So, my fellow dear readers..this will be the last post before me taking off on
my holidays...I cant believe it that the time has almost come! Now im in the
state of panic...and in realization that I should have bought a new
suitcase...mine is just NOT enough...but well, I guess Ill have to manage..Im in
the middle of packing, and as usual I have no idea what to take..Im sure ill
take stuff that are extra and I wont need, and that i will 'forget' something
important...the beauty of all travels, eh? :))
So before I go, here is
one more update, with a few lovely cards :)
First comes from dear
Vera who has moved to Pakistan and who was so kind to search for some of my
favourite cards so that she can send them to me! And I dont know if I had said
this before, but Pakistan has AMAZING postcards and STUNNING nature in
general!
The lovely card here shows the Dhamaka Lake in the Swat valley,
which is situated in the north of Pakistan. It has an ancient history, but its
recorded history begins with Alexander the Great, who entered Swat in 326 or 327
BC. Swat in the past used to be home to the Buddhism that spread from there to
other parts of Asia (China, Bhutan, Tibet and even Japan). Many monasteries have
been founded there, where Buddhist monks used to live and Buddhist teachers
educated their students.
Probably another reason why this card is so
appealing to me is coz it is related to Alexander, so it feels close to heart
:)
Before I get down to the
stamps, please take a look at the artistic beauty here..makes the card sooo
beautiful and special, and I also REALLY appreciate the effort and the time that
Vera took to decorate my card like this! Love it!!
As for the stamps..the one
on the right was issued this year, commemorating the 150th Anniversary of St
Joseph's Convent School in Karachi, while the other one...it should be a
definitive..but i cant tell exactly from which year...the other definitives of
that kind were issued in 1994, but this one of Rs.28 does not seem to be among
them...so any help is welcome :) thank you soo much again dear Vera!!
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