A postcard from each corner of the World
List of countries I received postcards from.
I received this cool QSL card from amateur radio enthusiast in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Not your typical touristic postcard, yet has Argentinian tango going, I assume, on the streets of Argentina 🙂 Awesome!
And here are the stamps that were on the envelope it came in. I really like that couple of communication stamps were used to match card’s theme.
Argentina is home to four species of penguin: Rockhopper, Macaroni, Magellanic and Gentoo penguins. The long-tailed gentoo penguins, pictured on this postcard, have recently established two very small breeding colonies in Argentina. These are situated on Staten Island (30 pairs) and Hammer Island (5 pairs). Hammer Island is easy to reach from Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego — the southernmost city in the world, where you can find several tour operators offering day cruises to view penguins and other marine life.
My first, and so far the only postcard from Antarctica is from USA Antarctic Territory, from McMurdo Station.
The McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research center on the south tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program. The station is the largest community in Antarctica, capable of supporting up to 1,258 residents, and serves as one of three United States Antarctic science facilities.
It is actually not very difficult to receive a postcard from Antarctica! The National Science Foundation has a procedure to support philately at a level not to interfere with the science mission. Here is what you need to do, to receive a postcard with McMurdo Station postmark:
Philatelic Mail Clerk
McMurdo Station,Antarctica
PSC 769
APO AP 96599-1035
Philatelic Mail Clerk
USA
Wait for your postcard to arrive, now with McMurdo Station postmark. They will not add any text to it, so feel free to sign it as well 🙂
Travel times: I sent it from New York mid-September, and received it stamped in Russia mid-November.
Principality of Andorra is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Europe, located between Spain and France. It is a monarchy headed by two Co-Princes – the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Spain, and the President of France. Andorra is the sixth-smallest nation in Europe, with a population of approximately 85,000. Its capital Andorra la Vella is the highest capital city in Europe, at an elevation of 1,023 metres. The official language is Catalan, it is not a member of the European Union, but the euro is the official currency. In 2013, the people of Andorra had the highest life expectancy in the world at 81 years.
Very interesting country 🙂 Here’s the only postcard from Andorra I have so far:
New York is a state in the northeastern United States, and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U.S. state. The New York City – the most populous city in the United States – is located in the southern part of the state.
I lived in the northern suburbs of NYC for many years, it has lots of beautiful parks and lakes, and most beautiful, colorful autumn I’ve ever seen. Like on this postcard, but much better live.
Finland is a country in northern Europe. It borders with Russia, Sweden, and Norway. The Finnish sauna is a substantial part of Finnish culture. There are five million inhabitants and over three million saunas in Finland – an average of one per household. For Finnish people the sauna is a place to relax with friends and family, and a place for physical and mental relaxation as well. Finns think of saunas not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Before the rise of public health care and nursery facilities, almost all Finnish mothers gave birth in saunas.
This awesome postcard was received via Postcrossing. Thanks, Paula!
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean. An unincorporated territory is an area controlled by the United States government which is not part of the United States. American Samoa consists of five main islands and two coral atolls. The largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory.
I received this postcard from Pago Pago, the capital city of the American Samoa, which is located on Tutuila island.
Thank you, American Samoa Visitors Bureau!
I had one awesome person send me several postcards from Algeria, but they all came in an envelope. I would still like to receive a written and stamped postcard from this country!
Here are a couple of those cards, and the stamps from the envelope they came in:
Albania is a country in Southeast Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the west and on the Ionian Sea to the southwest, part of which forms Albanian Riviera – a major nightlife, ecotourist, and elite retreat destination in Albania.
I never thought of Albania as a beach touristic destination, but a colleague of mine visited it in July, and absolutely loved it! She sent me this postcard from there:
The Åland Islands or Åland is a region of Finland that consists of an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea. It is autonomous, demilitarised and is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland. Åland has 6,700 named islands and a total of 20,000 islands and islets.
Here are the couple of postcards I received from Åland so far:
And the stamps that were used:
