least if you refer to those countries as stamp entities....and one such is the TAAF or the Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (in order to avoid confusion, the abbreviation stands for its original name in French "Terres australes et antarctiques françaises".
The TAAF consists of: -a group of volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, southeast of Africa, approximately equidistant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia; - Adélie Land, the French claim on the Antarctica continent; - the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean.
The territory has no permanent population; the population consists of military personnel, civilian officials, scientific researchers and support staff.

And this card today comes from the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean...or as its French name is : Îles Éparses

Îles Éparses consist of four small coral islands, an atoll, and a reef in the Indian Ocean. the Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova and Europa — and the Bassas da India atoll lie in the Mozambique Channel west of Madagascar, while the fourth island, Tromelin, lies about 450 kilometres east of Madagascar. All these islands have been classified as natural reserves.
apart from the name sounding so exotic and fascinating...the card is just fantastic too with its crystal blue waters....even the buddy on the card doesnt look so scary :)

well, here is a picture in order to give you an idea about the position of the Scattered Islands

and of course, here come some amazing stamps too!

well, here you actually have the whole back of the card scanned...but I just had to show all the prints and cancellations :)
the stamp on the left is from a set of 5 stamps issued in 2007 presenting the Scattered Islands, with this stamp here showing Île Tromelin, while the other one was issued in 2005, commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the death of Paul-Emile Victor. (a French ethnologist and explorer).

Thanks a million to my fairy called Jean-Pierre for this fantastic surprise!   

Sweden

Well, this great Swedish map card is great for what I wanted to bother you with now..and if you decide you want to skip this post, i would understand, but I really have to share something, Sweden-related.

Few days ago, I had the chance to attend the concert of this Swedish band called "Jeniferever". Coming from Uppsala,  formed in 1996 (when they were still kids) but I guess more seriously involved in music since 2001. Not a world-wide-known band, and definitely barely known in Macedonia, coz to whomever I said where I was going had no idea who they were or I even got asked 'who is she?'...I guess the 'Jeni' part causes confusion :)
Anyways, I accidentally found out about them some months ago (coz im always searching for some new music to refresh my playlists), and I really liked theirs, so when I read they were coming I knew I had to go, though I had some doubts I must admit coz the same evening there was another event I wanted to attend...but Jeniferever prevailed, knowing that this is a rare chance and that I dont know when or if I will have another opportunity in the future. And....I didnt regret it...not at once!!! Jeniferever simply left me speechless that evening with their indescribable energy on stage!! (and the stage was too small, yet they managed perfectly well). I simply fell in love that evening...I think that was one of the most fantastic things that have happened to me in a long long while...and from being a band I like, they went way up high on my list...After the concert they were all even so kind that they all signed the booklet of my CD! They are such nice and so down-to-earth guys, so completely involved and dedicated in what they are doing...I really wish they weren't so underrated or that at least more people would get to know about them. Now I never pressurize anyone over tastes, and this post doesnt carry that intention either...but im still so much under impressions that I just had to share it with you and who knows, maybe someone will like their music...even if it is one person, ill be really happy :)
Why I like their music?? Ahh...thats hard to explain, but probably coz it can move me emotionally...their songs tend to be dark and melancholic...but there is this thing in them, that can make you cry and smile at the same time, and their music just brings this feeling of nostalgia....but a nostalgia I cant explain...I dont know what does it refer to, but the feeling of longing for something in the past exists...yeah, im not easy to figure out sometimes :)

And I have to say that Im really happy with their choice of songs for the concert...they only missed two of my very favourites, but im extra satisfied with what they had to offer. Being that they played at a small nightclub, there were no really boundaries between the band and the audience (except for some audio equipment on the floor) so I think that also contributed a lot to the flow of the fantastic energy Jeniferever have on stage.

