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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Mole and snail, Jip and Janneke, angel, Syringa and kisses

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Postcard from lily_of_the_valley from Germany

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Postcard from SophieR from the Netherlands
Description: Jip and Janneke

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Postcard from Ulla_Maijia from Finland

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Postcard from i8nutella from the United States
Description: Syringa - The Latin name is Philadelpus Lewisii. The first known recording of its existence was by Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The plant grows as a shrub and thrives in almost any condition. The bloom of this shrub has a very distinct orange-citrusy fragrance.

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Postcard from elorah from France

Tea, leftovers, puppies and Romanian sites

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Postcard from Kamikochi from Japan
Description: Tea shop card

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Postcard from lostinindonesia
Description: Handmade care made from leftover postal papers

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Postcard from Cok from the Netherlands

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Postcard from Zgabel from Romania
Description: Clockwise from upper left: Constanța Casino, Sibiu Central Plaza, Romanian Athenaeum - Bucharest, Putna Monastery and Bran Castle

Candy, angel, beach and Christmas

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Postcard from Waldkus from Germany

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Postcard from CreatievEsther from the Netherlands
Description: Handmade angel

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Postcard from Winni from Germany
Description: Typical roofed wicker chair on beach in Northern Germany

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Postcard from evitasr from Lithuania
Description: Christmas time

Wally and Heidi, handicrafts, stamps, light rail and flowers

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Postcard from Juuth27 from the Netherlands
We found Wally! There are also nine fishing nets, two seahorses and a catfish and a dogfish hiding. Can you find them?

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Postcard from purplemarvis from Switzerland
Description: Heidi!

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Postcard from condorow from Germany
Description: Handicrafts exhibition

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Postcard from Padrinos
Description: 20th century paintings on German stamps (III)

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Postcard from mapcardcollector from the United Kingdom
Description: Light rail in Britain - Tyne & Wear Metro

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Postcard from JohnS from the Netherlands

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Seeing double Pinocchios

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Postcard from BruTuCus from the Netherlands.
Description: Creation of Pinocchio. This postcard has two images on it of Geppetto and Pinocchio dancing. You can see the second image faintly…this was a hard card to scan, but it is one of our favourites because it is so cool!

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Theatre and El Toro Loco

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Postcard from Nikolay from Ukraine
Description: Theatre of Opera and Ballet – there is no further description, but I used my google skillz and it is apparently one of the best known buildings in Odessa.

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Postcard from appiehak from the Netherlands. It also came with Sinterklaas cookie scented stamps. Scratch and sniff, they smell like cinnamon!

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Krtek, snap dragons and a fairy

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Postcard from Korij from the Czech Republic
Description: (from Korij) Krtek is the Little Mole, a character by a famous Czech animator, Zdeněk Miler.

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Postcard from AlinaZalevskaia from Moldova
Description: Gura-leului * Antirrhinum [snapdragon]

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Postcard from Lisabosch from the Netherlands

Monday, January 20, 2014

Golfing cat, balloon boy and French tram

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Postcard from karir from Russia
Description: Rumyanez V. The Golf Player. Water-colour

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Postcard from SCHofman from the Netherlands
Description: from Kinderpostzegels
[Translation courtesy of Google]
Met de opbrengst uit de verkoop van kaarten en kinderpostzegels steunt Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland projecten voor kwetsbare kinderen.
With the proceeds from the sale of cards and stamps child Kinderpostzegels Netherlands supports projects for vulnerable children.

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Postcard from LiDeFeng from France via Germany
Description:
NANTES (Loire-Atlantique) FRANCE
NOSTALGIE DU PASSE
Passage du tramway devant le Château des Ducs de Bretagne.
Motrice “144”
Constructeur: Société “France Belge” (Croyère)
Année de fabrication: 914
Rénovation SEMITAN: 1987

The tram, in Nantes, passes in front of the Château des Ducs de Bretagne

Friday, December 27, 2013

Daisy and Donald Duck!

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Postcard from Nammak from the Netherlands
Description: Happy Holidays

Monday, December 02, 2013

Portuguese tram and Dutch butterflies

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Postcard from andresalguiero from Portugal

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Postcard from zappaatje from the Netherlands

Description: This card is also one of those cool 3D cards…I’m not sure if I can scan them better or not…they sure look blurry!

Monday, November 04, 2013

Cartoons, pumpkins, butterflies, a street, and a car!

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Postcard from kirsty_mumu from Taiwan

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Postcard from csanant from the USA
Not only did J receive this cute Hallowe’en card, she also got a book recommendation, some stickers and cute little pumpkin with a ghostie inside. Now she wants to learn to make tissue ghosts (and I say yay! because it’s an easy craft that I can figure out!)

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Postcard from moppie284 from the Netherlands (handmade!)

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Postcard from GintareS from Lithuania

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Postcard from Geolra from Russia

Monday, October 28, 2013

Lucky Seven

Seven is a lucky number, right? Well, then we must be having a lucky day because we got seven cards today!

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Postcard from furious_forever from Belarus

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Postcard from Alfons from Germany
Description: Aachen cathedral
This is an “old” card – the paper is definitely not the kind of postcard stock commonly used now and take a look at the vehicles!

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Postcard from lifeofmai from the Netherlands
Description:
Top and bottom left – Kinderdijk
Bottom centre – Tienhoven (Utrecht)
Bottom right – Zaanse Schans

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Postcard from Zhuzha-22 from Russia
Description: From the book “Classic Fairy Tales” Puss in Boots

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Postcard from ZogStarlene from Florida

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Postcard from loiswisch from Texas

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Postcard from GerdaZ from Connecticut

Friday, October 25, 2013

Baby, Dreams and Trilliums

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Postcard from Liefdeinvenetie from the Netherlands (handmade!)

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Postcard from ol_25 from Russia
Description: Artist Loginova Annet

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Postcard from imahockeynut from Canada
Description: White and Red Trillium
Since 1937, the trillium has been Ontario’s floral emblem. Reaching a height of 12” to 18” along the forest floor, trilliums bloom for only two to four weeks in Spring.

Friday, October 11, 2013

Little girl, pink guys, penguin, temple monkeys, and a cat

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Postcard from Ritakolos from Belarus

Description: Postcard of Dream

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Postcard from boukjelovepostcards from the Netherlands

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Postcard from Ajany from Russia

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Postcard from srwtm060 from Thailand

Description: Phra Prang Sam Yod

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Postcard from burushka from Ukraine