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Sunday, 2 November 2014

#203: First postcard from Sudan

Begrawia Pyramids

Camel stamps

Received from Mohammed from Khartoum.

Sudan is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.

Saturday, 1 November 2014

#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.

Friday, 31 October 2014

#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.


Thursday, 30 October 2014

#21: Third postcard from Iraq

Views of Iraq

Voting stamps

Received from David from Dublin, Ireland. Please check out David's amazing blog and adventures here.

During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the words “Allah Akbar,” meaning “God is great,” were added to the Iraqi flag.

Wednesday, 29 October 2014

#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.

Monday, 27 October 2014

#201: First postcard from Montserrat

A map of the West Indies

Butterfly stamp

Received from Mark from Brades.

Montserrat is approximately 300 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 30 miles southwest of Antigua.