Sent: 12.02.2018
Received 19.02.2018
Travel time: 7 days
Sender Dan Tudurut (a friend from Romania, travelling there)
A full mailbox is a happy mailbox! World through postcards, postcrossing and covers
Showing posts with label Lifestyle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lifestyle. Show all posts
Friday, 9 March 2018
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
0115 Postcard Ballerinas watch Skittles Denham Beetle Fair Buckinghamshire - John Gay 1955
Sent: 03.05.2016
Received 05.05.2016
Travel time 2 days
Sender- Radu - from Italy
Monday, 5 March 2018
0110 Estonian Traditional Costume Woman
Sent: 04.05.2016
Received: 09.05.2016
Travel time: 5 days
Sender, My sister, Lena :)
Sunday, 4 March 2018
Friday, 2 March 2018
0066 Carnevale di Venezia postcard
Sent: 13.02.2018
Received: 01.03.2018
Travel time: 16 days
Sender Raluca Istrate, a Romanian postcrosser and friend, who is living now in Italy. Thank you so much Raluca!
The text in Romanian says that in 13 of February is the day of Venice Carnival!
It's said that the Carnival of Venice was started from a victory of the Venice Republic against the Patriarch of Aquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. In the honour of this victory, the people started to dance and gather in San Marco Square. Apparently, this festival started on that period and became official in the Renaissance. In the seventeenth century, the baroque carnival was a way to save the prestigious image of Venice in the world.It was very famous during the eighteenth century. It encouraged licence and pleasure, but it was also used to protect Venetians from present and future anguish.However, under the rule of the Holy Roman Emperor and later Emperor of Austria, Francis II, the festival was outlawed entirely in 1797 and the use of masks became strictly forbidden. It reappeared gradually in the nineteenth century, but only for short periods and above all for private feasts, where it became an occasion for artistic creations.
After a long absence, the Carnival returned in 1979.The Italian government decided to bring back the history and culture of Venice, and sought to use the traditional Carnival as the centerpiece of its efforts. The redevelopment of the masks began as the pursuit of some Venetian college students for the tourist trade. Since then, approximately 3 million visitors come to Venice every year for the Carnival. One of the most important events is the contest for la maschera più bella ("the most beautiful mask") which will be judged by a panel of international costume and fashion designers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice )
0065 Woman writing - Paint card
Sent: 13.02.2018
Received: 01.03.2018
Travel time: 16 days
Sender Maria via www.intpostage.com platform
0062 Royal couple of Sweden
Sent: 22.02.2018
Received: 01.03.2018
Travel time: 7 days
Sender - Marja-riitta via postcrossing.com platform
Carl XVI Gustaf (full name: Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is the King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf on 15 September 1973. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His father died on 26 January 1947 in an airplane crash in Denmark when Carl Gustaf was nine months old. Upon his father's death, he became second in line to the throne, after his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf. Following the death of Gustav V in 1950, Gustaf Adolf ascended the throne and thus Carl Gustaf became Sweden's new crown prince and heir-apparent to the throne at the age of 4.
A short while after he became King in 1973, the new 1974 Instrument of Government took effect, formally stripping him of any formal role in the legislative process, and several other duties normally accorded to a head of state, such as the formal appointment of the prime minister, signing off legislation, and being commander-in-chief of the nation's military. The new instrument explicitly limits the king to ceremonial functions and, among other things, to be regularly informed of affairs of state. As head of the Royal House of Bernadotte Carl Gustaf has also been able to make a number of government supported decisions about the titles and positions of its members.
The king's heir apparent, upon passage on 1 January 1980 of a new law establishing absolute primogeniture (the first such law passed in European history), is Crown Princess Victoria, the eldest child of the king and his wife, Queen Silvia.
Carl Gustaf is the second longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history after King Magnus IV, having overtaken Gustaf V in 2016.
0061 Alaska Eskimo Blanket toss
Sent: 12 Feb 2018
Received 01.03.2018
Travel Time:17 days
Sender Maureen from Anchorage, Alaska - via postcrossing.com platform - Thank you so much!
Nalukataq : naluk- 'to throw it underhand; to toss it up' + kataq) is the spring whaling festival of the Iñupiat Eskimos of Northern Alaska, especially the North Slope Borough. It is characterized by its namesake, the dramatic Eskimo blanket toss. "Marking the end of the spring whaling season," Nalukataq creates, "a sense of being for the entire community and for all who want a little muktuk or to take part in the blanket toss....At no time, however, does Nalukataq relinquish its original purpose, which is to recognize the annual success and prowess of each umialik, or whaling crew captain....Nalukataq [traditions] have always reflected the process of survival inherent in sharing...crucial to...the Arctic."
