India

 

An official from India! I almost couldn't believe it when I opened my mailbox today. I very much love tigers (and all big cats), and the stamps are awesome as well. Thank you very much Charles!

United States

A rare thing these days (not due to people but the fact I now have most of the U.S. states): a map card!

Poland

Netherlands

Germany

Finland

The world famous ski jumping hills in Lahti, Finland. A card from my favorites. Kiitos!

China

Beautiful postcard from China, sent from Beijing but showing the sunrise over Mount Lushan (if I'm not mistaken, "shan" can mean "mountain" in Chinese), and awesome stamps (the airport one is my favorite). Xie xie (thank you!)

France

A card with a beautiful stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of Jeanne d'Arc. Received from the French tag on the Postcrossing forum.

United States

I absolutely love recipe postcards and was thrilled to receive this one from Irene in Massachusetts. Thank you very much!

Finland

Russia

Katya from Siberia sent me this postcard of Kiel (northern Germany).

United States

Cynthia from Oregon sent me this great card for the North America meets the World Round Robin. I was thrilled to receive a rodeo card!

United Kingdom

 Great British Railways (BR Class 9F)

Reproduced from a stamp designed by Delaney Design Consultants, featuring a photography of the Evening Star at Midsomer Norton, 1962 by Ivo Peters, copyright Julian Peters. Issued by Royal Mail on 19 August 2010.

A railroad employee from London sent me this beautiful card. I also love the London 2012 badminton stamp.



Belgium

Theo sent me this beautiful map of his country (we both like the pictures of monuments). The stamp shows Chimay, one of Belgium's 7 Trappist beers. Thank you very much!

United States

Native American Women: Apache Baby and Mother, by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952). I have read the Taschen Edition of his book: The North American Indian: The complete portfolios.

Germany

Belarus

Alexandr from Belarus sent me this postcard of the chapel-tomb of the Paskevich family in his hometown Homel.

Iceland

Sigga from Iceland sent me a real gem: her country’s national flag. Iceland is considered a rare country on Postcrossing (her card has the ID number 14413) so I was even more excited to receive it. It's also one of the countries I'd like to travel to (it may sound funny, but I think I'd actually enjoy the climate). Thank you very much!

Netherlands

United States

Yosemite National Park

Considered the oldest and largest tree in the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, the Grizzly Giant is one of the symbols for which Yosemite’s sequoia groves are best known. Located in the Lower Grove, the Grizzly Giant is 2,700 years old. The tree stands 200 feet tall and its base is 31 feet across. Its first visible lower branch is 6 feet in diameter. Mere statistics cannot capture the greatness and beauty of this ancient sequoia.



Russia

Nevskiy prospect near Gostinniy Dvor (trading arcade)

Romania

Alin Moldoveanu, London 2012 Gold Medal Winner (10m Air Rifle)

Brazil

Passa Quatro, MG, Brasil- Circuito turistico Terras Altas da Mantiqueira

Luis writes: Passa Quatro is a small and historical city founded in 1760 due to the gold mining in this mountainous region of Minas Gerais province. The old railway travels along 110 km of mountains, tunnels and forests with beautiful scenario. The old locomotive called Maria Fumaça (Mary Smoke) still operates a touristic 45 km line running across valleys and extinct gold mines.

The card description says: Maria Fumaça of the Train of the Mantiqueira that makes the passage between Passa Quatro and the Mantiqueira tunnel. Operates Sat, Sun, and holidays.



Finland

United States

China

I swapped cards with a Chinese user and received this cute card and beautiful stamps.

Secondhand cards: USA

 Madison Square Garden, NYC, stamped September 22, 1971.

 Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco taken from Yerba Buena Island, stamped October 2, 1975

   Everglades National Park encompasses a variety of habitats- both temperate and tropical. Pinelands, glades, hammocks, cypress domes, and mangrove forests are all diverse communities within the park.

Secondhand postcards: Tunisia

Upper card stamped May 24, 1966, showing a woman wearing the niqab in Sidi Bou Said. Lower card stamped June 20, 1975, showing a caravan in the Sahara desert. I was in Tunisia in 2000.



Secondhand postcards: Norway

 stamped July 10, 1979

Secondhand postcards: Kenya

  Stamped in Nairobi on May 19, 1970, showing the New Stanley Hotel.



Secondhand cards: Japan

Stamped August 8, 1975, showing the Nijyubashi (Double Bridge), symbolic entrance to the Emperor’s castle, and, according to the postcard’s description, an indispensable visiting point for every Japanese.

Secondhand postcards: Italy

Caorle stamped June 21, 1965. I was there on summer vacation with my parents and grandparents in 1989 and couldn’t believe my eyes when I came upon this postcard. I mostly remember the beach, the sour cherry ice cream (Even at the tender age of nearly 6, this was my favorite flavor) and the smell of salami in the grocery store.

St Peter’s square, Rome: stamped May 25, 1974. I was there as well, in April 1999, and loved it… all except the youth hostel where we were staying. My favorite was the Colosseum.