Sunday, October 18, 2015

NZ-P5

A card on ship from Bay of Islands, North Island of the New Zealand. This place is famous for fishing, sailing and other sea-related tourist activities.The bay itself is a natural harbour. The picture shows the Kelly Tarlton Shipwreck Museum at Waitangi. Thanks Spirit.
























A $1.90 stamp on the Queen's portrait and a 10 cents definitive stamp were used on this card. They were cancelled on 2.10.2015 at the center with ID 11D-23.



Saturday, October 17, 2015

IN-L16

A blue pea-cock card issued by Indian Post. Thanks Girish Vaidya for showing the card and stamps.






















Three Rs5.00 stamps on Ashok were used. They were cancelled with first-day pictorial cancellation at Bangalore on 24.8.2015.



Friday, October 16, 2015

TW-P45

A train postcard from Alishan (阿里山). Alishan Forest Railway (阿里山森林鐵路) was constructed during Japanese Colonial time for logging. It is a famous tourist attraction in this hill resort. Thanks Candice for sending this card while travelling.
















A NT$10 flower definitive stamp was used to send this postcard. It was neatly cancelled at Taipei 1 (台北 辛1) on 15.9.2015.



Thursday, October 15, 2015

HK-HKG-1197

A pictorial postcard on one of the great novel in China, The dream of Red Chamber (红楼梦). Thanks Yuk.



















Two stamps were used on this card; a HK$2 geology definitive stamp and a HK$1.70 stamp on legend. They were cancelled by a machine cancellation of Hong Kong 15 on 12.9.2015.



Wednesday, October 14, 2015

CN-1741984

A lottery greeting postcard from Hunan Province (湖南省), specifically at Qianzhou (乾州). It shows the house of late Luo Rong-Guang (罗荣光). The ID no. is 10-433100-13-0060-008.Thanks danbo120.












This card came with a 80 Fen Year of the Tiger imprint stamp. Three 100 Fen stamps on cave wall painting (1998-21, 3-2) and a 80 Fen flower personalized stamp were added. They were cancelled at Sichuan Guang'an Dadongjie 1 (四川 广安 大东街 1) on 5.9.2015.



Tuesday, October 13, 2015

AU-AUS-547

A postcard issued by Postcard Interactive Company Sydney on a French UNESCO World Heritage site. The picture shows a view of the Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes. Two traditional boats are shown here. This place is named for its outstanding cultural landscape of great beauty. Thanks Laurent and also stamps inside the envelope.
















This card was sent inside a re-franked postal envelope with a pictorial postmark of Stamp Fair 1981. A A$1.60 Dingo stamp for international address and a NVI Concession mail of Australian map on beach were used. However, no new cancellation on these stamps.