Oulanka National Park

 

  Thanks To Paula from finland ( Postcrossing ) sent 30/10/2021.

    Oulanka National Park is located in the Municipalities Kuusamo and Salla in north-eastern Finland in an upland region. The park ends at the national border. Behind the border in Russia is Paanajärvi National Park (parks.karelia.ru), which was established in 1992. Oulanka is a unique and versatile combination of northern, southern and eastern nature. The landscape is made up of pine forests, river valleys with sandy banks and rapids, and in the north of vast mires. The area is rich in animal and plant species, even endangered ones.

source(https://www.discoveringfinland.com/destination/oulanka-national-park/) .

 

Stamps

Rati Riti Ralla

• Rati Riti Ralla
  

Country:
    Finland
Series:
    Christmas 2018
Themes:
    Christmas | Skating | Winter
Issued on:
    2018-11-07

Hansestadt Hamburg

 

Thanks to Lothar for the multiview of the humburg , sent 02.11.2021.

 

Hamburg Facts

• Germany's second largest city
• Europe's second largest commercial harbor
• 2,496 bridges, more than any other city in the world (Venice: 440, Amsterdam: 1,612)
• Consulates from 101 countries - the world’s 3rd place after Hong Kong and New York City
• Home to more millionaires than any other German city
• Hamburg's City Hall has more chambers (647) than Buckingham Palace(600)

 

 

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• Palladium

Country:
    Germany, Federal Republic
Series:
    Microworlds 2019
Themes:
    Minerals | Miniatures
Issued on:
    2019-06-06   

• Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Country:
    Germany, Federal Republic
Series:
    Flowers definitives (2005-present)
Themes:
    Flowers | Plants (Flora)
Issued on:
    2017-06-08

 

Trubetskoy House-museum

 

Thanks to CN-JUN  From china sent 29/08/2021 (Direct swap) 

    The Card  was sent from china and show a perspective house museum  of Russia.

    The Trubetskoy House Museum is part of the historical Decembrists Museum. It was established at the end of 1970. The house was built in the mid-19th century for one of Sergei Trubetskoy‘s daughters. The museum displays the Trubetskoy family's original belongings, as well as some valuable paintings.

 

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• Family in Automobile on Bridge

Country:
    China, People's Republic
Series:
    Vacation Activities
Themes:
    Bridges | Cars | Families
Issued on:
    2015-05-19

• Backpacking

Country:
    China, People's Republic
Series:
    Vacation Activities
Themes:
    Hiking | Mountain Climbing | Mountains
Issued on:
    2015-05-19

Keuken, Kasteel Twickel

 

Thank you mary-ann for the card .

Stamps from right to left 

• 50 years 'De Fabeltjeskrant'
  

Country:
    Netherlands
Series:
    50 years 'De Fabeltjeskrant'
Catalog codes:
    NVPH NL 3678a
Themes:
    Animals (Fauna) | Birds | Birds of Prey | Newspapers | Owls | Stylized Animals
Issued on:
    2018-07-23   

• Spyker 1922
  

Country:
    Netherlands
Series:
    50 Years Youth Philately Netherlands
Themes:
    Bicycles | Cars | Cycling | Philately | Racing Cars | Sports | Vehicles
Issued on:
    2004-05-07

Mechernich eifel

 

Thanks to Regina for the wonderful card from Germany , sent 01/11/2021

    The Eifel is a region in Germany that boasts some of the loveliest fairy tale towns and medieval castles in the country. Overlooked by most foreign travelers, this region is one of Germany’s best kept secrets. The Eifel is largely rural and quiet, characterized by agriculture, farmland, and woodlands. Sprinkled between pastures of grazing cows and thick forests, you’ll see tiny towns, in which the most prominent buildings are the churches.

    The Eifel is also a low mountain range in eastern Belgium and western Germany. In Germany, the Eifel region borders Belgium, the Moselle River, the Rhine River. If you’re looking at a map, it encompasses the area between Aachen, Trier and Koblenz, in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia. Geologically, this region was shaped by volcanic activity. Although the last volcano erupted about 10,000 years ago, evidence of the Eifel’s turbulent past can be seen in the crater lakes, called maars, that pepper the Vulkaneifel landscape.

    There are different ways to enjoy this area. For nature enthusiasts, there are tons of gentle trails and wildlife parks. You can hike a stage of the 313 kilometer Eifelsteig trail, or visit the Eifel National Park. For architecture admirers, there are beautiful castles and medieval towns to visit. And for those who want a respite from a busy travel schedule, the Eifel has several thermal bath (Therme) destinations.

The Eifel also encompasses the Ahr Valley (Ahrtal) and parts of the Moselle Valley (Mosel).

 

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• Drops And Rings, Berlin, by 1010

Country:
    Germany, Federal Republic
Series:
    Street Art
Themes:
    Architecture | Art | Buildings
Issued on:
    2021-10-07
    
    

• Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

Country:
    Germany, Federal Republic
Series:
    Flowers definitives (2005-present)
Themes:
    Flowers | Plants (Flora)
Issued on:
    2018-12-18
    

• Phlox

Country:
    Germany, Federal Republic
Series:
    Flowers definitives (2005-present)
Themes:
    Flowers | Plants (Flora)
Issued on:
    2019-04-04
 

Jianghan Pass

 

 

Thanks to Wency from China sent 11.10.2015

    Jianghan pass enjoys an architectural style of ancient Greece and Rome.It was the tallest building in Wuhanat that time. It is the outcome of Chinese historical process of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal
, the witness for Hankou's opening as a commercial port, and the monument of the vicissitudes of Wuhan,
exposes great historical and architectural value.

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• Chinese characters
  

Country:
    China, People's Republic
Series:
    New Year's Greeting Stamp
Themes:
    Animals (Fauna) | Chinese New Year | Chinese Zodiac | Mammals | New Year | Tigers | Wild Cats | Zodiac
Issued on:
    2006-11-01

• Aotearoa-Neuseeland

Country:
    China, People's Republic
Series:
    China - New Zealand Joint issue
Themes:
    Joint Issues | Plants (Flora) | Roses
Issued on:
    1997-10-09

MAPUCHE (HOMBRES DE LA TIERRA) - TRAIGUEN

 

Special Thanks to Carolina for the wonderful card.sent  August 2021.

    The Mapuche (people of the land in Mapudungun) have historically inhabited the valleys of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. During colonial times, the Spaniards knew the Mapuche as Araucanos (Araucanians in English), term that is now considered pejorative. The Mapuche are a diverse ethnicity composed of various groups that share a common social, religious, and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Each group has a distinctive name regarding the region they live in. It is believed that Mapuches first inhabited the valleys between the Itata and Toltén Rivers in Chile. In the early 15th century, Mapuches fought the Inca invaders from Peru, stopping the expansion of the Inca Empire toward the south. After the arrival of the Spaniards, Mapuches began expanding eastward into the Andes and pampas forming, with the native people, the Pehuenche (people of the Pehuén, the Araucaria's fruit).

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• Bicentenary Battle of Maipu

Country:
    Chile
Themes:
    Battle | Coats of Arms | Horses
Issued on:
    2018-04-05

• 50 years Radio Bío Bío
  

Country:
    Chile
Series:
    Radio Bio Bio, 50th Anniv.
Themes:
    Anniversaries and Jubilees | Maps | Radio
Issued on:
    2016-12-07