Monday, February 3, 2014

CA-187326

A postcard on the First People Gallery in Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia. It shows the masks made from cedar wood that are used in ceremonies and dances. Thanks red_dianthus.
















A $1.75 Royal Wedding stamp was used. It was cancelled with dotted meter cancellation which is hardly able to recognize its writing on the first row (information on stamping).





Sunday, February 2, 2014

CN-GD-351526

A picture on executive suite (行政套房). This card is probably a hotel postcard (suspecting writing covered with stamps at the back). Thanks Jessie.
















Two 1.20 Yuan stamp on Chinese idiom (2010-9, 4-3) and Two 30 Fen environmental stamps were used.  They were cancelled at Guangdong Shenzhen Shahe 9 (广东 深圳 沙河 9) on 27.8.2011. Many commemorative markings were stamped across this card leaving it with little space to write. These commemorative markings are from Shenzhen Universiade Games 2011.



Saturday, February 1, 2014

NL-750475

A postcard with two lambs. Thanks Marnix_Jolanda.











It was sent with two stamps; a 1st class Royal Dutch Dambond stamp and a 2 cents(?) stamp. They were cancelled at 's-Gravenhage on 17.8.2011.



Friday, January 31, 2014

MT-P1

A greeting postcard with flowers on an antique chair. Thanks p2ikseke.





















It was sent inside an envelope with stamps. Two stamps were used; a 0.37 ship and 0.86 International Year of Planet Earth. They were cancelled with meter cancellation of probably CMP Marsa on an unknown date in 2011.



Thursday, January 30, 2014

CN-P125

A view on the ancient town of Fenghuang County (凤凰县) in Xiangzi Prefecture, Hunan (湖南湘西). The postcard's ID no. is 08-433100-11-0001-003. Thanks sushezhe.
















This card comes with a 80 Fen pre-printed lotus flower stamp. Three 80 Fen personalized stamps were added; two with Beijing Olympic logo and one with great wall. There were, apparently, cancelled with one straight line using blue color ball-point pen.



Wednesday, January 29, 2014

MO-SH-348134

An artistic card showing a man and a swing. Thanks rainman.






















It was sent from Macau when sender was there. A pair of MOP$2.50 stamps with different design of the Legend of the White Snake stamps (S166, 6/5 and 6/6). They were cancelled at Terminal (碼頭) on an unknown date of year 2011. Two more stamps of the previous colonial series were pasted at the bottom but they were not cancelled as it is invalid. 



Tuesday, January 28, 2014

CN-P124

An artistic card sent using kuuki (趣奇网). Thanks swlchina.
















It was sent with two 80 Fen flower stamps (2003-4,4-2)and a 3 Yuan greeting stamp. They were cancelled at Shanghai Xuhui 3 (上海 徐汇 3) on 12.8.2011.



Monday, January 27, 2014

CN-P123

A postcard on Lizhi Park (荔枝公园) in Shenzhenjiao (深圳角). This place is used to be lychee plantation and it is how it got the name. It is located in Futian District, Shenzhen (深圳市福田区). The ID no. is 11-440303-11-0018-006. Thanks Ekes.,.














A 4.50 Yuan Beethoven stamp was used and it covered the pre-printed stamp for this postcard. It was cancelled at Guangdong Shenzhen Jianshelu (EMS) 2 (广东深圳建设路(EMS)2) on 9.8.2011.



Sunday, January 26, 2014

CN-HUB-342849

A view on the fortification of the ancient city of Jingzhou (荆州古城) in Hubei Province (湖北省). This city walls were rebuilt in 1646 and measure 9 meters in height and 10 meters in depth. The perimeter of the wall extends for 9.3 kilometers.The ID for this postcard is 2001(00)-0204(10-7). Thanks vinchoi.

 












It comes with a 60 Fen pre-printed stamp. Two different 2 Yuan stamps were added; a stamp on Outlaws of the Marsh (1993-10, 4-4) and a flower stamp (2004-18, 2-2). They were cancelled at Hubei Yichang Bahekou 2 (湖北 宜昌 八河口 2) on 30.7.2011.


 

Saturday, January 25, 2014

CZ-127169

A multiview postcard on Bozkov, a village and municipality in Semily District in the Liberec Region. The largest tourist draw in the vicinity are its dolomite caverns (dolomitové jeskyně) just outside the village.Thanks Petr.




















Two stamps were used; a 1 Kč and a 20 Kč. They were cancelled at Blansko on 8.8.2011.