This postcard is from Ukraine. And the postcard shows the St. George Cathedral and Church of St. Elizabeth. Both of the buildings are situated at a western city called Lviv in Ukraine. The name means the city of lion.
Here comes the stamps. The right one was released in 2014, due to the 20th anniversary of Ukrposhta foundation. The stamp features the main postal monument of the country, The Postal Central Point of Ukraine, which is also known as the Distance Mark situated on Kyiv’s Independence Square. Ukrposhta actually means the national postal operator of Ukraine.
The left one was released in 2013, due to the 900th Anniversary of the Tale of Bygone Years. Tale of Bygone Years seems is a book in Ukraine, which is considered to be a fundamental source in the interpretation of the history of the Eastern Slavs(The former group of combination of people from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus).
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A postcard from Russia! The postcard shows ice cube curling center. The center was opened in 2012, and it is the main venue for holding all the competition of curling during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The venue has 3000 seats. And it is a portable building so that could be relocated to other area.
The stamp is also related to the winter Olympic Games. I guess the stamp shows Fisht Olympic Stadium. This 40,000-person-capacity open-air stadium is the venue for the opening and the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.
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Here comes a really great and beautiful card from China! This card with irregular shape is showing a beautiful map of Tsinghua University, a very famous university situated at Beijing, China.
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A postcard from Russia! This postcard shows second agura waterfall, which is a waterfall in Sochi. The waterfall is about 30 meters tall.
here comes the stamps. The right hand side is a stamp from 2004, from a series called “Safe Conduct of Children on the Roads”. And it reflects the meaning of “Study the road traffic rules”. The second stamp is from 2009, as to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Strategic Rocket Forces, which is something a part of the army and military forces in Russia and former USSR. And really thanks to the sender as she also gave me a big sticker of one of the mascots of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games – the polar bear!
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A postcard from the Netherlands! This postcard shows a lovely and typical scene of Dutch countryside – with many windmills and big pieces of grasslands! The stamp is from 2012.
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A postcard from Germany! It shows some street view from a historical city called Tübingen in Germany. Many universities situates there and therefore residents at that city are very young, even the youngest city in Germany.
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A postcard from Russia. It shows the Alexander Column and the Presentation Church. The stamp was released in 2011, due to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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A postcard from Japan. The small train on the postcard is from Chōshi Electric Railway Line(銚子電気鉄道線). The model is called 銚子電気鉄道デキ3形電気機関車.
Here comes the stamp. The stamp was released in 1982, due to the opening of Joetsu-Shinkansen Railway Line (上越新幹線). The high speed train connects Tokyo and Niigata (新潟), which lies at the northwest side of Japan.
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A postcard from Taiwan, showing a beautiful scene of magic hour at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), with lovely yachts and calm reflection.
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A postcard from Finland, with a stamp released in 2006, showing the flag of Finland.
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