#53: Third postcard from Belgium

Bruges

Hockey stamp

Received from Johan from Overijse. Please check out his blog here.

In 2001, Belgium was the only country whose government had more female ministers than male.

#126: Seventh postcard from Palestine

Bethlehem

Olive tree stamps

Received from Bahjat from Gaza City.

Palestine is called “Peleset” in Egyptian hieroglyphs.

#59: Third postcard from the Dominican Republic

Columbus Plaza

Mask stamp

Received from Victor from Caguas, Puerto Rico.

The Dominican Republic is the only country to have the image of the Bible on its flag.

#18: Fourth postcard from Scotland

Linlithgow Palace

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Linda from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Saint Columba is thought to be the first person to claim a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster in AD565.

#49: Fourth postcard from Australia

City views of Australia

Echidna stamp

Received from Jill from Saint Helena Island.

The Indian cobra is the 15th most deadly snake on earth; the top 14 are all found in Australia.

#33: Second postcard from United States Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas

Apple stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

The United States Virgin Islands is the only place on U.S soil where drivers drive on the left.

#85: Third postcard from Saint Kitts

Basseterre

Passion fruit stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

Sugar was the mainstay of the economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

#166: Third postcard from Canada

Toronto

Mountain goat kid stamp

Received from Micho from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Please check out his blog here.

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve moose.

#92: Third postcard and first cover from Transnistria

Bender Fortress

Vancouver 2010 stamp

Received from Oleg from Tiraspol.

Ninety-one percent of the Transnistrian population adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

#114: Third, fourth and fifth postcard from Colombia

Bogotá

Santa Marta

Cartagena

Received from Mariana from Bogotá in an envelope with a US with a label on (I won't bother uploading that).

Colombia has the world's largest bird diversity.

#195: First postcard from El Salvador

Plaza Morazán

Church stamp

Received from William from San Salvador.

El Salvador borders the Pacific Ocean on the south, and the countries of Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the north and east.

#129: Second postcard from Slovakia

Many views of Bratislava

Electronic stamp

Received from Andrej from London, United Kingdom.

The women of Slovakia, along with Lithuania and Poland, marry the youngest (at around 24 years) in the European Union.

#192: First postcard from Angola

Luanda Bay

Traditional ceramic stamps

Received from Paul from Luanda.

Angola is a country in Southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean.

#114: Second postcard from Colombia

Bogotá

Cultural stamp

Received from Melisa from Bogotá.

The biggest killer in Colombia is the Coquí frog.

#91: First postcard from Western Sahara

Map of Morocco

Commemorative and Rabat stamps

Received from Radim from Olomouc, Czech Republic. Please check out his blog here.

Western Sahara is bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the extreme northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

#186: First postcard from Liberia

Monrovia

Sadly no stamp

Received from Morgana from Monrovia.

Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east.

#179: Second postcard from Belize

Belize City

Archaeological stamp

Received from Lando from San Rafael, Mexico.

Belize is the only country in Central America whose official language is not Spanish.

#41: Second postcard from Singapore

Scenic view of Singapore skyline at the waterfront

Celebration stamp

Received from Jill from Saint Helena Island.

The population of Singapore is 77% Chinese.

#180: Second postcard from the Falkland Islands

Cathedral and the Whalebone Arch

Southern Right Whale Dolphin, Minke Whale and penguin stamps

Arranged by Shurbani from Shah Alam, Malaysia. Please check out his blog here.

The only regular scheduled flights to the Falkland Islands are from Santiago, Chile.

#170: First postcard from Peru

Lima

Landscape stamp

Received from Marcelo from Lima.

Peru is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east byBrazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.