I'm showing you two cards today. The first one is of Amsterdam, Netherlands because i have just booked some flights to Holland to spend Christmas with my mother.
The stamp is interesting.
The second card is from Denmark because from Amsterdam we fly to Copenhagen in the New Year to visit our friends. This is the only card I have from Denmark:
The stamps are very interesting too:
The large stamp on the right celebrates 200 years Danish schools. And the middle one, a character from the stories by Hans Christian Andersen: Numskull Jack.
I'm very excited to be going to Copenhagen as I have never been to Denmark. Our friends live in Zealand, an hour away from the capital.
That's all from me today. Have a great weekend and see you tomorrow,
Blessings,
Lisca
9 comments:
I love your stamp collection. Blessings!
Wow! I did not even know Denmark had a royal family! But then I know little about the country. The Numskull Jack stamp made me giggle! I am not familiar with that Hans Cheistian Anderson story. I will ask my husband if he knows it. He grew up listening to a recording of HCA stories and he told me they were not for children!!!! Patsy
Hi Lisca,thank you so much or the postcard it was a lovely surprise. Find it hard to believe I've been in here nearly 6weeks now. I am so looking forward to going home. All the good wishes from all of you have cheered me up enormously. Much love and hugs hugs to you, Shaz xxx
Ooo! Woop woop! You've made my day by sending me a message! I've been rooting for you and following Doug's blog to keep up to date. You really have been through the mill. I hope you are now on the homeward stretch and will slowly recover.
Big hug (well, gently) and the bestest wishes!
Love xxx
Lisca
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An interesting write up of our Mary from Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Crown_Princess_of_Denmark
Thanks Bridget!
Wow! I didn't know she was Australian! What a fairy tale story! Thanks.
NUMSKULL JACK
In 1855, H.C. Andersen published his fairy tale Numskull Jack. The seemingly naïve and put-upon hero is a figure familiar from popular fairy tales all over the world, often the youngest of three brothers. Confounding all expectations, however, he succeeds in besting his two older and more knowledgeable brothers in the battle to win the hand of the princess – largely on account of the strange and seemingly useless objects he gathers up from the road. Numskull Jack and the dead crow feature on the DKK 6.50 stamp.
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