tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15718057999496092172024-03-05T05:25:40.149-08:00Postcard DiaryI love traveling around the world...Collecting cards is a way of doing this.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-13754469573371995392020-08-16T02:18:00.003-07:002020-08-16T02:26:54.951-07:00Durdle Door | England<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_3X_lfNTbUadmv9l3mwDnR4Ne1slZfFQVsEr_5jDpowHZgO-udQpPW4I_qsH4XwNCEfIXptld86zcf8nqg6eFn4cmym2w-3OpEt6qwu872HoTBBczMhOEBPYrX6oMwPH6swVL4I6LGhG/s970/postcard+diary+durdle+door+england.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="970" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_3X_lfNTbUadmv9l3mwDnR4Ne1slZfFQVsEr_5jDpowHZgO-udQpPW4I_qsH4XwNCEfIXptld86zcf8nqg6eFn4cmym2w-3OpEt6qwu872HoTBBczMhOEBPYrX6oMwPH6swVL4I6LGhG/w400-h286/postcard+diary+durdle+door+england.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Last weekend we wanted to get away from the heat, so we went to <a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=dorchester">Dorchester</a>. A friend told me about Durdle Door and we thought i would be nice to swim there! HUGE mistake. It was so unbelievably crowded that we didn't even get to the beach. We decided to go away. Deflated, on our way back, we saw a brown sign with the name 'Wimborne Minster' and decided to visit it. It turns out it is a cute little town with picturesque alleys and nice cafes in small piazzas. We will try to go back and spend a weekend!</p><p><b>Durdle Door </b>(sometimes written Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in <a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Dorset">Dorset</a>. It is owned by the Welds, a family who own 12,000 acres (50 km2) in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the public.</p><p>There is a dearth of early written records about the arch, though it has kept a name given to it probably over a thousand years ago. In the <b>late 18th century</b> there is a description of the "<i>magnificent arch of Durdle-rock Door</i>", and early 19th-century maps called it "<i>Duddledoor</i>" and "<i>Durdle</i>" or "<i>Dudde Door</i>". In 1811 the first Ordnance Survey map of the area named it as "<i>Dirdale Door</i>". Durdle is derived from the Old English <b>thirl</b>, meaning to pierce, bore or drill, which in turn derives from <b>thyrel</b>, meaning hole. Similar names in the region include <b>Durlston Bay</b> and <b>Durlston Head</b> further east, where a coastal stack suggests the existence of an earlier arch, and the <b>Thurlestone</b>, an arched rock in the neighbouring county of <a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Devon">Devon</a> to the west. The Door part of the name probably maintains its modern meaning, referring to the arched shape of the rock; in the late 19th century there is reference to it being called the "<b>Barn-door</b>", and is described as being "s<i>ufficiently high for a good-sized sailing boat to pass through it</i>."</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-38666509960051944232018-07-02T11:58:00.001-07:002018-07-02T11:58:07.746-07:00Berlin | Germany<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This beautiful postcard was sent to me by Carina from <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Berlin">Berlin</a>, <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Germany">Germany</a> via Postcrossing [DE-7301557]. It shows the Berlin Cathedral, the Palace of the Republic and the Spree seen from the Nikolai Quarter. She informs me that 'the view on this postcard is not what you would see today. The Palace of the Republic has been torn down. In it's place, the old Berlin Palace is been rebuilt.'</div>
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The <b>Palace of the Republic</b> (German: Palast der Republik) in East Berlin was the seat of the parliament of the <b>German Democratic Republic</b> (also known as <b>East Germany</b>), the Volkskammer (People's Chamber), and also served various cultural purposes. Located between <b>Schlossplatz</b> and the <b>Lustgarten</b> (referred to jointly as Marx-Engels-Platz from 1951 to 1994) on an island in the <b>River Spree</b>, it also housed two large auditoria, art galleries, a theatre, 13 restaurants, a bowling alley, a post office, and a discothèque. On 23 August 1990, the Volkskammer ratified the treaty on German reunification, which was later also confirmed by the <b>Bundestag</b> in Bonn. The building was constructed between 1973 and 1976 on the site of the former <b>Berliner Stadtschloss</b> (City Palace), and was completely demolished by 2008 to make room for a reconstruction of the <b>Stadtschloss</b>, which began in 2013.</div>
