myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 02:55:45 PM new
I have 100 of these that came in a box of postcards I bought. There are three different designs and they all have the same message on them.
Does anyone know what it says and what language it is?
[ edited by myfavorites4u on Nov 12, 2006 02:56 PM ]
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 02:56:59 PM new
That didn't work. How do I post an image on the board?
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neglus
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posted on November 12, 2006 03:03:28 PM new
[*img]imageurl[*/url] - Take out the " *'s"
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 03:20:06 PM new
How was your vacation?
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ewora
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posted on November 12, 2006 03:37:05 PM new
Russian?
[ edited by ewora on Nov 12, 2006 03:39 PM ]
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 03:41:07 PM new
Thank you.
What was I doing wrong with the posting?
Russian? That was my husbands guess.
Do you think it is a Christmas card?
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ewora
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posted on November 12, 2006 04:37:50 PM new
I thought Christmas when I saw it.
I don't know what you were doing wrong with the photo. You have to use the [ ] brackets around the html and not the usual < > that you use on ebay. The message board uses a different format. It's the same language you just have to bracket it differently or something.
Someone else will come along and explain it better then I can.
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roadsmith
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posted on November 12, 2006 05:06:24 PM new
The letters look Russian to me, and couple that with the St. Basil's-style church in the background, the snow, and the clothing on the woman, I'd guess Russian!
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on November 12, 2006 06:16:37 PM new
Might or might not be Russian. There are a number of Cyrillic alphabets but they don't all share the same character set as Russian.
Also note that in the Russian Orthodox Church, Christmas falls on January 7. Traditionally, believers are supposed to fast for forty days (!) preceding Christmas, only breaking their fast when they see the first star on the evening of January 6. Other sources say the fast is only broken on Christmas Day.
Of further interest is the fact that Christmas was banned in Russia after the 1917 Revolution and only relatively recently, with the fall of the Soviet Union, celebrated publicly once again.
fLufF
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neglus
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posted on November 12, 2006 06:40:00 PM new
Vacation was great! We had such a great time we even extended an extra day - back to the COLD again now..SIGH.
I was just trying to find information on a postcard artist (this proved to be a dead end for my postcard) and since I just read Fluffy's post thought I'd give you the link because it explains how Russian Easter (and presumably Christmas) postcards were printed after the Revolution of 1917 in other countries for the scattered Russian expat community.
http://www.nlr.ru:8101/eng/exib/pasha/
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 06:42:05 PM new
I don't think these date pre 1917 so that might rule out either Christmas or Russian.
Thank you all for the information. Maybe I can dig a little further but I'm not sure how I would determine it for sure.
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 06:47:21 PM new
Thank you for the link Neglus. I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation!
Item #290047785863 is a Russian Christmas postcard listed on Ebay. The words look similar but they are a little different.
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 06:51:19 PM new
The person does seem to be dressed in Russian clothing, but the Russian cards I saw on Ebay were all very ornate and decorative.
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pixiamom
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posted on November 12, 2006 07:15:51 PM new
Google Russian alphabet and click on images to compare yours. The 'i' was a Russian letter but was dropped in the reform, some time in the 20's, I think. My guess, Russian, Polish or Czech - with some bias towards Russian. If the church is identified - that would certainly nail it down.
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neglus
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posted on November 12, 2006 07:24:27 PM new
This Serbian Christmas postcard might be a little closer ( Item number: 6244451382):
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 07:35:01 PM new
I'm off to Google and will try all three languages.
Wouldn't it be nice if they would all clearly identify what they are and where they're from? I spent a couple of hours just tracking down court house views this afternoon where they only put the county on the back.
I have 4 boxes of foreign postcards I'm starting to work through. These were just stuck in with a box I had bought a couple of years ago. All the others in the box were one-of-a-kind with only these being in this language and these being the only duplicates in the box.
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 07:44:21 PM new
The back of the postcard doesn't have the same lettering.
The N is not the same and the M doesn't have the circle in the center.
I'll see if I can get a clear scan (print is very small).
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 07:51:27 PM new
Still can't make the photo show up here. But, here's the link to the back.
http://myfavorites4u.com/ScanImage003.jpg
[ edited by myfavorites4u on Nov 12, 2006 08:02 PM ]
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toasted36
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posted on November 12, 2006 08:19:18 PM new
edited to add heres how to post img.
[*img] your url addy here [/*img] just take out the *'s
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vintagepostcardsdotorg
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posted on November 12, 2006 11:00:32 PM new
yes, there are several other links to Russian postcards on my reference page at
http://www.vintagepostcards.org/reference.htm
http://stores.ebay.com/postcards-postcards
http://www.vintagepostcards.org/
http://vintage-postcards.blogspot.com/
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neglus
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posted on November 12, 2006 11:08:10 PM new
Looks like Ukrainian Christmas postcard:
Here's the website:
http://artukraine.com/postcards/xmaspost4.htm
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[ edited by neglus on Nov 12, 2006 11:09 PM ]
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myfavorites4u
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posted on November 12, 2006 11:28:22 PM new
Thank you Neglus. It looks like you solved the mystery.
Vintagepostcards, that is a nice reference page. I just skimmed it but I'm going back now to check it out closer.
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