Flag of Singapore

Two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there is a vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward the hoist side) partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle; red denotes brotherhood and equality; white signifies purity and virtue; the waxing crescent moon symbolizes a young nation on the ascendancy; the five stars represent the nation's ideals of democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.

Sender: Janetblythe,  Sent on: 7 Jun, 2014, Received on: 24 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Bergischer Löwe (Bergischer Lion), Düsseldorf, Germany

Sender: Singalarius,  Sent on: 17 Jun, 2014, Received on: 24 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Flag of Hessen, Germany

The civil flag of Hesse consists of a bicolor of a red top and a bottom white stripe, in the proportion 3:5. The state flag is similar, except it is defaced with the coat of arms in the centre, and may only be used by government departments and services. It is the reverse of the flag of Thuringia and, apart from the proportions and the shades of red, identical to the flag of Indonesia and the flag of Monaco.

Sender: hsjoerdis,  Sent on: 10 Jun, 2014, Received on: 24 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 14 days

Flag of Cyprus

The state flag features a map of the entirety of the island, with two olive branches below (a symbol of peace) on white (another symbol of peace). The olive branches signify peace between the Turks and Greeks. The map on the flag is a copper-orange colour, symbolizing the large deposits of copper ore on the island (chiefly in the form of chalcopyrite, which is yellow in colour), from which it may have received its name.

Sender: papermoon,  Sent on: 10 Jun, 2014, Received on: 24 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 14 days

Flag of Spain

The flag of Spain as it is defined in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe. Traditionally, the middle stripe was defined by the more archaic term of gualda, and hence the popular name rojigualda (red-weld).

Sender: Yosinaga,  Sent on: 11 May, 2014, Received on: 13 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 33 days

Flag of Friesland, Netherlands

The Flag of the province of Friesland or Frisian flag is the official flag of the Dutch province of Friesland.

It consists of four blue and three white diagonal stripes; in the white stripes are a total of seven red pompeblêden, leaves of yellow water-lily, that may remind of hearts, but according the official instructions "should not be heart shaped". The jerseys of the football club SC Heerenveen and the Blauhúster Dakkapel are modeled after this flag.

Sender: Ttruus,  Sent on: 2 Jun, 2014, Received on: 6 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 4 days

Flag of Latvia

Though officially adopted in 1922, the Latvian flag was in use as early as the 13th century. The red colour is sometimes described as symbolizing the readiness of the Latvians to give the blood from their hearts for freedom and their willingness to defend their liberty. An alternative interpretation, according to one legend, is that a Latvian leader was wounded in battle, and the edge of the white sheet in which he was wrapped were stained by his blood. The white stripe may stand for the sheet that wrapped him. This story is similar to the legend of the origins of the flag of Austria.

Sender: Skilla,  Sent on: 13 May, 2014, Received on: 13 Jun, 2014, Travel time: 30 days

2014 Ice Hockey World Championship, Minsk, Belarus

 

Sender: Lizzzam, Sent on: 5 May, 2014, Received on: 14 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 9 days

Flag of Israel

The blue colour is described as "dark sky-blue", and varies from flag to flag, ranging from a hue of pure blue, sometimes shaded almost as dark as navy blue, to hues about 75% toward pure cyan and shades as light as very light blue. The flag was designed for the Zionist Movement in 1891. The basic design recalls the Ashkenazi Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl, which is white with blue stripes. The symbol in the centre represents the Magen David ("Star of David"), a Jewish symbol dating from late medieval Prague, which was adopted by the First Zionist Congress in 1897.

 

 

Sender: Anastasia, Sent on: 8 Apr, 2014, Received on: 21 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 13 days

Sent from Tel Aviv

States Flags of the USA

 

Sender: jwhite, Sent on: 29 Mar, 2014, Received on: 16 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 18 days

Flag of Ukraine illustration by Katya Dudnik

 

 Sender: Lastivca, Sent on: 26 Mar, 2014, Received on: 10 Apr, 2014, Travel time: 15 days

Flag of New Mexico, USA

The flag of the state of New Mexico consists of a red sun symbol of the Zia on a field of yellow. The colors honor the flag of Aragon Realm and was brought by the conquistadors. (Note that the red and yellow Cross of Burgundy flag used by the conquistadors, was the military flag of Spain in those years.)

