Postcard from India.

Special card brought out on the occasion of Postcrossing Musical Meetup on 11th June 2017 in Bangalore.

Statue of Liberty,USA.

It was made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustav Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was a gift from France on the centenary of American independence.It was then disassembled in Paris and packed in 214 wooden crates for shipment to the United States.

Height of copper statue (to torch): 151 feet 1 inch (46 meters)

From ground level to torch: 305 feet 1 inch (93 meters)

Inaugurated in 1886, the  sculpture stands at the entrance to New York Harbour and has welcomed millions of immigrants to the United States ever since.Thank you Elena for this majestic Statue Of Liberty card.Also thank you for the beautiful stamps.

1973 American Art Issue

1992 Black Heritage - W.E.B. Du Bois

1992 Olympic Games - Barcelona, Spain

2016 Forever stamp - San Francisco Maritime Park   

Date of Inscription: 1984

Ref: 307

  .Thank you Judy for the  beautiful,captivating post card.

Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns,Greece

The archaeological sites of Mycenae and Tiryns are the imposing ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilization, which dominated the eastern Mediterranean world from the 15th to the 12th century B.C. It played a vital role in the development of classical Greek culture. Also,these two cities are directly linked to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey , which have influenced European art and literature for more than three millennia.

Thank you Ischa for the the beautiful card affixing nice stamp which incidentally is my 500th one.

2016 Stamp- The 2400th Anniversary of the Birth of Aristotle, (384-322 BC)

Date of Inscription: 1999

Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)

Ref: 941

Postcard from Russia.

Thank you Yana for the card.May you achieve your goal

Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens,Australia.

City of Bath,UK.

Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City,UK.

Located at the tidal mouth of the river Mersey where it meets the Irish Sea, the maritime mercantile City of Liverpool played an important role in the growth of the British Empire. It became the major port for the mass movement of people, including slaves and emigrants from northern Europe to America. Liverpool was a pioneer in the development of modern dock technology, transport systems and port management, and building construction

Postcard from USA.

Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar,Portugal..

Postcard from USA.

Postcard from Poland.

Venice and its Lagoon,Italy.

Postcard from Algeria.

Officially, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the country's far north. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been President since 1999.  

Algeria is a regional and middle power. This North African country supplies large amounts of natural gas to Europe, and energy exports are the backbone of the economy. 

Received this beautiful postcard from  Habib with nice uncancelled stamps.

Stamp 2016- Flora - Medicinal Plants

Stamp 2017- World Down Syndrome Day

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore,Pakistan

The  Lahore Fort situated in the north-west corner of the Walled City of Lahore, comprise an outstanding example of Mughal architecture from the reign of Akbar (1542-1605), characterized by standardized masonry of baked brick and red sandstone courses relieved by Hindu motifs including corbels, through that of Shah Jahan (1627-58), characterized by the use of luxurious marbles, inlays of precious materials and mosaics, set within exuberant decorative motifs of Persian origins.

The Shalimar Gardens, constructed by Shah Jahan in 1641 is a Mughal garden, layering Persian influences over Mughal artistic expression. The Mughal garden is characterized by enclosing walls, strait  layout of paths and features, and large expanses of flowing water. The Shalimar Gardens cover 16 hectares and is arranged in three terraces descending from the south to the north.
Again received this nice card with beautiful stamps from Cheema. Thank you very much.
Stamp 1992- Fauna - Water Birds
Stamp 2017- International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
Date of Inscription: 1981
Ref: 171

Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro,Pakistan.

The Archaeological Ruins at Mohenjodaro are the best preserved urban settlement in South Asia dating back to the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC, The property represents the metropolis of Indus civilization, which flourished between 2,500-1,500 BC in the Indus valley and is one of the world’s three great ancient civilizations.

Mohenjodaro, discovered in 1922  comprises two parts : a citadel area in the west where the Buddhist stupa was constructed with unbaked brick over the ruins of Mohenjodaro in the 2nd century AD, and to the east, the lower city ruins spread out along the banks of the Indus. Here buildings are laid out along streets intersecting each other at right angles, in a highly orderly form of city planning that also incorporated systems of sanitation and drainage.

Thank you Cheema for this first ever UNESCO Postcard from  Pakistan with beautiful stamps dear to my Thematic collection. Thank you for your time and interest in selection of stamps.

Stamp 2003- United Nations Literacy Decade - Education for All

Stamp 2013- Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jahan, (1926-2000)

Stamp 2015-   The 50th Anniversary of the Credit College Kohat

Stamp 2016- National Book Day

Date of Inscription: 1980

Ref: 138

Postcard from United Nations,Geneva.

Received from "M" in Finland.

United Nations Headquarters with cancellation dated 29/11/80.  

1970 Stamp-UN-Geneva - Final Edition Clo

Postcard from Faroe Island.

Maxicard -Faroe Islands from "M" in Finland.

The Faroe Islands, also called the Faeroes, is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, 320 kilometres (200 miles) north-northwest of Scotland. The Islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Its area is about 1,400 square kilometres (541 square miles) with a population of 50,030 in April 2017.

