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Sunday, 3 February 2019

DE-7723688 Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA, USA

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This postcard from Chrissy (Postcrossing, February 2019) of Frankfurt, Germany shows a night scene of 4 historic locomotives at Steamtown Na...

AT-415060 Structures / locations in the modernista style located in Barcelona, Catalonia

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This postcard from Karin (Postcrossing January 2019) of Austria shows five famous Barcelona structures / locations built in the modernista s...
Friday, 1 February 2019

US-5783771 Mt Washington Summit Observatory, New Hampshire, USA

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This postcard came from DCE (Postcrossing, January 2019) The Mount Washington Observatory is a private, non-profit scientific and educa...

DE-7860749 Rapid Transit / Regional Rail Route Map of HVV Hamburg

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This great rapid transit / regional rail route map of HVV Hamburg came from Wiebke (Postcrossing, January 2019). The Hamburger Verkehr...
Thursday, 31 January 2019

DE-7860332 Peggy's Point Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Peggys Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse and an iconic Canadian image. Located within Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, it is one of the...

BR-494254 Parrots

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Parrots are found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true...

RU-6957163 Nilov Monastery on Lake Seliger, Russia

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This postcard came from Anastasia (Postcrossing, January 2019).  It shows Nilov Monastery located in Lake Seliger in Russia. Nilov Monas...
Monday, 14 January 2019

DE-7741333 Nuremberg (Nürnberg) Bavaria, Germany

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Nuremberg (Nürnberg) is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital of Munich, and its 511,628 (2016) i...
Wednesday, 26 December 2018

EE-253738 Views of Narva, Estonia

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Viktoria who lives in Narva, a border town in the north-east of Estonia, sent me this postcard (Dec 2018). The postcard shows (1) - the ...
Tuesday, 25 December 2018

RU-6924551 Church of our Saviour and the Protection of the Mother of God

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This postcard came from Polina in Sochi (December 2018). The postcard shows the 24-domed Intercession church on the Vytegra River name...
Monday, 17 December 2018

RU-6612333 The Leonardo da Vinci Room in the Old Hermitage

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The Old Hermitage is one of several buildings within the State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The State Hermitage Museum  is ...
Wednesday, 12 December 2018

CZ-1491276 Old Grannies stomping grapes

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I received this very nice Inge L öö k postcard from Jitka of Czechia (12 December 2018).  It shows the two old grannies stomping grapes in...
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Sunday, 9 December 2018

TW-2658471 The Sailor's Compliant -

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This postcard sent by Jenny of Taiwan (7 Dec 2018 Postcrossing) is a reproduction of a 337mm x 212mm ink on paper art item held currently b...
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

PL-1535750 Gift of Pomerania - a Polish heritage museum ship

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The Dar Pomorza (English: Gift of Pomerania) is a Polish full-rigged sailing ship built in 1909 which is preserved in Gdynia as a museum...
Sunday, 2 December 2018

CZ-1483423 Orlík Castle in South Bohemia, Czechia

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Orlík Castle is a château 500 metres (1,600 ft) in the South Bohemia Region of the Czech Republic. The original position of the chateâu, ...
Tuesday, 9 October 2018

FR-1057695 Château de Vêves, Belgium

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The Castle of Vêves (French: Château de Vêves) occupies a rocky platform just outside the village of Celles, in the province of Namur, Belgi...

LT-625989 Angel sculptures of Pasvalys, Lithuania

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I received this postcard showing a bridge with angel sculptures on the bank of the River Lėvuo in the town of Pasvalys, Lithuania. The ange...

FR-1057599 Mont-de-Marsan, France

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Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Mont-de-Marsan is a medieva...
Sunday, 7 October 2018

CN-2487111 The 24 Solar Terms - qiū fēn 秋分

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I received this interesting card from Annabell (Postcrossing, October 2018). It shows one of the 24 solar terms. This particular solar ter...
Monday, 30 July 2018

DE-7365970 Cologne Cathedral (Köln am Rhein - Dom)

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Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathe...
Thursday, 26 July 2018

US-5444101 Cathedral of St John Baptist in Savannah, Georgia, USA

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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church located in Savannah, Georgia, USA.  French Catholic émigrés established S...
Monday, 9 July 2018

PL-1475252 Dębica , Poland

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Dębica is a city in southeastern Poland with about 50,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of Dębica County. Since the mid-1930s Dębica, in sp...
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Saturday, 7 July 2018

DE-7270981 Ruhrpott - largest urban area in Germany

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The Ruhr (German: Ruhrgebiet) or the Ruhr district, Ruhr region, Ruhr area or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westph...

DE-7270610 Castle Lauenstein in Bavaria

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The castle Lauenstein is a medieval hilltop castle at 550 m above sea level. It is located above the Upper Franconian village of Lauenstein....
Friday, 6 July 2018

RU-6498544 Russian Arctic National Park

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I received this postcard from Maria (Postcrossing, July 2018) and on the back of the postcard, the following is indicated:           The ar...
Thursday, 5 July 2018

DE-7290652 Xanten Cathedral, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Xanten Cathedral (German: Xantener Dom), sometimes called St. Victor's Cathedral (German: St.-Viktor-Dom), is a Roman Catholic church si...
Tuesday, 3 July 2018

NL-4136001 Pumping polder water off the land

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The Molenviergang in the Tweemanspolder in Zevenhuizen consists of four mills that have been connected in succession and which, for almost t...

ID-260288 Prambanan - hindu temple in Indonesia

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Prambanan or Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva (Hindu ...

JP-1121998 A 700 series train on Nozomi service

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The 700 series (700系 Nanahyaku-kei) is a Japanese Shinkansen high-speed train type built between 1997 and 2006, and entering service in 1999...

NL-4109683 Wind turbines and Tulip fields of the Netherlands

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This postcard from Esther (Postcrossing, 2 July 2018) is entitled "Tulpenvelden"which means tulip fields".  Tulips as ev...