Four Towns of Île-de-France Region

Country: France
Region: Île-de-France
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2016

Towns:

• Barbizon (population around 1,600 people) - situated near the Forest of Fontainebleau. Known of the Barbizon school of painters. T. Rousseau and J.-F. Millet lived and died in Barbizon.
• Morel sur Loing (population about 4,000 people) - Monet, Sisley and Renoir created their paintings there.
• Fontainebleau (population circa 16,000 people) - located about 56 km south-east of Paris, famous for its Royal Palace and forest which is a French national park. A former place of residence of kings of France, a king of Spain, queen of Sweden, Napoleon and other significant persons.
• Melun (population around 38,000 people) - situated by the Seine River, not far from Paris.

Wadowice - Poland

Country: Poland
City: Wadowice
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2016

Wadowice - a town in southern Poland, situated by the Skawa River - the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. A lady, member of the Polish Ladies Abroad Club was born there as well.
Wadowice received city rights in 1430. The town has approximately 19,000 inhabitants.

Wadowice cooperate with Assisi, Canale d'Agordo, Carpineto Romano, Pietrelcina, Sona, San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy), Marktl (Germany), Kecskemet (Hungary) and Chicago Heights (USA).

Stamp

Theme: Events / Olympics
Country: Poland

Design: A. Tosolczyk

Year: 2016

The stamp theme is related to the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

Alpine National Park in Australia

Theme: Nature / national park / mountains
Country: Australia
Year: 2016

Alpine National Park in Victoria is the largest state park in Australia, situated north-east of Melbourne. The mountains in the park are the highest on the continent. It is a protected area with lots of beautiful wildflowers and all the alpine environment. The highest peak is Mount Bogong (6,516 ft).

The park is popular for its tourist attractions & activities such as hiking, biking, mountain biking, fishing, four wheel driving, cycling, horse riding and others. 

More about it here: Alpine National Park.

Bedzin - Poland

Country: Poland
City: Będzin
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2016

Będzin is situated in the south of Poland, by the Czarna Przemsza River. It is one of the oldest cities of the Silesian Voivodship - Będzin was founded in the 9th century and granted city rights in 1358. The city is also part of the industrial region of the Upper Silesia. Not long ago, it used to be a coal-mining center as well.
Nowadays, about 58,000 people live in Będzin.

Schmallenberg - Germany

Country: Germany
City: Schmallenberg
From: Polish Ladies Abroad Club
Year: 2016

Schmallenberg is a health resort town in High Sauerland District - in the mountainous region - in Germany. It is the second biggest town of Westphalia. The beginnings of the town date back to the year 1072 when a Benedictine monastery was founded in the area, near the Wilzenberg mountain.

Schmallenberg was granted town rights in 1244. Nowadays, the town has approximately 25,000 inhabitants.

Stamp

Theme: nature/flowers - narcissus
Country: Germany

Saint Petersburg - Russia

Country: Russia
Place: Saint Petersburg
Year: 2016
From: Penpal exchange

Saint Petersburg / Sankt Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. It is situated on the River Neva/ by The Gulf of Finland/ by the Baltic Sea. The city was founded in 1703 and it used to be the capital of Russia. Nowadays, more than 5 million people live there.

 Stamps

Theme: Place /buildings
Series: Moscow Kremlin
Country: Russia
Year: 2009

The Kremlin (fortress in a city) is a fortified complex which consists of five palaces, four cathedrals, the Kremlin Wall, and towers. It was built in Moscow, by the River Moskva. The first Kremlin construction came to being in 1147. However, the origins of the site date back to 2,000 years BC. The area was settled by Finno-Ugric people then.
Nowadays the Kremlin is the residence of the president of the Russian federation.

The Kremlin museum exposition includes many interesting items such as the biggest bell in the world, made in 1735.

Visit the Kremlin Museum: online - pictures and expositions

Special Postcard

This is quite a special postcard. Words seem to have a deeper meaning when you are far away from a person you care for and who cares for you .....

Country: Poland
Theme: Greetings / nature
Year: 2016
From: family