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August 28, 2015August 28, 2015Leave a comment

My second postcard from Italy came in from Bologna. 🙂

It was a vintage card (as I have requested), and I really quite like it.

Stamp:

A 1963 Europa CEPT stamp, Italian version, where the currency was still the Italian Lira.

DE-4199546

June 16, 2015August 28, 2015Leave a comment

Again, was super ecstatic someone sent me an artcard — and one of Monet!

(and also thankful that the local post wasn’t rude enough this time to stamp on the front side of the card – yes they did that to my card a couple of times.T_T)

Stamps:

CZ-643816

June 15, 2015August 28, 2015Leave a comment

This is my first Rumcajsovi card from Czech Republic. I’m interested in the different kinds of children’s shows / book illustrations in different countries — I think these cards tell more about a city than most touristy cards would. I love this character so much as the illustration is quite adorable.

The details are quite lovely and the back of the card is just as pretty.

Furthermore, I was surprised to see another card tucked inside the envelope.

To my surprise, it was an artcard! This is my first Alfons Mucha card, and I’m really looking forward to receive more of these.

The card was unwritten and would be really great for my collection.

I quite like Mucha’s works, would love to receive more from the Czech Republic.

Stamp:

DIRECT – JAPAN 20150525

May 25, 2015June 23, 2015Leave a comment

The postman has a habit of collecting all my mail and sending in one go. (once a week, or twice a week)

Here is a card I received from someone in Japan who I had a lot in common with.:D

Suigin Grove and Masaki, (1856), Ando Hiroshige

I have mentioned my interest in art and the classic Japanese Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) — well, not to the person I sent to but on my profile.

I wrote to the user in Japanese (yes, exchanging postcards/writing to strangers is helping me practice various languages I’m already learning … or at least trying to learn.).

I was so happy to be offered an Ukiyo-e card in return as I wasn’t expecting it at all. ❤

I was an avid gamer back in the days (I’d still be if I had time..) and we had similar tastes in games (how cool is that!), among other things.^_^

Stamps::

DE-4154315

May 4, 2015May 12, 2015Leave a comment

Gerhard Glück – Kleefeld (A field of clovers)

Lovely artcard from Germany! Gerhard Glück has some other interesting works which I also hope to receive from postcrossing.:3

A little info on the artist:

Gerhard Glück (* July 1944 in Bad Vilbel ) is a German cartoonist .Fortunately grew up in Frankfurt am Main and studied in Kassel graphic design and art education. From 1972 first cartoons in the Hessian general , cover pictures and illustrations for the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the manager magazin among others Since 1991, his cartoons appear monthly in NZZ Folio , the magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and since 1994 in the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel . Occasionally, one discovers his illustrations in the weekly Die Zeit and the magazine Cicero . His cartoon books are published in Lappan publisher who is also its picture books and illustrated by luck gift editions of poems by Heinz Erhardt , Joachim Ringelnatz and Christian Morgenstern laid. He also illustrated book covers and lyrics for DTV and other publishers. The work of Gerhard Glück have received many awards and exhibited, most recently in Frankfurt (“Good luck in Frankfurt”, 2006), Zurich (“Gerhard Glück, Art & Co”, 2006), Cologne (“Gerhard Glück”, 2008/09) , Konstanz (“Gerhard Glück: Art & Co.”, 2009/10), Vienna (“Gerhard Glück: Lucky for the Arts”, 2010/11), the summer palace Satiricum Greiz (“Gerhard Glück: Art & Co.” , 2011) and in Kassel (Schloss Wilhelmshöhe: “Gerhard Glück, Art & Co” Caricatura: “That’s the limit”, 2014)