#5: Second postcard from Bahrain

The falcon

Summit stamp

Received from Edwin from Al Maqsha.

Bahrain is situated near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. The largest island is Bahrain Island. Saudi Arabia lies to the west, Iran lies to the north and Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of Bahrain.

#3: Second postcard from the Åland Islands

Map of the Åland Islands

Grebe stamps

Received from Marianne from Finland.

The Åland Islands are a region of Finland that consists of an archipelago lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea.

#42: Second postcard from Suriname

Paramaribo

Bird stamps

Received from Sherwin from Suriname.

Suriname is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

#42: First postcard from Suriname

Nature multiview

Bird stamps

Received from Cheryll from Suriname.

Suriname is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

  

#41: First postcard from Singapore

Temple Borobudul

Kingfisher stamp

Received from Who from Singapore through the Postcrossing website.

Singapore is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south.

#27: Second postcard from Lithuania

Christmas cut-out card

Bird stamp

Received from Vaiva and Ieva from Lithuania through the Postcrossing website.

Lithuania borders Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest.

#10: Second postcard from China

Guangzhou First Kindergarten

Bird stamps

Received from Zhangyining from China through the Postcrossing website.

Clockwise, beginning in the north, China is bordered by Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

#8: Second postcard from Belarus

Typical Belorussian orthodox church

Flower and bird stamps

Received from Maria from Belarus through the Postcrossing website.

Belarus is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.