Well, here is what Jeniferever is all about:

- "Sparrow Hills" - the first song I heard from them and to which I was hooked immediately...and which eventually opened to door to the Jeniferever world (and the one which unfortunately was left out from the concert, with the excuse that they havent played it for a long time)

Jeniferever - Sparrow Hills | okno.mk  (sorry but YouTube doesnt provide a decent link for this one)

- "Silesia" - the opening song of the concert, the opening song of their last album (called "Silesia" as well) and my ABSOLUTE favourite thereof!





- "From Across the Sea" (or maybe more known as 'dear Emily')...an extra sad song





- "The Hourglass" - another one of my favourites and one that they played at the concert!





- "Opposites Attract" - the second one out of the two they didnt play and which i so much wanted to





- "Ox-Eye" - the song with which they closed the gig...one of the most contagious and catchy Jeniferever songs....and my jaw dropped when I heard how this song sounded live....I really really dont know if Ive ever been so positively shocked by a band before..




What hooks me so much and makes their music grow to my heart is how the songs develop towards the end...the guitar riffs they end up using and as it has already been defined, an orchestral-like climax.

I really really hope I will have a chance in the future to see them again...thanks so much to them for bringing a new dimension to the music im listening to!

well, being a postcard blog and being I dont often get cards from Sweden, I should still in the end show the stamps...the right one was issued in 2009 in a set of 6 spices stamps..this one portraying the beloved garlic, esp if you are about to go on a date after having consumed some :) the other stamp was issued in 2010 in a set of 6 stamps showing Delicious Swedish Delicacies 

Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland

well, after bothering you with Jeniferever, ill let you relax with this fantastic Scottish view sent by my dear Anu. Scotland never ceases to amaze me with its wonders...

Do you know that this is actually a railway viaduct??! Oh , yes it is!! Ahh, what I would only give to go for a train ride here.....
The viaduct is on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, built between 1897 and 1901. Built entirely of concrete, the viaduct consists of 21 arches, each spanning 15m and has a maximum height of 30m offering spectacular views down Lochaber’s Loch Shiel.

Glenfinnan Viaduct has been used as a location in several films and television series, including Charlotte Gray, Monarch of the Glen, Stone of Destiny (film), and most famously Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in which a substantial sequence revolves around the Hogwarts Express crossing the viaduct. Its appearances in two subsequent Harry Potter films, The Prisoner of Azkaban and The Goblet of Fire, has cemented the association of the viaduct with the film series

Believe it or not, i cant recall i have watched any of these....I wouldnt mind taking a ride on Hogwarts Express though :P

the Queen stamp is from 2010 while the other is a part of the seven Christmas stamps issued in 2010.

Thanks so much again Anu! It is always such a pleasure to meet you in the mailbox! :)

Driebergen-Rijsenburg, The Netherlands

Well, next post might come out confusing coz of the amount of cards and stamps, but showing different parts of the same city, I really think it is most logical to sublime them all into one post...
All these cards come from Sietse...which reminds me that I havent sent him anything in a long long while...shame shame on me =/

The cards show the city of Driebergen-Rijsenburg, in the province of Utrecht, and the first card shows a monastery or a convent called St. Xaverius...but honestly that's my interpretation of the card, so I might be wrong as well...

since each card came written and stamp, all the stamps should be shown too, and the first card bears the 95 eurocent Nederland.

The second card shows the St. Petrus' Banden church, which is very close to the geographical centre of the Nederlands.  

Another eurocent nederland stamp....this time the 77 one :)


Well, here we come to the third card, showing a former summer retreat from bigwigs from the city, but I dont know what it is used for now. Houses like this one are common in Driebergen and one is used as a second-hand bookstore, others are restaurants and some are still occupied by residents.

