Australia

Edenhope : VICTORIA.: AUSTRALIA.:

What a great card .. sportsfans !!This card shows the first  cricket tour of the United Kingdom by the  Australian Aboriginal Cricket 11 in 1868.: This is a marvellous First day release card showing the team.. also with the wonderful postmark cancellation. The postmark is called "Walkabout Wickets" and is copyright Cricket Australia. Issued May 1st 2018 in Edenhope Victoria 3318.

Finland

FINLAND :

Thank you Tarja for this great wildlife card from Finland  This card shows the local Moose that I am told weighs in at more than around 7oo kilograms ..they are such a majestic looking animal ..These Moose are involved in many car accidents a year .and are extemely dangerous if approached .there are estimated to be more than 100,000 living the Forrests of Finland.. Thank you Tarja for this lovely "surprise" card card .and info.. (1 0f  2 cards )
Posted Finland 27 December : Arrived Sydney :09 January : Traveled 13 days...Kitos Tarja.

Cuba

CUBA .

Havana : CUBA :

Thank you Manqui for this postcard swap for this another "Greetings from" card.. this one from Cuba and a great addition to my collection Xie Xie Manqui for this card,
Posted Havana 07 November 2018  : Arrived Sydney 07 January 2019 : Traveled  61 days.

GREETINGS FROM CUBA.:
CUBA : Covers an area of some 109,884 KM2.
POPULATION : of Cuba is 11,239,224 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of Cuba is Havana.
LOCATION : of Cuba is in the Caribbean Sea.
ISLANDS,: Cuba is the largest of all the Islands in The Caribbean. The country also includes more than 4,000 other much smaller islands and cays in the group.
RETRO CARS :Until 2011 there was an import ban on cars in Cuba hence many of the cars on the road are icons from the 50's.
SUGAR : Sugar from sugar cane is the main crop grown in Cuba , followed by tobacco which is used in the making of hand crafted cigars, that are famous for being the finest cigars in the world.
SPORT : Baseball is the most popular sport in Cuba by far ...other sports include box voleyball, cricket and football.
FAMOUS CUBANS. Gloria Estafan , Dany Garcia , Celia Cruz , Teofilo Stevenson.
DANCE : is very important in Cuba and is known as the birthplace of classic dace , Bolero , Mambo and Cha Cha
POSTCROSSING : There are over 40 Postcrossing member in Cuba.

Australia

STAR FINCH 

Finch-Hatton  QLD.

Love this card showing ths beautiful little bird ."The Star Finch" isnt it lovely .!! This is one in a new series on  "Finches of Australia"....I didn't realise we had so many lovely finches .I will add some more at a later date as this is one of my favourites..This is a " First Day of Issue " Maxicard released by Australia Post on 16 March 2018 with the cancellation Postmark in Finch Hatton Queensland.

China

Guangdong : CHINA.:

Thank you very much Zhang for this Chinese New Year card ."Year of the Pig " for 2019..Xie Xie I love to collect the Chinese zodiac New Year cards and stamps from worldwide and this one of the first I have received in 2019.. Thank you also as this is a lottery card hat is realeased by China Postal Service...but I will never know if I have won anything !!! smile..This is a PIF card #56 Thanks again for this card and "pig " stamp.  Xie Xie
Posted  China.: 17 December : Arrived Sydney : 09 January: Traveled 23 days.

Iran

IRAN

Tehran : IRAN.:

Thank you Cheng Mun for organising this swap card for me and another hard to get "Flags of the World" flag card for the collection. Thank you also Abol.
 Posted Tehran : 27 November : Arrived Sydney 07 January : Traveled 37 days.. Thank you

GREETINGS from  ISLAMIC REPUBLIC of IRAN.:

IRAN : Covers an area of some 1,648,192 KM2.
POPULATION: of Iran is 80,829,192
CAPITAL CITY : of  Iran  is Tehran
LOCATION : of Iran is the Middle East.
EMBLEM:The emblem of Iran features the Arabic word Allah (GOD ) rendered in stlylized characters in Persian and consists of four crescents and a sword.
UNIQUE to Iran is the Asiatic Cheetah  (acinonyx jubatus venaticus ) is is an endangered species and can only be found in Iran thus the name "Iranian Cheetah"
RECOURCES: The natural gas  supply is the largest in the world (15.8 % of the worlds total reserves.) Iran also has the worlds largest zinc reserves.
PERSIA : in the western world Persia was historically the common name for Iran.
HISTORY : Irans civililisation is one of the worlds oldest continuous civilisations with historical and urban settlements dating back to 7,000 BC.
The Islamic Republic of Iran was established on the 1st of April 1979 following the Islamic revolution.

China

Guangdong  CHINA.

Another really welcomed MCPS card.. I really like this cards and this one is from China..Thank you for this swap Pang. I will gladly add this one to my collection.which is slowly growing.!!

Posted Guamgdong : December 19 : Received Sydney January 07 : Traveled 19 days ..Xie Xie Pang