#9: First cover from Switzerland

Squirrel and lamp stamp

Received from Sylviane from Sainte-Croix.

On 16 July 1661, Switzerland became the first country in Europe to issue banknotes.

#196: First postcard and cover from Tokelau

Children of Nukunonu

Pacific imperial pigeon and porcupine fish stamps

Received from Litia from Nukunonu.

Tokelau is about midway between Hawaii and New Zealand.

#16: First cover from Finland

Moth stamp

Received from Mari from Helsinki.

The Whooper swan is Finland's national bird.

#78: First cover from India

Building stamps

Received from Som from Kolkata. Please check out his blog here.

There are 152,792 post offices in India.

#71: Second cover from Guatemala

Christmas stamps

Received from James from Guatemala City.

Belize used to be a part of Guatemala, and was given to the United Kingdom in exchange for some highways that were never built.

#158: First postcard from Burkina Faso

The place of film-makers

The riches of the forest and village life stamps

Received from Rasmane from Ouagadougou.

Burkina Faso is neighboured Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest.

#29: Second cover from Kenya

Coffee, pawpaw and groundnut stamps

Back

Received from Jonathan from Kitengela.

Professor Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004.

#29: First cover from Kenya

Coconut and groundnut stamps

Back

Received from Jonathan from Kitengela.

The ethnic groups in Kenya include Kikuyu, Luhya, Luo, Kalenjin, Kamba Kisii, Meru.

#66: First cover from Ghana

Money transfer, pawpaw and carrot stamps

Back

Received from Christopher from Asuoyeboa.

Ghana is a little bit smaller than both Oregon and the United Kingdom.

#139: Second cover from Wallis and Futuna

Air mail letter with pre-paid beach stamp

Received from Ibetto from Mata-Utu.

The Polynesian name for Wallis and Futuna is Uvea.

(Ibetto si vous voyez cela, s'il vous plaît contactez-moi. Je suis absolument ravi avec les cartes postales que vous m'avez envoyés et tiens à vous remercier correctement).

#152: First cover from Bermuda

Mystery roses stamps

Received from John from Devonshire.

Bermuda is home to the smallest drawbridge in the world – 12 inches long.

#126: Second cover and second, third and fourth postcards from Palestine

Bethlehem stamp

Handstamps on back 

Beireh Park

The Municipality Public Garden

Palm trees

Received from Bahjat from Gaza City.

"Palestine” originates from the word “Phillistia”, given by the Greek writers to the land of the Phillistines.

#71: First cover from Guatemala

Cartoon stamp on front

Tree stamps on back

Received from James from Guatemala City.

Guatemala means the “land of Trees” in a Mayan tongue.

#139: First cover from Wallis and Futuna

First Territorial Assembly" and "Oceania Bowls 2013" stamps

Received from Ibetto from Mata-Utu.

The unofficial flag of Wallis and Futuna shows the red saltire (Saint Andrew's Cross) on a white square on a red field. The Scottish flag also features the saltire. Another Scottish connection with French territories in the South Pacific is the name for New Caledonia (of course - Caledonia is Scotland)

From Wikipedia

(Ibetto si vous voyez cela, s'il vous plaît contactez-moi. Je suis absolument ravi avec les cartes postales que vous m'avez envoyés et tiens à vous remercier correctement).

#126: First cover from Palestine

Art stamp

Handstamp on back

Received from Bahjat from Gaza City.

Bethlehem celebrates Christmas 3 times a year: on December 25 as per western tradition, on 6 January as per the Greek Orthodox Church and on 18 January, as per the Armenian tradition.

#6: First cover from Brazil

Trumpet, sailing ships and scooter stamps

Received from Ana Regina from Santana.

Brazilian women attained the right to vote in 1931, before women in Switzerland, France, Italy.

#135: First postcard from Tajikistan

Khoja Mashhad mausoleum in Shahrituz district

Artifact stamps

Handstamp on back of envelope

Received from Halim from Asht in an envelope.

Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east.

#131: First postcard from Uruguay

Carnival

Commemorative stamps

Received from Mariana from Montevideo in an envelope.

Uruguay is bordered by Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southeast.

#46: First cover from Armenia

Commemorative stamp, unfortunate marker

Received from Inga from Yerevan.

Currently there are 38 letters in the Armenian alphabet. In the seventeenth century there were only 36, until the letters representing 'o' and 'f' were added.

#121: First cover from Panama

Commemorative stamps

Handstamp on the back

Received from Holger from Zaventem, Belgium. Please check out his blog here.

Panama is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.