Showing posts with label letterbox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label letterbox. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

A little selection



Some of these are from as far back as August 2013.

757 from Alina from Dneprodzerzhins'k in the Ukraine (UA-702038).  (Try pronouncing Dneprodzerzhins'k after a drink or two!)



And the stamp has this super inkwell on it.



770 A mail carrier in Puerto Rico from Matt in the USA (US-2347235).  Where a card is received as a result of postcrossing I have included its i/d number so that anyone who wants to ‘Favourite’ it can do so.



775 – From my friend Mish in Belarus to whet your appetite.  It reminded her of one of her favourite childhood treats – bread with butter mixed with garlic and salt.  “Yummy!”


Aren’t these fantastic stamps?




776 – Kerilesen from Germany sent me this picture of a motor post vehicle from Berlin around 1900 (DE-2381999).



778 – Also from Germany came this card from Conni (DE-2377477).  Entitled ‘Read’, the photo was taken by Raffaele Celentano.



789 – Simona sent me this from Lithuania’s first ever postcrossers meet-up.  It was signed by all those who attended (LT-313498). 


792 – A Lithuanian postbox – also from Simona.


Thursday, 16 May 2013

549 – More letterboxes

Card no 549 – Siggi 
More letterboxes 
Country Card Sent From: Germany 
Place that Card Sender Lives: Veitshochhiem 
Date Received: 8th May 2013 
Distance Travelled: 607 miles 
Time Taken: 2 days 

548 – A Letterbox

Card no 548 – Siggi 
Mail for You 
Country Card Sent From: Germany 
Place that Card Sender Lives: Veitshochhiem 
Date Received: 8th May 2013 
Distance Travelled: 607 miles 
Time Taken: 2 days 

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

534 – Post for you!

Card no 534 - Sabine 
A letterbox 
Country Card Sent From: Germany 
Place that Card Sender Lives: Mannheim 
Date Received: 4th May 2013 
Distance Travelled: 554 miles 
Time Taken: 2 days 
Postcrossing id – DE-2143270 


The stamp celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Fehmarn Sound Bridge con-necting the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea with the German mainland near Großenbrode. The 3,159 ft long crossing including the 787 ft long network arch bridge carries road and rail over the 1,422 yard wide Fehmarn Sound.

Construction began in 1958 and the bridge was opened on April 30, 1963. The main span is 75 ft above the sea, which allows shipping to pass through. The bridge is constructed of steel and is 69 ft wide; 20 ft are used by Deutsche Bahn for a single rail track, part of the Lübeck–Puttgarden railway, the rest for a pedestrian walkway and two-lane roadway.

Monday, 22 April 2013

505 – A Spanish post-box (or not???)

Card no 505 - Danielle 
A Spanish post-box (or perhaps not)
Country Card Sent From: USA 
Place that Card Sender Lives: Omaha, Nebraska 
Date Received: 20th April 2013 
Distance Travelled: 4,122 miles 
Time Taken: 6 days 

Another nationality of post-box to add to my growing collection.  But which nationality? See the comments.

And another Go Green stamp…

And another car…