#197: Fourth postcard from Transnistria

House of Councils, Tiraspol

Person stamp

Received from Nastia from Chisinau, Moldova.

Transnistria has its own central bank, which issues the Transnistrian ruble.

#92: Third postcard and first cover from Transnistria

Bender Fortress

Vancouver 2010 stamp

Received from Oleg from Tiraspol.

Ninety-one percent of the Transnistrian population adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

#194: First postcard from Ukraine

Farmland

Quill stamp

Received from Tanya from Vinnytsya.

Ukraine borders Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

#92: Second postcard from Transnistria

River view

Flower and Europa stamps

Received from Alexandra from Tiraspol.

Only South Ossetia and Abkhazia recognise Transnistria as a sovereign nation.

#92: First postcard from Transnistria

Moldovan cityscape

Commemorative, architecture and Europa stamps

Received from Denis from Tiraspol.

Transnistria is located mostly on a strip of land between the River Dniester and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine.

#40: Sixth postcard from Russia

Christmas postcard

Bear stamp

Received from Evgeniy from Apatity through the Postcrossing website.

From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus,Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the US across the Bering Strait.

#38: Third postcard from Poland

Views of Wroclaw

Man holding paper in front of face stamp

Received from Kinga from Wroclaw through the "Starring You" project. Check it out and participate to get nice cards like this from around the world.

Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Russia and Lithuania to the north.

#40: Sixth postcard from Russia

Father Christmas

Russia stamp

Received from Evgeniy from Apatity through the Postcrossing website.

From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus,Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the US across the Bering Strait.

#38: Second postcard from Poland

Flag and Coat of Arms of Poland

Alice in Wonderland and cartoon stamp

Received from Grzegorz from Dobra. Please check out the postcard I sent him here.

Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Russia and Lithuania to the north.

#92: First postcard from Moldova

Chişinău

Archaeology stamp

Received from Irina from Chişinău.

Moldova is between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south.