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Received on: February 19, 2018
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21 February 2018
28 March 2017
#1249 Greenland
The flag of Greenland was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts; each stripe measures 6 parts; the disk is 8 parts in diameter, horizontally offset by 7 parts from the hoist to the centre of the circle, and vertically centered.
To honour the tenth anniversary of the Erfalasorput, the Greenland Post Office issued commemorative postage stamps and a leaflet by the flag's creator. He described the white stripe as representing the glaciers and ice cap, which cover more than 80% of the island; the red stripe, the ocean; the red semicircle, the sun, with its bottom part sunk in the ocean; and the white semicircle, the icebergs and pack ice. The design is also reminiscent of the setting sun half-submerged below the horizon and reflected on the sea. In 1985, the public was made aware that Greenland's flag had exactly the same motif as the flag of the Danish rowing club, HEI Rosport, which was founded before Greenland's flag was chosen. It is not clear whether this is a case of plagiarism or just a coincidence, but the rowing club has given Greenland permission to use their flag.
Thank you, Arnold !
Sent on: March 21, 2017
Received on: March 28, 2017
30 September 2016
#1164 Norway
The flag of Norway is a red with an indigo blue Scandinavian cross fimbriated in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark.
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Sent on: September 27, 2016
Received on: September 30, 2016
27 September 2016
#1160 Estonia - Ukraine - Russia - Serbia - Kazakhstan
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Sent from Estonia to Ukraine: April 25, 2016
Received from Kazakhstan: September 27, 2016
13 May 2016
#1082 Lviv, Ukraine
For more info, see received card #261.
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| Date of Issue: August 11, 2015 | Europa CEPT 2015 'Old Toys'' |
Thank you, Roman !
Received on: May 13, 2016
04 April 2016
#1050 Estonia - Cyprus - Serbia - Kazakhstan - Turkey - Finland
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Sent from Estonia to Cyprus: November 10, 2015
From Cyprus to Serbia: ??
From Serbia to Kazakhstan: December 16, 2015
From Kazakhstan to Turkey: February 3, 2016
From Turkey to Finland: March 14, 2016
From Finland to Estonia: March 30, 2016
Received from Finland: April 4, 2016
07 October 2015
#986 Elmshorn, Germany
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig. Its capital city is Kiel; other notable cities are Lübeck and Flensburg.
The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia, the Danish name is Slesvig-Holsten, the Low German name is Sleswig-Holsteen,and the North Frisian name is Slaswik-Holstiinj. Historically, the name can also refer to a larger region, containing both present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County (Northern Schleswig) in Denmark.
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| Date of Issue: May 7, 2015 | Europa CEPT 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Julia !
Sent on: September 28, 2015
Received on: October 1, 2015
11 September 2015
#971 Saarijärvi, Finland
The Petäjävesi Old Church (Finnish: Petäjäveden vanha kirkko) is a wooden church located in Petäjävesi, Finland. It was built between 1763 and 1765, when Tavastia was still a part of Sweden. The bell tower was built in 1821. It was inscribed in 1994 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The church is located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west of the centre of Petäjävesi. The church went out of use in 1879 when the new church was built. The old church has retained its original appearance and its interior decoration exceptionally well. It is a popular church for weddings in the summer, and there is a church service on most Sundays.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 1994
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| Date of Issue: May 8, 2015 | Europa 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Hilla !
Sent on: September 8, 2015
Received on: September 11, 2015
24 August 2015
#955 Bulgaria
For more info about Bulgaria, see received card #324.
About some facts written on the postcard:
Vasil Levski (Bulgarian: Васил Левски, originally spelled Василъ Лѣвскій), born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (Васил Иванов Кунчев; 18 July 1837 - 18 February 1873), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and is a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Founding the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, Levski sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees.
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Григор Димитров Димитров; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 8, which he achieved in August 2014, shortly after reaching the semifinals of Wimbledon.
Valya Mladenova Balkanska (Bulgarian: Валя Младенова Балканска) (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk music singer from the Rhodope Mountains known locally for her wide repertoire of Balkan folksong, but in the West mainly for singing the song "Izlel e Delyu Haydutin", part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков Стоичков; born 8 February 1966 in Plovdiv) is a retired Bulgarian footballer who is currently a football commentator for Univision Deportes. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is widely considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all time. He was runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994, and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994. In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
A gaida is a bagpipe from the Balkans and Southeast Europe. Southeastern European bagpipes known as gaida include: the Greek γκάϊντα, Albanian gajde, Croatian and Serbian gajde, Bulgarian and Macedonian гайда/гајда (gajda) and Slovak gajdy.
Bulgarian yogurt (Bulgarian: кисело мляко, kiselo mlyako) is a fermented milk product. Like all yogurt, Bulgarian yogurt is produced through the bacterial fermentation of milk, using a live culture of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus. Fermentation ends when the yogurt has cooled. The longer the yogurt is allowed to stay warm, the more pronounced the sour flavor becomes.
Rose oil (rose otto, attar of rose, or attar of roses) is the essential oil extracted from the petals of various types of rose. Rose ottos are extracted through steam distillation, while rose absolutes are obtained through solvent extraction or supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, with the absolute being used more commonly in perfumery. Even with their high price and the advent of organic synthesis, rose oils are still perhaps the most widely used essential oil in perfumery.
Two major species of rose are cultivated for the production of rose oil:
*Rosa damascena, the damask rose, which is widely grown in Syria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Iran and China.
*Rosa centifolia, the cabbage rose, which is more commonly grown in Morocco, France and Egypt.
