Today's card is from the Russian Federation. Oksana sent this card from Omsk in Russia. This is an adorable card.
Omsk is located in southwestern Siberia and is Russia's third-largest city east of the Ural Mountains, and seventh by size nationally. Omsk acts as an essential transport node, serving as a train station for Trans-Siberian Railway and as a staging post for the Irtysh River.
This card shows two humanoid cats hugging each other in the cold weather. They are also holding a cup which has two handles and a division in the middle of it. The background is heart-shaped.
Russians are feline-friendly. No country in the world has a higher rate of cat ownership. Nearly 60 per cent of Russians have at least one cat. And some cat-lovers put up strays in makeshift shelters in their homes.
Oksana said that she works at a school as the secretary and that she likes cats. She also stuck 2 cat stickers. I find them cute.
She wrote --
"Hello Vishnu! My name is Oksana. I living Omsk of Russia. I work to school of secretary. I like animals of cats :) Have a nice day. Happy Postcrossing.
05.03.2019, -9°C."
She attached a 45-Ruble stamp depicting a Siberian crane. The stamp is part of the Europa series.
Birds are quite popular as a subject for issues stamps of the Russian Federation. The 2019 stamp is dedicated to the Siberian crane. The Siberian crane, or the snow crane, is a species of the cranes endemic to the northern territories of Russia. It nests exclusively within Russia. The bird is critically endangered and is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, and is protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Fun Fact: The oldest documented crane was a Siberian Crane named Wolf, who died at the age of 83. Wolf is in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The postmark on this card is legible and it reads "OMSK".
Labels: Animal, Art, Postcard, Russia
