Tuesday, January 30, 2018

MM-P4



A postcard showing the Shwedagon Pagoda (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား) of Yangon. It is a gilded stupa and also known as Golden Pagoda. it is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar. Thanks Jobbo.
















A K1000 musical instrument definitive stamp was used. It was cancelled with “Foreign Air Mail” postmark of Yangon but the date is not clear.  





Friday, January 26, 2018

CN-P371



A lottery postal card from Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province (江西省丰城). In the year 2010, Fengcheng celebrated anniversary as a county since AD 210 (1,800 years ago in year 2010). This card shows the scenery in Luoshan (罗山), a 962.5m hill in the southern part of Fengcheng. Thanks Baicai.


 











This card comes with an imprint 80 Fen Year of the Tiger stamp. A pair of Rio Olympic 2016 stamp with face values 1.20 Yuan and 1.50 Yuan (2016-20, 2-1 & 2-2) was used together with a 40 Fen scenery definitive and 60 Fen environmental definitive stamps to up-rate this card. They were cancelled at Jiangxi Fengcheng Xinchengqu 1 (江西 丰城 新城区1) on 25.12.2017.   



Saturday, January 13, 2018

CN-P370



A artistic postcard from Shanghai with the theme “The Gramophone of Time”. It shows a view at Dongtai Road (东台路小景). Thanks shanbai.



 













Five 80 Fen stamps with four different designs were used. Two on child play (2017-13, 1-1 & 1-2), one Olympic personalized stamp and two phoenix personalized stamps. They were cancelled with postmarks of Fujian Zhangzhou Pingxin (Tongqu) 2 or “福建 漳州 平信(筒取)2” on 7.11.2017.  


Wednesday, January 10, 2018

DK-P17



A multiple view postcard from Denmark. The Christianborg Palace (Christianborg Slot) is shown here. Thanks Hans.


















Many stamps were used, 15 stamps have covered the back of this postcard except for the space for address. A 4.50 farm house, a 4.75 figurine, 15 øre telephone, 15 øre tyre track, 60+10 øre two figures, 25 øre a man looking at landscape, 20 øre scenic, 80 øre Ørsted commemorative,  50 øre music instruments, 30 øre Poulsen commemorative, 80 øre, 130+20 øre Red Cross, 5.00 Europa, 70 øre flower and 5.00 architectural. They were cancelled at Sydjyllands Post Center on 22.11.2017



Sunday, January 7, 2018

CN-P369



A postcard on Teracotta Army of the Mausoleum of First Qin Emperor (秦始皇陵), the vault No. 1 (兵马俑一号坑). Situated in Xi'an, Shannxi (陕西 西安). It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site listed under the name "Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor". Thanks KO.

 













Three different 1.50 Yuan stamps were used; internet cloud (2014-6, 4-4), Artic ship (2014-26, 2-2) and legendary (2014-23, 4-3). They were postmarked at Shaanxi Yanan Zhongxinjie 1 (陕西延安中心街1) on 4.11.2017.