0551- Postcard from Latvia via postcrossing

 Sent: 22 Jan 2026

Received 04 Feb 2026

 

 

 

0466 - Post Office Murrals Cover - USA

Sent: 08.02.2020

Received 27.02.2020

Travel time 19 days

Private swap - SCM Fb Group (Thank You, Ria!)

0350 Motorpostwagen um 1900

Sent: 26.03.2020
Received 10.04.2020
Travel time: 15 days

Sent via postcrossing platform

0295 The Messenger 16th Century - Belarus card

Sent: 07.02.2020

Received: 09.03.2020

Travel time: 32 days

Sent via postcrossing platform by Sasha (with ...Victor? 8 y.o - who wants an ant arm!) and Vitya -pupil :) thank you!

0276 Macau St Augustine Church plus interesting postmarks from Macau

Sent 03.03.2020

Received 16.03.2020

Travel time 13 days

Sender - unknonwn, not signed.

0145 Ireland Flag of country FOTW86

Sent: - 

Received: 24.03.2017

Sender: Lea from Dublin, Ireland

http://postcardsmarket.com/product/ireland-fw/

The national flag of Ireland (Irish: bratach na hÉireann) – frequently referred to as the Irish tricolour (trídhathach na hÉireann) – is the national flag and ensign of the Republic of Ireland. The flag itself is a vertical tricolour of green (at the hoist), white and orange.

The proportions of the flag are 1:2 (that is to say, flown horizontally, the flag is half as high as it is wide). Presented as a gift in 1848 to Thomas Francis Meagher from a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish cause, it was intended to symbolise the inclusion and hoped-for union between Roman Catholics and Protestants, the significance of the colours outlined by Meagher was, “The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between Orange and Green and I trust that beneath its folds the hands of Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics may be clasped in generous and heroic brotherhood.”

It was not until the Easter Rising of 1916, when it was raised above Dublin's General Post Office by Gearóid O'Sullivan, that the tricolour came to be regarded as the national flag. The flag was adopted by the Irish Republic during the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921). The flag's use was continued by the Irish Free State (1922–1937) and it was later given constitutional status under the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. The tricolour is used by nationalists on both sides of the border as the national flag of the whole island of Ireland since 1916. Thus it is flown by many nationalists in Northern Ireland as well as by the Gaelic Athletic Association.

0054 Romania Card - 155 years Posta Romana

0054 Romania Card - 155 years Posta Romana

sending: 28.02.2018

received:01.03.2018

Travel time: 1 day

Sender Evelina aka veve :)

The post in Romanian provinces is known since the Middle Ages. It was created from the need to spread the sovereigns’ orders up to the limits of the territory they owned. Sovereigns’ couriers used horses, dutifully given to them by the inhabitants of the transited villages and towns.

The first document attesting the existence of postal services in Romanian-speaking lands was "The Charter" issued by Sovereign Mircea the Elder, in 1399, at Giurgiu. By this, localities were required to provide the royal couriers with transportation means, horses and two wheels carts, named remount.

At the beginning, the post was mainly based on the transportation of travellers and official mail of the high seniors and sovereigns.After 1850, in the administrative cities, the urban postal stations were converted into post offices. At that time, there were 30 postal routes, with postal stations, having Craiova as joint centre. In 1852, the mail service for private individuals was organized, under the supervision of the Ministry of Finances.

On July 23, 1862, the 527 Decree was issued regarding the unification of the postal administrations of Moldavia and Wallachia, starting with August 1, 1862. Following the unification, the general directorate management is entrusted to Panait Sevescu, who was had been also managing Muntenia branch since December 1860.

During the years, Poșta Română has developed an active policy meant to strengthen the co-operation and the partnerships at different levels.

In 2004, Romania organised the 23rd UPU Congress, an event that set the policy and strategy for the international postal activity in a time of rapid change of the global postal business.

Poșta Română is a founding member of the Universal Postal Union since its foundation in 1874. In 2004, Poșta Română was the host and organiser of the UPU's 23rd Universal Postal Congress, which was held in Bucharest.

Between 2004 and 2008, Romania held the chairmanship of UPU Council of Administration contributing in this way to the decision-making process regarding the future of the postal services.

Poșta Română is also a founding member of PostEurop (The Association of the European Public Postal Operators) in 1993 and it was actively involved its activities by participating to several European projects, by contributing to the work of various Posteurop Committees and working groups and by facilitating the organization of two PostEurop Plenary Assemblies in Bucharest in 1996 and 2004. (source wiki)