janeworldpostcard: July 2018

Friday, July 27, 2018

INDONESIA - Raja Ampat Islands

Card from my travel from Indonesia. And I thought it was lost. I asked the reception to mail this card for me on 15 April and it only arrived today. Tooks 103 days to reach its destination and am glad it.

INDONESIA - Bandung Postcrosing Meetup

Thanks so much to Lia for the meet up card.

RUSSIA - Victory Day Soviet postcards

This card dedicated to the victory day in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945. Thanks to Julia for the card.

"The Great Patriotic War (Russian: Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́, translit. Velikaya Otechestvennaya voyna) (Ukrainian: Велика Вітчизняна війна) (Belarusian: Вялікая Айчынная вайна), is a term used in Russia and other former republics of the Soviet Union (except for some Baltic States) to describe the conflict fought during the period from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 along the many fronts of the Eastern Front of World War II between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany and its allies. For some legal purposes its period might be extended to 11 May 1945 to also include the end of the Prague Offensive. The Great Patriotic War is commemorated on 9 May."

RUSSIA - Sukhareva Tour on Sukharevskaya Square

Sukhareva Tour on Sukharevskaya Square. Thanks to Nina for the card.

JAPAN - Tateyama Mountain

Thanks to Rye for the card.

"Tateyama (立山 Tate-yama, IPA: [tate]) (commonly referred to as simply Tateyama) is located in the southeastern area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the tallest mountains in the Hida Mountains at 3,015 m (9,892 ft) and, along with Mount Fuji and Mount Haku, it is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" (三霊山 Sanreizan). Tateyama is a term for the mountain consisting of three peaks: Ōnanjiyama (大汝山, 3,015m), Oyama (雄山, 3,003m), and Fuji-no-Oritateyama, (富士ノ折立, 2,999m)[2] which run along a ridge (see photo) . Tateyama is the tallest mountain in the Tateyama Mountain Range (立山連峰, Tateyama-renpō)."

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

MALAYSIA Maxicards - Historic Museum in Malaysia

MALAYSIA Maxicard - Telegraph Museum

Monday, July 23, 2018

BELARUS - Floral Owl

Thanks to Nadezhda for the card.

INDONESIA - Candi Prambanan

Thanks to Frenny for the card.

INDIA - Jane Cooke Wright

Thanks to Archit for the card.

Jane Cooke Wright

Oncologist

"Jane Cooke Wright (also known as "Jane Jones" or "Mr. David Jones") (November 30, 1919 – February 19, 2013) was a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon noted for her contributions to chemotherapy. In particular, Wright is credited with developing the technique of using human tissue culture rather than laboratory mice to test the effects of potential drugs on cancer cells. She also pioneered the use of the drug methotrexate to treat breast cancer and skin cancer (mycosis fungoids)."

KOREA - Medalistc of Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018

Medalistc of Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. Thanks to Blue for the card.

NEBRASKA - The Anderson Building

The Anderson Building was on the northwest corner of Washington and 1st Street. The building was constructed prior to 1889. Here it is in 1900, when Washington Street was still unpaved and had to be watered occational to keep the dusk down.

Thanks to Sheri for the card.

"The Anderson Building is a historic building located at 701 South 24th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is a Sullivanesque style building constructed in 1924."

BULGARIA - Hissar

"Hisarya (Bulgarian: Хисаря, also known as Hisar, Hissar or Hissarya, formerly: Toplitsa, Latin: Diocletianopolis or Augusta) is a small resort town in Bulgaria, in Plovdiv Province. It is notable for the impressive remains of the ancient Roman city of Diocletianopolis, the enormous walls of which still stand close to their original height for the majority of their circuit. The ancient city lies largely unencumbered by the adjacent modern town, in green parkland full of birdsong. In the centre of the park are still over two dozen hot mineral springs. Hisar means fort or castle in Turkish.

The town was founded thousands of years ago probably on account of its hot springs. Some pre-historic remains have been found in what is now the town centre. Later, it became a Thracian city and, when Thrace fell to the Romans and became a Roman province, Hisarya became a Roman town — one of the three most important towns in the province. At times it was called Augusta, Diocletianopolis (after emperor Diocletian), and a couple of other names. It was a famous resort even in those times, which is proved by the fact that emperor Septimius Severus visited the city."

INDONESIA - Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited Indonesia

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited Indonesia on February 2018. Thanks to Ryan for the card.

CHINA - The Oriental Pearl Tower

"The Oriental Pearl Radio & Television Tower (Chinese: 东方明珠塔; pinyin: Dōngfāng Míngzhūtǎ; Shanghainese: Tonfon Mintsyta, official name: 东方明珠广播电视塔) is a TV tower in Shanghai. Its location at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The Bund, makes it a distinct landmark in the area. Its principal designers were Jiang Huan Chen, Lin Benlin, and Zhang Xiulin. Construction began in 1991, and the tower was completed in 1994."

CHINA - Western Church

Also known as the French church, which were respectively built in 1914 and 1917, built by the French Catholic Church. The Cathedral adopts the French Romanesque style, looking chic; walls being painted murals, magnificent decorated. Thanks to SAbrina for the card.

CHINA - Taste of Turkey

TAIWAN - Collection De plans de Navires

Collection De plans de Navires
Et de Bateaux Anciens, Paris, 1886.
Thanks to Camia for the card.

BULGARIA - Hissar

Thanks to Ivan for the card.

"Hisarya (Bulgarian: Хисаря, also known as Hisar, Hissar or Hissarya, formerly: Toplitsa, Latin: Diocletianopolis or Augusta) is a small resort town in Bulgaria, in Plovdiv Province.

It is notable for the impressive remains of the ancient Roman city of Diocletianopolis, the enormous walls of which still stand close to their original height for the majority of their circuit. The ancient city lies largely unencumbered by the adjacent modern town, in green parkland full of birdsong. In the centre of the park are still over two dozen hot mineral springs. Hisar means fort or castle in Turkish."

Audrey Hepburn

Thanks to Cho for the card.

SPAIN - Tarragona

Thanks to Yolanda for the card.

"Tarragona is a port city in northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region. Many ancient ruins remain from its time as the Roman colony of Tarraco. The Amfiteatre Romà is a 2nd-century arena facing the Mediterranean, the Necropolis contains Roman tombs, and traces of the Forum stand among the alleys of the walled, medieval Old Town. A walkway along the ramparts, the Passeig Arqueològic, has sweeping views of the city."