Guernsey

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Guernsey

This was literally my third PostcardUnited.com postcard and my first card ever from the super rare country of Guernsey.  

For those who are wonder where Guernsey is, it is a British Crown Dependency off of the coast of France.  

Guernsey also has their own Postcrossing stamp along with some other countries such as Ukraine, Slovenia, Russia, and Finland

Finland

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Toin Da Khambo, the grand lama of a Buddhist monastery, Mongolia.

This card comes from the Museum of Cultures in Helsinki, Finland.  The photo is dated as from 1909.  

Germany

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Durerstadt Nurnberg

Albert Durer House, Nurnberg

USA - California

Ladybird East Reading Book: The Story of Cricket

I love book cover postcards.  This one of The Story of Cricket comes from my friend Shelby and is based on a 1964 book cover.

USA - Washington

Study for the Death of Mozart, 1884 

This painting card is by my friend Val and is from the Frye Art Museum in Seattle.  The work was done by Hungarian artist Mihaly de Munkacsy (1844-1900).

Russia

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A colorful, modern postcard of anthropomorphic cats dancing and playing musical instruments.

USA - Washington

University of Washington

My friend Chanele sent me this card of the University of Washington.  Featured are the Arts Building, Parrington Hall, the Windemere cup, and an aerial photo of the University of Wisconsin Stadium.  

Finland

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Three Colors - Red

This card features a photo of the film Red by the famous Polish filmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski.  This was his last film before his untimely death in 1996 and was the final part of his Three Colors Trilogy.  I personally loved this Trilogy, so I was super excited to see the card.  It even came in a plastic postcard cover.

USA - Oregon

Portland, Oregon

This card featuring various sites of Portland comes from my friend Val.

USA - Tennessee

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Stark Mountain Lookout

Stark Mountain is the active lookout in the Ninemile Ranger District.  While this card was mailed from Tennessee the card is of a sight apparently in the state of Montana.  

Pomegranet

Sketch for the Allegory "Janius" (detail), 1896 - Gustav Klim (Austrian, 18662-1918)

Indonesia

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Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra - Indonesian Endangered Natural UNESCO Heritage

Russia

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"Whitestone Russia"

This photo of what appears to be a church is beautiful and was mailed from Moscow.

USA - California

Sanders - President in 2016

This card comes from my friend Shelby and features a photo of Senator Bernie Sanders, candidate for President in 2016.

USA - Wisconsin

Door County

This card, sent from my niece Evy, is a photo of tart cherries from Door County, Wisconsin.  Door County is a popular vacation destination known for lots of small, cute towns and for producing cherries.

China

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This is a beautiful card, but I have no idea what it says.  The person has only sent about four cards and has never listed any cards as received on postcrossing.

Ukraine

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Little Lost Things

The card was designed at behance.net/alena_tkach

Netherlands

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Nederland Woonhuis Utrecht 1924

USA - Florida

A Florida aligator

Found Postcards: To South Africa

Previously Lost Postcard: US-3266178

Card Mailed on or about: 5 March, 2015

Days Since Sent: 175 days 

Sent to: Nelspruit, South Africa

Postcrossing User Sent to: KcLowther

Received: 27 August, 2015

This card of piles of corn has taken longer than usual to arrive at its destination.  Corn is one of the major crops of my home state of Indiana.  There is even a well-known slogan/jingle for Indiana Beach (a Monticello, Indiana amusement park) which says "There's more than corn in Indiana . . . At Indiana Beach!"

I'm featuring it because this is currently the card that has taken the longest amount of time to get to its destination at 175 days.

Poland

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Lodz

Turkey

Humpin'!

This card comes from my friend Neslihan in Ankara.  It is of two camels "humpin'" (as the card says).  

USA - New York

The Deborah Jonathan F. P., Samuel Priest, and Adam Raphael Rose Main Reading Room on the third floor of The New York Public Library.  Considering my love of reading, she thought she had to get this for me!

This card was sent to me by my friend from Whitney on a trip to New York.  It is a beautiful room that I'd love to visit one day!  

Germany

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Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr

This card came from Germany and is actually a Christmas card.  It looks like this was an actual Christmas (non-postcard) card that they cut off the back on.  

USA - Washignton

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The Space Needle

This super long postcard is of the famous Space Needle in Seattle.

Germany

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Willkommen an Bord

This card is of German airline TUIfly.

Australia

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Siamese cat

This Maxi card of a Siamese cat was stamped on the first day of issue on May 5, 2015 in Balcatta, Western Australia

Germany

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A postcard of a three goldfish in a water-filled blender with a cat putting its paw near one of the buttons!  I was really happy to get this card since I have seen it quite a bit on Postcrossing.

Poland

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Shaped cards are always a bit difficult to scan, but this circular card comes from my friend Paula (Paula27) and features some of Poland's most important cities: Warsaw, Gdansk, Torun, Krakow, Poznan, and Wroclaw!

Today also marks the annual observance of the May 3rd Constitution in Poland, which was the first written constition in Europe and the second oldest in the world after the United States.

United Kingdom

2nd May, 2015 - To Commemorate the Birth of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge

This card was a direct swap sent by my friend Briony in wales of one of the first photos of Princess Charlotte.  It is being posted on her first birthday.  

Russia

"Night is no obstacle to Work!

This Soviet-era poster card from 1956 comes from my friend Liza

USA - Washington

Zion Window: King David, singer of the Psalms 

This card is of a stained glass window by renown artist Marc Chagall and comes from my friend Val!