Hello, Year of the Fire Horse!

Nidos švyturys

I got this postcard from Kamilė (Lithuania) through the Postcrossing site. It is Nida lighthouse, between the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea. So far, the only Lithuanian lighthouse in my collection. However, this is the second postcard I have received. One would not tell that both pictures are from the same place!

Sunday Stamps | Waving Flags

I am not the biggest fan of flags on stamps. But I recognise that they look far better when waving:

25th Anniversary of Independence
Georgia, 2016

State flag
Lithuania, 2019

Thailand, 2010

Estonia, 2023

Sunday Stamps theme is today National Holidays, Flags.

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Palanga & Harry

Fountain in Palanga (Lithuania), sent by Viktoria.

Illustration of Een huis voor Harry ('A House for Harry'), by Leo Timmers

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Thursday Postcard Hunt

April theme: WATER

• Week 1 - Waterfalls
• Week 2 - Rivers
• Week 3 - Lakes
• Week 4 - Ocean, beaches
• Week 5 - Fountains

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

European Capitals (Postcrossing)

Vienna (Austria)

I got this postcard from Vienna last November, through the Postcrossing site. I like to read postcrossers profiles and know about their preferences. Sometimes people are quite specific, and funny. There are also some people who are not, but they ask for postcards like "a view from the capital city of your country". 

Browsing among my received postcards, I have found that getting postcards from the capital cities is not as common as you might think. Maybe is just that I do not ask for them. But these are almost all the European capitals I have got as Postcrossing postcards.

I think it is curious that I have never received postcards featuring Berlin, Lisboa, Madrid...

Zagreb (Croatia)

Tallinn (Estonia)

Helsinki (Finland)

Rome (Italy)

Riga (Latvia)

Vilnius (Lithuania)

Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

Warsaw (Poland)

Bratislava (Slovakia)

Pace · Paix · Mir · Taika

This year there is not EUROPA stamp contest, because all the participant countries are issuing a stamp with the same design, dedicated to Peace - the highest value of humanity.

I thought it would be nice to get the stamp from as many countries as possible. So I arranged some swaps that are ongoing. The latest batch of peace has landed: from Croatia, France, Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia. Some countries, as you can see, have issued more than one stamp.

But there are still a lot of missing countries in my collection-to-be! If you wish to swap the Peace stamp (or swap it for a postcard, envelope, etc.), just let me know!

Sunday Stamps | Scientific Names

I do not know very much about birds, so I am happy when they include the scientific names on the stamps...

Aegolius funereus
Lithuania, 2020

Ardea herodias
Canada, 2010

Branta canadensis
Canada, 2018

Carduelis cannabina
Greece, 2014

Clangula hyenalis
Finland, 2017

Limosa limosa
The Netherlands, 2011

Luscinia calliope
Taiwan, 2007

Numenius arquata
Netherlands, 2020

Podiceps cristatus
Netherlands, 2015

This is a post for Sunday Stamps, this week's theme being Birds.

And More Lighthouses! (1)

This envelope was sent by Ekaterina (Spain), a Russian postcrosser living in Spain. It contained a no less beautiful postcard, featuring another lighthouse:

Brixham Victoria Pier (the UK)

Büsum lighthouse (Germany)

But I got this postcard from the UK.

Nida Lighthouse

This is the first lighthouse from Lithuania I can add to my collection! Sent by Rūta.

Doubling Point Light, Kennebec River
Maine (the USA)

This postcard sent by Pat (the USA). This is one of the few lighthouses placed on a river.

Collaged Envelopes

(Front)

(Back)

Collages made by Rugilè (Lithuania), Rosemary (Canada), Imma (PC) and John (UK).