#79: First postcard from Iran

Shrine in Qom

Carpet and bridge stamps

Received from Soode from Tehran.

Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, with Kazakhstan and Russia to the north across the Caspian Sea. Iran is bordered on the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, on the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by Iraq and on the northwest by Turkey.

#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.

#51: Second postcard from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar Bridge

Mostar Bridge stamps

Received from Edin from Zenica.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast

#40: Second postcard from Russia

Prayer flags near Mt. Belukha

Great stamps

Received from Anna from Russia through the Postcrossing website.

From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus,Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the US across the Bering Strait.

#34: First postcard from Nicaragua

Butterfly postcard

Bridge Stamp

Received from Christhian from Nicaragua.

Nicaragua borders Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south.

#6: Second postcard from Brazil

Ponte de Santa Rita do Rio Abaixo

Bag stamp

Received from Fabiana from Brazil through the Postcrossing website.

Brazil is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay.