This postcard from Byron (Canada) was written on 15th February, but the date on the postmark is 4th March, and it arrived on 21 March. Well, actually it arrived on time for the New Year. Not the Chinese (18 February) but for the Persian or Nowruz, celebrated at the beginning of the spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
The postcard features a sow of Chato Murciano, a breed of domestic pig originating from Spain. As it reads on the back:
This delightful slate-grey pig has a very old Spanish ancestry, hailing from south-eastern Murcia. In 1865 there were 50,000 of them and more more than twice as many in 1929. It is a thrifty, hardy and easily managed, doing well on farm by-products and waste food.So, in a way, it was coming home. Unluckily, this breed is endangered nowadays.
I need to add the postcard to this post!
Well if it were the year of the rabbit, it may have moved a bit faster :)
ReplyDeleteLet's see when it happens! The most important is that it arrived. And I love both, postcard and stamps. Thanks again!
DeleteFrom Murcia, how nice! :-)
ReplyDeleteActually, I thought of you and all the postcards from Murcia you used to send :)
DeleteWhat a great postcard - love to see a heritage breed of pig.
ReplyDeleteIt's a neat picture. I had never seen of this breed of pig (not that I know a lot about pigs, of course...).
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