btw, today is a public holiday here, the Revolution day...and all the time I
keep thinking it is Saturday, when it is actually Thursday..which also
unfortunately means, no mail today =/
my next card came as another
surprise from dear Maggie, a
great cemetery card!
Virginia City's
cemeteries date back to the 1860's. These hand-carved headstones mark the graves
of the men, women, and children whose lives were often shortened by the
difficult conditions of the Comstock era.
Btw, Virginia City is one of the
oldest established communities in Nevada and can be considered the "birthplace"
of Mark Twain.
It is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat
of Storey County, Nevada.
Its population was 855 according to the 2010
census. that's not much actually...not at all...
the stamp on the right
was issued this year in a set of 5 stamps showing birds-of-prey (this one shows
the osprey. The other one is a definitive stamp issued in 2011, showing the
portrait of George Washington.
thank you so much Maggie!
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