Friday, March 30, 2012

CH-P7

A snow-covered landscape postcard from Saanenland in the Canton of Bern. It shows the Gummfluh, one of the peaks of Bernese Alps. Thanks zasa.











Two 85Rp. (c./ct./rp) stamps on tree and children drawing and a 10Rp. (c./ct./rp) wheat stamp were used to send this postcard. They are cancelled by a meter cancellation from Härkingen 4621 on 7.1.2010.









Sunday, March 25, 2012

JP-P6

A postcard showing trekers with the Yatsugatake (八ヶ岳) as background. These volcanic mountains are located in Nagano Prefecture. Thanks Yukina.






















This postcard was sent with stamps issued quite sometime ago. They are 5 Yen swam definitive stamp, 5 Yen national park stamp and a 60 Yen Dental Congress stamp. It was sent from Matsudo, Chiba on 4.1.2010. By looking carefully, there are two types of postmark on the postcard. The lighter postmarks are actually for internal mail bearing Kanji word for the city, 松戸, and using Japanese calender, written as 22.1.4. There might be a mistake occurred to use this postmark for international mail.













Thursday, March 15, 2012

DE-P11

A multiview postcard on the UNESCO site of Quedlinburg, Schlossberg. This main picture shows the castle in the city, which is listed under the name "Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg". Thanks Eule.
















A 55 cents ancient drawing stamp and 45 cents building stamp were used to pay the postage. It was sent from Briefzentrum 12 (Berlin-Südost) on 6.1.2010.










Sunday, March 4, 2012

CA-P6

A postcard showing carved cerimonial mask, "Nuu-chah-nuith" or ancestor potrait by Mr. Douglas David on year 2000. Thanks moonlessnite.






















A P class non-value indicator Christmas stamp and a $1.18 Sumi stamp were used to pay the postage. Unfortunately, both of them are pen-cancelled.








Saturday, February 25, 2012

TR-P9

A postcard showing the İznik tiles in 16th century. This city was famous in making pottery and tiles during that time. Thanks pinuccia.















A 90 Kuruş commemorative stamp on Cingiz Aytmatov (1928-2008) was used to send this postcard. It was sent from Ankara on 5.1.2010. Exact place that this postmark was stamped is not clearly seen.











Saturday, February 18, 2012

NL-P8

A multiview postcard showing some of the famous features of Netherlands. Clockwise, from the upper right is windmill, cheese, clog (wooden shoes) and tulips. Thanks TrickySticky.
















A 95 Eurocent heart-shaped stamp was used to send this postcard on 7.1.2010. The place that cancelled this stamp is only partially printed. It was started with "Nie" and ended with "ein". Maybe it is sent from Nieuwegein.


Monday, February 13, 2012

PH-P3

A postcard showing one of the landmarks in Iloilo City. It is the Miag-ao Church or officially known as Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church. This church features Philippine rococo style and resembling a fortress. It is one of the four Spanish era churches lists in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name "Baroque Churches of the Philippines". Thanks upto6only.















This postcard was sent from Makati City on 23.12.2010. It was sent with two bird definitive stamps, with face values ₱1 and ₱5, and a ₱7 Pheepoy stamp.


Friday, February 3, 2012

CN-JS-122246

A greeting lottery postcard issued by Changzhou Branch of China Telekom. It was promoting its internet service, Chin@net. The ID no. is 2007-1004(BK)-0057(12-10). Thanks Chashisan.












This postcard has a pre-printed 60 Fen Year of the Pig stamp. Without any additional postage, it was sent from Jiangsu Changzhou Nandajie 6 (江苏 常州 南大街 6) on 3.1.2010, without postage due marking.

Monday, January 30, 2012

US-P19

A postcard with an apple and apple tree flowers from Washington state. This cultivar is looked like Red Delicious. Apple industry is importance to this state. Many of them are planted in Wenatchee and Yakima Valleys. Thanks Beachyblonde.















It was sent from Everett, WA on 4.1.2010. A pair of heart Queen and King stamps (both 44 cents) and a 10 cents American Clock stamp were used to pay its postage.




Friday, January 20, 2012

CN-P48

An aritistic card designed in China using a photo of a chair at a corner ,taken from Santprini, Greece. Thanks florencia.




















This postcard is sent using a 1 Yuan elephant stamp (1995-11, 2-1) and 200 Fen Huangshan scenery stamp (1997-16, 8-1). It was sent from Wuhan Ziyanglu 1 (武汉 紫阳路 1) on 3.1.2010.