After the spring whale hunting season, successful crews celebrate with a Nalukataq festival. Associated with the summer solstice, these take place in June, and are scheduled to avoid conflicts between villages in order to allow friends and relatives from distant communities to share the bounty and the fun. In Barrow, for example, Nalukataq is usually held in the third week of June. Other villages may be in the week before or the week after. Scheduling depends on how many whales were caught as well as other factors. (wiki)
It is interesting that now this activity is a fun game, but in the past was an activity specific for Eskimo Hunt. The blanket toss is now conducted as entertainment, but it didn’t originate that way. The Iñupiaq hunter would be tossed in the air, enabling them to see across the horizon to hunt game. Now thirty or more Iñupiaq gather in a circle, holding the edges of a large skin made from walrus hides, and toss someone into the air as high as possible. The person being tossed throws gifts into the crowd and loses their turn when they lose their balance. The object: to maintain balance and return to the blanket without falling over.
0058 Courting Attension - Poland card woman theme
Sent: 23.02.2018
Received: 01.03.2018
Travel time: 6 days
Sender Maciej (www.postcrossing.com) platform.
While the problem of what to do about letters not paying the full correct fee had existed since the creation of regular postal systems, it was greatly heightened by the advent of postage stamps, since customers were now making their own decisions about the right amount to pay, without the assistance of a presumably knowledgeable postal clerk.
While at various times some countries have simply adopted the expedient of returning the letter to the sender, many others have taken the approach of delivering the letter and collecting the fee from the recipient. Initially the process was handled by a clerk writing something like "Due 3 cents" on the cover, but this was subject to abuse by mail carriers, who might write it on themselves and pocket the difference.
The problem of underpaid foreign mail was one of the issues addressed by the 1874 establishment of the Universal Postal Union. The U.P.U. arrived at the decision that mail with insufficient postage should be marked with a "T" and from April 1, 1879 the amount missing would also be indicated in black. Later more countries started to use hand stamps to indicate the amount due. Later the combination of hand-stamps with both the "T" and the amount missing came into use. From October 1, 1907 the rules were changed. The amount due would be charged instead of the amount missing would be indicated. The amount charged was usually double the amount that was missing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_due)
Received: 01.03.2018
Travel time: 6 days
Sender Maciej (www.postcrossing.com) platform.
It is very interesting why postal clerk consider insufficient postage and mark it properly, from what I found on Polish Post internet site the cost for an economy sending postcard is 5 zloty , and my card is stamped with 5,05 zloty. Those insufficient postage marks are for sure a subject of a reconciliation...
While at various times some countries have simply adopted the expedient of returning the letter to the sender, many others have taken the approach of delivering the letter and collecting the fee from the recipient. Initially the process was handled by a clerk writing something like "Due 3 cents" on the cover, but this was subject to abuse by mail carriers, who might write it on themselves and pocket the difference.
The problem of underpaid foreign mail was one of the issues addressed by the 1874 establishment of the Universal Postal Union. The U.P.U. arrived at the decision that mail with insufficient postage should be marked with a "T" and from April 1, 1879 the amount missing would also be indicated in black. Later more countries started to use hand stamps to indicate the amount due. Later the combination of hand-stamps with both the "T" and the amount missing came into use. From October 1, 1907 the rules were changed. The amount due would be charged instead of the amount missing would be indicated. The amount charged was usually double the amount that was missing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_due)
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
0053 South Sudan view (touristic card)
0053 South Sudan view (touristic card) - sent via a friend through DHL system
Date of sending: 19.12.2017
Date of receipt: January 2018
Travel time: -
Sender - Jinesh Joseph
(fb)
Sender - Jinesh Joseph
0052 Somaliland view (touristic card)
0052 Somaliland view (touristic card) - sent via a friend through DHL system
Date of sending: -
Date of receipt:-
Travel time: -
Sender - Jinesh Joseph(fb)
Sender - Jinesh Joseph(fb)
0051 Maori Woman from New Zealand
0051 Maori Woman from New Zealand
Date of sending: 22.01.2018
Date of receipt:29.01.2018
Travel time: 7 days
Sender - Susan, friend from fb
Sender - Susan, friend from fb
Sunday, 25 February 2018
0032 Tokelau Lifestyle - Kids Playing card
0032 Tokelau card
Date of sending: 14.09.2017
Date of receipt: not known
Travel time: -
Sender: Susan (fb)
Date of sending: 14.09.2017
Date of receipt: not known
Travel time: -
Sender: Susan (fb)
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