77c nederland strikes again :)


the fourth card of this post shows the Temple House in a park in Driebergen, but neither Sietse nor I can tell you what it is used for

....and 77 eurocent nederland once more :)


the last card of the Driebergen series shows the  Dr. Schaepman monument. Schaepman was the first Catholic priest in the Dutch House of Commons in the times when the country was very hostile to the Roman Catholicism...

well, if you thought it was going to be 77 eurocent nederland again, you got fooled...this time we have two stamps from a set of 6 issued in 2009, representing senior people.

thank you again dear Sietse and sorry for having neglected your mailbox :( 

Alaska, USA

well, ill finish this update today with one fantastic card....an Auroras card coming from my beloved Alaska!!

as the back of the card says: "the moon shines down on the Arctic Ocean with Alaska's Northern Lights".
Ive had this card in my favourites for a long while... I couldnt believe it when I found it in my mailbox! What a fantastic surprise from Bryon...who really is generous with sending cards when travelling...thanks so much to him for all the lovely surprises that have arrived in my mailbox lately...and for choosing such awesome cards and stamps for me!

And just take a look at the stamps on this card!! (Im referring to the Auroras' stamps :))

I still miss an Aurora Australis postcard in my collection, but for starters I have a stamp of it...these two beauties were issued in 2007 as a part of the International Polar Year mini sheet. LOVELY!!
You are familiar with the lamp and the clock...while the red stamp is a circus wagon issued in 1995.

Have a great week ahead everyone...and wish me luck with mine...im gonna need it....

Île des Pins, New Caledonia

Well, what a way to greet you on this lovely sunny Sunday..ok, it is a bit windy, but at least the sun is out there and things feel so quiet....and a postcard is coming from a new country! From the land of New Caledonia directly! Wohoooo!!!!

and thats all thanks to the generous Jean-Pierre, who has been such a great contributor to this blog with his postcards from all around the world! And all of them AMAZING!
The one here just cant not make you long for a small piece of beach paradise...just look at these blue waters and white sands and happy children....to be more precise, this is the Île des Pins or The Isle of Pines, which bears the nickname 'l'île la plus proche du paradis' or in English, 'the closest island to Paradise'...and you just have to agree with it!

The island was discovered by Westerners by Captain James Cook in 1774 on his second voyage to New Zealand. Cook gave the island its name after seeing the tall native pines. He never disembarked onto the island, but as he saw signs of inhabitance (smoke), he assumed it was inhabited. In the 1840s Protestant and Catholic missionaries arrived, along with merchants seeking sandalwood.

The island is rich with animal life and is home to unusual creatures such as the Crested Gecko Rhacodactylus ciliatus and the world's largest gecko Rhacodactylus leachianus.
Ok, geckos dont seem to be the most attractive creatures on Earth...:)

and colourful stamps with perfect cancellation....well, philatelic bureaus do know the importance of cancellations. the stamp was issued in 2010, representing Pacific Games.

thank you so much again Jean-Pierre!!! 

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey

Next card for today comes from dear Pinar, sent for the Turkey vs the World RR.

The card shows Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( a Turkish nationalist leader and founder and first president of the republic of Turkey), a figure well known in Macedonia due to the Ottoman presence for five centuries....and also in the left, you can see the women who fought bravely during the war (1919-1922).

He was born in 1881 in Salonika (now Thessaloniki) in what was then the Ottoman Empire. At 12 he was sent to military school and then to the military academy in Istanbul. In 1911, he served against the Italians in Libya and then in the Balkan Wars (1912 - 1913). He made his military reputation repelling the Allied invasion at the Dardanelles in 1915.

In May 1919, Atatürk began a nationalist revolution in Anatolia, organising resistance to the peace settlement imposed on Turkey by the victorious Allies. This was particularly focused on resisting Greek attempts to seize Smyrna and its hinterland. Victory over the Greeks enabled him to secure revision of the peace settlement in the Treaty of Lausanne.

In 1921, Atatürk established a provisional government in Ankara. The following year the Ottoman Sultanate was formally abolished and, in 1923, Turkey became a secular republic with Atatürk as its president. He established a single party regime that lasted almost without interruption until 1945.

He launched a programme of revolutionary social and political reform to modernise Turkey. These reforms included the emancipation of women, the abolition of all Islamic institutions and the introduction of Western legal codes, dress, calendar and alphabet, replacing the Arabic script with a Latin one. Abroad he pursued a policy of neutrality, establishing friendly relations with Turkey's neighbours.