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This beautiful postcard was sent by Jana from <a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Ireland">Ireland</a> via Postcrossing [CZ-1407509]. It shows some colourful front doors in Dublin. <b>Dublin</b> (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital of and largest city in Ireland. Dublin is located in the province of <b>Leinster</b> on the east coast of Ireland, at the mouth of the <b>River Liffey</b> and bordered on the South by the <b>Wicklow Mountains</b>. </div>
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<br />There is archaeological debate regarding precisely where Dublin was established by Celtic-speaking people in the 7th century. Later expanded as a Viking settlement, the <b>Kingdom of Dublin</b> became Ireland's principal city following the Norman invasion. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest city in the British Empire before the Acts of Union in 1800. Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, Dublin became the capital of the <b>Irish Free State</b>, later renamed Ireland. <br /><br />As of 2010, Dublin was listed by the <b>Globalization and World Cities Research Network</b> (GaWC) as a global city, with a ranking of "<i>Alpha-</i>", which places it amongst the top thirty cities in the world. It is a historical and contemporary centre for education, the arts, administration, economy and industry.</div>
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This picturesque postcard shows <b>Tolmezzo</b> (Friulian: Tumieç, Slovene: Tolmeč, archaic German: Tolmein or Schönfeld; Timau Cimbrian: Schunvelt) is a town and comune in the province of Udine, part of the <b>Friuli-Venezia Giulia</b> region of north-eastern <a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Italy">Italy</a>. Tolmezzo is located at the foot of the Strabut Mountain, between the <b>Tagliamento River</b> and the <b>Bût stream</b>. Nearby is the <b>Mount Amariana</b>, elevation 1,906 metres (6,253 ft). The commune also includes the five frazioni of Cadunea (Friulian: Cjadugnee), Caneva (Cjanive), Casanova (Cjasegnove), Fusea (Fusee), Illegio (Dieç), Imponzo (Dimponç).</div>
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The city had a flourishing market, and was defended by a line of walls with 18 towers and by the castle of the Patriarchs. In 1420, it was annexed to the <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Venice">Republic of Venice</a></b>, but its trades and industries did not suffer from the change, and the city maintained its privileges. In 1797, with the <b>Treaty of Campo Formio</b>, it was handed over to the Austrian Empire, and, after a short Napoleonic rule, it was included in the client <b>Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia</b>.</div>
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This postcard shows the <b><a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/2011/07/as-you-might-know-i-am-architect.html">Golden Gate Bridge</a></b> in <b>San Francisco</b>, <a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/USA%20-%20California">California</a>, USA. San Francisco (Spanish for '<i>Saint Francis</i>'), officially the <i>City and County of San Francisco</i>, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. It covers an area of about 46.89 square miles (121.4 km2), mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 884,363. The consolidated city-county is also the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five <b><a href="https://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/USA%20-%20New%20York">New York City</a></b> boroughs. As of 2016, it was the 7th highest-income county in the United States, with a per capita personal income of $110,418.</div>
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Another postcard with illustration from <b>Josef Lada</b>. I like the simplistic design and basic colours. Born in the small village of <b>Hrusice</b> in a cobbler's family, he went to <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Prague">Prague</a></b> at the age of 14 to become an apprentice binder. Entirely self-taught, he created his own style as a caricaturist for newspapers, and later as an illustrator. He produced landscapes, created frescoes and designed costumes for plays and films. Over the years he created a series of paintings and drawings depicting traditional Czech occupations, and wrote and illustrated the adventures of <b>Mikeš</b>, a little black cat who could talk.</div>
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Lada produced nearly 600 cartoons of the <b>Švejk</b> characters, depicting Austria-Hungary officers and civil servants as incompetent, abusive and often drunk. All subsequent editions of Švejk used Lada's illustrations, except for the 2008/2009 Czech edition illustrated by <b>Petr Urban</b>.</div>
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A good friend sent me this postcard from Bulgaria on 1st November 2016. It shows Rila Monastery. I have not been in Bulgaria yet, but she tells me that I 'should really visit this place in autumn'. I will try dear V.</div>
