Wednesday, May 31, 2017

CHINA Maxicard

Thanks to Chen for the maxicard!.



Tuesday, May 30, 2017

BRAZIL - Sao Joao Nepomuceno

Thanks to Marcelo for the beautiful view of his city.





JAPAN - The Bell & The Light of Faith: The way to Heaven

The Bell  & The Light of Faith: The way to Heaven.
Symbolic of Karuizawa, this award honor church, commonly called hte Church of Beauty or Shrine of Love, was built in 1935, by an English priest, Fr. Ward. and the renowned architect Antonia Raymond.

Japan card send from Hongkong. Thanks to Carmen.



JAPAN - Art by Jakuchu Itoh

This card shows one of traditional pictures which were drawn bu Jakuchu Itoh, the famous Japanese artist in the 18 century.

Thanks to Shohei for the card.



BULGARIA - Greetings for Bulgaria

Bulgarian postcard sent from Serbia.  Thanks Sava for thinking of me from your travel. :P


GERMANY - Spring-Time

Thanks to Peter for the card.



CHINA - Women in Old Shanghai

Beautiful view of women in old Shanghai.  Thanks to Shatoulu for the card.



SINGAPORE - Devilicious

Curry Debal - Deval Curry.  Thanks to Kai for the card.



BRAZIL - Mercado Municipal Adoppho Lisboa

Thanks to Bran for the card.



HONG KONG - Thiough the middle Ages

Thanks to Josephine for the card.



Monday, May 29, 2017

POLAND - The Roman Catholic Church in Rownia

Previously Greek-Catholic Church from the Early 18th Century, now the Roman Catholic Church in Rownia (Podkarpackie Region).

The 18th card from Agnes, thank you so much Agnes!.



CANADA - The Royal Canadian Mint

The Winnipeg branch of the Royal Canadian Mint officially open in 1976, as part of the decentralizing initiative of the Trudeau government, replacing the Ottawa branch (1908) as the facility where the entire supply of circulation coin would be produced. The Winnipeg branch also produces coinage for several foreign countries. The Ottawa branch, able to strike coins in gold as well as silver, continues to strike collector coins.

Thanks to Kendra for the card.



POLAND - Zamosc

The Town Hall and the Armenian houses.  Thanks to Marcin for the card.



USA - Surveying Trail Ridge Road, 1930.

This surveyor is at work on the western portion of Trail Ridge Road, from Fall River Pass to the floor of the Colorado River Valley, in August 1930. Although progress was rapid in summer, it stopped with early snows.

Thanks to Jimin for the card.



USA - Great Smoky Mountain

Fall Foliage
Autumn colors reach their peak October 15 - 31, starts to change in the northern hardwood forest above 4,500 feet before spreading into the hardwoods in lower elevations. Reds generally are red maple, pin cherry and mountain -ash, yellow are American beech, yellow birch, and yellow buckeye.

Thanks to Karolyn for the card.


"The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies. The Great Smokies are best known as the home of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which protects most of the range. The park was established in 1934, and, with over 9 million visits per year, it is the most-visited national park in the United States."


GERMANY - Windsor Castle from the River Thames

UK card sent from  Germany. Thanks Vauy.



USA - Greetings from USA

Thanks to Susan for the Greeting from.. card.



AUSTRALIA Maxicard - Queen Elizabeth II

Thanks to Renee for the Queen Elizabeth maxicard!.


USA - Plaza of The Astronauts - The Rocket Thrower

Plaza of The Astronauts - The Rocket Thrower
New York World's Fair 1964-1965
 The Unisphere is the theme symbol of the Fair, Its top is 140 feet above ground level and the globe is 120 feet in diameter with an open grid of latitudes and longitudes supporting the land masses. The reflecting pool beneath is 310 feet in diameter. It dramatizes the interrelation of the peoples of the world and their yearning for "Peace through Understanding".

Thanks to Richard for the card.



Friday, May 26, 2017

JAPAN Maxicard - Irises by Ogata Korin

Thanks to Chisako for the Japanese maxicard. My first from this country.



Wednesday, May 24, 2017

TAIWAN - C.K.S. Memorial Hall, Taipei

Thanks to Kitty for the card.



GERMANY - Hamburg

Thanks to Kerstin for the card.



GERMANY - Freiburg City, Black Forest Region

Thanks to Petra for the card.



JAPAN - Postcard & Postage

Thanks to Mami for the card.



FRANCE - Notre-Dame

Thanks to Ty for the card.