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A postcard from a rare(?) country in postcrossing – Uzbekistan! It takes 22 days to travel from Uzbekistan to Hong Kong. The postcard shows the Palace of Khudoyarkhan in Kokand, a city in Uzbekistan. Here comes two stamps with the postcard. The left one was released in 2009, from the series of children drawing. The right one was released in 2012, released due to 2012 London Olympic Games. Thanks Andro in Uzbekistan! 🙂
Here comes a postcard from Germany! This postcard shows The Brandenburg Gate, the most famous landmark in Germany or even in the whole Europe. It is because it was often a site for many major historical event in Germany and also Europe, like the fall of Berlin Wall after the Cold War. It was rebuilt in the 18th century. It was built in Neoclassical style. The sculpture at the top of the building is Quadriga.
The right stamp was released in 2013. It was released due to the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Richard Wagner, 1813-1883. Richard Wagner was a German composer and theatre director.
A postcard showing Kakapo(owl parrot), a kind of bird that could be found in New Zealand only. This kind of bird is flightless, nocturnal. It is the world’s only flightless parrot, the heaviest parrot, nocturnal, herbivorous. Some research says that this kind of bird is possibly the world’s longest living bird. The Kakapo is critically endangered, in 2012, there were only 126 known individuals.
The first stamp shows the Mitre Peak. It is the ironic peak on the South Island of New Zealand. The peak is named due to its shape, after the mitre headwear of Catholic bishops. The stamp is released in 2010.
The second stamp is from Local Motifs series in 2011. This stamp shows Trout Fishing (鱒魚) there.
This is a postcard from New York. It was sent by a group of people as they were having a meet-up in New York on the last day of August! Really a great card! The card shows the Times Square, a famous landmark in New York.
Here comes three stamps from the postcard. The first one, with the glag of USA appearing on the stamp, is from the series “A Flag for All Seasons”. Each of the stamp from the series has the American flag viewed from below, flying from a pole at full staff against a background of trees that evoke one of the four seasons of the year. And the one received shows the Autumn Version. The stamp is released in 2013.
The second stamp is about Chinese New Year, with a bundle of firecrackers colored red for luck, and a Chinese Calligraphy and a logo of Snake at the left of the stamp.
The Third stamp is from 2011, showing George Washington. George Washington was the first President of the United States. He played an important role in the independent of the US.
Thanks 4ajka from Russia very much! It is really a nice postcard, with nice stamps! The picture is from Vladivostok(海參崴), a city not far away from China and North Korea. The postcard shows Basargin Lighthouse at the Ussuri Bay. The lighthouse is one of the symbols of this city. The first lighthouse at that place was built in 1937, and in 1958 it was replaced by a newer stone structure.
Here comes three stamps. The first one, with red and yellow color, was released in 2006. The stamp is about the 250th Anniversary of entry of Altai to Russia. Altai is now a federal subject of Russia.
The next one, which was released in 2008, is from a series called Decorative-Aplied Arts of Dagestan. Dagestan (達吉斯坦) is federal subject of Russia.
The last stamp was released in 2009, about the astronomy of Europe.
This postcard is from the State of Oregon (俄勒岡州) from USA. Since it is facing the Pacific Ocean, it is not that difficult to find beaches along the coastal line of the state.
Great that there are five stamps on the postcard! The first one, the green one, features Joe DiMaggio, who is a famous baseball player at US. He even holds some records that nobody breaks until now. The stamp was released in 2012, from a series called “Major League Baseball All-Stars”.
The next stamp is also from 2012, a stamp released to show some distinguished americans. This time they pick José Ferrer, who is a famous actor.
The other three stamps are having similar design. I guess they are all definitive stamps. The first one, the green one, was released in 2003. And it features an american clock.
This definitive stamp—a reissue of the 2003 stamp—features an artistic rendering of the dial, or face, of a banjo clock. Constructed of brass and steel, the banjo clock depicted on the stamp has a painted iron dial and a mahogany case crowned by a brass eagle. This elegant timepiece was made circa 1805 by Simon Willard (1753-1848) of Roxbury, Massachusetts. American Clock is the second stamp in the new American Design series.
The second one shows an American Toleware. And the stamp was released in 2002.
The 5–cent definitive American Toleware stamp features artist Lou Nolan’s painted detail of a black toleware coffeepot decorated with red flowers; purple forget–me–nots; and yellow, green and orange leaves, from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. Curators at Winterthur believe that it was manufactured in Philadelphia between 1850 and 1875. Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, was the designer and art director for this stamp.
The last one was released in 2007. It shows a Silver Coffeepot.
The sixth stamp in the American Design series—the 3-cent Silver Coffeepot definitive—features an artist’s simplified rendering of a silver coffeepot, circa 1786, belonging to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The coffeepot was made by prominent Philadelphia silversmiths Joseph Richardson, Jr. (1752-1831) and Nathaniel Richardson (1754-1827).
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