Time spend with a friend...

One of my favorites postcards are those related to drinks, especially red wines.

I just love this simple & beautiful picture with wise words ("Zeit, die mit einem Freund verbracht wird, ist niemals verloren"). That means "Time spent with a friend is never lost". That reminds me of another saying: The most precious gift you can give is YOUR time because you give a piece of your own life that can never be taken back.

The card came with two very lovely stamps:
The 62 Euro-Cents (2013) shows a glass of wine featuring Southern Styria, one of the Austrian Wine Regions and Sauvignon Blanc wine variety.
The 80 Euro-Cents (2015) is one of Europa stamps with Matador wooden toy construction set.

Thank YOU, Marianne !

Country: Germany (but sent from Austria)

Description: two glasses of red wine

Publisher:  Alpha Edition

Source: Send 2, Receive 2 RR - 1310

for a friend

This simple, BUT great postcard came from Lithuania, as a surprise in March 2015 RR.

As I've seen from author's website, she prefers shallow depth of field, one of my favorites in photography domain.

The postcard came with a 0.75 € stamp (created by the artist Tomas Dragūnas) showing the new Lithuanian euro coin (2015) in front of the national flag.

Thank You, Vaida !

Country: Lithuania

Description: a glass of red wine on the table

Publisher: Favorite Postcard

Photo: Jelena Kaplevska

Billy Appletini cocktail recipe

This unusual card came today in my inbox. It's a recipe and also a piece of art, since is a painting (UV impregnated ink on canvas 650x1500), created in 2008 and exhibited in Kunsthalle Museum, Vienna.
The stamp designed by E. Tiess (ND 2015) shows St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and have a face value of 80 euro-cents.

Thank You, Andrea !

Country: Austria
Description: Billy Appletini cocktail recipe

Belgian Beer

This postcard came in a Belgian RR exchange group.
It shows a different Belgium Beer brands, since Belgium is well-known for its beer.
Augustijn, Bios - made by  Van Steenberge Brewery
Ename, Sloeber - made by Roman Brewery
Val-Dieu - made by Abbaye du Val-Dieu Brewery
Kasteel, Brigand - made by Van Honsebrouck Brewery
Kwak, Tripel Karmeliet - made by Bosteels Brewery
Maredsous, Vedett - made by Duvel Moortgat Brewery
Grimbergenbier - made by Grimbergenbier Brewery
Malheur -  made by Malheur Brewery
Brugse Zot - made by De Halve Maan Brewery
Chimay - made by Chimay Brewery
Hommel Bier - made by Van Eecke Brewery
Liefmans - made by Liefmans Brewery
Witkap - made by Witkap Brewery
St. Bernardus - made by St. Bernardus Brewery
Leffe - made by AB-InBev Brewery
Alvinne - made by Alvinne Brewery
Achel - made by St. Benedictus De Achelse Trapist Brewery
Gouden Carolus - made by  Het Anker Brewery
Postel - by Affligem Brewery
And some other unknown form 3 Fonteinen & Brasserie Dupont.
All the info was taken from Beer Planet website.
The stamp was issued in a series of 4+1 different stamps to celebrate 100 year Royal Institute of Meteorology KMI (2013) and is printed with heat-sensitive ink. If you blown hot air upon it, the tree will become red and autumn rainy clouds will appear. Under 25 Celsius degrees the color will return to normal green color. On the other stamps different weather symbols will appears, according to the season.

Another interesting part about this stamp is it's shape: similar to Belgium country map.

The funny part is this card came from a girl with no beer affinities: "I hate beer, don't like it at all. Yuck!". But she was kind enough to send me this.

Thank YOU, Cindy !

Country: Belgium

Description: different Belgian Beer plastic boxes

Publisher: Belgian Heritage

game on

I didn't knew that a postcard can be used in other ways beside admire & collect it (yes, we could count bookmarking as well). But the card received few days ago proved me the contrary: you can play with it.

Name of the game? Wie moet er bier halen? (Who should get a beer?)

The rules are quite simple: you have to cut the center circle, put your middle finger inside and rotate it on the table. The person who it points to should get a beer. Nice!

The stamp has no face value and it's a part of Dutch Icons series. These stamps are marked "International 1" and are intended for international mail items up to 20g. As of 1 January 2014, the stamps Europe and Rest of World have been combined into the stamp International suitable for all destinations abroad.

Near the stamp there is a postal mark with the text schrijven zegt meer (= writing says more). It's the Dutch's Postal service way to encourage sending more and more letters and cards.

Thank You, Marjolein !

Country: Netherlands

Description: Play (Post)Card "Who should get a beer?"

Photo: Eelke de Blouw 

Publisher: boomerang.nl

Kentucky Bourbon Balls

This thank you card arrived yesterday.

As you can see, it's a food recipe, but I'm rather interested in Bourbon here (nice bottle). Therefore I will gladly add it to my drinks collection. To be honest, it's the first, but hopefully others will follow.

I will not give infos about the stamp because is identical with the one that I already wrote before.

Thank you, Tyler !

Country: United States

Description: Kentucky Bourbon Balls recipe

Photo: Souvenir Factory Inc.