Sunday, January 6, 2013

CN-BJ-173979

A painting on a lady in ancient time. The title for this painting a lady under the shadow of bamboo (竹阴仕女). Thanks feeling.




















This card was sent inside a pre-paid 5 Yuan envelope. It was cancelled at Beijing Sanfangjjian 3 (北京 三间房 3) on 16.5.2010.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

CN-SD-176663

A view on Penglai Pavilion or Penglai Pagoda (蓬莱阁) in Penglai, Shandong (山东 蓬莱) from a distance. It is famous as one of the four great pagoda in China. It is classified as 5A scenic area in China. Thanks zystt.















This postcard has a 80 Fen pre-printed stamp of the place for this postcard. A pictorial postmark of this pagoda also stamped next to it. A pair of 60 Fen environmental stamps and a 1 Yuan bird stamp were added. This card was sent from Shandong Penglai Zhonglounanlu 12 (山东 蓬莱 钟楼南路 12) on 20.5.2010.




Friday, January 4, 2013

CN-SH-179663

A building, known as Peace Hotel (和平饭店), in The Bund, Shanghai (上海 外滩). It is currently operated as Fairmont Peach Hotel. The ID no. for this postcard is 10-310106-13-0084-006. Thanks Lola.




















This postcard has a 80 Fen pre-printed stamp with EXPO 2010 logo. Additional environmental definitive stamps were added. They are 10 Fen, 60 Fen and a pair of 1.50 Yuan stamps. It was sent from Shanghai Shiquanlu 18 (上海 石泉路 18) on 27.5.2010.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

US-689371A

A combination of several picturesque of the Oregon Coast. Some haystack rocks are seen on the top and middle in this postcard. A bridge on the lower left. Thanks NatureDancer for re-sending.















A 98 cents airmail stamp was used. This postmark is totally illegible.


Wednesday, January 2, 2013

CN-JL-167328

A postcard reproducing a page from ancient Arabic book on ecology. There is a plant, a locust and a bird. Thanks BigPig.




















A 80 Fen Qinghai Lake stamp (2002-16, 3-2) was used. It is cancelled at Changchun Kuancheng 3 (长春 宽诚 3) on 4.5.2010. Its postage was underpaid but no postage due marking. A orange-color bar code was printed on the bottom indicating it has miss-sent to other country.



Tuesday, January 1, 2013

CN-GD-175568

A postcard on Zhenhai Tower (镇海楼) in Guangzhou, one of the landmarks of this city. It is located in Yuexiu Park (越秀公园). Currently, it houses the Guangzhou Museum (广州博物馆). Thanks Kit Yu.















A 4.50 Yuan environmental definitive stamp was used to send this postcard. It was cancelled with postmark of Guangdong Hualelu (Tongqu) 2 (广州 华乐路 (筒取)2) on 17.5.2010.


Monday, December 31, 2012

CN-GD-167434

A lottery greeting letter card issued for Dalian Branch of the China Postal Saving Bank (中国邮政储蓄银行). The ID no. is 09-210201-13-0264-000. Thanks rbit for another postcard and used stamps inside it.















It has a 1.20 Yuan preprinted stamp of buffalo with a kid on it. Three 80 Fen children's painting stamps (2009-10, 4-1) were added. It was sent from Guangdong Huizhou Longhu 7 (广东 惠州 龙湖 7) on 19.5.2010.


Sunday, December 30, 2012

RU-163874

A painting of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow. It is also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery (Новоде́вичий монасты́рь). It is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name "Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent".Thanks zzhenka.















A 10p. commemorative stamp was used together with two Kremlin definitive stamps (10p. and 3p.) and a wildlife definitive stamp (0.10p.). It was sent from Kaluga (Калуга) with zipcode 248099 on 10.5.2010. 


Saturday, December 29, 2012

CN-P57

A postcard by Slowly Cafe in Fanpolou, Gulangyu, Xiamen (厦门 鼓浪屿 番婆楼). It may shows a corner of this cafe. Thanks Chrischin or 14.




















It was sent with two stamps, a 2 Yuan wood carve (2004-2, 4-4) and a 100 Fen traffic police (1998-4, 6-4). They are cancelled at Beijing Xisi 20 (北京 西四 20) on 7.6.2010.


Friday, December 28, 2012

CN-SH-183108

An advertisement by focuscard (乐卡). This card promoted the Sculpture Project of the EXPO Boulevard in conjuction with the Shanghai 2010 EXPO. Thanks shang.




















It was sent with a postage paid marking from Shanghai Leshanlu 5 (上海 乐山路 5) with code "泸A44" on 10.6.2010. The postage paid is unclear, probably 6 Yuan.