fFrench Antarctic Territory

FRANCE : Antarctic Territory.:

A most welcome "flags of the World" card and a difficult one to obtain.. Thank you so much Catherine for this card and also the swap...really thoughtful of you..
Posted Tromelin :25 July .:Arrived Sydney 09 August : Traveled 15 days.. Thank you again Catherine.

Greetings from A.F.A.  Salutations des Terres Australis et Antarctiques Francaises

AFA. covers and area of some 439,781 KM2.
POPULATION of The AFA. is 150 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY  is SAINT - PIERRE.
UNIQUE ; to this area is that there is no permanent habitation.there is up to 150 researchers Since 2004 the Administrator is a prefet , with headquarters in Saint -Pierre on Reunion Island.
There are also no harbours on the Island" The Morlon Defresne ", an oceanographic ship travels four times a year to The Islands.
FAMOUS :  Adelie Land  The French claim on the Island of Atarctica.
PHILATELY.:Represents a non negligible financial contribution to the territories budgetary resources between 7-9% of the total budget.
HISTORY: formation of The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have formed a territoire d'outre-mer ( an overseas territory ) of France since 1955.
ILES EPARSES.: in February 2007 became an integral part of The French and Southern and Antarctic  lands.

Moldova

Chisinau : MOLDOVA.
What a nice surprise.. Thank you Olga for remembering me with this great meeting card from The Postcrossing event held in Chisinau Republic of Moldova on 29th July..Thank you also to the many thoughtful attendees that signed the card also...such a surprise to receive...thank you all..a PIF RAS card
Posted Chisinau : 01 August : Arrived Sydney 16 August : Traveled 15 days.

Taiwan.

TAIWAN,:

A lovely map card of China ..from a fellow Postcrosser from Taiwan.. Thank you Rita Lee for this lovely old map card..The card also shows more of Asia..Japan , Korea , and Taiwan ...nice map card... Xie Xie.
 Posted Taiwan01 August : Arrived Sydney 16 August : Traveled 7,212 kilometers in 15 days. 

China

Shanghai CHINA.. A Postcrossing card arrived today from a fellow Postcrosser in Shanghai China...Thank you Xiashu.. for this card from your visit to Taiwan showing the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas in Kaoshung Taiwan.. Xie Xie..Thank you,for this card..also nice stamps of Expo Xian 2011
 Posted Shanghai 25 July : Arrived Sydney 15 August : Traveled 7,881 kilometers in 19 days.

United States of America

San Dieg : CALIFORNIA.:

Thank you Sean.. for this card as I really like to receive these meetup cards from The Postcrossing meetings all over the world. This particular meeting was held in San Diego July 30th 2017.. Thank you Sean and also to the many attendees that signed the card on the day...
Posted San Diego.: 01 August : Arrived Sydney 15 August Traveled 12,110 kilometers in 14 days.

Sweden

Stockholm : SWEDEN.:

An Icon card arrived today and thank you Gartrude for this swap of The Swedish Icons..I like these cards showing all the various icons of the particular countries...and if you have visited these places lots of things come to mind when you see these cards.
Posted 28 July : Arrived Sydney 15 August : Traveled 17 days. Tak  Gartrude..

Australia

Sydney   AUSTRALIA.:

A  release by Australia Post ..first day release Maxi cards.in Balcatta Western Australia.6021..series of cats some really nice cards in the series.. I liked the ginger one..These were a very popular series of cards and so many people wanted to swap for them..I love the cancellation stamp..