Henk3

Dear Marie from a town next to Paris. I can't register FR-459112. Please advice. Je te souhaite plein de bonnes choses.

Please send your messages directly to my e-mail address
henkpeelen(ad)ziggo.nl
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1) The card start part
Me: freelance technical translator DE-NL and EN-NL. I like to bike, rhyme and taking pictures, of which I some turn into postcards. I like to get to know other postcrossers, things about your country and ni(e)ce stamps because my niece collects stamps.
In case you want to add stamps other than those on the envelope, you may send used stamps, so just the cut out stamp section of envelopes you did receive yourself. Then you don't need to spend money on it! Thanks in advance

2) The card-carrying part
The postman collects stamps showing snowmen.
So, please if you can find such stamp, either new or used ... thanks in advance!
Anyway if you want to consider the postman, on card / envelope you could write "Thank you, postman!" in Dutch:
Dank u wel, postbode!

3) The card art part
Not sure what kind of postcards I want to receive, you might have a look at my favorites. It would be great if you put the postcard in an envelope, then I don't need to destroy the postcard when removing the stamps.

4) The card heart part
(no connection with postcrossing): if you like to make other people happy with a card, you could have a look at these sites:
A) http://www.sendkidstheworld.com/index.php/home.html
B) http://www.postpals.co.uk/
Temporary) http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/it-s-cards-and-counting-for-foxboro-s-danny-nickerson/article_93030a3c-5948-5491-9b8a-4abdf9fb9112.html
C) In Dutch, both sending and receiving, both "on request" or "chain-like" as with postcrossing:
http://www.postvriend.nl/
https://www.facebook.com/Postvriend
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My Address
Henk Peelen
Steenovensdijk 1
8262 PL Kampen
The Netherlands

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http://www.proz.com/profile/31907
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https://www.facebook.com/henk.peelen.7
http://www.youtube.com/user/HenkPeelen
http://picasaweb.google.nl/home

Voor "nieuwe" Nederlanders heb ik misschien wat nuttige tips voor tarieven en postzegels:
Zoals bekend, rekent postnl met twee zones:
1) Nederland
2) Rest van de wereld
Ben je er trots op dat je in het land van Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Vermeer en meer woont en dan leer je op PostCrossing dat ze van Alaska tot nieuw Zeeland en van Argentinië tot Ziberië … … onze standaard postzegels afschuwelijk vinden! Er zijn echter alternatieven:
1) goedkopere, oudere postzegels (maar wel in euro's) http://www.postzegelsmetkorting.nl/default.aspx
2) speciaal voor PostCrossing (maar ik weet niet zeker of postnl ze momenteel nog wel levert): http://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2011/10/17/postcrossing-stamp-launch-postnl-contest
3) http://collectclub.postnl.nl/
4) http://www.postnl.nl/voorthuis/postzegels