In 1935, when surnames were introduced in Turkey, he was given the name Atatürk, meaning 'Father of the Turks'. He died on 10 November 1938.

Must admit, this was a great history revision for me....

the stamp is from a set of 4 issued in 2010, representing the 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Men.

thank you so much again for such a great card Pinar!  

White Island Lighthouse, USA

Next we have a lighthouse card....

and this is the White Island Lighthouse in New Hampshire, built in 1859, on the southern most island of the nine Isles of Shoals.
The rocky island is uninhabited today and difficult to reach even by boat. The long walkway was originally constructed in 1820 to allow the first lighthouse keepers to reach the tower in all weather. The light and fog horn are currently automated and operated by the US Coast Guard and the light is owned by the state of New Hampshire. White Island is 10 miles off the coast of Portsmouth, and the only ocean lighthouse in the Granite State.

Mexico

A card from the so much spoken Mexico on this blog....this lovely surprise was sent by dear Rosa, back in 2009.

the card is said to show a parade with women of different states of the country in their traditional outfits. Well, Mexican outfits are rather lovely...so vibrant.
Speaking of surprises and postcards....this past week I was out of town, travelled around Macedonia, but to my great disappointment, no postcards were found....mainly due to the lack of time to actually look for them...or due to the fact that when I had the time, everything was closed. In the city of Strumica (located in the south-eastern part of Macedonia) I came across a souvenir shop, and from what I could see through the windows, there was something that looked like postcards, but unfortunately, being 10 pm, it was, of course, closed. Maybe I wouldnt have been able to send cards directly from there, but I really wanted to get something different in my stocks of cards.....but well, maybe next time Ill be more lucky and will have more time for that...

the card bears a label instead of a stamp....and what makes me glad about it is that it bears the name of Macedonia, next to the ISO Country code..... I was quite saddened lately to see that at the postcrossing spotlight, some people had to jump in and complain that it is not Macedonia but FYROM and blah blah blah...I mean, c'mon people, it is just sooo tiring to argue about this...let me at least enjoy in my one and only PC interview, dont ruin it.....and just to point it out, no FYROM or anti-Macedonian posts will be tolerated here....

thanks a lot to dear Rosa for the lovely card here! 

Driny, Slovakia

Well, as I had promised at the beginning of this year, that I would try to cover older postcards as well, after the 2009 Mexican one, here we have one from Slovakia, received in 2008.

the card shows the Driny limestone cave in West Slovakia in the Little Carpathians Mountains. Its entrance altitude is 399 m. The first attempt to enter the cave was made by Prussian soldiers, who were camping nearby during the Austro-Prussian War. It was finally explored in 1929, and in 1934 the first 175 meter route was opened. In 1950 other parts of the cave were explored and in 1959, the cave was reopened. The cave was declared a nature monument in 1968 and became part of the newly designated Little Carpathians Protected Landscape Area in 1976.
Today, from the total explored length of 636 m, 550 m are open to the public.

Rather interesting place....and ive been having this desire for a long while to visit Bratislava....so I guess I should try and embed this in my route too, coz it definitely seems as more than worth seeing it.

Well, thank you all for reading again and I would like to wish a Happy Mother's Day to all celebrating it this weekend....here we had Mother's Day on 8 March....

Eagle Beach, Aruba

well, today was supposed to be a rainy day with storms and thunders and hence the picnic/trip I planned for today was postponed for tomorrow...but apart from the grey skies, not other sign of bad weather has appeared....so I feel cheated by the weather forecast AGAIN...coz instead of spending time in the fresh air, im stuck at home...and I fear that the rain will come tomorrow and spoil tomorrow's plans as well (since it is Labour day, tomorrow is a public holiday) but lets see if tomorrow is gonna trick me as well...

anyways, in the middle of the other things im supposed to do, lets post a few cards....coz i dont know when will be the next time ill be able to do so.
First comes a card from Glenn...and another stop of his cruise...and this time it is Aruba....envious?? me?!!! naaaah :P

