Russia: Letniy Sad

Allegory of Justice in Summer Garden (Letniy Sad, St. Petersburg, Russia). 1719. P. Baratta.

Russian postcrossing: http://postcross.ru/cards/received/RU-499019/

Netherlands: Hurricane Nurse

Richard Prince. Hurricane Nurse. 2001
I thought that it's a book cover, but apparently not. I wasn't successful in googling what is this poster about, but I love it.
I'm also excited to receive these stamps on the card because they are from 80-90ss and it does not happen very often to receive something different from Dutch postcrossers.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/NL-1115060

Poland: Easter Bunnies

Easter Bunnies.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/PL-393757
 

Finland: Les Clés Volantes

Harry Potter. Les Clés Volantes.

A thank you card. Thanks, nezzukka!

U.S.A.: Nurses are all Heart

Nurses are all Heart Boop.
Looks like USPS makes additional effort to stain stamps when specifically asked to hand cancel them.

 Private swap. Thanks, Evgenia!

Taiwan: Steam train

Steam train from Taiwan.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/TW-502591

Russia: The USSR

Moscow, Kalinin Prospekt. This is really cool idea to illuminate windows this way :)

I've got this nice postcard from this person: http://www.postcrossing.com/user/Reynard. But there is no ID and Postcrossing search could not help (twice) to register the card. And the sender does not reply. Moreover, the sender did not write my street number and apartment number. Just the street name. And it still arrived. I wonder if the person just found a part of my address here, on a scan of a postcard. I usually partially remove my address from scans.

Thanks, Zhenya!

U.S.A.: Betty Boop

Check up Boop. Probably the most famous nurse in the world. Or maybe the most famous one is Nurse Ratched? :)

Private swap. Thanks, Evgenia!

U.S.A.: The Doll Hospital

The Doll Hospital by Bob Byerley. The card and stamps are so cool! The 10c stamp makes me tearful.

Private swap. Thanks, Evgenia!

France: Soviet kids

The First Snow, Kazan, Soviet Union, 1970. Photo by Vladimir Zotov.

 A thank you card. Thanks, PolinaL!

Russia: Old Moscow

Old Moscow. Tverskaya Street (1900).

Private swap. Thanks, Marinka!

Germany: Arwen

The Lord of the Rings card with Arwen.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/DE-1298312

Russia: 5 pounds

“Shelley’s boat, when opened, completely puzzled Solomon, and he took counsel of his assistants, who having walked over it twice, first with their toes pointed out, and then with their toes pointed in, decided that it came from some greedy person who wanted five. They thought this because there was a large five printed on it. ‘Preposterous!’ cried Solomon in a rage, and he presented it to Peter; anything useless was usually given to Peter as a plaything.”
 Illustration by Arthur Rackham for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, written by J.M. Barrie.

Private swap. Thanks, Marinka!

Israel: Jerusalem

Western Wall, Jerusalem. A very touching card! Was sent on the Leap Day.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/IL-17074

U.S.A.: Guernsey Maxi Card

My friend is spoiling me!
A Maxi card! From such a rare country! Was postmarked on my birthday in 1983 (I was 5 y.o.)! With an amazing artwork! With wonderful stamps!
Here is the information about the Dorothea Dix stamp.
I will die from the excitement!

Private swap. Thanks, Erin!!!

Germany: Shamrock Piggy

Rudi Hurzlmeier "Viiiel Schwein"

Netherlands: Double Deck Train

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (English: Dutch Railways), or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/NL-1092675

China: Thank you envelope

Today I received this wonderful Thank You envelope from a Chinese postcrosser. There were a couple of really nice Shanghai cards which I will not show because they are blank. And there also was this retro Canadian card with return address, which he asked to stamp and send him back. Quite unusual request which I will gladly fulfill.

Finland: Protest!

Inge Löök's old ladies are protesting :)

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/FI-1357043

Russia: Women's Day card

This card was sent in one envelope with this one to wish me happy International Women's Day.

 Thank you, Yulia!

Russia: Moscow Metro

Teatralnaya station main hall/platform. It was formerly named Sverdlov Square after Yakov Sverdlov, one of the Bolshevik Party leaders. If you look carefully at the trackway walls, you may be able to make out marks left by the former name. The vaulted ceiling is decorated with coffers that feature theatre themed bas-reliefs. The pylons are faced with white marble; the floor is covered with black and yellow granite tiles arranged in a checker-board pattern.

A surprise card from a postcrosser to who I've sent a thankyou card. Yeah, it's complicated :) Thank you, Yulia!

Russia: Mother-in-law is man's best friend

Mother-in-law is man's best friend.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/RU-815792
 

Russia: A passenger train

A passenger train at Peel station on the Isle of Man, around 1920. A card from British National Railway Museum.

Private swap. Thanks, Marinka!

U.S.A.: Ireland

I've been receiving quite a few Irish cards lately, but not from Irish postcrossers :) This one is from my dear US friend to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. And look at this cool back of the card! Love it!

Private swap. Thanks, Erin!

U.S.A.: Nine to Five

Nine to Five by Harvey Smith. A Harlequin Book cover. The private affairs of not-too-private secretaries.

Private swap. Thanks, Erin!

China: Deep woods

The framed contemporary Chinese painters works. Selection of landscapes of Xin Kejing. The Depths of the Forest.

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/CN-541379
 

Russia: Old Moscow

Steam train in front of Leningradskaya hotel. 1960s. Photo by Naum Granovsky.

A thank you card from a Russian postcrosser. Thank you, varas!