Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama,Japan.

 Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms. The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan. Despite economic upheavals, the villages of Ogimachi, Ainokura and Suganuma are outstanding examples of a traditional way of life perfectly adapted to the environment and people's social and economic circumstances.
Date of Inscription: 1995
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Received this captivating card from dear friend Phoebe affixing beautiful and odd shaped stamp.
2017 Stamp- Traditional Japanese Design
2015 Stamp  Definitive

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Received this beautiful card with matching pictorial seal and nice stamps from Yosuke with many thanks.

Yosuke explains that the red seal was stamped with WADA-KE HOUSE.

That's for visitors.

About Wada-ke House

The only nationally-designated important cultural property in Shirakawa-go, it is a thatched-roof ridgepole Gassho style house, the largest of its kind.

It has gardens and hedges that preserve its atmosphere, surrounding fields and waterways. 

In addition to the main house, the storehouse and toilet are also designated as important property. 

The main house first floor and attic boasts a size of 110 square meters. 

The massive beams on the first floor are called "cattle trees", and they hold the ceiling up high and create a large space. 

The doors "glow" black due to wiping of the soot from the hearth every day which gives them a black shine, as if it were coated in lacquer. 

1965 Stamp- Completion of Meteorological Radar Station, Mount Fuji

1984 Stamp- Alpine Plants

Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee,Israel.

The Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee are inscribed for their profound spiritual meaning and the testimony they bear to the strong tradition of pilgrimage in the Bahá’i faith. The property includes the two most holy places in the Bahá’í religion associated with the founders, the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in Acre and the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, together with their surrounding gardens, associated buildings and monuments. These two shrines are part of a larger complex of buildings, monuments and sites at seven distinct locations in Haifa and Western Galilee that are visited as part of the Bahá’i pilgrimage.
Date of Inscription: 2008
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Thank you Dany for the superb card.
2013 Stamps- Flora - Flowers
2016 Stamp- Pioneering Women

Postcard from Trinidad & Tobago,West Indies.

On July 31, 1498, Christopher Columbus, already on his third expedition, alighted on the coasts of Trinidad whichwas populated by the Igneri, a part of Arawak Indian peoples, who are peace-loving cultivators of land .

The isle of Tobago, initially occupied by the Caribs who were gatherers and quite a fierce tribe. was sighted in 1498 likewise by Columbus.Trinidad and Tobago formally became an independent state and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, on Aug. 31, 1962.In September 1976, then Prime Minister Williams produced a new constitution giving birth to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.Rastrapathi Bhavan  Post Offis.New Delhi.India.

The culture of Trinidad and Tobago reflects to a large extent the influences of many of its early settlers, including Africans, Indians, Amerindians, Chinese, British and French, and to a lesser extent the Spaniards and Portuguese.

Received my first ever card from Trinidad & Tobago affixing many stamps.Thank you Taramathi Sarah for the nice card.

2001 Stamp-150th Anniversary of Libraries in Trinidad and Tobago.

2012 Stamps-Local Herbal Medicine

Postcard on Rashtrapati Bhavan ,New Delhi.India.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan or  Presidential Residence", formerly known as Viceroy's House, is the official home of the President of India, located at the Western end of Rajpath in New Delhi, India. It may refer to only the mansion (the 340-room main building) that has the president's official residence, halls, guest rooms and offices; it may also refer to the entire 130-hectare (320 acre) President Estate that additionally includes huge presidential gardens (Mughal Gardens), large open spaces, residences of bodyguards and staff, stables, other offices and utilities within its perimeter walls. In terms of area, it is one of the largest residences of a head of state in the world.

Lord Irwin was the first Viceroy to move into the Viceroy's House, as it was then known, on December 23, 1929. This building, which was designed by the British Architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens, is a mixture of Indian and Western schools of architecture.

Thank you Prashant for the Permanent Pictorial cancellation of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Rs 5/-Definitive Stamp-Bhagath Singh.

Postcard from Russia.

Large two-storey Karasan palace in the moorish-style is in the middle of the park on the shore of Partenit bay. Belonging to the Rajewski family in Crimea,the palace name comes from the Persian province of Khorasan ,meaning sun rise, and the architecture there impressed Rajewski during his trip to Persia.

Thank you Valentina for the interesting card and nice stamp.

2017 Stamp- Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Postcard from Germany.

This card is about Pillnitz Castle ( Schloss Pillnitz) , a restored Baroque palace at the eastern end of the city of Dresden in Germany and also  4 other castles..

Thank you Marion for the nice card with beautiful Butterfly stamp,  sorry, sticker

along with a stamp cancelled nicely.

2006 Stamp- Definitive Issue - Flowers

Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity,Slovakia.

Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who contributed to its fame. The old medieval silver mining centre grew into a town with Renaissance palaces,16th-century churches, elegant squares and castles. The urban centre blends into the surrounding landscape, which contains vital relics of the mining and metallurgical activities of the past.

Thank you Laco for th beautiful card and stamps.

2016 Stamp- Peter Sagan- UCI World Road Cycling Champion 2015  Peter Sagan

2016 Stamp-Svatuse church.

Date of Inscription: 1993

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