Post stamp desing

I want to show you my shopping bag. I think it fit nicely in this blog because I bought it from post. It's made to looks like one of 2nd class stamps. There is photos so you can see:

One side...

...And another side

Closer pic

And post logo

I also like very much of that stamp (which is now gave desing for this bag) It shows all four season, winter, autumn, summer and spring. You know, when lake is very calm you can see perfect mirror view on it (can't explain it... sorry!) so I simply like this idea how "mirror view" is always next season. (Oh my... I really failed with this explanation... Well, I think you can see what I mean ^^'')

In Finland post offices (not all but most of them) are more like shops with all kind of postal stuff. Postcards, stamps, calenders, envelopes and packing things... etc... I like to go to buy my stamps and postcards from there because it's simply so nice place (and peoples knows me there already...) I remember when I went first time to postoffice in Belgium and it looked so... quiet place.

That was all~ Hope you have a nice weekend.

It's Friday again

Hello~ Today was wonderful post day, I got five postcards!

All cards today

And countries are: Russia, Russia again, Netherlands, Belarus and China. In order first is from Russia and it was sent from Postcrossing meeting! They had one in Moscow at December. This was really nice suprise and I feel also very honoured to get one meeting postcard. Everybody who was there, thank you a lot! Hope you had a nice day there.
Another postcard from Russia was also wonderful! Painting of troika (by P. Kovalevky). Troika is traditional Russian way to drive horse and it's also very fast! But I think difficult to control. I hope to see someday troika by my own eyes and maybe try to drive it too (or maybe not... I usually drive max, two horses ^^'') Also this card's stamp was wonderful. There is photo of it later.
Then my lovely Netherlands, I love this postcard too. When I went to get post, this was left bit up so I saw it first and my thought was "oh, my mail box is growing tulips... wonderful!" I can't say more than I just love this postcard :') And there was postcrossing stamp on it! I took own photo of it. (little trivial fact: there is Finnish on this stamp. One those postcards have text "Talviset terveiset" which is Finnish and means "Winter greetings" How funny :') If you have postcrossing Europe-stamp you can see it too.)
From China I get lovely postcard with two cats. Absolutely cute~ I want own cat too but it's not possible now :'( But someday I'll give home for one or two cats (or three?)
And then there is wonderful swap-card from Belarus. I'll send you one back soon! Minsk looks actually very nice city... I would like to visit also there someday.

"From the Garden of Holland, a Tulip... Especially for you~"

It's Postcrossing stamp! Yay!

Really beautiful horse stamp from Russia. Love this too

4th and 5th of January

Yeah, yeah, I'm being lazy again... Oh well, last week there was two days when my post box was happy (and Friday was freeday here so no post)

From 4th of January

Top one is from Firenze, Italy and I got it from postcard swap. Hope sender will received my answer card soon! I really like this one. Colours and view are very nice and everybody who likes to play Assassin's creed will recognize those towers (I'm AC-fan too...) Unfortunaly you can't see colouring so well since there is two weird lights on photo (from my camera)

Another one is from United States and showing Rockefeller Center from New York. Very great postcard and it's nice to get one from such famous place. Since I live literally middle of forest (my home city is surrounded by three forest and a lake) so I can't even imagine so big city than NYC! Biggest city where I'm never been was Brussels, capital of Europe, and there is about 2 milj. people there, I think. New York is much bigger. 

Thursday I got quite suprise. This nice cat postcard from Singapore:

My first one from here so I used moment to find out which kind of place Singapore is. I found out it's small country (actually city if I understod right) with population about 6 millions. And it's very multicultural place since there is people from all around Asia.
Thank you for a nice postcard! I also took photo of stamp / postmark since it looks good ^^

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Listening now: Back to paradise by Reckless love

Post of 7th and 8th of Dec.

Hi!

I was pretty busy yesterday so I didn't update my blog. But I'll do it now~

Yesterday I got two postcards! From Spain and Italy. I have not much cards from those countries so I was pretty suprised to get them on same day (oh well, I'm always happily suprised when I go to get post and there is postcards or letter or sometimes even packets! ...Packets are usually for my sister who is more active with letter friends than me. I got all postcards ^^ but anyway, I'm always happy no matter where posts are from.)
So, postcard from Italy is showing historical centre of city in Avellino's Province. There is also name "Calitri" so it's name of that city, I think. It seems to be located in Southern Italy. Very nice, have to remember that place if I visit Italy some day. Thank you for sending this me!

And Spanish one~ It's also view card and showing place in Gran Canaria, named Maspalomas. I know that place, there is lot of tourist who visit there every year. Also lot of Finns, I think. I'm never visited in real tourist places but why not some day. Thank you for you too!


Today I got three postcards! Russia, China and Italy

From Moscow, capital of Russia, I received very nice kitten postcard. Its looks so cute! And there is also stamps which I'm not seen before. They are shaped like snow flakes and looks pretty. I wonder if they are some new design? I got lot of postcards from Russia before and I don't remember to see those kind of stamps before. (oh, but now I looked closer... There is text "Russia 2009" so I suppose they are not new design... I'm not just got them before =D) Thank you for this!

Postcard from China is also great! I had very nice post day today.
This card is showing painting of Théodore Géricault. I didn't know name so I googled it and learnt that he was French painter and this postcard show his work named "The Epsom Derby". Thank you!

Then I received swap- postcard from Italy, Venice (in Finnish we wrote it "Venetsia" so I try all the time write it in English Venezia...Oh, it's like that in Italian, nice~) This is showing some of condoles. Venice is one of my number one must-to-visit place. It's been it since I read one wonderful book about it. I think I was 12 years old and I don't remember name of that book anymore but I remember some things. Canals, condoles, festival... I loved that book, I think I have to try to find it again.
Thank you too for sending this!

That was all today ^^ And btw, I was thinking of way how I tell about postcards here and I choose that I'll not say senders names or user names here because I'm not sure if they want it or not. So just for case I'll keep names off. I'm still sure that if you sent me postcard, you'll regonaise yours =D

Have a nice day / evening / night!
Vyra

Today's post 5. Dec

Hello!

Today I got two postcards and them both are with picture of animal. One nice postcard From Russia with black horse and one also very nice from Ukraine with cat. I like them both very much, thank you!

I wonder if there is other people who like to see what their home country's name is on another languages? Sometimes I wrote it on postcard which I send, in address right next to English name. I do that because we have very different names for other places and I think maybe people are curious like me ^^'

For example in English Finland is Finland, you know it. But actually "Finland" is name gave by Swedish, in Finnish it is "Suomi". Looks completely different, right? I'll tell some others...Um... If I start with our neighbours. Sweden = Ruotsi, Norway = Norja, Estonia = Viro or Eesti and Russia = Venäjä. Then there is some names which are almost same or same in English. Like Ukraine = Ukraina, Taiwan = Taiwan. And so on, I'm sure there is lot of others names in others languages =D

Other things! I found out that if I want receive free stamp news from Post office, I need only sent them my address (they know it already...) and I will get five times of year little news paper about what kind of new stamps designs there is. It would be funny! I'm anyways looking all the time if there is new stamps so I don't need to seek anymore because I'll get nice letter to home which tell me everything about stamps (okay, I explained it weird but I think you get idea ^^')

That's all today. Tomorrow I'll not get post so next time will be Wednesday.
See you~!
Vyra