Greetings from South Korea - Direct Swap with Irina

Another fabulous "Greetings from" card this time from Irina who I connected with on Facebook. I found two facts on this card really interesting. I mean I find them all interesting but these were especially so. First was the babies age. I had never heard that ever and personally think that is a bit different - at my age I don't want to be any older than I have to be! The other was the fact the Rose of Sharon is the national flower. I had the biggest, loveliest Rose of Sharon bush when I lived in Toronto. People literally stopped when walking or driving by to look at it. Sadly, they don't do as well where I am now. Another great swap and a few more bits of info if I ever make it to Jeopardy.

OFFICIAL Card - Korea

Now that my Postcrossing account seems to have evened out it has been a really nice pace these past few weeks to receive a new card every day or two. Nothing like the dry spell I had leading up to Christmas. That was painful! This card arrived earlier in the week and I found it the most interesting read. I had never heard of King Sejong and really enjoyed reading the back of the card which provided many details on his life. Between my address, stamps, etc I wasn't really able to easily scan that portion. Hyemin chose a great Lunar New Year stamps and used some fun stickers showing Hanbok (traditional clothing).

 

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

One of the items on my wish list is cards to do with alphabets and typography. This card talks about the Gutenberg Bible and press and is part of a series. I've seen a few other cards from this line and would be happy to receive a few more. They must be produced by this museum as this is the web address on the back. Great card Sla - thanks!

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

I must admit if I drew my own name in Postcrossing I don't know if this would be a card I would select to send given my profile details. Having said that it is always good to expand your horizons, isn't it? The card shows the painting The Three Dancers by Pablo Picasso. It was sent by Ri from South Korea. She took a break from Postcrossing for 2 years and started back up the day she drew my name. That is a long time to break! Have you ever taken a break from Postcrossing? If so, how long?

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

KyungA lives in Seoul, South Korea and sent me this reproduction of an old map of her country. Once again, I was lucky that she wrote some simple phrases, with pronunciations on her card. Love seeing the different languages of the world.

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

Sang Ah from Dageu, South Korea sent me this card of the Changdeokgung Palace. It is one of five main palaces of the Josun Dynasty. It is also a UNESCO site. South Korea as a country does not have too many Postcrossers, having sent less than 75,000 cards. This is the fourth card I have received - lucky me!

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

Rob from South Korea sent this card to me last November. It shows traditional masks of Korea. He wrote telling me it is a local tradition - the Mask Dance. I can't really find anything on the dance but was able to find this bit of info on Korean masks. Love the Air Mail stamp too.

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

Today I received this one card in the mail. Yunjeong from Suwon, South Korea sent this to me two weeks ago. She wrote that this card is a of a Korean actress, Han Ga-in, from a scene of a famous Korean drama - "The Moon Embracing the Sun" - (kind of sounds like something I would watch!) She is wearing a queen's ordinary clothes and this traditional Korean costume is known as a Han-bok. I also love that Yunjeong wrote many of the phrases and names (including mine!!!) in characters and English. So neat for me to see the differences. The last line she wrote was - Hope you like it - yes I do very much - thank you!

OFFICIAL Card - South Korea

I received this card just a few days after Valentines Day from Jinee in Korea. The design is so simple, the colours are really soft and I think it is such a pretty card. Once again my scanner doesn't seem to do it justice - I think you might be reading that statement a lot. The characters contained within the heart are various imitating sounds & mimetic words like 'pitapat' etc. Neat, huh? They also translated wording on the stamp for me and it means "Our language gets dignified so does our country, our language gets indignified (sic) so does our country".  South Korea is another country where there are not many Postcrossers so another rare one for my collection.