Gebel Barkal | Sudan

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Gebel Barkal is a very small mountain located about 400km north of Khartoum, capital of Sudan. The mountain is 98 m tall, has a flat top, and apparently was used as a landmark by the traders in the important route between central Africa, Arabia, and Egypt.

Together with the Sites of the Napatan Region, Gebel Barkal is a UNESCO World Heritage site, comprising five archaeological sites. They include tombs, with and without pyramids, temples, burial mounds and chambers, living complexes and palaces.

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Pemba Island | Tanzania

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Pemba Island is part of the Zanzibar Archipelago off the Tanzanian coast. The inhabited islands of this archipelago are Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia Island. Pemba has a population of about 350,000.

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Part of a set of 16 stamps about marine life, issued in 2014.  

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Speicherstadt Hamburg | Germany

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Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world. The complex was built in 1883. The warehouses are built on oak piles and the district is crossed by what are known as fleets - canals that are flooded depending on the tides and can then also be travelled by ship. One of the fleets on this postcard is Hollandfleet.

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Atlantic herring, part of a set of three fish-stamps, issued August 2016. Loveley postmark also: first day of issue stamp!

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Nauru Airlines

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Nauru Airlines is the national carrier of the Republic of Nauru, operating passenger and freighter services to and from the Central Pacific. Today Nauru Airlines utilizes a Boeing 737 aircraft.

Nauru is an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific. With just under 10,000 residents in a 21-square-kilometre area, Nauru is the third smallest state by area in the world. Only Vatican City and Monaco are smaller.

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The stamps are part of a set of four, issued in 2003. Theme is Anemones and Anemonefish. 

thank you very much David!

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Cinnamon Island Alidhoo | Maldives

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The Maldives is a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean. An archipelago of almost 1,200 coral islands, 200 of which are inhabited and over 80 islands are tourist resorts. Alidhoo is one of these resorts. 

“A secluded hideaway washed by the waters of a crystal clear turquoise lagoon and bungalows built in harmony with its stunning natural setting, Alidhoo is a brand new resort island in the reclusive Haa Alif atoll, an ideal holiday for those keen to get away from it all and to enjoy superb facilities.”

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Breadfruit | Marshall Islands

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The Marshall Islands is an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The country's population of 53,000 is spread out over 29 coral atolls, comprising moren than 1,000 individual islands and islets.

 

The islands share maritime boundaries with the Federated States of Micronesia to the west, Wake Island to the north, Kiribati to the south-east, and Nauru to the south.

The postcards shows a series of four stamps issued in 1990, Traditional Food: Breadfruit. We see harvesting, peeling and skinning, soaking and kneading dough.

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The Southern Stingray, part of a set of three definitives about Rays (2015). 

                                                                                    Thank you so much Rod, great surprise!

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Hanseatic City of Toruń | Poland

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Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The city is located in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. It is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The old town of Toruń is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In 1280 the city joined the Hanseatic League, a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns.

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Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park | Philippines

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Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park is a 100,000-hectare Marine Protected Area in Palawan, the westernmost Philippine province. The park is a Mecca for scuba divers and model for coral reef conservation.

Tubbataha Reefs National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

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The stamps are part of a large set of definitives depicting sea-life. And beause of the small size probably issued by the tiny-stamp-department.

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Upper Harz Water Regale | Germany

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The Upper Harz was once an important mining region in Germany. The major products of its mines were silver, copper, lead, iron and zinc. The Upper Harz Water Regale is one of the largest and most important historic mining water management systems in the world.

Together with mines of Rammelsberg and the historic townof Goslar, Upper Harz Water Management System is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Part of a set of four stamps aus der Serie "Für die Jugend (2015). Süßwasserfische - Die Barbe

Thx Dustin!

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Chocolate Hills on Bohol Island | Philippines

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Bohol is the tenth largest island in the Philippines. In the middle of this island you can find a very unusual landscap: the Chocolate Hills. The origins of these 1,500 hills are not clear.

In the dry season of each year, the vegetation on the hills gives the landscape a brown colored view, hence the name "Chocolate Hills".

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Hanseatic town of Tangermünde | Germany

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Tangermünde is a historic town in Germany. Situated near the Elbe river, this 1000-year-old city is still almost entirely encompassed by a town wall. The town was a member of the Hanseatic league, an alliance of trading guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe.    

