#89: Fifth postcard from Lesotho

Marakabei

Frog, flower and and football stamps

Received from Hape from Teyateyaneng.

Lesotho produces around 90% of its own electrical power.

#202: First postcard from Palau

Rock Islands

Eyvind Johnson stamp

Received from Chris from Koror.

Palau shares maritime boundaries with Indonesia, the Philippines, and the Federated States of Micronesia.

#47: Second postcard from Argentina

Aconcagua

Football, plane and Eleodora Marenco stamps

Received from Rubén from San Juan. Please check out his blog here.

Argentina was the first country to adopt fingerprinting as a method of identification.

#89: Fourth postcard from Lesotho

The Qiloane Falls

Frog, flower and and football stamps

Received from Hape from Teyateyaneng.

Khoisan hunter-gatherers were the earliest inhabitants of Lesotho.

#65: Fourth postcard from Guernsey

Views of Guernsey

Europa, Alderney and flower stamps

Received from Jannick from Saint Sampson..

At 3.938 square miles, Castel is the largest parish in Guernsey.

#49: First postcard from Cocos (Keeling) Islands

West Island Beach

Commemorative and beach stamps

Received from Deborah from Australia.

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka.

#33: Second postcard from Puerto Rico

Old San Juan

Flag stamp

Received from Monika from Christ Church, Barbados. Please check out her blog here.

The deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean is Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench, at a depth of 8,605 metres.

#17: Second postcard from French Guiana

Views of French Guiana

Rabbit stamp

Received from Cheryll from Paramaribo, Suriname.

French Guiana is home to Ariane, an important space centre.

#35: Seventh postcard from the Netherlands

Drenthe

Football stamps

Received from Merjim from Agona Swedru, Ghana.

The hole in the centre of a CD was the size of the smallest coin in Europe - a Dutch 10 cent coin.

#18: Fourth postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Protaras

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia is one of two of Britain's military overseas territories.

#18: Third postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Snow in the Troodos Mountains

Queen Elizabeth stamps

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia claim territorial waters of 3 miles.

#127: Fifth postcard from New Caledonia

The Loyalty Islands 

Sealife, landscape and handshake stamps

Received from Arlène from Nouméa.

The New Caledonian crow is renowned for its intelligence.

#197: Fourth postcard from Transnistria

House of Councils, Tiraspol

Person stamp

Received from Nastia from Chisinau, Moldova.

Transnistria has its own central bank, which issues the Transnistrian ruble.

#107: Third postcard from the Azores

Views of the Azores

Gardens of Portugal

Received from a friend of Anis' from Turen, Indonesia.

The flag of the Azores features the goshawk.

#127: Fourth postcard from New Caledonia

Windsurfing

Sea life and Melanesian Art Festival stamps

Received from Arlène from Nouméa.

The Lapita people migrated to the New Caledonia region around 15,000 BC.

#127: Third postcard from New Caledonia

Views of New Caledonia

New banknotes of New Caledonia

Received from Arlène from Nouméa.

Nickel is a major New Caledonian export.

#72: Third postcard from Honduras

Roatan Island

Pope stamps

Received from Glenn from Airdrie, Canada. Please check out his blog here.

The orchid is the national flower of Honduras, while the Scarlet Macaw is its national bird.

#167: Second postcard from Costa Rica

Margarita

People and landscape stamps

Received from Shirley from Belén.

Nearly all Catholic churches in Costa Rica face west.

#194: First postcard from Ukraine

Farmland

Quill stamp

Received from Tanya from Vinnytsya.

Ukraine borders Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively.

#74: Second postcard from Indonesia

Bali

Mountain and millennium stamps

Received from Anis from Turen.

Indonesia is the world’s most populous Islamic nation.