Netherlands

HOLLAND :

A lovely happy card here showing this lovely Dutch girl  in her lovely National dress of The Province of Zeeland. and she is asking the viewer to come to visit Holland..!! This is an advertisement for The Netherlands Railways with the New York address.. What a great card .. Thank you so much Nolleke for this surprise postcard Posted Holland : April 25 : Arrived Sydney :09 May : Traveled 15 days.

Russia

CRIMEA : RUSSIA.

I really like lighthouse cards !! I think it is that they are all so different but the same structure, This lighthouse does it duty in The Crimea in Russia and is "The Tarkhankut Lighthouse". Thank you Julia for this card another for my lighthouse collection of postcards  Thank you Julia I love it !
Posted Moscow:10 April : Arrived Sydney 04 May : Traveled 24 days..

Croatia.

CROATIA.:

Thank you Jasmina for this lovely surprise card that has just arrived.. The scene on the card shows the lovely lakes of "Platvice  National Park .The 16 different lakes are very popular for their lovely shades of turquoise colour.with many cascades and waterfalls.This is a Unesco World Heritage site. Thank you Jasmina  and yes I would love to see it..
 Posted Croatia : 19 April : Arrived Sydney 04 May : Traveled  15 days..

El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR :

A nice surprise in the mail box this morning this swap card from a friend in San Salvador.. Thank you William for this swap card ... looks good   great to be at the beach today..
Posted san Salvador :05 April :Arrived Sydney 05 May : Traveled 3o days. Thank you William.

United States of America

Lancaster  PA USA.

Just received this lovely card from Pennsylvania USA.. from  Irma thank you so much for this card showing these local  "Amish"  people of Pennsylvania plodding along in their lovely horse drawn buggy .. These people lead a rather secluded life keeping to themselves and shunning modern technology . This is a surprise post card.
Posted Pennsylvania  : April  20th  : Arrived Sydney  02 May : Traveled 12 days Thank you Irma.

Australia

AUSTRALIA.:

This is a great card and a terrific pic of this big "red" Kangaroo. This is a recent release by Australia Post and is one in a series of new large glossy wildlife cards. The card shows this inquisitive big red Kangaroo. These "red" Kangaroos are the largest of all the kangaroos and grow up to two meters tall and can be quite vicious especially when it is breeding time. Great pic  EH!!!

Iraq

IRAQ.:

What a great flag card to receive.. This is one for the collection!   Thank you so muck Liass K for this swap.. cant read the postage date that it was sent but was reeived 30 April ..

GREETINGS FROM REPUBLIC OF IRAQ:
IRAQ:  Covers an area of some 437,072 KM2.
POPULATION : of Iraq is 37,202,072 inhbitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of Iraq is Baghdad,
LOCATION of Iraq is in the MIddle East.
UNIQUE : to Iraq is that two (2) New Years Days are celebreated the first celebration is Muharram on the first month of the Muslim calendar. the same is also celebrated New Years Eve on December 31st on the Gregorian calendar .
FAMOUS :  The first writing system as Iraq is the first country to have a writing system and recorded history .
OIL : Iraq has the fifth largest oil reserves in the world.
HISTORY :  Mesopotamia.the region between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.historically known as Mesopotamia and is often referred to as the cradle of civilisation.
INDPENDENCE : 30th of October 1932 from the United Kingdom.