tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82885239712465837212024-02-19T10:54:16.793+05:00My Cool Postcard CollectionNice collecting/ Hobby Blog by a Postcard collector dedicated to collect postcards from around the globe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-38299734717942175232019-06-03T02:54:00.002+05:002019-06-03T02:54:53.542+05:00A Cricket Postcard from a Non-Cricketing Nation USA
With the vibes of ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup in the air, today I would like to share one of my favourite postcards with you from my collection.
The gorgeous postcard shows a beautiful assortment of logos of the Cricket Boards which are members of International Cricket Council (ICC). More interestingly, the postcard is sent from USA, which is one of the Non-Cricketing Nation or at the max can be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-49174343361296068812018-08-13T19:40:00.000+05:002018-08-13T19:40:40.904+05:00Voortrekker Monument - Pretoria, South Africa Postcard with crafts stamps
The Voortrekker Monument is located in the city of Pretoria in South Africa. This massive granite structure is prominently located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854.
On 8 July 2011 the Voortrekker Monument, designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk, was declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-39358738239025879402018-08-12T00:19:00.000+05:002018-08-12T00:19:26.061+05:00Bulgaria issued pre-stamped postcard on 50 Years of Pakistan-Bulgaria Friendship 2015
A magnificent collector item for the collectors of Pakistan-related or Bulgaria-related philatelic items. Bulgaria issued a pre-stamped postcard on 22 June 2015 on the eve of "50 Years of Friendship between Pakistan and Bulgaria".
Thanks a lot to Alex in Bulgaria for sending this beautiful limited edition postcard - written and stamped from Bulgaria on 19 April 2017.
The 0.40 (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-71949055389133580422018-01-21T23:29:00.000+05:002018-01-21T23:29:14.118+05:00Jordan - UNESCO Postcard - Um Er-Rasas
A magnificent postcard posted direct from Jordan featuring a UNESCO World Heritage Site - Um Er-Rasas. It is one of the 5 UNESCO sites from Jordan.
Most of this archaeological site, which started as a Roman military camp and grew to become a town from the 5th century, has not been excavated. It contains remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Early Muslim periods (end of 3rd to 9th Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-46403314841799333732017-11-29T10:52:00.000+05:002017-11-29T10:52:40.105+05:00Upper Svaneti, Georgia - A UNESCO World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site postcard from Georgia for my UNESCO Collection - Upper Svaneti.
Preserved by its long isolation, the Upper Svaneti region of the Caucasus is an exceptional example of mountain scenery with medieval-type villages and tower-houses. The village of Chazhashi still has more than 200 of these very unusual houses, which were used both as dwellings and as defence posts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-7806765950612578522017-11-28T20:40:00.000+05:002017-11-28T20:40:09.245+05:00Faroe Islands Postcards - Unspoiled Beauty at it's peak
Faroe Islands was another one of my missing list cards. An absolutely breath-taking scenery, which is truly untouched and unspoiled by the mankind, is the hallmark of Faroe Islands (Called as Foroyar in Faroese language).
The postcards shows a view of the Gásadalur Village It is a village located on the west side of Vágar, Faroe Islands, and enjoys a panoramic view over to the island of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-66398245967701904842017-11-26T21:21:00.000+05:002018-01-06T18:49:50.601+05:00Cameroun Postcard - A Rare Card to have in collection
Republic of Cameroun is one of the rare countries in the postcard world. I received this beauty posted directly from Yaounde - the Capital City of Cameroun.
Cameroun is a country in Central Africa - bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Republic of Congo.
The postcard shows "Young Dancers" in a festival in Bamenda - a city in North-Western Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-70700477588810987282017-11-25T22:52:00.001+05:002017-11-25T22:52:22.837+05:00Monaco - Monte-Carlo View Postcard - Beautiful stamps and a Lovely Quote
A beautiful postcard from one of the slightly smaller country - Monaco, a tiny independent city-state on France’s Mediterranean coastline known for its upscale casinos, yacht-lined harbour and prestigious Grand Prix motor race, which runs through Monaco’s streets once a year.
