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Royal wedding and christening cards! Thank you, Alison!

A card showing four generations of the Royal family posing for special 90th birthday stamps. Love this card! And the stamp is featuring the King Philippe of the Belgians. Thank you, Coraline!

A new royal card for our collection! Queen Beatrix card from the Netherlands! I really love the stamp of the queen and also the ducks' stamp is super cute!  Thank you, Jan!

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952-) is a Russian politician who has been the President of Russia since 7 May 2012. Putin previously served as President from 2000 to 2008 and as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. A keen practitioner of martial arts, Putin has played a major role in the development of sport in Russia, notably, helping Sochi to win the bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. ( source ) Thank you Olga!

Evgeniya sent me three cards: Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 71st Grand Master of the Order of Malta (de facto). ( source ) And what a cute envelope, dedicated to the next Winter Olympics: Thank you Evgeniya!

Anne sent me super great cars from Luxembourg again! http://tite-roy-gatra-pc.blogspot.com/search/label/Luxembourg Thank you Anne!

Thank you Peggy!

Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943) is the Queen consort of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Styled Her Majesty The Queen , Silvia is the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. Before her marriage to the King of Sweden, Silvia Sommerlath worked at the Argentine Consulate in Munich, was an educational host during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and served as the Deputy Head of Protocol for the Winter Games in Innsbruck in Austria. She also was briefly a flight attendant. She is a trained interpreter and speaks six languages: Swedish, her native languages German and Portuguese, as well as French, Spanish, and English. She has some fluency in Swedish Sign Language, a national sign language used by the deaf community in Sweden. ( source ) Thank you Richard!

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe. Its area is just over 160 sq. km, and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan. Liechtenstein is the smallest yet the richest German-speaking country in the world and the only country to lie entirely within the Alps. Liechtenstein is divided into 11 municipalities. Much of its terrain is mountainous, making it a winter sports destination. ( source ) It is known as a principality as it is a constitutional monarchy headed by a prince. Hans-Adam II (1945), is the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein. On 30 July 1967, he married Countess Marie Aglaë Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau (1940) who, upon her husband's accession to the throne, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Liechtenstein . Their official residence is at Vaduz Castle, which overlooks the capital. ( source ) Thank you Zasa for adding a new country to my collection...

The national flag of Belgium contains three equal vertical bands of black, yellow, and red. The colours were taken from the colours of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France. ( source ) Black, gold and red are symbolic of the country's coat of arms; black representing the shield; gold representing the lion, and red representing the lion's claws and tongue. ( source ) Albert II (born 6 June 1934) is the King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He is the uncle of the current reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri. ( source ) Thank you Natasha!

The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg consists of the extended family of the sovereign Grand Duke. The current royal family of Luxembourg consists of the reigning grand duke, Henri, his wife Maria Teresa, their children: Guillaume, Félix, Louis, Alexandra and Sébastien, and Grand Duke Jean, the father of the reigning grand duke, who abdicated in 2000 and still holds the title of Grand Duke. The family is completed by Princess Tessy, the wife of Prince Louis, and their two sons: Princes Gabriel and Noah. Although Prince Louis and his family are not in the line of succession, they still participate in official events. ( source ) Thank you Anne!

New royal card for mu collection! The Niagara Falls , located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world and has a vertical drop of more than 50m. Niagara Falls forms the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. ( source ) Thank you Heather!

A card from my favorites! Thank you Maria!

In 2011 I made a really great postcrossing friend from PC forum. She always sends me royal and map cards. Most of the UK royal cards are sent by Eileen. In December I received this surprise present from her: And inside I found a lot of yummy goodies: Like always – royal, map and flag cards. Wooden Christmas ornament. Obama chocolate from her trip to USA. Jerusalem themed chocolate from her trip to Israel. Package labels, Christmas badge. Rainbow Drops and my new favorite – Chorley Cakes. I ate all 4 in the same day! They are so so delicious! Thank you Eileen! Hope we have more swaps in 2012!

The Imperial House of Japan or the Yamato Dynasty , comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. The Japanese monarchy is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world. ( source ) Akihito (1933) is the current Emperor of Japan, the 125th emperor of his line according to Japan's traditional order of succession. He acceded to the throne in 1989. On 10 April 1959, he married Michiko Shōda (1934). The new Crown Princess was the first commoner to marry into the imperial family. The Emperor and the Empress have three children. ( source ) Thank you Rina!

Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski on 2 August 1923) is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years. Peres was elected to the Knesset in November 1959 and, except for a three-month-long hiatus in early 2006, served continuously until 2007, when he became President. Peres is the world's oldest de jure head of state. ( source ) Bethlehem is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank of the Jordan River, near Israel and approximately 8 kilometers south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people. The Hebrew Bible identifies Beit Lehem as the city David was from and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. The New Testament Gospels of Matthew and Luke identify Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth. The town is inhabited by one of the oldest Christian communities ...

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. Lincoln has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents. ( source ) Thank you Caroline and Nicolas!

The Royal House of Norway belongs to the House of Glücksburg. The members of the Norwegian Royal House are Their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja and Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit. ( source ) Thank you SLLiew!