Saturday, May 4, 2013

Chinese

Above is a Chinese Year of the Snake postcard letter that arrived on Friday, just in time for our Chinese stamp theme

Mujin put several stamps on the card, including one with a snake design
I wish I knew how to find out the stories behind these stamps....

these two spring like stamps arrived in January 
and Postcrosser Juli wrote that it was -11C and snowy
It is interesting to note that among the 25 postcards I've received from China there is not one duplicate on the stamps!

13 comments:

  1. No pretty. I love my foreign stamps.

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  2. Thanks for sharing - the stamps are beautiful. Chinese post office really put a lot of thoughts and pride into their stamps.
    Have a good week,
    TOTA

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  3. That snake on the first stamp looks like very amiable and that it won't bite at all. I love the way the artist of that stamp presented the snake in a unique manner.

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  4. All of these are new to me; mine are old and boring in comparison.

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  5. A beautiful selection of stamps.

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  6. I like that snake hiding in the foliage. I wonder if the first stamp is a phoenix, whatever it is its beautiful.
    Most China stamps have their year on, (apart from new year greeting and the like) and there is a stamp seller site that lists them under years with full details of what they are at http://www.xabusiness.com.

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  7. Your Year of the Snake postcard is still stuck to my refrigerator and will be there forever. It's got a good magnet holding it in place. Is participating in Post Crossings a very expensive hobby?

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  8. The artwork on these is so delicate.

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  9. I get some cards from China via Postcrossing, but I have not seen these! there must be many stamps issued by the Chinese post office every year. I first looked at your post on my ipad mini - so much better to see it full sized on a big laptop.

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  10. I'm always amazed at the variety of stamps produced by China. Like you I rarely know what they represent but I'll follow up the link given by Joy.

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  11. great collection - i cannot count my chinese postcards there are so many, but i also rarely get a duplicate :)

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  12. I think China have lots of beautiful stmaps selections and you choose few of the best looking ones.

    Postage Journal: My Sunday Stamps: Master Of Nets Garden

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