Children of Asia (Дети Азии)

       One more postcard from Russian Post Boxes series is "Postcard 2016" (Открытка 2016, ящик Почты России).

       It was released in July of 2016 year for VI International Sposts Games "Children of Asia" in wonderful city Yakutsk! Everyone could write and send a postcard from the Russian Post desk, set on Komsomolskaya square in Yakutsk during the 7th to 11th of July.

 

      Information about Children and Asia: International sports games "Children of Asia" are held every four years since 1996 in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The games were organized in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic movement on the initiative of the first President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Mikhail Efimovich Nikolaev. In 2012, the year the Games were attended by athletes from 27 Countries.

       About 3 thousand delegates from 38 countries, among which the athletes of Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Kazakhstan, Cambodia, China, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Syria, Tajikistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Qatar, Macau, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Japan and Ancient Olympia took part In Games of 2016 year.

 

You may also see special cancellation which was issued for this event!

 

We call this postcard shortly - "Children of Asia" (Дети Азии)!

 

Period: from 7 to 11 of July 2016.

 

Shakespeare box (Шекспир)

       This postcard with postal box from series "Postcard 2016" (Открытка 2016, ящик Почты России) was released in 24 of may 2016 in Moscow mansion Saltykov-Chertkovy at the interactive exhibition-allusions "Shakespeare/mystery/400", timed to the 400th anniversary since the death of William Shakespeare.

       Russian Post made an action called "Juliet Post".

       During the exhibition, from may to September of 2016, visitors had a unique opportunity to share their love with Juliet, writing her a message on exclusive postcard and dropping it in an old rosewood box. They could also got an answer from Juliet.

      Russian Post was a partner of the exhibition and ensured timely delivery of all messages to the Club of Juliet located in Verona, which annually receives dozens of thousands of messages from different countries.

 

Collectors call this postcard "Shakespeare box" (Шекспир)!

 

Period: from 24.05.2016 to september 2016.

 

 

Postcard from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (открытка с Южной Джорджии и Южных Сандвичевых островов)

Welcome to my collection amazing postcard from - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands!

       South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote and inhospitable collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sandwich Islands. South Georgia is 165 kilometres long and 1 to 35 km wide and is by far the largest island in the territory. The South Sandwich Islands lie about 700 kilometres southeast of South Georgia.The territory's total land area is 3,903 square kilometres. The Falkland Islands are about 1,300 km north-west from its nearest point.

       Most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous. At higher elevations, the islands are permanently covered with ice and snow.

       There is no permanent population on the islands. The present inhabitants are the British Government Officer, Deputy Postmaster, scientists, and support staff from the British Antarctic Survey who maintain scientific bases at Bird Island and at the capital, King Edward Point, as well as museum staff at nearby Grytviken.

I am very grateful to dear Som!
 

Postcard from Northern Ireland (Открытка из Северной Ирландии)

Wonderful multi-view postcard from - Northern Ireland!

 

       Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population. Established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the British government. Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas, and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to "put forward views and proposals" with "determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments".

       Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Unlike Southern Ireland, which would become the Irish Free State in 1922, the majority of Northern Ireland's population were unionists, who wanted to remain within the United Kingdom.

       English is spoken as a first language by almost all of the Northern Ireland population. It is the de facto official language and the Administration of Justice (Language) Act (Ireland) 1737 prohibits the use of languages other than English in legal proceedings.

       Under the Good Friday Agreement, Irish and Ulster Scots (an Ulster dialect of the Scots language, sometimes known as Ullans), are recognised as "part of the cultural wealth of Northern Ireland".

 

Thank you very much for this postcard dear Jen!

 

Amur box (Амурский ящик)

       This is "Postcard 2017" from Russian post ("Открытка 2017" от Почты России) which was released in the 16th of August 2017. It can be obtained in the offices of the Amur regional Philharmonic society and a Social and cultural center. Everyone could get it free and send to any person. Moreover you could choose one of russian famous persons from list, write their name, send this postcard and then get it back with their autograph! (This action called "Letter to the Idol").

 

       One kind person helped me with this postcard and now I have an amazing postcard with autograph of Natalya Varley! She is famous a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress, who became popular in 1966 for her part in the lovely Soviet comedy "Caucasian Prisoner". In 1989 she was designated as a Meritorious Artist of RSFSR.

 

       Festival of cinema and theatre on the Amur "Amur autumn" ("Амурская осень") was held for the first time in 2003. Since then, it annually hosts the guests and participants in Blagoveshchensk. The festival aims to promote the best works of the national cinema in remote regions of Russia, and also promotes creative partnerships with filmmakers from Japan, China, Korea.

 

We call this postcard "Amur box" (Амурский ящик)!

 

I am very grateful for a help to Tatiana! (Спасибо Вам огромное, Татьяна!)