4321 - Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia

A great Postcrossing Meet Up card. It looks like about 7-8 people attended this meetup. The meetup was at the World Stamp Championship in Indonesia in 2022. World Stamp Championship?

The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) is the world federation for the study of postage stamps and postal history. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland and founded in 1926. In 2004 it ran its first World Stamp Competition in Singapore.

There are 11 FIP Commissions which deal with the following subjects:

Aerophilately - air mail stamps and its history
Astrophilately - stamps and postmarked envelopes that deal with spaceflight
Fight Against Forgeries - philatelic fakes
Maximaphily - the study and creation of maximum cards
Philatelic Literature - written material related to philately, primarily about postage stamps and postal history
Postal History - study of postal systems and their development
Postal Stationary - stationary items, such as stamped envelopes, letter sheet, postal card, letter card, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp
Thematic Philately - collecting stamps that relate to a certain topic or concept (eg - Scouting stamps)
Traditional Philately
Revenues - revenue stamps, tax stamp, duty stamp, fiscal stamp
Youth Philately

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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