Uzbekistan IV

The final three-in-one-day card come from Gala, and, of course, many thanks to her as well for sending this card. It shows the kala bag, a typical woman's bag from the Samarkand region of the country.

The stamp features a pearl gourami, Trichogaster leeri, a common aquarium fish that comes originally from Southeast Asia.

Uzbekistan III

The second three-in-one-day Uzbekistan postcard comes from Igor, so many, many thanks to him as well. The card shows the National Bank of Foreign Economic Activities. It is the tallest building in the national capital, Tashkent.

 Previously featured stamps of the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre.

Uzbekistan II

After years of trying, I was happy to finally find someone to send me a postcard from Uzbekistan. When I received the card, it was indeed very lovely, but had unfortunately been sent from neighbouring Kazakhstan. My hunt for an Uzbekistan stamped, sent card continued. Then, today, as I opened up my mailbox, I was more than thrilled to find not one, but three Uzbekistan postcards, sent by three different people!

The first card shows the Kalyan Mosque in the Historic Centre of Bukhara World Heritage site. The minaret was built in 1127 and so impressed Genghis Khan that he ordered it to be spared when all around was destroyed by his men.

Many, many thanks to Alena for agreeing to swap cards.

Stamp on the left commemorates Berdaq, an Uzbekistani poet from the nineteenth century. The pair on the right are from a definitive series from 2008, showing the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre in the capital, Tashkent.

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Postcard from the UNESCO World Heritage city of Samarkand showing the Registan complex, a public square flanked by monumental Islamic buildings. Construction of the buildings was begun Emperor Tamerlane in the fifteenth century. Shown here is the Sher-Dor Madrasah, or Islamic school, which cemented Samarkand's role as a centre of learning in Central Asia.

Many thanks to Dela who was travelling in the region! 

The card was sent from Kazakstan with the Kazakhstani coat of arms stamps featured in a previous post. My hunt for a stamped card sent from Uzbekistan continues!