Postcard Design #1
I got this postcard when Borders bookstore went out of business. This was long before I got into Postcrossing and I never knew what I was going to do with it, but $0.10 just seemed like too good of a deal when it was originally $1.25. I liked the image and it was one of the few designs left on the rack.
-Sent to ninilein in Heinsburg, Germany
-Traveled 3,418 miles in 5 days (March 5-10, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Stitch
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-Sent to in MariaMaliutina in Kyiv, Ukraine
-Traveled 4,360 miles in 13 days (March 5-18, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bookworm
Postcard Design #2
This postcard (border is actually white) was also on the rack at Borders when they went out of business. I recently found another source of these postcards, so I can continue to buy them. It is a picture of my honorary hometown (I went to school there from kindergarden on), Wiscasset, Maine. My actual hometown is too small and out of the way to have its own postcard. This town is on US-1, so I like to stand on it and feel connected to Florida.
-Sent to Apelsinovaya in Belgorod, Russia
-Traveled 4,558 miles in 14 days (March 5-19, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Matryoshka Nesting Doll
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-Sent to IvanLee in Guangxi, China
-Traveled 7,822 miles in (Pending: Sent 3/5)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bookworm
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-Sent to JeanLeone in Duque de Caxias, Brazil
-Traveled 4,906 miles in 21 days (March 5-26, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
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-Sent to TyukinaYana in Tambov, Russia
-Traveled 4,615 miles in 10 days (March 26-April 5, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
Postcard Design #3
This postcard is of the Hesper & Luther Little in Wiscasset, Maine. They were twin schooners abandoned on the shore of Wiscasset in 1932. A man bought them for $600 each for the purpose to ship lumber to Boston and bring back coal. However he died before that dream was seen. These ships remained until 1998 and had to be removed because of fire and storm damage. They were often photographed by tourists and still remain a rich part of Wiscasset's culture.
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-Sent to jtills in Van Dyne, Wisconsin, USA
-Traveled 928 miles in 5 days (March 12-17, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: Hummingbird
-Handcarved Stamp: Winnie the Pooh in his Thinking Hat
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-Sent to Korkut in Moskovskaya oblast, Russia
-Traveled 4,361 miles in 9 days (April 2-11, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
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-Sent to FrankVogel in Hagen, Germany
-Traveled 3,464 miles in 5 days (April 2-7, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
Postcard Design #4
This postcard is of Atlantic Puffins on Seal Island, Maine. Puffins are my favorite bird. I used to enjoy watching them dive into the water at SeaWorld Orlando, but they have since removed the puffin exhibit in favor to expand the penguin exhibit into a ride. I have yet to see a puffin here in Maine, but it is because I have not gone to the right islands yet.
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-Sent to Jack_E in Balashiha, Russia
-Traveled 7,031 miles in 11 days (March 18-29, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
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-Sent to anotherone in Dana, North Carolina, USA
-Traveled 895 miles in (Pending: Sent 4/18)
-Postage Stamp: Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly
-Envelope Drawings: Lighthouse & Africa
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
-Sticker: Hedgehog
Postcard Design #5
Another Wiscasset, Maine postcard. Wiscasset in the modern day is known for two things: Red's Eats and traffic and they go hand in hand. Located on US-1 Red's Eats, a food stand, is so popular with tourists that its pedestrians are the primary cause of traffic that can go for miles. They are known for their lobster rolls that pack an entire lobster in them. In my professional opinion as a Mainer, it is an over rated place, which only gained popularity because of visits from celebs and being featured on places like The Travel Channel. You cant see it, but right behind Reds in this picture is the waterfront, and on that waterfront is a place called Sprague's. The lines are shorter, the food is fresh, they actually carry whole lobsters as well, ample seating, right on the water, and cheaper. Red's, however, is an icon to Wiscasset, which is why I have a few postcards of it in my stack.
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-Sent to Yorisou in Hamburg, Germany
-Traveled 3,501 miles in 13 days (March 19-April 1, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Envelope Drawing: Africa
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
Postcard Design #6
Pictorial Map of Maine
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-Sent to Flamed_Water in Lyubertey, Russia
-Traveled 4,373 miles in 12 days (March 19-31, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
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-Sent to Elke1905 in Sachsenheim, Germany
-Traveled 3,599 miles in 8 days (April 16-24, 2014)
-Envelope Drawing: Lighthouse
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
-Sticker: Hedgehog
Postcard Design #7
Pemaquid Point Lighthouse in New Harbor, Maine is the closest lighthouse to me. It is one of the popular ones of the Maine lighthouses. It has a mini museum in the house attached to it.
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-Sent to Kosmoaila in Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
-Traveled 3,974 miles in 19 days (March 26-April 14, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
Postcard Design #8
Maine Wild Blueberry Muffins Recipe
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-Sent to MissFunMaker in Elstra, Germany
-Traveled 3,765 miles in 9 days (April 3-12, 2014)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Classic-Style Owl from Winnie the Pooh
-Sticker: Pooh
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-Sent to I_believe_you in Moscovskaya, Russia
-Traveled 4,304 miles in (Pending: Sent 4/10)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
-Stickers: Pooh and Tigger
Postcard Design #9
Fall blueberry foliage along Ocean Drive in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine. I go to Acadia a few times a year. It is beautiful there and the whole island is a great place to explore and play tourist.
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-Sent to nadinka121 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
-Traveled 4,519 miles in (Pending: Sent 4/10)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
-Sticker: Hedgehog
Postcard Design #10
Another Wiscasset card showing the villiage during fall.
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-Sent to hits341 in Minsk, Belarus
-Traveled 4,117 miles in (Pending: Sent 4/12)
-Postage Stamp: 2013 Global Forever
-Handcarved Stamp: Bat
-Sticker: Hedgehog
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