CN-P43(MO)

A postcard with three lions roaring in unison (起吼三狮) of the Lugou Bridge (卢沟桥 or more famously known as Marco Polo Bridge). It is also the site famous for the starting of Sino-Japanese War in 1937 in the Marco Polo Bridgee Incident. Thanks Kirsti for sending this postcard she bought during her trip to Beijing.




















This postcard was sent from Macau inside an envelope. The postage (MOP$11.00) was paid using postage meter from Areia Preta (黑沙環) on 24.11.2009. The white rectangular shade at the lower right is purposely used to cover sender's address.














Another part of postage meter is shown at the back of this envelope with promoting philatelic subcription label. As it was sent with other gifts inside, a green custom label is sticked at the back. A blue square "Dilepaskan" (Released) mark of Malaysian Custom was stamped on 30.11.2009.

AT-L2

A painting postcard showing murders occurring, Wien in 1470. Thanks erlkoenigstochter for the lottery. As a postal label covers the description partially, nothing more could I know this painting.



















A 140 eurocent 100 years of airfield in Wiener Neustadt stamp with an aircraft was used to send this postcard. It was sent on 14.9.2009 from Krems an der Donau with postcode 3500. Very neat postmark.

CN-SH-66598

A postcard of East China Normal University (华东师范大学) showing its library. A well-known university in Shanghai with two campus in the city, Minhang District and Putuo District. Thanks Xumengting.












It was sent from Shanghai Wujing 7 (上海 吴泾 7) on 17.9.2009. Wujing is where Minhang Campus is located. A 3 Yuan greetings stamp was used to pay its postage.

US-P17(DE)

The Pentagon, headquarter of the US Department of Defense. It is a symbol of US military. Located in Arlington County, Virginia, this building was built during Second World War. The water body at the background is Potomac River. Beyond this river is the District of Columbia. Thanks Liskatze.















An American postcard sent from Germany. A €1.00 flower definitive stamp was used on the card but there is no cancellation.

US-P16

A postcard on transportation in the Great Lakes in northeastern North America. These freighters are important for the transporting cargo and goods in these lakes. Freighters, showing on this card, are "The Kaye E. Baker", "The Algowest" and "The Stewart J. Cort". Thanks HeatherC.

A pair of 44cents lighthouse stamps (Biloxi, Mississippi and Sand Island, Alabama) were used together with a 10cents Fort Harrod stamp, issued in 1974, to pay the postage. This card was sent from Watertown NY 136 on 14.9.2009. This meter cancellation is very clear but did not cancel two stamps.

CN-SH-89274

A postcard issued for a property developer, QF Real Estate (庆丰房产). This pencil sketch shows the Minren Condominium (名人公寓) in Jiaqing, Zhejiang (浙江 嘉兴). Postcard ID is 2006(1102)-0015(6-5). Thanks SvelterGarde.















It is sent from Shanghai Wujing 7 (上海 吴泾 7) on 24.9.2009. Only the pre-printed 60 Fen lotus stamp was used to pay the postage. An underpaid postcard without any postage due marking.

DE-P8

A postcard shows the landmark of Braunfels, Schloss Braunfels. It is a town in Hessen, in the Lahn Valley. Thanks Liskatze.















A €1.00 flower definitive stamp was used to send this postcard. It was cancelled by Briefzentrum 35 (Gießen) with a pictorial meter cancellation on 15.9.2009. This cancellation promoting bundestagswahl (election), which would occur on 27.9.2009.

MK-P1

A postcard showing one of the gates to the Old Bazaar, Skopje. This bazaar is the historical trade center. It is located in Čair Municipality, one of the municipalities make up of the capital. On this postcard, faraway, there is a minerat and dome of a mosque (Mustafa Paşa Mosque?). Thanks Anja.




















It was sent from Skopje on 9(?).9.2009(?). Two stamps with artifacts (10ден and 20ден) were used to send it. Additional orange-color mailing bar code was printed. Maybe, it was printed on transit.

CN-JS-89531

A new year greeting lottery postcard. A dragon kite flying high is shown on this postcard and indicating thing gets better in the coming new year.The ID for this postcard is 2008-1000(BK)-0035(4-3). Thanks shuizhong xiaoyu.





















Together with the pre-printed 80 Fen Year of the Rat, two stamps from Second Land Survey (2008-15, 2-1 and 2-2), each with face value 1.20 Yuan, were added to send this postcard. It was sent from Jiangsu Huaian Yinye 8 (江苏 淮安 营业8) on 19.9.2009 using red-color meter cancellation. Additional scenery postmark is from Guan Tianpei Memorial (关天培祠) from the same city this card was sent, stamped a day before this card was processed in the mailing system.

AU-P4

A postcard on Melbource with its tram system at Swanston Street. This is part of the city center. The building at the background, faraway, is the Shrine of Remembrance, a memorial for all Australian service men and women. Thanks aussiebear.
















A A$1.40 scenery stamp for international mail was used to pay the postage. A simple meter cancellation is used to cancel this stamp on 30.9.2009. The dotted letters read as "PC DLC 525 30SEP09".