#126: Sixth postcard from Palestine

Lighting the lamp - Oriental paintings

Coin stamps

Received from Bahjat from Gaza City.

Palestine hosts the lowest natural point on dry land - the shores of the Dead Sea at 423 metres below sea level.

#145: First postcard from Botswana

Hippopotamus

"All the stars in heaven" and rhinoceros WWF stamps

Received from Carlos from Maputo, Mozambique.

Botswana is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast.

#96: First postcard from Malawi

Women balancing vessels on their heads

Nativity scene

Received from Esther from Lilongwe.

Malawi is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi.

#91: Second postcard from Morocco

Casablanca

Olympics and art stamps

Received from Merouan from Casablanca.

Morocco is bordered by Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait of Gibraltar and land borders with Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), Algeria to the east, and Western Sahara to the south. Since Morocco controls most of Western Sahara, its de facto southern boundary is with Mauritania.

#91: First postcard from Morocco

Map of Morocco

Vases (?) stamps

Received from Lahoucine from Agadir.

Morocco is bordered by Spain to the north (a water border through the Strait of Gibraltar and land borders with Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera), Algeria to the east, and Western Sahara to the south. Since Morocco controls most of Western Sahara, its de facto southern boundary is with Mauritania.

#88: Second postcard from Liechtenstein

Map of Liechtenstein (to scale) and Vaduz castle

Art stamps

Received from Hanna from  Unterschleissheim, Germany.

Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east and north.

#80: Third postcard from Iceland

View of Reykjavik

Statue stamp

Received from Rakel from Reykjavik.

Iceland marks the juncture between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

#15: Second postcard from Spain

Map of Spain

Art and bridge stamps

Received from Verónica from Spain.

Spain is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.