unique and exquisite

Ross Bridge over the Macquarie River in Tasmania 

You can read more about one of the oldest bridges in Australia that was built by convicts here

cock of the walk

 

working dogs

 sled dogs help humans travel faster through snow

detection dogs helped eradicate rabbits and rodents from Macquarie Island

lighthouse

 

North Reef, Queensland, built in 1878. It lies 100 km offshore at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.  It is the only lighthouse in Australia with accommodation inside the tower that is still standing in its original location.  It was originally on a small sandbank over the coral reef, but over time the structure caused sand to build up around it and now it stands on a substantial sand island complete with vegetation.

a lighthouse for Sunday Stamps

mythical creatures

 

1791

Sing Akademie zu Berlin founded 1791

Indigenous

Mbukushu from South West Africa (Namibia)

Xhosa from Transkei (South Africa)

Mohawk leader from Canada

some native women for Sunday Stamps

rooster

a Year of the Rooster for 2017

by Swedish artist Martin Morck featuring a Hedemora which is perhaps the most cold hardy chicken in the world.

W

W  is for Western Australia ... wombat, wattle, WACA
artist: Gavin Ryan
Fair Dinkum Australia Aussie Alphabet

Puffing Billy

Puffing Billy, a narrow gauge railway line in the Dandenong Mountains near Melbourne.

V

V is for Victoria ... vegemite,
artist: Gavin Ryan
2016, Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet

stormy sea

Sea rescue vessel
Bengstkar Lighthouse
stamp design: Asser Jaaro

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issued June 2012 (also a joint issue with Germany, identical design)

Pfälzer Hütte – Palatine Hut (at 2108m) is near the spot where the borders of Austria, Switzerland and  Liechtenstein meet. The original hut was built in 1928 by the German and Austrian Alpine Association on Bettlerjoch, a mountain saddle in Liechtenstein. By 1950, after the hut had been uninhabited and looted for several years,  the Liechtenstein Alpine Association took over and now it is open from June to October with meals and accommodation. From here it is a moderate hike to the summit of Naafkopf (2570m) and Augstenberg (2359m)

for stamps with scenery

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unsent, 1991
Bophuthatswana, was a self-governing homeland within the 'old' South Africa of the Tswana people. Never officially recognized by any other country, these homelands were reincorporated into South Africa in 1994. Bophuthatswana was a vast territory stretching across the Transvaal to the Western Cape and bordering with Botswana (the country i originally confused this name with)

a steam locomotive, Class 6A, from the pre-union era, first run in 1896.


for riding the rails: trains and trams

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 issued  2014 for Canadian Unesco World Heritage Sites
domestic P (permanent) rate (currently 85¢); postcard can be sent international rate (currently $2.50)
Virginia Falls, South Nahanni River, Northwest Territories
it's drop is 315' or 96m

zhurong

unsent, issued 5 November 1990

The Grand Mountain Zhurong
(written on back of card as The Loftg Peak of zhurong)

Mount Hengshan, near Hengyang City in Hunan Province, has 72 lofty peaks and winds for 400 km through seven counties and cities. The summit, Zhurong Peak, is 1,290 metres above sea level. Mount Hengshan is famous for its scenery and places of historic interest, such as the Seven Ancestors Daochang (place where Taoist rites are performed)

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Courtyard

unsent, 1978
Courtyard of Vaduz Castle.

Although the castle is not open to tourists, glimpses inside are provided by a few postcards. This stamp is part of the "Residence Set" issued in 1978 to commemorate the 40th  anniversary of the Reign of Prince Franz Josef II.

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Vaduz Castle

commemorating the 40th anniversary of  the reign of Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein.

Vaduz Castle has been the home of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein since 1938 (with Franz Josef being the first ruling prince to live full time in the principality) though they acquired it in 1712 when they purchased the countship of Vaduz. Franz Josef would become the longest ruling sovereign in Europe (51 years) at the time of his death in 1989.

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Gollum

a maxi card
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