Vietnam

Hanoi.: VIETNAM.:

A long awaited swap card has just arrived and another for my collection of this 'Flags of the World " series .Thank you Zhang for this card..Greetings from Vietnam..

VIETNAM: covers an area of some 332,698 KM2.
POPULATION : of Vietnam is 92,700,000 inhabitants,
CAPITAL CITY of Vietnam is Hanoi.
UNIQUE : to Vietnam is The Saola.:is The forrest dwelling bovine native to Vietnam and one of the rarest mamals in the world.
DRESS.: The Ao Dai is a formal dress and worn for special occasions such as weddings and religious occasions,  A white version is the required dress for girls in many high schools.
FAMOUS : Halong Bay :with its cone shaped Hills or isolated high limestone karst towers is unique in the world.
CAVES: Phong Nha-ke Bang National Park is the home to the largest cave in the world.Son Doong cave is more than 200 meters high 150 meters wide and 5 kilometers long.
HISTORY : Homo Erectus.fossils dating to around 500,000 BC have been found in caves in northern Vietnam.
INDEPENDENCE: from France was achieved on the 02 September 1945.
UNIFICATION : was achieved on the 02 July 1976.

Australia

AUSTRALIA YEAR OF THE DOG 2018.

 This is The release by Australia Post commemorating Chinese New Year of the Dog for 2018 also stamps and stamp sheet.Thes are always such lovely stamps and cards that are issued by Australia Post each year.

AUSTRALIA STAMP SHEET 2018

YEAR OF THE DOG  2018

United States of America

California : USA.

Another lovely card commemorating The Chinese New Year zodiac Year of the Dog 2018..shows the first day of release of This event with this unique stamp and postmark.Thank you for this swap  Anna another for my collection of these lovely Chinese New Year stamps.
Posted Honolulu.11 January : Arrived Sydney 27  February : Traveled 47 days...thank you again Anna..love it..

Canada

Alberta : CANADA.:

Thank you Marie for this lovely colourful card and is a PIF card #13..The card shows an African woman in her magnificent tribal adornment..I am not sure of the origin maybe Kenya.!!!.no information on the card...a lovely card nevertheless..Thank you Marie
Posted 08 February : Arrived Sydney 26 February : Traveled 18 days.. Thanks again Marie..

Finland

FINLAND.:

Always nice to receive a bicycle card for the collection...Thank you Anne for this card that you have chosen from Postcrossing...I see you say it is -8 degrees as you write the card...too cold for me...Thank you again..
Posted 02 February: Arrived Sydney 26 February: Traveled 15,089 kilometers in 24 days Kitos. Anne

Canada

CANADA 2016

Belarus

Marina Gorka : BELARUS :

What a lovely card ..bicycles are another theme that I like to collect in my postcard s...this is a lovely card from A fellow Postcrosser from Belarus..Thank you Anna for this nice card.I see it is only +1 degree there ....too cold for me..it is +31 here...
Posted Belarus : 02 February : Arrived Sydney 23 February :Traveled 15,104 kilometers in 21 days.