It is one of only four US State Flags to not contain blue.

The Daughters of the American Revolution pushed New Mexico to design a contemporary and unique flag in 1920. A contest to design the new state flag was won by Dr. Harry Mera of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mera was an archaeologist who was familiar with the Zia Sun Symbol found at Zia Pueblo on a 19th-century pot. The symbol has sacred meaning to the Zia. Four is a sacred number which symbolizes the Circle of Life: the four directions, the four times of day, the four stages of life, and the four seasons. The circle binds the four elements of four together. His winning design is the flag that the state uses today. The salutation, “I salute the flag of the State of New Mexico and the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures," was many years ago commonly recited in New Mexico public schools after the United States pledge of allegiance.

Sender: zimorodek, Sent on: 14 Mar, 2014, Received on: 25 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 11 days

Region Kaszëbskô, Poland

Sender: SubMina, Sent on: 1 Mar, 2014, Received on: 12 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 11 days

Flag of China

Red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner; the color red represents revolution, while the stars symbolize the four social classes - the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie (capitalists) - united under the Communist Party of China.

Sender: Haley1994, Sent on: 27 Jan, 2014, Received on: 27 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 31 days

Flag of Indonesia

Two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; the colors derive from the banner of the Majapahit Empire of the 13th-15th centuries; red symbolizes courage, white represents purity.

Sender: dewimarthaindria, Sent on: 3 Feb, 2014, Received on: 18 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 15 days

Flag of California, USA

The Bear Flag is the official flag of the state of California. The precursor of the flag was first flown during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt and was also known as the Bear Flag.

Sender: lejuana, Sent on: 9 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 15 days

Flag of the State of Georgia, USA

The current flag of the U.S. state of Georgia was adopted on May 8, 2003. The flag has three red and white stripes, with the state coat of arms (taken from the state seal) on a blue field in the upper left corner. In the coat of arms, the arch symbolizes the state's Constitution and the pillars represent the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. The words of the state motto, "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation," are wrapped around the pillars, guarded by a male figure dressed in Colonial attire dating back to the American Revolution, with a drawn sword representing the defense of the Constitution. An additional motto, In God We Trust, appears under these elements, though it is not part of the state seal or coat of arms. In the center of the canton is a circle of 13 white stars, symbolizing Georgia as one of the original Thirteen Colonies. The flag's design is based on the First National Flag of the Confederate States of America, which is nicknamed the "Stars and Bars".

Sender: Vongsavang, Sent on: 29 Nov, 2013, Received on: 4 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 36 days

Flag of Yugoslavia from Serbia

Sender: Onder, Sent on: 11 Jan, 2014, Received on: 21 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 10 days

Flag of Yugoslavia from Montenegro

The flag of Yugoslavia was the official flag of the Yugoslav state from 1918 to 1992. The flag's design and symbolism are derived from the Pan-Slavic movement, which ultimately led to the unification of the Southern Slavs and the creation of a united south-Slavic state in 1918.

The design of the flag was three equal horizontal bands of blue, white, and red. The flag was first used by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1943. A red star was placed in its center by the victorious Yugoslav Partisans in World War II, and was used until the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Today, the flag still holds meaning to those nostalgic of Yugoslavia.

Sender: ValentinaG, Sent on: 11 Jan, 2014, Received on: 21 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 10 days

Flag of Greece

My first postcard from Greece   :)

Nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white; a blue square bearing a white cross appears in the upper hoist-side corner; the cross symbolizes Greek Orthodoxy, the established religion of the country; there is no agreed upon meaning for the nine stripes or for the colors; the exact shade of blue has never been set by law and has varied from a light to a dark blue over time.

Sender: elena944, Sent on: 17 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 27 days