The sender had to pick her biggest card because of my long address. hahaha 😀 Well, that’s how addresses work in PH. 🙂
This big card shows the Datsun 1300, from the Datsun truck series. The pick-up trucks are first produced in Japan in 1955, and has been known for being economical since then. Today, the trucks are manufactured with the Nevara and Frontier names.
The Torronsuo National Park stamp was used. Thanks, dotdotPC!
Here’s a beautiful art card from the Virpi, who works in a local pharmacy and couldn’t wait to spend the summer holidays! The drawing depicts the carrying of timber by Finnish peasant ships in 1804. The art work can be found at the Maritime Museum of Finland.
Lovely Finnish stamps used. Thanks, Virpi!
Asia meets the World RR Gr 201
This beautiful art card of a painting by a famous Swedish-speaking Finnish artist, Arlbert Edelfelt, was sent by Kaheli for the Asia meets the World RR on the Postcrossing forum. According to the sender, the painting was created in the 1800s.
I love the painting! Thanks, Kaheli!
This beautiful card shows the Nikkaluokta kapell in Sweden. The chapel was designed by Cyrillus Johansson, and was inaugurated in 1942. Standing by the chapel is a man from Lappland, the northern region of Sweden. If I’m not mistaken, the indigenous people living in the northern part of Scandinavia are called the Sami people.
Very colorful outfit worn by the man. I guess they have a happy and colorful personality up there in the north as well?
The sender’s brother lived in Lappland and brought her this card. Thanks for sharing it with me, Heidi!
Nice stamp used:
Pirjo, the sender of this card, has sent almost 20,000 postcards on Postcrossing! 😀 She wrote about her wonderful visit to their capital city, Helsinki, checking book shops and going to markets and art exhibitions.
On the card are the following attractions in Helsinki: South Harbor, Museum of contemporary art – The Finnish National Gallery, Finnish National Opera, Finlandia Hall, The Cathedral with the Statue of czar Aleksander II, Helsinki by night, Temppeliaukio church, Helsinki Lutheran Cathedral, Uspensky Orthodox Cathedral, Parliament, Esplanade Park, The Old Market Hall, Sibelius monument, and Alexandersgatan.
Lovely dog stamp used. Thanks, Pirjo!
Here’s a beautiful Paul Cézanne art card! Cézanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter. He spent some time living in L’Estaque, a small fishing village west of Marseille in France. Landscape at l’Estaque was painted between 1882 and 1885.
Pirjo, the sender, thoughtfully used a nice stamp of Eppu Normaali, one of the most popular rock bands in Finland! The band was formed in 1976 and is the best selling music artist in Finland. Pirjo also put some wonderful old stamps. Thank you, Pirjo!
This is officially the first drawing card I received from Postcrossing. I don’t know from which cartoon it was, but I love the big drawing and the glittery Christmas stickers on the back.
Lovely reindeer stamp used. Thank you, Ulla!
Hmmm! This card looks yummy! haha Not the card, but the cinnamon buns. I love freshly baked cinnamon buns!
Anne, the sender, lives in central Finland with her family, and was experiencing a very cold -35 degrees Celsius day at the time of writing!
Impressive plastic stamp of a snow flake used. Thank you, Anne!
This lovely art card comes from Tuula, who lives in a town called Savonlinna. Her hometown is famous for the annual Opera Festival.
As for the drawing, it was created by Christine Donnier as part of the editions “Voyages”.
Nice stamp used. Thank you, Tuula!
This is not the season for barbecues, but I still love this postcard sent by Outi.  I wasn’t expecting to get a Thank You card from her so I was really surprised!
I really love this hobby. I am learning a lot!!! And now I’m dying to go to Finland and swim in its hundreds of lakes! How sad it is that my hometown province surrounds the largest lake in the country (Laguna de Bay) but it is covered with thousands of FISH PENS (utang na loob), there’s no way one can swim in it. Oh, before I forget, here’s the card I sent to Outi. It’s of the Tappia Waterfalls in Batad, Ifugao. 🙂
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/PH-25393
Thanks again, Outi! All the best to your new cottage by the lake. Lovely stamp from Finland (as always) used:
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