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The <b>Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila</b>, better known as the Rila Monastery (Bulgarian: Рилски манастир, Rilski manastir) is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></b>. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km (73 mi) south of the capital <b>Sofia</b> in the deep valley of the <b>Rilska River</b> at an elevation of 1,147 m (3,763 ft) above sea level, inside of <b>Rila Monastery Nature Park</b>. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit <b>Ivan of Rila</b> (876 - 946 AD), and houses around 60 monks.</div>
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10th FEBRUARY 2014, BULGARIA - Mushrooms; 0,10: Pine Bolete (Boletus pinophilus); 0,20: Magpie Fungus (Coprinus picaceus); 0,50: Citron Amanita (Amanita citrina); 1: Green-cracking Russula (Russula virescens)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-29112909403654803882018-06-13T13:28:00.001-07:002018-06-17T07:17:28.130-07:00Niagara Falls | USA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This postcard shows a general view of the <b>Niagara Falls</b> from Steel Arch Bridge. Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province <b>Ontario</b> and the <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/USA%20-%20New%20York">American state of<b> New York</b></a>. They form the southern end of the <b>Niagara Gorge</b>.</div>
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From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the <b>Horseshoe Falls</b>, the <b>American Falls</b> and the <b>Bridal Veil Falls</b>. The Horseshoe Falls lies on the border of the <b>United States</b> and <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Canada">Canada</a></b> with the American Falls entirely on the United States' side, separated by <b>Goat Island</b>. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also on the United States' side, separated from the American Falls by <b>Luna Island</b>.</div>
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Located on the Niagara River, which drains <b>Lake Erie </b>into <b>Lake Ontario</b>, the combined falls form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50 m). During peak daytime tourist hours, more than six million cubic feet (168,000 m3) of water goes over the crest of the falls every minute. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by flow rate.</div>
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The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Buffalo">Buffalo</a></b>, New York, and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of <b>Toronto</b>, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls was formed when glaciers receded at the end of the <b>Wisconsin glaciation</b> (the last ice age), and water from the newly formed <b>Great Lakes</b> carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean.</div>
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Niagara Falls is famed both for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Balancing recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century.</div>
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The card was posted on 4 August 1905 at 3pm. In the front it reads: '<i>Dear Alice, 5 of us have come here today - we are staying until tomorrow [...]' </i> Unfortunately I cannot read the rest.</div>
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I love the colours of this postcard! It shows the mighty <b>Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo</b>. <b>Minamoto no Tametomo</b> (源 為朝, 1139 – April 23, 1170) (also known as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo (鎮西 八郎 為朝)) was a samurai who fought in the <b>Hōgen Rebellion</b> of 1156. He was the son of <b>Minamoto no Tameyoshi</b>, and brother to <b>Yukiie</b> and <b>Yoshitomo</b>.</div>
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Tametomo is known in the epic chronicles as a powerful archer and it is said that he once sunk an entire <b>Taira ship</b> with a single arrow by puncturing its hull below the waterline [pictured on this postcard]. It is also added in many legends that his left arm was about 4 in. longer than his right, enabling a longer draw of the arrow, and more powerful shots. He fought to defend <b>Shirakawa-den</b>, alongside his father, against the forces of <b>Taira no Kiyomori</b> and <b>Minamoto no Yoshitomo</b>, his brother. The palace was set aflame, and Tametomo was forced to flee.</div>
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After the Hōgen Rebellion, the Taira cut the sinews of Tametomo's left arm, limiting the use of his bow, and then he was banished to the island of <b>Ōshima</b> in the <b>Izu Islands</b>. Tametomo eventually killed himself by slicing his abdomen, or committing <b>seppuku</b>. He is quite possibly the first warrior to commit seppuku in the chronicles.</div>
