A good day's post

My post on Saturday 2^nd February was wonderful.  First of all there was a parcel of new postcards to send to people.  I ‘won’ two sets of them on E-bay and the seller, Mr Micawber, sent them very quickly.  They were mostly about the postal service here in the UK so they will prove very popular.  The post also contained some washi-tape which you can’t buy here in the UK.  I bought it through Amazon and it came from Hong Kong with these lovely bird stamps.  

They show a White Wagtail, White-bellied Sea Eagle, Long-tailed Shrike, and a Red-whiskered Bulbul.

Add to that, four postcards and I was a very happy bunny!

A Dutch Windmill

Card no 379 - Ruurd

 A Dutch Windmill

Country: Netherlands

Place:   Dordrecht

Received: 1^st February 2013

Distance: 334 miles

Travelled for: 6 days

 

A windmill is a machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails.  Originally, windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history, the windmill machinery was adapted to many other industrial uses including pumping water, either for land drainage or to extract groundwater.

Of the 10,000 windmills in use in the Netherlands around 1850, about 1000 are still standing. Most of these are being run by volunteers, though some grist mills are still operating commercially. Many of the drainage mills have been appointed as backup to the modern pumping stations.

Don’t Tell Anyone

Card no 379 - Mindaugus 

Don’t Tell Anyone 

Country: Lithuania 

Place: Kaunas 

Received: 1st February 2013 

Distance: 1,113 miles 

Travelled for: 9 days 

 This translates as ‘Don’t Tell Anyone’

The stamp:-

A Russian postbox

Card no 378 - Ivan

A Russian postbox

Country: Russia

Place:  Saint-Petersburg

Received: 1^st February 2013

Distance: 1,335 miles

Travelled for: 9 days

I have received this card before – from Polina (Card no 180 – 03/09/12) but that doesn’t make it any the less appreciated.  If you want to learn all about postal history in Russia please read this Wikipedia article.

I shall mention the stamps when I get Ivan’s next one as he tells me it will have a matching stamp.