Sent: 25.07.2017
Received - not written.
Sender Beatka from Poland.
Get yours here: http://postcardsmarket.com/product/poland-fw/
It is interesting that - the card have Polish Stamps but Deutsche Post postmark. The stamps are low denomination - but they are send via Deutsche post due to big cost difference for postal tariffs:
- in Germany - to send a card - costs 0,9 euro
-in Poland - same service - 5 złoty (~1,2 euro)
If you send 100 cards - here are 40 euro saved....
#186
Sent: 4.11.2017
Received: 17.11.2017
Travel time: 13 days
Sender - myself from a postcrossing meeting in Frankfurt Oder/ Slubice organized by Holger Kaufhold. (I will write about it soon) - was also in local newspaper:
Wiki:
The flag of Poland consists of two horizontal stripes of
equal width, the upper one white and the lower one red. The two colors are
defined in the Polish constitution as the national colors. A variant of the
flag with the national coat of arms in the middle of the white stripe is
legally reserved for official use abroad and at sea. A similar flag with the
addition of a swallow-tail is used as the naval ensign of Poland.
White and red were officially adopted as national colors in
1831. They are of heraldic origin and derive from the tinctures (colors) of the
coats of arms of the two constituent nations of the Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth, i.e. the White Eagle of Poland and the Pursuer of the Grand Duchy
of Lithuania, a white knight riding a white horse, both on a red shield. Prior
to that, Polish soldiers wore cockades of various color combinations. The
national flag was officially adopted in 1919. Since 2004, Polish Flag Day is
celebrated on 2 May.
The flag is flown continuously on the buildings of the
highest national authorities, such as the parliament and the presidential
palace. Other institutions and many Polish people fly the national flag on
national holidays and other special occasions of national significance. Current
Polish law does not restrict the use of the national flag without the coat of
arms as long as the flag is not disrespected.
Horizontal bicolor of white and red being a relatively
widespread design, there are several flags that are similar but unrelated to
the Polish one. There are two national flags with the red stripe above the
white one: those of Indonesia and Monaco. In Poland, many flags based on the
national design also feature the national colors.
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