Monte Carlo is host to most of the Circuit de Monaco, on which the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix takes place. It also Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-86443550934047693732017-11-19T00:05:00.001+05:002017-11-19T00:05:42.863+05:00My Favourite Postcard - Pakistan Flag Card from United Nations Headquarters in New York
Today I am sharing one of my favourite and most-beloved postcards from my collection.
The postcard shows the National Flag of "Pakistan" - The Most Beautiful Country in the World!
The country name is written twice on the front bottom of the card ... with the United Nations emblem in the centre.
In fact the postcard has been bought from the United Nations Headquarters Souvenir Shop in New Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-2641299758452028192017-03-24T01:36:00.000+05:002017-03-24T01:36:04.014+05:00Sri Lanka: Dambulla Cave Temple
Received this beautiful multi-view card from Sri Lanka some time ago. Dambulla Cave Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is also known as "The Golden Temple of Dambulla"!
You can see some interesting details about the Dambulla Cave Complex by visiting the link here.
Three gorgeous stamps have been used on the postcard. Sri Lanka has improved it's stamp designs in the last few Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-27895936576307964542017-01-02T23:26:00.000+05:002017-01-02T23:26:01.102+05:00Northern Cyprus Postcard with an awesome EURO 2016 Stamp
Northern Cyprus is one of the harder countries to find in the world of postcards.
Northern Cyprus is the Turkish part of the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, divided between Turkey and Greece since the late–20th century. The beautiful island is famous for it's serene beaches, majestic Byzantine castles and ancient ruins. The capital city, Nicosia (Lefkoşa), has an old town enclosed by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-78042847693895402292015-04-25T13:47:00.000+05:002015-04-25T13:47:46.284+05:00Uganda - Murchinson Falls
Another one of the postcards posted last year by me to my dad, while I was travelling through Uganda. Murchinson Falls is number 3 on the list of top 10 scenic places of Uganda.
I bought this postcard from a shopping mall in Kampala along with many others.
Murchinson Falls National Park is about 300 kms NW of Kampala. Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's largest national park. It Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-3239387615431259982015-04-21T23:01:00.000+05:002015-04-21T23:01:03.577+05:00Switzerland - Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Having received a previous postcard of Disney's Princess Snow White from Russia before, today I am sharing another postcard of Snow White posted from Switzerland by Alexia. This beautiful postcard was sent as an official Postcrossing postcard and was a lovely surprise. My kids really loved the princess and the cute dwarfs.
The postcard was sent using a stamp showing a bird - Red Kite (Milvus Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-52969942065492660032015-04-18T00:54:00.001+05:002015-04-18T00:54:52.930+05:00Abu Dhabi - Sheikh Zayed Mosque - One of the largest Mosques in the World
WoW! What an elegant and grandeur mosque it is! I bought this postcard during my trip to Dubai and wrote it for posting to my kids. I even bought the stamps and pasted them on the postcard but due to a small change in my flight plan, I could not post it and brought it to my kids in my back pack!
Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the 3rd largest mosque in the World
The construction of SheikhUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-52118729578396864342015-04-15T00:55:00.001+05:002015-04-15T01:16:08.455+05:00DR Congo: A Real-Posted Postcard from Democratic Republic of Congo - A Jewel in My Collection
Finally I managed to take a short trip to Kinshasa - the Capital city of Democratic Republic of Congo. Dozens of friends had requested me to send a postcard or a cover from DR Congo but I could not send many because of very expensive postcards and enormously costly postage. In fact I could manage to send only two postcard - one to myself and the other one to a friend in Caribbean.
I bought Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-46132765375079619282014-08-31T17:00:00.001+05:002014-08-31T17:00:44.799+05:00Petit Seminaire de Mugeri - Postcard # 2 from DR Congo
The second postcard that I found in Bukavu shows "Petit Seminaire de Mugeri".
For the multi-view postcard from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, you can click here.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-32625118839797367952014-08-31T13:32:00.001+05:002014-08-31T17:01:33.453+05:00Bukavu - Finally a Postcard from Democratic Republic of Congo
After having lived in Democratic Republic of Congo for almost 7 months, finally I am so glad to have found my first postcard from Democratic Republic of Congo …… Yahoooooo!!!!
