Monday, July 23, 2012

FR-P9

A multiview postcard of the famous Paris landmark, Eiffel Tower, in different season. It is located by the side of the Champ de Mars, a green space in 7th arrondissement, beside Seine River. Thanks catty412.















A no value stamp for "Monde 20g" was used to send this postcard. It was sent from post office with code 38295A on 5.1.2010.







Saturday, July 21, 2012

PL-P10

A postcard showing the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań. It is one of the oldest church in Poland. It is located on the island of Ostrów Tumski north-east of the city centre. Thanks Gosia.






















A 3.65zł architeture stamp was used to send this postcard. It was sent from Poznań 6 on 13.1.2010.



Thursday, July 19, 2012

US-P20

A postcard on Sequoia trees and mule deer in Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. A white color paper was sticked at the bottom of the postcard for postal cancellation use. Thanks vejoyce.















A pair of 44 cents ring stamps and a pair of 5 cents teapot stamps were used on this postcard. The machine cancellation is too blur to identify the date and place where it was sent.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

NL-P9

A flower postcard. It is looked like a sunflower. Thanks GeaV.















The sender used three nature related theme stamps to send this postcard. They are 50c bird stamp for Waddenzea (Wadden Sea), a 80c tree stamp of 50th Anniversary of Keukenhof and another bird stamp for KNNV (Koninklijke Nederlandse Natuurhistorische Vereniging) with 80c face value. It was sent from 's-Hertogenbosch on 18.1.10.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

AU-P6

A postcard showing the Crown Entertainment complex from the Yarra River of Melbourne. Thanks wildwood28.
















A A$1.40 landscape stamp for international mail was used to pay the postage. Two cancellations are seen on this card. A dotted letters and a lighter machine cancellation. Both are printed on 20.1.2010.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

BR-P9

A multiview postcard from Rio de Janeiro. Several famous views of this city are found here. Pictures on the upper row are Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain), Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer)and Lagoa (an affluent residential neighbourhood located around the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon). While on the bottom row are Copacabana Beach, Estádio do Maracanã (a stadium officially known as Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho), and Baía da Guanabara (Guanabara Bay). Thanks ana_ma.















This postcard was sent from ACF Maticlock on 4.12.2009. A pair of R$0,10 trumpet stamp and a R$0,90 carpenter stamp were used to pay its postage.










Monday, June 25, 2012

RU-P13

A nature view from Voronezh (Воронеж) showing some of the buildings in this city. Thanks ElSol.















A pair of 10p. definitive stamps (Moscow Kremlin) were used to send this postcard on 15.12.2009. The city name on the postmark is partially seen. The "Bo..." might indicate it is sent from Воронеж.









Tuesday, June 19, 2012

CN-HB-119355

A postcard showing the painting intellectual young people going to the field. They are competing with the machine in harvesting. The ID for this postcard is 2008(0800)-0002(20-6). Thanks ishui2.














This postcard has a pre-printed 80 Fen lotus stamp. A pair of 2 Yuan bird definitive stamps were added to increase the postage. These stamps were cancelled at Heilongjiang Nenjiang Pinxin 8 (黑龙江 嫩江 平信 8) on 25.12.2009.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

CN-YN-115668

A postcard replica from mosaic showing the statue in Hong Kong. This postcard was prepared for Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (上海浦东发展银行). The ID for this postcard is SHYZP1998-1(10-4). Thanks Wuyou (shanldxia).














This postcard comes with a 40 Fen flower pre-printed stamp. Additional stamps, three 20 Fen stamps, T166(6-3), were used. However it is still short in postage but manage to get through without postage due mark. These stamps were cancelled with Yunnan Qiubei Yinye 1 (云南 丘北 营业1) on 23.12.2009.


Sunday, June 3, 2012

CN-GD-119516

A postcard to publized 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. The mascot for this Game is Le Yangyang (乐羊羊). The ID for this postcard is 10-440000-13-0049-000. Thanks Zhejin.





















A 4.20 Yuan bird definitive stamp was added to increase the existing postage paid (a 80 Fen Year of the Tiger stamp). It was sent from Guangzhou Shuqianlu (Tongqu) 1 on 25.12.2009. The Chinese characters on the postmark read as 广州 署前路(筒取)1. Several red-color postmarks from Christmas Post from Guangzhou Zhonghua Guangchang (广州 中华广场) are seen here.