[Postcrossing] Finland official

Another card from Finland. I love this card because I like to collect cards of special plants with a connection to the country.  The plant is called Yarrow and was the finnish plant of the year in 2012. But you can find it nearly all over the world (Amazing fact). I liked so much that Gunnel wrote about the usage of this plant. I saw this plant sometimes in Austria, but I never thought about it. After receiving the card, I collected some of these plants. A few weeks later, after pressing in a big old book (Don Quixote), it looks like this:

[Sunday Stamps] Automobiles

Here we go. First time, that I participate with the Sunday Stamps. I thought that it would be very easy to find some stamps about automobiles. I found a lot of trains, ships and airplanes, but very rare automobiles. 

This stamp is a new 2014 stamp from Austria. It shows the Austro Daimler  ADR 22/70 automobile which was produced till 1931 in Austria. It was a high class automobile and was sold very expensive all over the world. The maximum speed was about 105 km/h.

When I went to the post office, I asked for some special and pretty stamps. Here in Austria normally you get automatically the common stamps from the edition of the year- cheap in production and high in circulation. Nearly always the same picture.
So the man who worked at the post office said, that there is one special stamp left. What? One big post office has only one special issue stamp? And that doesn't mean, that there is only one type of stamps, no, really there was only one stamp in general. It was this stamp.
In the end I was feeling a little bit disappointed about the post office. Happy, that I get one finally, but also sad, that the time, when you can go to the post office and choose a pretty stamp, has come to an end.

I found also a very interesting stamp between my little collection of the German Democratic Republic. As my origin is there, I love the stamps of the GDR.  This one shows an ambulance in 1963. The stamp was a special issue for the centenary of the international medical aid organisation Red Cross,

[Postcrossing] Tunisia official

I was so happy when I found this card from Tunisia. I really really love arabian culture, but still there are not many postcrossers. So I never thought that I would receive such a wonderful arabian card in the beginning as there are so many other country that it is really luck to get one of Tunisia. 

Here you can see the city of Kairouan and the Mosque Okba. I love the calligraphy in the mosque and also on the stamp.

[Postcrossing] Official Italy

This card was send by a young russian girl who was on her vacation trip to Italy. What is this stamp? I am curious about the stamp. Seems to be a GPS video message. But I was not able to figure out how it works. I tried the code at the website, but nothing happened. I am not sure if there is a massage in general. If anybody knows more about this postal service, let me know. It seems to be a nice idea to connect media and postcards.

I like the card. It shows the famous UNESCO world heritage site "The Colosseum" in Rome. I am even more happy about it, because I was there. It was an amazing trip. Italy is amazing if you like historical heritage sites. I can highly recommend a trip.

[Postcrossing] Japan official

A card with a beautiful waterfall from Japan. It has some cute stamps on it. I like the round stamp. 

The waterfall is near to the city Sendai. It is written on the card, that Sendai is called "the forest city". I think I would love this place. It looks very calm and natural. But also it reminds us that peace and beauty are not for eternity. Sendai suffered from the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The woman who send this cards, wrote in her profile that she is now working as a social worker to help the people who were or still are suffering from this catastrophe. She is my hero! 

And that's a wonderful thing about postcrossing, to get to know amazing people  all over the world.

[Postcrossing] Netherlands official

I got mail from the Netherlands. A beautiful vintage card with two lovely kids. This card reminds me a little bit of some old photos of my grandparents. 

The stamp has a priority sticker included,  I never saw this before. It shows the king Willem- Alexander of Netherland. 

[Postcrossing] Belarus official

I received this beautiful card from Belarus. What I love the most about the card, is that on the stamp is the same flower like on the card. Also the stamp is very clean and pretty.
It is the first time, that I received a card with a stamp on the front. Seems to be a little bit unusual for me but looks very nice.
You can find these flowers in the central gardens of Belarus.  This kind of rose is called Rosa Peace.