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1954, Madagascar This is a Uratelornis chimaera , or a long-tailed ground-roller that is only found in a small section of south-wester...

2014, Latvia, Lighthouses designer: Arta Ozola Jaunaraja This octagonal lighthouse on the Gulf of Riga was built in 1930. It has been...

received 2014 Eight very different lighthouses on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. Baldhead Island , first lit in 1794, current l...

2000,  Denmark,  commemorative, Showing the front page of the newspaper Kristeligt Dagsblad (Christian Daily Newspaper) from 5th of Ma...

received 2014 M Peck Marian Fielding Peck was a painter who produced over 60 maps of Great Britain for Salmon Postcards until he...

1964, Jamaica Jamaica is the fourth largest island country in the Caribbean. It was claimed for Spain in 1494 by Christopher Columbus,...

1947, India International Postage 12 annas One of three stamps issued by the newly independent Dominion of India. It wouldn't be u...

1940s, Curt Teich unused On the reverse is a listing of each image within the individual letters A - Boulder Dam R - San Francisco P...

2017, Switzerland, Postcrossing illustrator: Max Spring A brand new stamp, issued September 7, 2017, this is the international rate ...

received 2016 from Russia Leonid Afremov is a Russian artist whose works are created by using only a canvas, oil paints and a pallet kni...

2004, Canada, 100th anniversary of the Canadian Open These stamps are the same size as a golf ball (43mm or 1.6"), complete with d...

The Araguaya was built in 1906, the second of the modernized fleet for travel to South America. Each of these ships were named with the l...

1961, Republic of Congo engraver: Rene Cottet Argyropelecus gigas, or giant hatchetfish can be found in tropical waters of all the o...

2017, Estonia, 100 years designer: Indrek Ilves Estonia's 100th anniversary of independence will be a long celebration. It started...

1970s, Canadian National Exhibition The CNE, or more commonly known as simply 'The Ex' has been around since 1879.  This po...

1977, Djibouti Before its Independence in 1977, Djibouti was known as French Somaliland as well as The French Territory of the Afars ...

2016, Norway, 200th Anniversary Norges Bank 21 kroner designer and engraver: Sverre Morken A 19th century Norwegian coin and 20th cen...

1995, Belarus, Belovezhski Bison Bonasus A European B ison in the B elovezhskaya National Park within the B ialowieza Forest (a UNESCO...

received 2017 from Belarus artist Irina Zeniuk International Cat Day

1928 US AIR MAIL The US postal service started constructing airway beacons between 1923-1933 to aid navigation before there were good a...

1971, USSR, Space Exploration The Lunokhod - "Moonwalker" - was a robotic lunar rover, and this stamp shows the Lunokhod 1, t...

 Canada 1950 above, 1910 below The World's Smallest International Bridge Zavikon Island, 1000 Islands Canada The 1000 Islands...

1984, Vietnam, Halong Bay Ha Long Bay was made a World Heritage site in 1994. There are some 1600 monolithic islets, mostly made of...

1970s Canada Hartland Covered Bridge photo by E Otto This 391m bridge was opened in 1901 but wasn't covered until 1922 after repai...

Relaxing after a long weekend of hard work. for Sepia Saturday

1967 postcard book The annual Calgary Stampede has been on all week and ends today.  Billed as The Greatest Show On Earth , for 10 ...

1964, Pakistan, Save the Monuments of Nubia When the Aswan Dam was being built, UNESCO helped with a publicity drive to educ...

received 2013 Bulgaria has some great map shaped cards showing everything they are proud to show off - architecture, landscapes, flora, ...

2008, USA, Scenic American Landscapes International letter rate photographer: George H Huey The U.S. Virgin Islands, in the Caribbea...

A night time view of Québec City, featuring the prominently situated Chateau Frontenac. for Postcards for the Weekend - City views, nig...

1976, Bermuda The Tall Ships Race that took place in 1976 during the American Bicentennial was from Bermuda to Rhode Island. The EAGLE...

Québec is the capital city of the province of Quebec. The city has an accent, while the province does not. The name Quebec comes from a...

1967, Canada Expo 67 designer: Harvey Prosser Expo 67 was Canada's premier celebration during its centennial year. It ran from Apr...

2015, Germany, Most Beautiful Panoramas This is the Chiemsee with a view to Gstadt and the Chiemgau Alps in Bavaria. The sun is shining...

received 2017, Norway painting by Harald Sohlberg, 1903 Røros was founded in 1644 when copper ore was found in the area. It is now a...

1958 - US, Forest Conservation designer: Rudy Wendelin Rudy Wendelin worked at the United States Forest Service as an illustrato...

1922, Ireland, 2 penny definitive designer: J Ingram This was the first non overprinted stamp issued in the Irish Free State, and it c...

pre 1999 This map card does not include the newest territory, Nunavut, which was created in 1999. It comprises the eastern portion of t...

  2013, Canada, Adopt a Pet series illustrator: Monika Melnychuk photography: Raef Miles The background of these stamps shows a...

2013, Canada The Kitchen Sink 1919 photographer: Margaret Watkins An unusual still life of domestic chores - a sink filled with cro...

2017, Canada, 100th Anniversary Vimy Ridge designer: Susan Scott This joint issue international rate stamp (France and Canada) shows...

1989, Finland, Christmas designer: Paavo Huovinen The Old Church at Sodankyla is one of the oldest timber churches in Lapland. It was ...

1954, Canada engraver: Silas Robert Allen based on a photograph by Dorothy Wilding This issue of six stamps featuring Queen Eli...