Showing posts with label *Greetings from.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label *Greetings from.... Show all posts

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Hong Kong: Greetings from...

This nice card arrived some weeks ago. It's a great addition to my "Greetings from" Collection. Hong Kong - officially Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China -, is an autonomous territory on the southern coast of China at the Pearl River Estuary of the South China Sea. It has a total land and sea area of 2,754 km2 and an estimated population of 7,234,800 making it the world's fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory.



Stamp:
Scientists in Ancient China (from a set of four) - Issued: 08-12-2015 with special postmark of The Grand Canal 


Thanks to Hazel for this great card!

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Thailand: Greetings from...

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Myanmar. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. The capital city is Bangkok.



Stamp:
The 48th Anniversary of ASEAN - Joint Community Issue - Issued: 08-08-2015


Many thanks to Akira for the great card and the special postmarks!

Thursday, August 13, 2015

South Korea: Greetings from…

This is one of the nice Greetings from-Cards from Postallove. It was sent directly from South Korea. South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. In 2014 South Korea got an estimated population of about 51 Million. For more information see the card :)



Stamp:
Birds "Pitta Nympha" - Issued: 20-11-2014

Thanks to Kerstin for this nice card!