11 - Postcard from Finland

This is a Christmas postcard from Finland. That text, according to the sender, says 'Peaceful Christmas'. The painting is by Rudolf Koivu and is a traditional Finnish Christmas card. They are remakes of the originals. The postcard took 13 days to arrive from Finland. I love this card! Here is the stamp:

Christmas Postcard - 6

When a friend of my grandmother heard that I collected postcards he gave me his collection. These are two of them. They are from a display in Iowa. The top one is called 'Santa's Stove' and the bottom one is called 'Blossom Time Planter'.

They are unused.

Christmas Postcard - 5

These postcards were contest winners for an Anime contest. I again have no idea where they came from, but they are also fun. They aren't postcards you can send anywhere, but they are still good quality pieces of paper. And, from the back I know I have had them since 2004 when this contest was held.

Christmas Postcard - 4

I have lots of postcards that I can't even remember where they come from. This is an ad for a book that on the back is addressed to Santa to make it easier to send your own letter to him. I think it is cute! I also can't remember if I ever sent a postcard of my own.

Christmas Postcard - 3

Another older Christmas postcard. This one doesn't have anything written on the back of it, but at some point it had a stamp because it is postmarked for 1912. There is also no address; so I am not sure the story behind it. Here is the back:

Christmas Postcard - 2

Here is another Christmas greeting in postcard form. It was never used, so no interesting story to share with it. Or stamp. It is 100 percent recycled, though. I wonder when that became important enough to mention on a postcard?

Christmas Postcard - 1

This is a Christmas card sent between two of my family members. It is still an impressive image all this time later. The interesting thing about it is that the postmark looks like it says "09" and it definitely is not 2009... I might be reading it wrong, though. Here is the back of the card: