Hong Kong

HK-36149

This is an advertisement card from Terrace on the Peak restaurant.

Taiwan

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Takasago Beer

This card of a vintage beer advertisement apparently is from the date of the Japanese Occupation of Taiwan.  It has these three below beautiful stamps as well. 

Poland

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Zamość

This card is of Zamość, Poland and features the city market center, which is a UNSECO World Heritage site.

France

Colmar

This card from Colmar comes from my friend Maite who lives in France.  Colmar is in the Alsace region of France.

Finland

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This wonderful postcard of old books comes from Finland.

Hong Kong

This card from Hong Kong was a direct swap of a Tibetan girl named Renqing Zhuoma.  

China

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A Small Southern Town

India

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Taj Mahal, Agra

Yes, two cards from India back to back on the blog!  These cards actually arrived on the same day, which is pretty special considering that India is a relatively rare country on Postcrossing & the cards are both of World Heritage Sites.

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built in memory of Emperor Shahjahan's third wife who died in 1631.  It was built from 1631 to 1648.

India

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Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India

Thetomb was built in 1570 and was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, leading the way for other tombs such as the Taj Mahal.  It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

USA - Florida

A map card of Florida, the Sunshine State

USA - Indiana

This map card shows the state of Indiana and features the state flag (in the bottom right hand corner), the state bird, (middle left) and various industries and attractions in the state.

Taiwan

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This card apparently talks about Chang Bing Show Chwan Health Park.

USA - New York

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Notre Dame

A reproduction card of the film Notre Dame featuring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara.

USA - Pennsylvania

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LOVE

This card features the famous LOVE sign from Philadelphia.

USA - Illinois

Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840

This ad postcard was for the listed exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago last year.  It opened on Saint Patrick's Day last year.

Ukraine

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Old Books

Yes, literally, the name of this card is listed as old books and is mentioned as having been made by aprilante.livejournal.com

Phiippines

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Philippines

This card features various sites of sites around the Philippines, including hot springs, the crystal clear waters of Busuanga Island, and Calauit, the African animals island.

Hong Kong

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A card of Mickey Mouse and Tinkerbell from Hong Kong Disneyland.

USA - New Jersey

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A Note for You. . . 

This card, featuring cute drawings of kittens in baskets comes with the message of save a life - adopt a shelter pet!

USA - Washington

The Shepardess, 1881, 

This card comes from my friend Valerie / Val out in Washington.  The card comes from The Frye Art Museum in Washington.  The painting is by W. A. Bourguereau (1825-1905).

Today marks the second anniversary of the start of this blog on March 12, 2014!

Taiwan

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This card of burning incense sticks comes from Taiwann.

Belarus

A couple of Polish tourists in Saint Mark Square, Venice, 1930.

While it mentions an Italian place and Polish tourists, this card is a direct swap card from Postcrossing user Tonka.

USA - Illinois

Chicago

The skyline of Chicago.

USA - Pennsylvania

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Weekend Women - Steve Sarver

This is a reproduction cover of the book Weekend Women by Steve Sarver from circa 1968.   It looks to be a pulp novel and from the nearly nude woman on the cover and the tagline "A novel of intant bedrooms in wayward motels / Morals locked up in the office... chastity left at home..." it probably was a children's book.

or maybe not.  ;) 

United Kingdom

Bob Anderson - Doesn't Buy the Hype

This card of someone on The Weather Channel comes from my friend Hannah in the UK.  

Belarus

Grodno

This postcard features a photo of the Grodno Zoo in Belarus which first opened in 1927.

USA - Wisconsin

Mount Horeb takes the cake!

A card from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.

USA - Minnesota

Minnesota - Hello from Grand Rapids, MN

This card comes from my little niece, Evy from a family trip to Minnesota.

Russia

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This rather unusual card is for the 2015 World Championship for Taekwondo

  The pink areas of the card is blanked out as it has the address for myself and the sender.  This ad card was bank on the back.  

United Kingdom

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Keep mum she's not so dumb!

This World War propaganda card is absolutely beautiful!  It comes from Eden Camp, a large World War II museum in Yorkshire, England.

Indonesia

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Pulau Penyngat Palace

Finland

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This card comes from Fland and appears to show a pale, a towel, and some branches and makes me wonder if it is somehow connected to the sauna culture in the country, but the card doesn't say. 

It also features this cute stamp.