Received:08.05.2020
Travel time: 23 days
Sent via postcardunited platform.
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Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
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Saturday, 4 April 2020
0315 Wroclaw view postcard
Sent: 02.02.2020
Received: 20.02.2020
Travel time 18 days
Sent via postcardunited platform ; barcode used instead of stamps.
Received: 20.02.2020
Travel time 18 days
Sent via postcardunited platform ; barcode used instead of stamps.
Saturday, 5 January 2019
0185-186 Poland Flag of country FOTW120
#185
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....
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.
Saturday, 3 March 2018
0099 Poland Flag of Country FOTW61
Sent: 12.01.2018
Received: 16.01.2018
Travel Time 4 days
Sender Bogdan - that I meet in Krakow meeting about I wrote it here: https://mihneaworldthroughpostcards.blogspot.ro/2017/12/blog-post.html
http://postcardsmarket.com/product/poland-fw/
Received: 16.01.2018
Travel Time 4 days
Sender Bogdan - that I meet in Krakow meeting about I wrote it here: https://mihneaworldthroughpostcards.blogspot.ro/2017/12/blog-post.html
http://postcardsmarket.com/product/poland-fw/
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 May 2.
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 bicolors 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.
0098 Poland Krakow Meetup card
Poland - Krakow - 8 January 2018
Sent: 08.01.2018
Recieved -
Sender Myself
I organize this meeting, because I was traveling in Krakow. I talk with Maja - that I meet in previous international meeting in Frankfurt Oder/Slubice in 4 November - and we decide to make the meeting in a cafe, close to city centre Bona Cafe, ul. Kanonicza, 11. We were 9 persons and we spend few very fun hours! But I will let photos to talk :)
Friday, 2 March 2018
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)
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