The card gives us a glimpse of the Eagle Beach and a Divi Divi Tree....interesting name for a tree, you cant deny that.
The Divi Divi tree is Aruba's own unique tree that grows on the island's shoreline. Its growth and shape are formed by the gentle and steady trade winds. - Thats what the back of the card says. Google says that this tree is the national tree of Curaçao and is also very common and popular on Aruba, while another website says that the tree is almost a national symbol on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. So go figure...
Makes me wonder if certain information are as such due to the lack of knowledge or being biased ..

it is also said that the true divi-divi has inconspicuous but fragrant blossoms and that this evergreen is capable of growing to 30 feet. In the islands the branches of the famous divi divi trees always point to the west. The trees were bent in that direction by the constant trade winds , which blow east to west.

The divi-divi has thick curled pods rich in tannin. At one time the pods were exported from Aruba to Germany and Holland for tanning leather.You can use the pods for shining the dust off your leather shoes.

The divi-divi was imported from Africa because over millions of years it evolved elaborate defenses against herbivores such as the goats that maraude the Dutch ABCs.

Goats avoid divi-divis because the tough-looking bark has a high concentration of tannic acid, which destroys an important protozoan herbivores need for digestion

and here are the two stamps on the card...they were issued in 2007 and they show Kapel Alto Vista

thank you so much Glenn for another special surprise!

Lake Maggiore, Switzerland

Believe it or not, while I was writing the Aruba post, rain started pouring....so I guess I just had to evoke the spirits and ta-da-da!!! Well, at least now I dont feels so bummed for not going out today...I surely would have been soaked to the bone :)

the second card for today comes from Switzerland showing Lake Maggiore, the largest in southern Switzerland. It also takes part of Italy, being the second largest lake there.
In particular this view is in the Switzerland's municipality of Gambarogno. Im just not sure about the exact building/church shown here...
The lake is 68 km long, with a breadth which varies from 3 to 5 km. . Its mean height above the sea level is 193 metres; but as its depth greatly exceeds that measurement, the bed is almost everywhere considerably below the sea-level, and reaches no less than 179 metres below the sea. Its form is very sinuous, so that there are few points from which any considerable part of its surface can be seen at a single glance. The lake basin has tectonic-glacial origins and its volume is 37 km³. The lake has a surface area of about 213 km², a maximum length of 54 km and, at its widest, is 12 km.

the two yellow stamps are from the famous Swiss issue of Cereals, issued in 2008, where this stamp represents the barley. The other stamp was issued in 2009 in a set of 3 Trees-Life support systems stamps. This stamp shows an Oak. 

Debrecen, Hungary

A fantastic card that came with a bunch of other train cards as a surprise from dear Kriszti!

well, from what I was able to understand from the back of the card, it shows Diesel-hydraulic locomotives No. M41 2325 and 2326 of MAV ZRt (Hungarian State Railways) in Debrecen on May 13th 2007.

videos always seem to go best with such cards....even though they are maybe not of the best quality, it is nice to see these locomotives in action...





thank you sooo much again for this amazing surprise Kriszti!!! <3 

The British Isles

My last card for today (sorry if the overall update feels short) comes as an official I received last year.

GB-151990

It is a great map card...i love its colours and the shades of blue...and it seems to be perfect with this video I wanted to show you.
I know that there are some of you out there who had come across the doubts with regards to the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England...and whats what...and if it is appropriate to address the card as to England or maybe you should write down Great Britain....or UK...well, usually I dont go into too much into-depth thinking when addressing cards, but sometimes I get confused coz I obtain addresses written in a different way and while some contain only England, others state only UK...without mentioning England or Scotland or Wales or so...so here is the video for the utterly confused (like me)...and after watching it you will be either enlightened or even more confused :))



eeermmm?! ......

one of the standard Queen stamps...a definitive issued in a set of 5 in 2010.
btw, sorry if you thought I was gonna write about the Royal Wedding when seeing this post...not my cup of tea honestly :)

thank you for following and wishing you nice Labour Day if you are celebrating it....till next time...