Erik – Page 12 – World of Postcards

Postcrossing Bookmarklets

«Bookmarklet – a small software application stored as a bookmark in a web browser, which typically allows a user to interact with the currently loaded web page in some way.»

Postcard Image Address – get URL (direct web address) for the image of a registered postcard
UPDATED 2017-02-24: Updated due to changes on Postcrossing website
How to use it (video)

Traveling Cards – show images of traveling postcards. Also works for Sent and Received postcards pages
UPDATED 2019-09-19: Works again (adjusted to Postcrossing site change)
How to use it (video)

Random Postcard from Gallery – Show random postcard from Postcrossing Gallery
UPDATED 2017-02-24: Updated due to changes on Postcrossing website
How to use it (video)

Useful information: How enable bookmarks/favorites bar in Google Chrome / Firefox / Internet Explorer / Safari

Corvo Island, The Azores

Corvo Island, literally the Island of the Crow, is the smallest and the northernmost island of the Azores archipelago, with a population of approximately 468 inhabitants (in 2006) constituting the smallest single municipality in Azores and in Portugal. The island originated from only one volcano, which was active for the last time about two million years ago.

Interesting fact: only in 1963, the island received electricity and the first telephone cables were laid in 1973. Up to then communication with the neighbour island — when a priest, a doctor or other help was needed — was done by radio, and before that even by means of smoke signals!

Azores stamp

City Gates – São Miguel, The Azores

Portas da Cidada (City Gates), one of Ponta Delgada’s symbols, was built in 1783 and marked the entrance to the city until the harbour was extended. Back then, the square, in which these gates stand, was close to the coast and represented the landing place for all traffic coming in from the sea.

Azores postcard

Azores stamp

São Miguel – The Azores

The Azores is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. São Miguel Island, is also referred to locally as “The Green Island”, is the largest and most populous island in the archipelago of the Azores. It is believed that the island was discovered in 1427, and today it’s population is around 138,000.

Azores postcard

Azores stamp

Lisbon, Portugal

Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal. It is recognised as a global city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, and the oldest in Western Europe, predating other modern European capitals such as London, Paris and Rome by centuries.

Portugal postcard

Portugal stamp

Baku, Azerbaijan

Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the largest city in the world located below sea level.

Baku postcards set, received from another country:

The Palace of the Shirvanshahs – Azerbaijan

The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs – rulers of Shirvan, located in modern Azerbaijan. It is located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan and, together with the Maiden Tower, forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments.

Built on a site inhabited since the Palaeolithic period, the Walled City of Baku reveals evidence of Zoroastrian, Sasanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman, and Russian presence in cultural continuity. The Inner City (Icheri Sheher) has preserved much of its 12th-century defensive walls. The 12th-century Maiden Tower (Giz Galasy) is built over earlier structures dating from the 7th to 6th centuries BC, and the 15th-century Shirvanshahs’ Palace is one of the pearls of Azerbaijan’s architecture.

Azerbaijan postcard

Azerbaijan stamps

Vienna, Austria

Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. It’s metropolitan area population is about 2.6 million, nearly one third of Austria’s population! It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union.

Vienna is being regarded as the City of Music: musical luminaries including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferdinand Ries, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Robert Stolz, and Arnold Schoenberg have worked there. Vienna is also said to be “The City of Dreams” because it was home to the world’s first psycho-analyst – Sigmund Freud.

I briefly visited Vienna in 2015 — it’s a stunning city!

Austria postcard

Austria stamp

Sydney Skyline – Australia

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia’s east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world’s largest natural harbor.

Fun fact: in Sydney, they have an annual Duck Fashion Show 🙂

Australia Sydney postcard

Australia stamps

Banjo Paterson, an Australian bush poet

Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas. Paterson’s more notable poems include “Waltzing Matilda”, “The Man from Snowy River” and “Clancy of the Overflow”.

This, so far, my only maximum card received via mail.

Australia maximum postcard