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A night view on Taipei 101 Tower in Taipei City (臺北市). Once the tallest skyscrapper in the world before over taken in 2009. It is still the tallest building in this city and the differences in height are distinct with the rest of the buildings. Thanks Szuchieh0803.

 

A NT$10 dragon fruit stamp was used. A nice and clear postmark of Pingtung (屏東) was postmarked on 17.2.2017.   

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A postcard showing an aerial view of Sri Pada (ශ්‍රී පාදය) or Adam’s Peak (2,243 m) in Sri Lanka. Located in the center of Sri Lanks, it is a famous mountain for this island nation and also religion important. Thanks Mikram.

 

Two stamps were used to send this card; a Rs15 police stamp and a Rs10 scout stamp. However, both of them was not cancelled.

CN-P352

Another postcard sent by WL during her trip. A postal card shows the ancient city of Pingyao (平遥) in Shanxi (山西). This card used a painting by Hao Guangqing (郝广清) as design. This city is well-known for the preservation of old city wall. It is listed in UNESCO World Heritage List under the name "Ancient City of Pingyao." Thanks again.

 

This card comes with a 80 Fen imprint stamp of Pingyao city view. A 4.50 Yuan environmental definitive stamp was added. It was sent from and postmarked with Shanxi Pingyao Fengfa 1 (山西 平遥 封发 1) on 20.1.2017. An additional pictorial postmark of the city stamped on this card on 21.1.2017. The date stamp might be not up-to-date if we considered the logical sequent in preparing a postcard for sending. 

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A postcard issued by China Post for promoting tourism in Shanxi Province (山西省). It shows a view from the mountainous area with statue and temple at the focal point. It was taken at Zangshan (藏山). This hilly area is part of Taihang Mountains (太行山). This place is located near Yangquan (阳泉市). The ID for this postcard is 14-140000-11-0003-003. Thanks WL.

 

This card was franked with a 80 Fen personalized stamp with ship design. It was cancelled at Taiyuan Tongluowan 1 (太原 铜锣湾 1) on 23.1.2017.  However, the character “yuan” was not clear.

 

Additional postage of 3.70 Yuan was paid and stamped by franking machine at the same office. It provides an idea what was missing at the handstamp (postmark).

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A postcard using reproduced front cover of Narinart magazine (20 Dec 1955) that shows the late King Bhumibol greeted by his people. Thanks Jobbo.

 

A ฿15 stamp on decorative of royal award  was used. It was sent from Dong Muang (?) on 2.2.60. The year “60” is corresponding to year 2017. The upper part of the postmark is missing.