There are 16 stamps on this card. I had to put them in a certain way to get them all on the card. Low value stamps only available at this post office.
My first visit to the Post office was sort of a shock . The building itself was in need of a good clean both inside and out. I did visit the small Philatelic Bureau but most of the stamps were low value. I did go to the main Post office counter for stamps but they had even lower value stamps. I guess most international mail had meter stamps on the outside. So as you can see here this Postcard has 6 stamps.. This was a low number compared what I had in visits to some of the other cities.
I had forgotten to get stamps in advance so purchased a booklet from the local Post Office. The postmark is celebrating Tayto potato chips being 70 years old. Which is now famous as being one of the first to produce this product. I have to say I love Tayto crisps as we call them in Ireland .
The main Post office for Croatian Post is right beside the border point to visit Croatia . The Post office itself had very little selection of stamps.
This card is unusual in that it has postmarks from the 3 Postal Administrations in this area. On the left is the Stamp featuring animals from HP Mostar which is Croatian Post . The centre top is the stamp from BH Posta which is Bosnia Herzegovina and on the top right is Poste Srpska stamp . All postmarked with the cancellations from each Post Office . On the bottom is the tax stamps which are sold in each post office. There is one from the Srpska and one from Bosnia Herzegovina Srpska District. So a unique postal item.
This card was posted in the Bosnia Herzegovina Federation Post office in Brcko . This and the Srpska Post Office was the busiest .
I guess you could also call it a Free city state, so very unique. This is the main town hall where the local Government sit. This card is showing a Card from the Republic Srpska in Brcko . I have wanted to visit here for some time and intersting to talk to local people and learn to live in this area and get along with every one.
My first Post Office to visit was the Republic of Srpska . Here like elsewhere they issue their own stamps for that area and the stamp says Bosnia and Herzegovina - Republic of Srpska . One of three Postal administrations in this District.
I purchased the stamp from a souvenir shop in the old town . It is from the Postal Authority of the Croatian Bosnian Post office. There are two Postal administrations in this town and the other is Bosnia Herzegovina Government in Sarajevo . But I could not find the Croatian Post office and the government Post office took the card and accepted it . So there we go..
I could not remember where the Post Office was, but sorted it due to Google maps. It turned out that was the same exact Post Office I visited the last time. The memory must be going lol. Not too many stamps to choose from . Still a very friendly bunch in the office to chat to.
The main `Post office here had little or no choice with stamps. At least the stamp got cancelled.
One of the Azores stamps I got from the Post office. This is again in the main area. A hand cancellation done by the Post office itself.
The Post office generally just sells Portuguese stamps. I wanted the special Azores issues. To get these I had to buy a year pack from 2023. So happy to do that as the Azores does not issue many stamps.
I took the opportunity to at long last visit what used to be the main Post office in New York City. There is very little part now which is the Post Office, but still impressive . James A Farley Building. I bought the stamps there , but had not got the postcard so ended up posting this in Midtown at the Post office I know there.