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In the <b>Chūzan Seikan</b> (1650) by <b>Shō Shōken</b>, the first history of <b>Ryūkyū</b>, is mentioned that he made his way down to <b>Okinawa</b> during his exile, and sired the first known chief of Chūzan - Shunten.</div>
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Written after Invasion of Ryukyu (1609), this narrative was probably constructed to connect and legitimise the relation of Japan's imperial family with the Ryukyu Islands. During the <b>Meiji period </b>the myth was considered as an official and historical fact for the Japanese "legitimacy" and "sovereign right" of the annexation of the <i>Ryukyu Kingdom</i> in 1879.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-53839629276087285492018-06-13T12:48:00.001-07:002018-06-13T13:30:08.529-07:00Nunobiki Waterfall | Japan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This postcard shows <b>Nunobiki Waterfall</b>, (布引の滝 Nunobiki no Taki) is a set of waterfalls near downtown <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=kobe">Kobe</a></b>, <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Japan">Japan</a></b>, with an important significance in Japanese literature and Japanese art. In Japan, Nunobiki is considered one of the greatest "<i>divine falls</i>" together with <b>Kegon Falls</b> and <b>Nachi Falls</b>.</div>
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Nunobiki waterfalls comprises four separate falls: <b>Ontaki</b> [the one pictured here], <b>Mentaki</b>, <b>Tsutsumigadaki</b>, and <b>Meotodaki</b>.</div>
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A well-known section of the <b><i>Tales of Ise</i></b> (<i>Ise monogatari</i>) describes a trip taken by a minor official and his guests to Nunobiki Falls. They begin a poetry-writing contest, to which one of the guests, a commander of the guards, contributes:</div>
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<i>To rise in the world.</i></div>
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<i>It looks as though someone</i></div>
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<i>Alas! My sleeves are too narrow</i></div>
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This card has a post stamp dated 25th October 1923, 11:45pm, however the handwritten date is 25th September 1923. It was written <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/2018/06/minatogawa-kobe-japan.html">by a father to his daughters</a> and it reads: 'H.M.S. Despatch, Kobe, Japan 25/09/23 Dear Sonny, I hope you will keep these nice post cards & not make them dirty or lose them. Perhaps you can put them in mummy's album. Lots of love from Daddy'.</div>
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Well, I can safely say Sonny kept them in pristine condition! Her Daddy would be very happy!</div>
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This beautiful postcard comes from my beloved Japan. It shows Minatogawa Kobe.<br />
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<b>Kobe</b> (神戸市 Kōbe-shi, Japanese) is the sixth-largest city in <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search/label/Japan">Japan</a></b> and the capital city of <b>Hyōgo Prefecture</b>. It is located on the southern side of the main island of <b>Honshū</b>, on the north shore of <b>Osaka Bay</b> and about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the <b>Keihanshin</b> metropolitan area along with <b>Osaka</b> and <b><a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/search?q=Kyoto">Kyoto</a></b>.</div>
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The earliest written records regarding the region come from the <b>Nihon Shoki</b>, which describes the founding of the <b>Ikuta Shrine</b> by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history, the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Its name comes from <b>kanbe</b> (神戸, an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine). Kobe became one of Japan's 17 designated cities in 1956.</div>
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Kobe was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1853 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan and nuclear-free zone port city. While the 1995 <b>Great Hanshin earthquake</b> diminished much of Kobe's prominence as a port city, it remains Japan's fourth-busiest container port. Companies headquartered in Kobe include ASICS, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Kobe Steel, as well as over 100 international corporations with Asian or Japanese headquarters in the city, such as Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Nestlé. The city is the point of origin and namesake of <b>Kobe beef</b>, as well as the site of one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, <b>Arima Onsen</b>.</div>
