In: from Greece

The Greek island of Ikaria has a special nature, Eva wrote on the back of this postcard. Seeing this card, I think she is right, and it is hard to 'catch' the beauty in one postcard. However, the real version of this card comes close :-)



On the back Eva added a beautiful stamp, I think of one of the deer statues in the harbour of an other wellknown island, Rhodos.

Thank you very much, moltes gràcies, Eva!

Sunday Stamps: Rocks

This Sunday Stamps' theme is: rocks, gems and minerals.

My dear late grandmother collected stones and minerals, so the theme is dear to me. And I love to see the stamps the other Sunday Stamps pals have collected and shared! You can find them at Sunday Stamps and the links under the post.

For me it was not easy to find suitable stamps. That is, I could not find any mineral or gem in my collection at all!

Fortunately the following rocks I found. Both are large, and both in the sea (so, island rocks!?!).

From Hong Kong:



And an illustrated one, from Spain:

In: My first lighthouse!

Verschillende mensen verzamelen vuurtoren-ansichtkaarten. Dit keer ben ik de gelukkige ontvanger. Wie weet: de start van een nieuwe verzameling?!
Rechts is-ie te zien, de vuurtoren van Kaap Sint Vincentius, op deze mooie kaart van Eva, verstuurd uit Portugal.
Ik was aangenaam verrast toen ik de volgende dag de linker kaart ontving, via Postcrossing uit Taiwan. Zoveel overeenkomsten! Reusachtige rotsen, een wijde zee, zwart kader, tekst onder de foto's... Dank!

Several people are collecting postcards of lighthouses. This time I am the lucky receiver, maybe it's a start of my lighthouse collection!?
You can see it on the right, the lighthouse of Cabo São Vicente, on this beautiful postcard sent from Portugal by Eva.
Amazing similarities I see between Eva's card (received 8th of March) and the card on the left which I received one day later via Postcrossing, showing a rock at Heren Beach in Hualien County, Taiwan.
Giant rocks, a wide sea, a black frame, text under the picture... Thanks to the both of you!



Update 19-3-2013: Ik was vergeten deze prachtige postzegels - uit Portugal en uit Taiwan - erbij te plaatsen. Bij deze, hierboven, dus! En leuk, zo'n sticker die ons leert hoe de Taiwanese brievenbussen eruit zien.
Tot slot nog interessant om te weten dat de Kaap Sint Vincent het meest westelijke punt van het Europese vasteland is!

Update 19-3-2013: I had forgotten to add these beautiful postage and cancelling stamps - from Portugal and Taiwan - so here you are!
From the sticker we can learn how Taiwanese mailboxes look like.
Finally an interesting fact: this card which Eva sent me from Cape Saint Vincent, shows the most western place in the European continent!