Tribute

In 2017, Slovenská pošta commemorated the memory of holocaust victims with a stamp to mark 75 years since the first deportation of Jews from Slovakia. 

The stamp, which is entitled Honour, includes a yellow star and label with the date 25 March 1942, the day of the first transport of Jewish women from Slovakia. The designer is student Karin Uváčková.

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)

Sunday Stamps | Glass

 Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Glass. Handle with care!

American Glass
United States, 1999

Glasswork - Roman Glass Work, Zohor
Slovakia, 2021

Métiers d'art - Vitrailliste
('Artistic professions - Stained Glass Crafter')
France, 2021

Arabia of Finland Dinnerware - 150 years
Finland, 2023

Sunday Stamps | Modern Buildings

Today's Sunday Stamps is dedicated to Modern Architecture. I think I found a handful of buildings that can fit:

United Kingdom, 1987

This stamp belongs to the set British Architects in Europe, and features the Neue Staatsgalerie ('New State Galerie') in Stuttgart, Germany, designed by James Stirling. It was constructed between 1979 and 1984.

Canada, 1999

The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum was officially founded in 1947. In 1976, its new building, designed by renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, opened. 

Poland, 2005

Silesian Theatre (Teatr Śląski) is the largest theatre in Silesia. It is located on the market square in Katowice. It was built in 1905–1907, from plans by German architect Carl Moritz.

Netherlands, 2013

These stamps belong to the multi-year series Grenzeloos Nederland, dedicated to Belgium in 2013. At left, the MAS (Museum aan de Stroom) in Antwerp (Belgium), executed by the Dutch firm Neutelings Riedijk Architecten. At right, a sketch of Museum Hoenderloo (1923), the unexecuted design for a museum on the Veluwe by the Belgian architect Henry van de Velde.

United Kingdom, 2017

Two stamps from the Landmark Buildings set. Above, the Library of Birmingham, opened in 2013. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe.

Below, the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool. It was closed in 2011 to be completely rebuilt, and reopened in 2014. The Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects for the best British building of the year was awarded to Haworth Tompkins for their work on the new Everyman.

United Kingdom, 2017

Slovakia, 2018

Všeobecná úverová banka, a.s. (abbreviated as VÚB or The Bank) is a retail and commercial bank domiciled in Slovakia with its registered office at Mlynske Nivy 1, Bratislava. The 23-floors building was completed in 1996.

France, 2021

This stamp features the French pavillon in the Expo 2020, which had the theme Lumière, Lumières ('Light, Enlightment'), created by Atelier Perez Prado et Celnikier & Grabli Architectes. Afterwards, it had to be removed and relocated to Toulouse.

These Postcards Say Summer to Me

Sauna (Finland)

Baltic Sea

Thermal swimming pool in Podhájska (Slovakia)

Broadstairs, Kent (the UK)

(Thailand)

Postcards sent by Helke (Finland), Amanda (Germany), Ľubica (Slovakia), Laura (the UK) and Mai (Thailand).

Sunday Stamps | Churches

Treasures of Notre Dame, Paris
France, 2020

St. Emmeram's Cathedral, Nitra
Slovakia, 1995

St Andrew's, Helpringham, Lincs
UK, 1972

These two stamps belong to the series Village Churches. See here the rest of the stamps, if interested.

St Mary the Virgin, Huish Episcopi, Somerset
UK, 1972

This is a post for Sunday Stamps. Today's theme is Places of Worship.

Castles!

This postcard was sent from Slovakia, but it shows a castle on Transilvania (Romania). The Corvin Castle was built in the XVth century by the Corvin family, over the walls of an older castle dating since XIVth century.

Castle (entrance tower, actually) of Tonbridge, Kent, UK. Postcard sent by Laura (the UK).

Roses Are Coming

USA, 2018

USA, 1982

Night and Sleep

 Evelyn de Morgan, 1878

Portland Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade, 1995

And dragons, too!

Slovakia, 2011
Church of St. George in St. Jur

Ethelbert Gate
Winchester Cathedral (the UK)

(Can you distinguish St. Georges and the dragon?)

(One week for Sant Jordi. Although this will be a strange one.)

Best Europa Stamp Competition 2013

You are still on time (till August 31st) to vote for the best stamp in yearly competition to choose the best EUROPA stamp of the year, hosted by PostEurop.

The theme for 2013 is Van of the Postman. It is difficult to choose only one!

I have receive these stamps among the amazing designs that take part in the competition:

From France

From Hungary

From Slovakia

From the Netherlands

From Italy

From the UK

Slovakia & Arabic

Last month I posted this complaining because I do not receive postcards/letters written in Arabic. And just the following day* I received this!

First I thought it was from Postcrossing, but soon I discovered that it had been sent by my friend Aarón, who was doing his trip back. It was written on a back of this postcard showing the main sights in Bratislava. It is my first postcard from this country! So both facts, Slovakia and the Arabic calligraphy, made me really happy!

By the way, he sent me also a postcard from Vienna. Maybe I must update the map...

*Yes: a bit late.