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In the back it reads: '<i>H.M.S. Despatch, Kobe, Japan 25/09/23 Dear Sonny [?] I expect you & sister Margaret are quite living [?] strong after your holiday. I hope you are ever so good too. Lots of love to both from Daddy'</i></div>
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He sure cared about his daughters. That's why <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.com/2018/06/nunobiki-waterfall-japan.html">he sent another card just a few days later</a>.</div>
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This postcard shows the <b>Parish Church</b> in<b> Croydon</b>, England. <b>Croydon Minster</b> is the parish and civic church of the London Borough of Croydon. There are currently more than 35 churches in the borough, with Croydon Minster being the most prominent. It is <b>Grade I listed</b>. Six <i>Archbishops of Canterbury</i> are buried in the church: Edmund Grindal (d.1583), John Whitgift (d.1604), Gilbert Sheldon (d.1677), William Wake (d.1737), John Potter (d.1747), and Thomas Herring (d.1757).</div>
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additional trebles. The new ring of 12 was dedicated by the Bishop of
Croydon on 12 December 1936 and the first peal on the new 12 was rung
for the coronation of <b>King George VI </b>and <b>Queen Elizabeth</b> in 1937. The tower and ringers are affiliated to the <i>Surrey Association of Church Bell Ringers</i>.</div>
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The card was sent on 6 February 1906 7:15 pm. It reads: '<i>Dear K, I shall be home tomorrow unless anything turns up. But I expect it will be late, I will see you on Thursday at any rate. Yours Bert'. </i><br />
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This lovely postcard shows four girls and their mum [?] going to church. The written date is 06 August 1907.<br />
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The postcard was posted on 08 August 1907. Unfortunately it is written in German, so I cannot understand what it says [I get very disappointed when I don't understand what it's written in the back of a postcard. It almost feels like a fragment of history slipping through my hands].</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-19111716774385780052017-06-10T07:53:00.002-07:002020-08-16T02:44:23.539-07:00KLM |Egypt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Again, I am not a big fun of aviaton postcards, but I kinda like this one. It shows a KLM aircraft. <br />
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It was posted from Egypt but I cannot make out the dates. I researched the stamps, and I found out that the first two were issued in 1954 and they are showing a farmer under the general theme 'Agriculture'. The third stamp was printed in Egypt and it shows Cairo mosque, Sultan Hussein, circa 1953.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-40137183712488698492017-06-10T07:40:00.001-07:002017-06-24T02:20:06.367-07:00Camel cart | Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A similar card with the <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/karachi-pakistan.html">one in the previous post</a>, this time a camel cart in Karachi, Pakistan. <br />
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Judging from the handwriting, the same person send this postcard, too. It was posted on 14 March 1955. If only I could understand German!<br />
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<span itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Product"><span itemprop="description">Regarding the stamp used on both postcards I found the following information: Pakistan 1951 SG58 4a. Saracenic Leaf Pattern, Fourth Anniversary of Independence, green. Perforation 13.</span></span> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-6314216123177641952017-06-10T07:36:00.000-07:002017-06-10T07:36:11.572-07:00Karachi | Pakistan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This black and white postcard shows a donkey cart in <b>Karachi</b> (Urdu: <span dir="rtl" lang="ur"><span class="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta4', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 125%;" title="Nastaliq">کراچی</span></span>; Sindhi: <span dir="rtl" lang="sd">ڪراچي</span>; ALA-LC: <span class="Unicode" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Urdu ALA-LC transliteration"><i>Karācī</i></span>) - the capital of the province of <b>Sindh</b> - is the largest and most populous city in <b>Pakistan</b>, as well as the 2nd most populous city in the world. </div>
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Though the surroundings of Karachi have been inhabited for millennia, the city itself was founded as a village named <i>Kolachi</i> which was established as a fortified settlement in 1729.
