Here comes a postcard from Russia! The illustration is “Mail for You” from Tania Samoshkina. And the writer also tries to give some translation on the back. It says “Though all of the cities and avenues, hurrying somewhere and afraid of not having enough time, someone has a letter for you.” Don’t know whether she gives a correct translation, I guess, the meaning would be similar to this.

And here comes the stamps. The purple one is the fifth issue of definitive stamp in Russia, released in 2008. And the blue one is the definitive stamps issued in 2009. And all the stamps are about Kremlins(克里姆林), meaning those complex castles found inside historic Russian cities. And the most famous one is from Moscow, therefore people often use this name to refer that one. And the last one was released in January 2013 from the series of Wild Goats(野山羊).

Here comes a lovely postcard from Russia. The postcard shows a scene of Autumn from Katun River and Mount Lukovka. There are 4 stamps together with the postcard. The first stamp was released in 2005. It is celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Lomonosov Moscow State University. It is the largest and the oldest university in Russia.

The second stamp is an Europa stamp in 2005. Europa stamp means special stamps issued by European postal administrations/ enterprises under the aegis of PostEurop, an association of European public postal operators, in which Europe is the central theme. In 2005,the main theme of the stamp is Gastronomy. I guess different European countries will release stamps related to this topic together.The stamp shows the food when Russian welcomes guests, mainly bread and pancakes. “Bread and Salt!” – Guests are welcomed in Russia with these words for centuries.

The third stamp was released in 2012. The stamp is celebrating the 1150th Anniversary of the Russian Statehood.

The fourth stamp was released in 2003, from a series called Beetles. The stamp shows Calosoma sycophanta, which is a large, bright green, metallic ground beetle that is native to Europe.