Bulgaria produces about 70% of all rose oil in the world. Other significant producers are Morocco, Iran and Turkey.
Musala (Bulgarian: Мусала; from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: Musalla, "near God" or "place for prayer" is the highest peak in the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925 m (9,596 ft). The summit of the Rila mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, Musala is the highest peak between the Alps and the Caucasus and the highest in Eastern Europe bar the Caucasus. With a prominence of 2473 m, Musala is the 7th most prominent mountain peak in Europe.
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| Date of Issue: April 20, 2015 | Europa 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Svetla !
Sent on: August 9, 2015
Received on: August 24, 2015
24 July 2015
#934 The Netherlands
Kinderdijk is a village in the Netherlands, belonging to the municipality of Molenwaard, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in a polder in the Alblasserwaard at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 1997
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| Date of Issue: April 28, 2015 | Europa 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Piet !
Sent on: July 21, 2015
Received on: July 24, 2015
#933 The Netherlands
Maastricht (Dutch: [maːˈstrɪxt]; Limburgish (incl. Maastrichtian): Mestreech [məˈstʁeːç]; French: Maestricht (archaic); Spanish: Mastrique (archaic)) is a town and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the capital city in the province of Limburg.
The St. John's Church is a Gothic church in the historic center of Maastricht . The Protestant St. John is rubbing the Roman Catholic Saint Servatius at the Vrijthof and forms with the church a unique for the Netherlands' church twins".
The Basilica of Saint Servatius (Limburg : Sintervaosbasiliek , or simply Sintervaos ) is a church building in the historic center of Maastricht , located between three squares: Vrijthof , the Keizer Karel Square and Henric of Veldekeplein . The church is believed to be built over the tomb of Saint Servatius and is considered the oldest existing church in the Netherlands. The basilica is one of the top 100 of the Dutch UNESCO monuments . The large three-aisled basilica is largely Romanesque style constructed using coal sandstone and marl . The church serves as parish church of the Roman Catholic St. Servatius parish and deanery church of Maastricht. Since 1985 the church has the title basilica minor (basilica). The church, the cloisters and the treasury are open daily to the public and to visit fee.
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| Date of Issue: April 28, 2015 | Europa 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Piet !
Sent on : July 21, 2015
Received on: July 24, 2015
15 July 2015
#928 Lappeenranta, Finland
Lappeenranta (Swedish: Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately 73,000 inhabitants (30 November 2014) Lappeenranta is the 13th largest city in Finland. The neighboring municipality of Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2009, and the neighboring municipality of Ylämaa on January 1, 2010. Lappeenranta is known as an international university city in Finland with Lappeenranta University of Technology and Saimaa University of Applied Sciences who together have an approximate of 13,000 students from 68 countries. Lappeenranta is also a commercial centre of South-East Finland and the meeting point of the EU and Russia, 215 km from both Helsinki and St. Petersburg. Location on the southern shore of Lake Saimaa makes the city the region’s centre for tourism. Lappeenranta is second most visited city in Finland after Helsinki and it competes with Helsinki for the largest share of tax-free sales in Finland. Lappeenranta is a model for renewable energies and a clean living environment. Lappeenranta was the only Finnish city to become one of the 14 finalists in the international Earth Hour City Challenge 2014, organized by WWF.
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| Date of Issue: May 8, 2015 | Europa 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Sanna !
Sent on: July 13, 2015
Received on: July 14, 2015
15 June 2015
#913 Ireland
For more info about Ireland, see received card #300.
About some facts written on the card:
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman and philanthropist. He is best recognized as the frontman of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Alison Stewart, and the future members of U2. Bono writes almost all U2 lyrics, frequently using religious, social and political themes.During U2's early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to their rebellious and spiritual tone. As the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with the other members.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, playwright and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist who after leaving comprehensive school at age 16, began training in commercial illustration. He then went on to train at the Drama Centre in London for three years. Following a stage acting career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982-87), which blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama and detective procedural.
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (born 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra. O'Connor achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U".
The Hook Lighthouse (Irish: Teach Solais Rinn Duáin; also known as Hook Head Lighthouse) is a building situated at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world, and the oldest operating lighthouse in Ireland. It is operated by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, the Irish Lighthouse Authority, it marks the eastern entrance to Waterford Harbour. The current structure has stood for almost 800 years.
Sean's Bar is a pub in Athlone, Ireland. It claims to be the oldest pub in Ireland, dating back to 900 AD. In 2004 Guinness World Records listed Sean's Bar as the oldest pub in Europe.
Sean's Bar is located on side Street, Athlone, on the east Bank of the River Shannon, and was originally known as Luain's Inn. It is often colloquially referred to simply as Sean's.
During renovations in 1970, the walls of the bar were found to be made of wattle and wicker, dating back to the tenth century. According to Frommer's travel guide, the bar holds records of every owner since its inception, including when Boy George owned it briefly in 1987.
A leprechaun (Irish: leipreachán) is a type of fairy in Irish folklore. It is usually depicted as a little old man, wearing a coat and hat, who partakes in mischief. They are solitary creatures who spend their time making and mending shoes and have a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If captured by a human, the leprechaun has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for their freedom. Like other Irish fairies, leprechauns may be derived from the Tuatha Dé Danann. Leprechaun-like creatures rarely appear in Irish mythology and only became prominent in later folklore.
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| Date of Issue: May 14, 2015 | Europa 2015 'Old Toys' |
Thank you, Anastasia !
Received on: June 15, 2015
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