The new settlement is said to have been named in honour of <b>Mai Kolachi</b>, whose son is said to have slayed a man-eating crocodile in the village after his elder brothers had already been killed by it. The city's inhabitants are referred to by the demonym <i>Karachiite</i> in English, and <i>Karāchīwālā</i> in Urdu.<br />
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<b>British colonialists</b>, who not only embarked on major works to transform
the city into a major seaport, but also connected it with their
extensive railway network. By the time of the <b>Partition of India</b>, the city was the largest in Sindh with an estimated population of 400,000. Immediately following the independence of Pakistan, the city's population increased dramatically with the arrival of thousands of Muslim immigrants from <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/India">India</a>, with Karachi remaining the primary destination of Indian Muslim migrants throughout the 1950s and 1960s. </div>
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Known as the "<i>City of Lights</i>" in the 1960s and 1970s for its vibrant nightlife, Karachi was beset by sharp ethnic, sectarian, and political conflict in the 1980s with the arrival of weaponry during the <b>Soviet-Afghan war</b>. </div>
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The card was posted on 16 March 1955 from Karachi. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-4106153425491134572017-06-10T06:35:00.003-07:002020-08-16T02:30:02.886-07:00Mount Pelion | Greece<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week my parents went to amazing Pelion, Greece, and they send me these two postcards. I can honestly say that the colour of the sea is exactly like that in real life! <b>Pelion</b> or <b>Pelium</b> (Modern Greek: <span lang="el">Πήλιο</span>, <i>Pílio</i>; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον. <i>Pēlion</i>) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the <b>Pagasetic Gulf </b>and the <b>Aegean Sea</b>. </div>
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In <b>Greek mythology</b>, Mount Pelion (which took its name from the mythical king <b>Peleus</b>, father of <b>Achilles</b>) was the homeland of <b>Chiron the Centaur</b>, tutor of many ancient Greek heroes, such as Jason, Achilles, Theseus and Heracles. It was in Mount Pelion, near Chiron's cave, that the marriage of Thetis and Peleus took place. The uninvited goddess Eris,
to take revenge for having been kept outside the party, brought a
golden apple with the inscription "<i>To the Fairest</i>". The dispute that
then arose between the goddesses Hera, Aphrodite and Athena resulted in events leading to the <b>Trojan War</b>. When the twins Otus and Ephialtes attempted to storm Olympus, they piled Mount Pelion upon Mount Ossa (this is the origin of the idiom, to "pile Pelion on Ossa"). </div>
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They used a 0,80 euro stamp picturing Aristotle.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1571805799949609217.post-48366159961371755612017-06-10T06:11:00.001-07:002017-06-10T06:11:18.629-07:00Maha nuwara | Sri Lanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I really like this postcard, the colours, the pose.. It shows an Elephant Parade in Kandy, Sri Lanka. <b>Kandy</b> (Sinhalese: <span lang="si">මහනුවර</span> <i>Mahanuwara</i><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"></span>; Tamil: <span lang="ta">கண்டி</span><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"></span>) is a major city in Sri Lanka, located in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka.
The city lies in the midst of hills in the <b>Kandy plateau</b>, which crosses
an area of tropical plantations, mainly <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/history-of-caylon-tea-sri-lanka.html">tea plantations</a>. Kandy is both an
administrative and religious city and is also the capital of the <b>Central Province</b>. Kandy is the home of <b>The Temple of the Tooth Relic </b>(<i>Sri Dalada Maligawa</i>), one of the most sacred places of worship in the Buddhist world. It was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1988.</div>
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The city and the region has been known by many different names and
versions of those names. Some scholars suggest that the original name of
Kandy was <b><i>Katubulu Nuwara</i></b> located near present <i>Watapuluwa</i>.
