Pirin National Park

Pirin, the second highest mountains in Bulgaria and the eighth highest in Europe, are located in southwestern Bulgaria, as you see from a small map on the backside of the postcard. The range extends about 40 km northwest-southeast, and about 25 km wide. In the most beautiful, majestic and visited part of Pirin, between the localities Predel and Todorova Polyana lies the Pirin National Park which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1983 as a unique nature entity. The establishment of the park, initially in 1962, is to preserve the unique biodiversity and spectacular natural formations in the mountains. Thank you very much Irina for the gorgeous postcard and the beautiful stamps! The card shows some photos of amazing landscape of the Pirin National Park and the flower in the middle of which is called Edelweiss, a well known symbol of mountaineering, and here a symbol of Pirin too.

Sofia

Thank you very much, my friend Irina from Bulgaria, for this wonderful postcard of Sofia, the capital and largest city of the country. This card shows many famous and popular buildings  in the city, especially the one in the middle, the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the country, also one of Sofia's symbols and most popular tourist attractions. The stamps are great too. The mini-sheet was issued in 2012 and is devoted to the Games of the XXX Olympiad London, which highlights one of the traditional strongholds of Bulgaria: the rhythmic gymnastics. The other lovely stamp was issued in 2010 with the topic "Children's books", as part of the Europa annual joint issue of stamps with a common design or theme. Much more than appreciated !