Damascus, Syria

Well, here are some nice postcards, in order to make a closure of something that was a tiring but lovely weekend!

Silvan again prepared a splendid surprise for my mailbox, this time sending me a postcard from Syria, and no more or less, but a railway related one!!!!
This here is the Al-Hijaz (or Hejaz) Railway Station in Damascus, a very magnificent Ottoman Building. Even though this station is no longer in use, it still makes such a perfect postcard and such a thoughtful surprise!
The Hejaz railway ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa, on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network and was built in order to extend the previously existing line between Istanbul and Damascus all the way to the holy city of Mecca (eventually being able to reach only Medina due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of World War I).

the stamp on the left is a definitive issued in 2009, representing President Bashar Al-Assad, while the other one was issued in 2006 in a set of 3 Fauna stamps, representing fish from Syria

Palmyra, Syria

hey everyone....seems like lately ive got into the non-posting mode..as usual i could bring up a bunch of excuses..but hopefully, from now on, thing will improve at least a bit...not coz i have extra free time...but simply coz FINALLY i got a lap top, and FINALLY i can say goodbye to all the struggle and fuss i had to encounter by a simple opening of a Word Doc. Now all the scanning and uploading of cards feels like working at the speed of light...it even feels weird coz im so much not used to it...
Of course...work has been consuming most of my time lately, but i dont want to complain...even though im tired and all, i dont honestly mind it....i started making this update two days ago, but due to all those other obligations i had to postpone it till now..i still have stuff to do, but i just had the urge to move from the dead point here...coz if i dont, i never know when i will have the chance for the next update...esp. since next week i may not be able to do it at all...eventually, ill tell you why :)

And as always when i disappear like this, i try to make it up by giving you a nice treat with some not so every day card...and for today ive chosen Syria...and not only its a rare country and first one in my collection from there, but its also written and stamped and its even a UNESCO :)))

This is the Palmyrian Theatre in Palmyra....it was used for wrestling ceremonies with wild animal and it has 13 sitting steps....hmmm, i wonder if in Syria they consider number 13 unlucky as well or no...

This theatre is located in an oasis so it was an important stop for caravans of traders and was known for its palm trees.

Perfect card!

 

All I know about these two stamps is that they were issued this year....and if im not mistaken, its showing Bashar al-Assad, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic...