Saturday, July 5, 2008

Skopje, Republic of Macedonia


Ckonje - Skopje
Skplje, Republic of Macedonia
Kale Fortrees

The sender writes:
This postcard shows a view of the central part of the city and the surrounding areas. In the background is the mountain Vodno. In the foreground is the Kale Fortress, one of the most significant historic sights here.

This is postmarked with two Makedonia (Macedonia) stamps in 2008.

4 comments:

Ana said...

its always a relief to know a card had arrived :)

btw, i just wanted to send you some info regarding the stamps, on what they actually represent

the guy with the dove in his hands:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To%C5%A1e_Proeski

the archaeological finding:

http://my.opera.com/ancientmacedonia/blog/show.dml/1223276

(youll just need to scroll down a bit, until the title "ALTAR - THE GREAT MOTHER"

hope it was useful ;-)

Driftwood and Pumpkin said...

I just received a card from Ana as well! I am glad that she listed the stamp info here so I can check it out!

Postcard Blogger said...

Ana!! Wonderful! I was trying to find out what/who they were.

thank you,

~Brenda

and ipost,

congrats to you for getting a card like this too ;-)

Stamp Raider said...

Thanks for the info Ana!