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July 31, 2010

Grand Knight of Valour

First day cover and stamps. Love this issue.

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Check this out.

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First Day Cover -

60 sen potrays Malaysian Armed Forces as recipient

70 sen potrays general public as recipient

80 sen potrays Royal Malaysia Police as recipient

Issue : 10/2010

Date Issued : 31.07.2010

Details of Darjah Kebesaran Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa (Great Knight of Valour)

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July 30, 2010

Suomi

Another nice postcard with map of Finland.

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July 29, 2010

Polotsk

Received a card of St Epiphany Cathedral from Mr Vasil, Polostk, one of historical city in Belarus.

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Travelling time : 25 days

Travelling distance : 8,646 km

Love Blossoms

Thanks Daphne, from The Netherlands.

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Travelling time : 10 days

Travelling distance : 10,230 km

Ossendrecht

A small village in  the south west of the Netherlands.

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July 28, 2010

Zeche Zollverein

It was a coal mine in Essen, Germany and was active from 1847 to 1986. It is the anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage .

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July 27, 2010

Waddenzee

Or Wadden Sea. It were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2009.

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Basel

The view of Basel City Hall.

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Thank you Zasa.

Travelling time : 17 days

Travelling distance : 10,069 km

July 26, 2010

Hills

A nice painting of Malvern Hills, England.

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Nice stamp of St Davids Cathedral

July 25, 2010

Finding Nemo

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Super cool stamps.

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July 24, 2010

July 23, 2010

Brigantine HENRICA

A ship built in Turku/Abo, Finland entering the harbour of Naples in 1794.

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July 22, 2010

Knut the Polar Bear

Born in 5 December 2006 at the Zoologischer Garten Berlin. Rejected by his mother at birth, he was subsequently raised by zookeepers. He was the first polar bear cub to survive past infancy at the Berlin Zoo in more than thirty years. More here :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knut_(polar_bear).

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He is so famous and he has his own stamp.

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Travelling time : 7 days

Travelling distance : 9,613 km

Minsk

The town hall at Minsk, (Мiнск) the capital and largest city in Belarus. Sent by Max Zinchuk.

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Travelling time : 34 days

Travelling distance : 8,688 km

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Heiligenhafen

A town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite the island Fehmarn, approx. 60 km northeast of Lübeck, and 55 km east of Kiel. A little fishing port and a marina with about 1000 moorings is located at the open part of the bight, close to the city centre. Tourism is an important part of the economy of the city.
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hafen - port
yachthafen - marina
hochseeangeln - deep sea fishing

July 21, 2010

Zhijin Cave

One of top six most beautiful show caves in China. I also found out that it has world's longest stalagmite, 70 meters of it.

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Accompanied by a matching stamp and a 1990 stamp.

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Thanks to Peter.

Travelling time : 12 days

Travelling distance : 3,681 km

Sleepy Bear

From Mrs Virpi who lives in Litti, near Kouvola.

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Travelling time : 7 days

Travelling distance : 8,894 km

Brown Bear

Or scientific name, Ursus arctos.Very typical in northern Eurasia and North America.

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July 20, 2010

Silifke, Mersin

Statues in Silifke

From Wiki
Silifke (Selefke; Greek) is a town and district in south-central Mersin Province, Turkey, 80 km (50 mi) west of the city of Mersin, on the west end of Çukurova.
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Turkey Cumhuriyeti : Republic of Turkey

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July 19, 2010

Greetings from Taiwan

A handmade postcard by Komono.

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Love the stamps by the way.

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Travelling time : 9 days

Travelling distance : 3,109 km

Frankfurt

The view from skyline with Roemer and Paulskirche. Arrived today, from Gabriela. Thanks.

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Comes with two great stamps.

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Travelling time : 6 days

Travelling distance : 9,950 km

tv-maksu

Popular tv celebrities in Finland.

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July 18, 2010

Wien

Or Vienna, the capital city of Republic of Austria. It is Wien in Germany.

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From top left-to-right:

Gloriette - Grinzing - Karlskirche
Maria Am Gestade - Stephansdom - Rathaus
Votivkirche - Maria Theresia Denkmal - Span. Hofreitschule

Check out the super cool stamps - Shrek & Madacasgar!!

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July 17, 2010

Allo!

From Nadya, Russia.



Comes with a bunch of great stamps.




Travelling time : 13 days 
Travelling distance : 8,676 km

Ned Kelly



A painting of Ned Kelly, a famous bushranger in Australia, back in the year 1878. More information here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Kelly. This postcard is one of the Ned Kelly postcard series.


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Historical stamps on Anzac soldiers of 1915.

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July 16, 2010

Overijssel

Received from Detje from Heerenveen, a town in  the north of the Netherlands.

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Travelling time : 8 days
Travelling distance : 10,112 km