Belarusian Easter Postcard

I know Easter has been gone for a while now, but I'm eager to post a few things about this postcard received in Holiday Card RR (E55/2). It shows a colored kulich (a spongy yeast cake that is traditionally baked for Easter Sunday in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine and Western Russia) and dyed red Easter Eggs, near a white blossomed tree and willow catkin branches.
The text "Са Святам Пасхi!" (which means Happy Easter in Belorussian) is written in golden color, the same used in the folk motive on the right.
The Postcrossing stamp (designed by Inga Turlo) was issued in 2014. The Letter N is equal to the surface tariff of a postcard abroad Belarus. More information about the stamp can be found either on Belpost site or on Postcrossing blog.

Thank you, Alena !

Country: Belarus
Description: Easter kulich and eggs
Publisher: Belpost / Belposhta (2015)

Santa Cena

Orthodox Easter is very close now. Yesterday we celebrated Maundy Thursday so this card came quite in time, part of a specific forum RR exchange (Easter Cards - E56). The card shows one of Jaime Huguet's paintings called Santa Cena (or Last Supper). This was a part of an altarpiece, commissioned in the 15th century by the guild of tanners to be placed on the altar of the Augustinian friary of Sant Agustí Vell ("Old St Augustine") in Barcelona, Spain.
The stamps are Dutch, since the card was send from Netherlands.
The 2002 (ND) dark-rose shows a multiple NL text and have the value of 2 euro-cents.
The 2014 blue stamp shows one of Dutch symbols: a windmill, part of a bigger series similar to the one I've blogged about here.
The 2010 white stamp shows Middelburg buildings (part of Beautiful Netherland series) and have a value of 0,44 €.

Thank You Tobia !

Country: Spain (but sent from The Netherlands)
Description: Jaime Huguet - Santa Cena 1463-1470/1475
Location:  Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña (here)
Publisher: Escudo de Oro

Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

...or Happy New Year, the equivalent for Dutch. You can see how this is spelled in other 166 languages. The card features a beautiful winter landscape, the only Holidays cards I like besides religious ones.

On the back there are two stamps. The first one shows a portrait of Tiësto, from a serie of 5 Dutch DJ issued in 15 October this year. The second one (2013) shows a snowy painted street with DECEMBER theme.

Thank YOU, Els !

Country: The Netherlands (but printed in Belgium)

Description: winter landscape with trees near a river

Publisher: Corna-Glamo SA

Marchés de Noël

During this time of the year everybody love Christmas Markets. I've never been to a BIG serious one (only small, local ones in my country that I won't count). This one show (I guess) the Strasbourg Market. I have to reasons to believe this. In the background there seems to be the Strasbourg Cathedral and secondly this card is signed by PostCrossing members in Strasbourg Meeting (13 December 2014).

The main stamp (no dated) and suitable for 20g letter shows a Ribeauvillé house façade. The others 0,01 & 0,05 € (not shown in the picture) are common stamps showing Marianne de la Jeunesse.

Thank YOU, Niklot !

Country: France (but with German ID)

Description: Christmas Market in Strasbourg (Alsace)

Publisher:Editions Valoire-Estel (Blois)

Nativity Fresco

 

This is one of the most beautiful Christmas cards I've ever received. It came as a RR exchange from the same person who send earlier a Končul Monastery postcard. Orthodox frescos are always a pleasure to receive and show. The fresco itself is decorated with classy ornaments and fonts (too calligraphic to decode, BUT perhaps a Christmas wish written in Serbian). Returning to fresco itself, a small detail gives the scene originality: the bathing (or baptizing?) of Christ in the below register of the scene.

The stamps are with religious themes as well.

The fist one (23 dinars, 2014) shows a fresco called "Christmas hymn" (1309-1316) from Žiča Monastery.
The second stamp (46 dinars, 2103) is an adaptation/reproduction Christmas icon after works of the famous painter Pavel Đurković.
The postcard came with very beautiful handwriting.

Thank You, Ana !

Country: Serbia

Description: Nativity Fresco (location unknown)

Publisher: Издавачки фонд Српске православне цркве (Publishing Fund of the Serbian Orthodox Church)