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Reintroduction of fish species: Salmon and Sea Trout (2014). 

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The Hanseactic city of Braunschweig | Germany

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Braunschweig is a city located in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The card shows part of Dankwarderode Castle, built between 1160 and 1175.

The city was a member of the Hanseatic League, a confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe.   

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A postcard from the Solomon Islands

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The Solomon Islands are a wide-spread archipelago of mountainous and heavily forested, volcanic islands. The six major islands and 1,000 smaller ones are located east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu. The archipelago is covering an area of over 28,000 square kilometres.  

According to the back of the card, a warrior from Simbo Island is pictured on the front.

 

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The stamp is part of a set of 25! Stamps about fishes. This one depicts a White Marlin.

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Prabat Phonesan temple, Laos PDR

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Borikhamxay is a province of Laos, located in the middle of the country. The Prabat Phonesan temple is an important pilgrimage site. The people in the area believe that when someone is passing this place one must stop for a while to pray respect to the spirits for a good journey.

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(left) The giant devil catfish, part of a set of 4 stamps about Mekong River fish.

(right) The 60th Anniversary of Lao People Army (2009)

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Emperor Qin's Terra Cotta Army | China

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In 1974 a group of farmers digging wells near Xi'an, China discovered the tomb of Emperor Qinshihuang founder of the first unified empire in Chinese history. The mausoleum dates back to 246 BCE.

The life-size terracotta solider they dug out of the ground turned out to be just one of an army of thousands, each utterly unique, with individual clothing, hair and facial features. For almost four decades, archaeologists have been excavating the site. So far, they've uncovered about 2,000 clay soldiers, but experts estimate there are more than 8,000 in total.

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Batanes Island and Lighthouse | Philippines

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Batan island is the second largest and one of the four inhabited islands of the Batanes archipelago.

Basco Lighthouse is located near the town of Basco in Batanes, the northernmost province in the Philippines.

Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They are known for their crowded seating and kitsch decorations.

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Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia's last unspoilt paradise

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The remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, somewhere southwest of ChristmasIsland and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka. The islands are (partially) named after Captain William Keeling, who in 1609 was the first European to see the islands.

The Cocos Keeling Islands are a group of coral islands that form two atolls. Only two of these 27 islands are inhabited. Today only 600 people live on these islands.

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Australian stamps can be used on Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Thx Karen!

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La Digue Island | Seychelles

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The Republic of Seychelles comprises more than 115 islands, located between 500 and 1,600 km from the east coast of Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Nearby islands include the Maldives, Mauritius, and Réunion. The majority of the islands in the Seychelles archipelago are virtually untouched tropical paradises.

La Digue is the third largest inhabited island of the Seychelles with a population of about 2,000. It is a granite island with stunning granite cliffs and rock formations that extent into the sea.

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White-lined Goatfish. Part of a set of four fish stamps, issued 2010.

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Greetings from Curacao! A postcard from the West Indies

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Curacao's beaches are its best-kept secret. The best beaches are not the long, expansive patches of sand found in other islands, but rather smaller, more intimate beaches found in secluded inlets, called "bocas" in Papiamentu. 

 

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Part of a large set of fish stamps: Cocoa Damsel fish. These fish can be found in the Western Atlantic & Caribbean region growing up to 13cm in length.

Freewinds is a Caribbean cruise ship.  Its home port is Curacao.

Thx Cheryll!

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Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island

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Christmas Island, a territory of Australia, is a dot in the Indian Ocean. Its closest neighbor is Java, 360 km away. The island has a population of about 2,000. It is called Christmas Island because it was discovered on Christmas Day in 1643.

Flying Fish Cove is the main settlement of Australia's Christmas Island. It was the first British settlement on the island, established in 1888. The island is famous for the annual red crab mass migration to the sea to spawn.

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Although Christmas Island was placed under Australian control in 1958, the island remained postally and philatelically independent until 1993 when Australia Post became the island's postal operator.

The island issued its own postage stamps from 1958. Those issued by Australia Post since 1993 are also valid in Australia, as are Australian stamps in Christmas Island.

(left) Christmas Island Fish - Cocos Angelfish, issued in 2013 as part of a set of four stamps.

(right)Christmas Island Christmas stamp: Merry Christmas Island, part of a set of two stamps issued 2013.

(bottom) Nature of Australia, Issue 2, Wetlands: the Saltwater Crocodile, issued in 1997. 

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