Capital-Tórshavn 

Landuage- Faroese Danish

Sovereign state - Kingdom of Denmark

Currency-Faroese 

1975 Foroyar Stamp- First Definitive Issue

1940-Danmark Stamp- Caravel Stamp of 1933-1934 Surcharged

Postcard from Transkei,South Africa.

Maxicard -Transkei,South Africa from "M" in Finland.

The Transkei, officially the Republic of Transkei, was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and nominal parliamentary democracy in the southeastern region of South Africa. 

Capital: Mthatha

Area: 43,798 km²

Founded: 1976

Currency: South African rand

Date dissolved: 1994

Government: Bantustan, Republic, Parliamentary system

1985 Stamp - Match Industry

Postcard from Bophuthatswana.

Maxicard- Bophuthatswana.from "M" in Finland

Bophuthatswana

Capital: Mmabatho

Area: 44,109 km²

Founded: 1977

Date dissolved: 1994

The area was set up as the only homeland for Tswana-speaking people in 1961. It was given nominal self-rule in 1971, In 1994, it was reintegrated into South Africa,

1983 Stamp- History of the Telephone.

Postcard from S W A.

Maxicard- SWA-South West Africa-from "M" in Finland.

South West Africa was the name for modern-day Namibia when it was ruled by the German Empire and later South Africa. 

Founded: 1915

Area: 825,615 km²

Currency: South African rand (1961–1990)

Capital: Windhoek

Date dissolved: 1990

Political structure: League of Nations mandate

Stamp 1981 -Aloes

Postcard from Wallis et Futuna.

Maxicard- Wallis and Futuna from "M" in Finland.

Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast, Samoa to the east, and Tokelau to the northeast. Though both French and Polynesian, Wallis and Futuna is distinct from the entity known as French Polynesia.

Stamp 2003- St. Valentine's Day

Postcard from New Caledonia.

Maxicard - New Caledonia from "M" in Finland.

New Caledonia(French: Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 1,210 km (750 mi) east of.Australia and 16,136 km (10,026 mi) east of Metropolitan France. 

The population is a mix of Kanak people (the original inhabitants of New Caledonia), people of European descent (Caldoches and Metropolitan French), Polynesian people (mostly Wallisians), and Southeast Asian people,  

The capital of the territory is Nouméa.

2003 Stamp- Noumea Aquarium

Postcard from TAFF.

Maxicard -TAFF  from"M" in Finland.

The French Southern and Antarctic Territories , abbreviated by the acronym TAAF , constitute an overseas territory of France.

This territory currently comprises five very different districts : the Crozet Archipelago , the Kerguelen Islands , the Scattered Islands of the Indian Ocean , the St Paul and New Amsterdam islands and the Adelie Land.

No part of the territory possessed a permanent population, apart from a few brief attempts at colonization. France, however, ensures a continuous human presence -logistics, scientific or military. 

2008 Stamp - The 100th Anniversary of the Port Jeanne d'Arc

Postcard from French Polynesia.

Maxicard - French Polynesia from "M" in Finland. .

French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France, comprises more than 100 islands in the South Pacific, stretching for more than 2,000km. Divided into the Austral, Gambier, Marquesas, Society and Tuamotu archipelagos, they're known for their coral-fringed lagoons and over-the-water bungalow hotels. Island features include white- and black-sand beaches, mountains, rugged back

country and towering waterfalls.

Capital: Papeete

Currency: CFP franc

Continent: Oceania

2003 stamp - Women 

Postcard from France.

Maxicard - France.from  "M" in Finland.

France is often called "the homeland of human rights"  because of the universal vocation of the first declaration of the rights of man. This maxi card was issued to commemorate 30 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

Strasbourg  is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace,

1983 Stamps -Europa set.

Postcard from Aland.

Maxicard - Aland Islands from "M" in Finland

The Åland Islands, or Åland, is an autonomous region of Finland. Comprising around 6,700 islands, this Swedish-speaking archipelago is in the Baltic Sea. The capital, Mariehamn, on the main island of Fasta Åland, is known for its beaches and streets lined with 19th-century wooden townhouses, handicraft shops and cafes. Västerhamn, the town's western port, links Åland with Estonia, Sweden and mainland Finland.

2017 My Stamps - Postal Lorry

Postcard from USA

           1980 Olympic Airmail Postcard  Received with thanks from  "M" in Finland.                  

Garajonay National Park,Spain.

Not far off the north-west coast of Africa lies the island of La Gomera, one of the seven islands that make up the Canary Islands archipelago in the Atlantic. These high, volcanic islands are the first to receive the rains arriving from the west, and have thus retained the remnants of a rich and luxuriant forest — the laurisilva or Laurel forest — on their windward peaks, which covers 70 % of this park..
Received this nice card from Anastsia.
2017 Stamp- International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2016 Stamp-King Felipe VI (Denomination:A)
Date of Inscription: 1986
Ref: 380

Postcard from Russia.

Thank you Olga for the Birds of Russia card with beautiful stamps.

2010 stamps- Coins - The 150th Anniversary of the Bank of Russia( 2 from set of 4 stamps)

Particulars of 2 small stamps affixed could not be ascertained.

Postcard from Germany.

This fine card on insects was sent by Steffi in Germany.We too come across such variety of insects  here.

2017 Stamp- Classic Cars