The Travelling Feet

For this Sunday’s Postcard, I promised I’d show you the biggest postcard I ever received.

This postcard was sent by someone from Postcrossing. Since I also accept private postcard exchanges, the sender and I agreed to swap postcards even after I got the official Postcrossing postcard from the sender.

The sender said “This wooden bridge is one of the oldest of Amsterdam since Amsterdam has a lot of canals. There are around 1000 bridges in the city!”

I also learned through our postcard exchanges that Cebu City is a sister city of Amsterdam. And because of this, they have a small replica of the bridge that connects Mactan Island to Cebu. As to what bridge it was, I guess I forgot to ask and the sender failed to mention it. This was really one interesting info I learned that time.

Since the postcard was too big for my tin can, it had to suffer some creases here and there…sorry postcard!

Trivia: I tried sending a bigger postcard in time for the Portugal holidays too but not quite as big as this one and that’s when I learned that it costs more to send a postcard of a different size. For regular-sized postcards, you only pay P14.00 to send your postcard to international destinations. For a different/bigger sized postcards, you pay more to send them. I just forgot how much it was.

Postcard Origin: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date received: June 2010

Stamp collected: Netherlands Stamp

Up Next…something black and white

I’d do anything to be able to witness such beauty. I can just imagine the smell of those lavenders greeting you as the dawn breaks…

To date, nothing has replaced this postcard as my favorite from all the postcards I have received via Postcrossing. I received this postcard from Esther of Netherlands she mentioned that she loves the smell of lavender and she finds the colour very pretty too. Yeah, I agree with her and if only I could teleport to this side of the world and lie down in these fields of lavender. I wish Harry Potter will provide me a portkey so that I can disappear here…

Because of Postcrossing, I was able to receive random postcards and stamps from all over the world. This is the start of my Postcard Project where in I’d be publishing here the random postcards I’ve received since I started joining Postcrossing and those that I’m yet to receive.

Postcard Origin: Netherlands
Date received: April 2010

Update: 07-19-2011

Stamp collected: Netherlands Stamp

I’ve been collecting postage stamps since I was in high school. My collection isn’t really that grand but I’ve accumulated quite a few stamps from the Philippines and from other countries and I’d like to share with you what I have collected starting with stamps from the Philippines.

I have a few different stamp varieties that include those definitive stamps, commemorative stamps, special stamps, and all those other stamps like bird stamps and some history stamp.

But honestly, I’m not a pro when it comes to collecting unlike those that are members of clubs like the Philippine Philately clubs. When I find any Phil Stamp or stamps from other countries, I immediately cut them from wherever they’re pasted and keep them.

When I was surfing online, I discovered that in celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal’s 150th birthday anniversary, a special stamp was created for this occasion. I would love to have that special Philippine stamp in my collection and I guess I’ll be going on a trip to the post office soon just to buy that stamp. I haven’t bought any 2011 stamps yet so this trip is something I’m looking forward.

I really don’t know what is it with stamps but I have always been fascinated by them. I’ve even asked my friends who are based in other countries to send me stamps from wherever they are just to keep my collection alive. Aside from that, I also joined this organization that swaps postcards so that I can also get stamps and postcards from different countries too. I’ll show you those postcards in another time.

But if you are interested to join and receive postcards (and hopefully swap stamps too), check out Postcrossing.com! You only  have to spend for your stamps and postcards and the rest is history!

“send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world!”

P.S. In case you’re a postcrosser, look me up here