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Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

Monday, 4 May 2020

Sunday, 3 May 2020

0468 - EU Flag card sent from Windsor, UK - in BREXIT day - FOTW 137

Sent: 31.01.2020
Recieved: 7.02.2020
Travel time: 7 days

Sent by Nathanial - private swap





Special Postmarks if UK - Royal Mail
https://www.royalmail.com/postmarks

Amazing handling of Royal Mail - hand postmark- this is how I received the postcard:


And I choose Windsor Castle postmark from different models available for that day of 31st  January:













Sunday, 12 April 2020

Sunday, 5 April 2020

0343 Scotland Eilean Donan Castle - Loch Duich

Sent: 05.01.2020
Received: 12.02.2020
Travel time - 38 days

Sender Suzanne Stevens 





Wiki:

Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island where three sea lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about 1 kilometre (5⁄8 mi) from the village of Dornie. Since the castle's restoration in the early 20th century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland.

Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census.

Eilean Donan, which means simply "island of Donnán", is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617. Donnán is said to have established a church on the island, though no trace of this remains.

The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan MacRae. In the early eighteenth century, the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite rebellions led in 1719 to the castle's destruction by government ships. Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's twentieth-century reconstruction of the ruins produced the present buildings.

0340 University of Glasgow postcard

Sent: 05.02.2020
Received ?

Sender Suzanne Stevens - friend from UK



Wiki:
The University of Glasgow is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by “papal bull” in 1451, it is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Along with the universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and St Andrews, the university was part of the Scottish Enlightenment during the 18th century.

Wednesday, 21 March 2018

0150 Jersey Flag FOTW91

Sent: 22.03.2017
Received 27.03.2017
Travel time - 5 days

Sender Hellen Beeby from UK.







The flag of Jersey is composed of a red saltire on a white field. In the upper quadrant the badge of Jersey surmounted by a yellow "Plantagenet crown". The flag was adopted by the States of Jersey on 12 June 1979, proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth on 10 December 1980 and first officially hoisted on 7 April 1981.

Thursday, 8 March 2018

0118 Flag of England FOTW67


Sent: 13.03.2017
Received: 17.03.2017
Travel time: 4 days.

Sender Helen (UK).

Is interesting why postal clerk feel the impulse to draw a marker line to destroy the stamps, after mechanical cancellation; sometimes I feel that in some post offices they really don't care about hobby or beauty of things....






Flag of England is derived from St George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The association of the red cross as an emblem of England can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and it was used as a component in the design of the Union Flag in 1606. Since the 1990s it has been in increasingly wide use, particularly at national sporting events.

Sunday, 25 February 2018

0022-0024 United Kingdom Flag of Country FOTW19

0022-0024 United Kingdom Flag of Country FOTW19

Date of sending 0022: 28.12.2016
Date of receipt: not known
Travel time: -
Private Swap
Sender -  Helen Beeby (fb)











Date of sending 0023: 15.03.2017
Date of receipt: 17.03.2017
Travel time: 3 days

Self-prepared on 4 March 2017 with personalized stamps Christine by Stephen King





Date of sending 0024: 11.04.2017
Date of receipt: 14.04.2017
Travel time: 3 days
Private Swap

Sender -  Iain Stewart (fb)

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