However, the more popular historical name is <b>Senkadagala</b> or
<b>Senkadagalapura</b>, officially <i>Senkadagala Siriwardhana Maha Nuwara</i>
(meaning '<i>great city of Senkadagala of growing resplendence</i>'), generally
shortened to '<i><b>Maha Nuwara</b></i>'. According to folklore, this name originated
from one of the several possible sources. One being the city was named
after a brahmin with the name <b>Senkanda</b> who lived in a cave near by, and another being a queen of <b>Vikramabahu III</b> was named <b>Senkanda</b>, and after a coloured stone named<b> Senkadagala</b>. The Kingdom of Kandy
has also been known by various names. The English name Kandy, which
originated during the colonial era, is derived from an anglicised
version of the Sinhalese
<b>Kanda Uda Rata</b> (meaning <i>the land on the mountain</i>) or<b> Kanda Uda Pas Rata</b>
(<i>the five counties/countries on the mountain</i>). The Portuguese shortened
this to "<i><b>Candea</b></i>", using the name for both the kingdom and its capital.
In Sinhalese, Kandy is called <i>Maha nuwara</i>, meaning "Great City" or "Capital", although this is most often shortened to <i>Nuwara</i>. </div>
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I usually like postcards that show the way of living in a certain country, so this was an immediate hit. It shows locals plucking up tea in <b>County Estate</b>, <b>Ceylon</b>. The evolution of<b> tea in Ceylon</b> is an extraordinary story. While tea
is the obvious focus in this tale, it is in fact the culminating result of what was a remarkable plantation
enterprise that commenced under <b>British colonial rule post-1796</b>. This
enterprise embarked with coffee growing as its core harvest, and indeed,
the first coffee plantation preceded tea by nearly half a century.
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This gave rise to the tea industry of Ceylon, which not only
flourished, but proceeded to gain repute as the world’s finest tea.
While<b> James Taylor</b> is the rightfully acknowledged pioneer, the success
of the industry had numerous benefactors, across multiple fields. Roads,
railways, bridges and tunnels; botanists, engineers, surveyors, and
even politicians. It was this cohesion and collective contribution from
the various professional spheres that enabled the industry to prosper as
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This postcard has beautiful colours. It shows the<b> Agra Fort</b>, which is a historical fort in the city of Agra in <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/India">India</a>. It was the main residence of the emperors of the <b>Mughal Dynasty</b> till 1638, when Mughal capital was shifted from Agra to <b>Red Fort</b> in <b>Delhi</b>. It is also a <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.co.uk/p/wishlist-unesco-world-heritage-sites_4576.html">UNESCO World Heritage site</a> and is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument, the <b>Taj Mahal</b>. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city.</div>
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red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the
imperial city of the <b>Mughal rulers</b>. It comprises many fairy-tale
palaces, such as the <b>Jahangir Palace</b> and the <b>Khas Mahal</b>, built by <b>Shah
Jahan</b>; audience halls, such as the <b>Diwan-i-Khas</b>; and two very beautiful
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This is a Wedding Anniversary postcard. It reads: '<i>Sunny Days</i><br />
<i>As the date of your Wedding Day </i><br />
<i>Once more come around, </i><br />
<i>Accept my good wishes </i><br />
<i>For a life that's joy crowned.</i>' <br />
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It was posted on 8:30 pm 26 December 1912 and next to the stamp it is written with pencil '75 Wed Anv'. On the left it reads: '<i>All good wishes from L. W. & W. Trusting you will have many anniversaries'</i></div>
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I got this postcard at Tolworth Postcard Fair. I was so excited when I saw it, as this is a familiar face. <a href="http://post-card-diary.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/market-drayton.html">If you remember from one of my previous posts</a>, I was wondering who this girl was. On this postcard you can see the whole picture and -lo and behold- her name: Miss Edna May! <b>Edna May Pettie</b> (September 2, 1878 – January 1, 1948), known on stage as <b>Edna May</b>, was an American actress and singer. A popular postcard beauty, May was famous for her leading roles in Edwardian musical comedies.</div>