The postcard shows multi-views of Bukavu City with a photo of fishermen in Lake Kivu in the center. By the way, this entire area covering DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania is known as the Greater Lakes Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-86626212061840934572014-07-30T05:02:00.000+05:002014-07-30T05:02:09.755+05:00Taiwan: Taipei 101 - 5th Largest Building in the World
Ni Hao!
This beautiful postcard shows the Capital City of Taiwan, Taipei. It is located in Northern Taiwan.
The tower building shown on the postcard is "Taipei 101".
The back of the card said that Taipei 101 is the 2nd largest building in the World, but a little research through Google Guru told that currently (in July 2014) Taipei 101 is the 5th tallest building on the planet after Burj Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-45215045136122148392014-03-26T05:14:00.000+05:002014-03-26T05:16:07.878+05:00Origami Planes and White Marble Horse from France
I received this postcard from France and have absolutely no clue about the place.
The postcard was sent by Didier Roux from France.
Two pretty amazing stamps were used on the postcard.
The top one is a machine stamp showing 3 different paper planes made by Origami. It is an airmail stamp from France (circa 2002). In France, stamp machines (machine which delivers computer stamps) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-60405037837595208592014-03-26T03:34:00.000+05:002014-03-26T03:35:46.967+05:00Yakovlev Yak-3 Aircraft from Russian Federation
The amazing postcard from Russian Federation shows a flying Yakovlev Yak-3 Aircraft used by Soviet Air Force in World War II.
Yakovlev Yak-3 (Russian language: Яковлев Як-3) was a World War II Soviet fighter aircraft. Due to it's robustness and easiness to maintain, it was much liked by pilots and ground crew alike. It was one of the smallest and lightest major combat fighters fielded by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-66894418959233486512014-03-08T22:04:00.000+05:002014-03-09T00:20:20.606+05:00Happy Woman's Day POSTCARD LOTTERY
Happy Woman's Day POSTCARD LOTTERY!
On this big day, this lottery is exclusive for ladies (Sorry folks - When is Happy Men's Day celebrated by the way?)
The 3 postcards will be sent to 3 different winners (Written and Stamped)
Write a number in sequence 1,2,3,4 and so on NUMBERS ARE TURNING OUT TO BE SLIGHTLY CONFUSING, SO JUST answer how in your opinion, Women's Day shouldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-31083821234993624962013-09-28T18:10:00.000+05:002013-09-28T18:10:00.240+05:00Snow White from Russia with lovely animals stamps
Snow White has always been one of my favourite Disney Princesses. Receiving this official Postcrossing postcard really made my day brighter and shinier.
I received this lovely postcard from Natalia in Russia.
The postcard also featured an official Disney Logo at the back side.
Two different stamps were used to post the card, which were a part of a series of 15 stamps issued as aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-78361973040623635502013-09-27T12:37:00.000+05:002013-09-27T12:37:56.675+05:00Netherlands: Smoking Air Show Postcard with an Environment Friendly Stamp
Another lovely official Postcrossing postcard is coming your way today!
This colourful postcard showing the view of an Airplane Show was sent to me by josephine in 2012. Somehow I love flying aircrafts and this one is pretty amazing.
The stamp used on the postcard was issued in 2011 by Nederland Postal services as a part of Environment Series. The phrase written on the stamp, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-70631498227533286592013-09-24T00:06:00.000+05:002013-09-24T00:06:08.395+05:00Slovenia: Beautiful Castle in Ljubljana
Hi Pals!
It is always lovely to receive an official postcrossing postcard from a unique country like Slovenia. This lovely postcard was sent to me by Leonardo from the official Postcrossing website.
He wrote,
"I live in a very small and very beautiful country. There's only Two Millions living in Slovenia and we like to think that quality is more important than quantity. Card is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8288523971246583721.post-66595803642335928022013-07-22T05:31:00.000+05:002013-07-22T05:31:54.325+05:00Pakistan Painting Postcard - Girls Sitting Together
Hi Pals!
Here's just another painting postcard from Pakistan to share with you.
I really like the smile on the face of the girl in pink dress. With the backdrop of Malala Yousafzai fame, this postcard becomes a real special one.
Just in case you do not know Malala Yousafzai's story, here's a re-cap.
Malala Yousafzai was a small girl living in Swat Valley which was under occupation of Taliban Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0