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May was born in <b>Syracuse</b>, New York to <b>Edger</b> and <b>Cora Pettie</b>. Her father was a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier. At the age of 5, she played <i>Little Willie Allen</i> in a production of <i>Dora</i>. The next year, her performances "<i>charmed a number of audiences lately with her child voice</i>". By the age of 7, she had joined a children's opera company and performed <b>Gilbert and Sullivan</b> productions in Syracuse. She studied music at the New York Conservatoire as a teenager.</div>
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May made her professional debut in 1895 in <i>Si Stebbings</i> in Syracuse. She then moved to New York to take the small role of Clairette in <b>Oscar Hammerstein</b>'s Broadway show, <i>Santa Maria</i>. That year, she married <b>Fred Titus</b>, who held a world record for cycling. They had no children and divorced in 1904.</div>
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This is a postcard of<a href="http://www.gb.cisv.org/"> CISV</a>. The design was done by Lisa Ahlstrand and Debbie Wise. CISV International is a global community of dedicated volunteers, creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programmes. CISV was founded in 1950 on the belief that peace is possible through friendship – and that the real difference can be made by starting with children.</div>
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It was posted on 24 October 1989 from Hisings Kärra, Sweden. It reads: '<i>My dear friend Elena! Happy birthday [I wear our ring every day. Do you?] I hope you'll have a good day. I had a "good" birthday even if I was crying all the time. I had a GREAT summer and that's the best. I miss you a lot. Maybe we'll see each other next summer. Kim & I think of going to a seminar and then come to see you. Wouldn't that be great? I hope my dream will come true. Keep in touch! I love you & miss you Karin. Take care!</i><br /></div>
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This postcard shows a skier at <b>Sälen</b>, locality situated in Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 652 inhabitants in 2010.</div>
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Despite its small population, Sälen receives many tourists every winter. Sälen is best known for hosting the start of <b>Vasaloppet</b>, the oldest (since 1922), longest (90 km), and largest cross country ski race in the world, with over 15,000 participants in the main race alone. It is also known for its many alpine ski resorts,
of which there are seven. The oldest resort in Sälen is
<b>Högfjällshotellet</b> which was built in 1937 remains popular for
recreation, cross country skiing and downhill skiing. Newer resorts with
steeper mountains are <b>Hundfjället</b> and <b>Granfjälle</b>t. Other resorts are <b>Stöten</b>, <b>Lindvallen</b>, <b>Näsfjället</b>, <b>Tandådalen</b>, and<b> Kläppen</b>. Today Lindvallen, Högfjället, Tandådalen and Hundfjället are operated by the Skistar
company. Lindvallen and Högfjället are connected with ski lifts, as is
Tandådalen with Hundfjället The vertical height is up to 350 m. Most
visitors are Swedish families with children; as such there is little in
the way of nightlife, no central square or plaza, and accommodations are
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It was posted on 6 April 1982 [if I can read the stamp correctly] from Örsundsbro. It reads: '<i>Hello!! It's wonderful here. The sun is shining and it's not very cold. We are skiing every day. This is in the north of Sweden called </i> <i>Sälen. I have seen a lot of handsome boys. A letter will come later. With love Hanna'.</i></div>
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This morning I went to <a href="http://specialfairs.co.uk/?page_id=33">Tolworth Postcard Fair</a> and I had some amazing finds! The most intriguing postcard of them is the one below:</div>
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I cannot quite make the writing, but on top left it's written: '<i>HIEROGLYPHICS found at Pompei. "E.E."'. </i>Then there is a smaller postcard of Windermere glued on. On the right there is more writing [which I cannot easily read] and some sketches of what it seems like a daily calendar.</div>
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In the back the address is written with some beautiful calligraphy. It was posted on 24 July 1901 from Ambleside and a half penny stamp commemorating Queen Victoria's Jubilee was used.</div>
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