#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.

#92: Second postcard from Transnistria

River view

Flower and Europa stamps

Received from Alexandra from Tiraspol.

Only South Ossetia and Abkhazia recognise Transnistria as a sovereign nation.

#65: Third postcard from Guernsey

Shell Beach on Herm, Victor Hugo Statue, Morris dancing on Sark, and Saint Peter Port Harbour Guernsey

Europa, Alderney Christmas and bluebell stamps

Received from Jannick from Saint Sampson.

Victor Hugo owned a house on Guernsey.

#17: Second postcard from Réunion

Saint Denis

Cape Houssaye and Dolomieu Crater stamps 

Received from Shamia from Saint Pierre.

Réunion was claimed by the French in 1643 and named as Bourbon.

#102: First postcard from Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Tre Kroner; Dana, Svea and Nora Mountains

Europa stamp

Received from Julia from Barentsburg.

Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

#107: Second postcard from Madeira

Map of Porto Santo island

Madeira Europa stamps

Received from Catarina from Porto Santo.

Porto Santo is home to the house of Christopher Columbus. Columbus is supposed to have lived here with his wife Filipa Moniz.

#92: First postcard from Transnistria

Moldovan cityscape

Commemorative, architecture and Europa stamps

Received from Denis from Tiraspol.

Transnistria is located mostly on a strip of land between the River Dniester and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine.

#17: First postcard from Réunion

Takamaka waterfall

Europa stamps

Received from Shamia from Saint Pierre.

Réunion is a French island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about 120 miles southwest of Mauritius.

#80: Second postcard from Iceland

Flag of Iceland

Post delivery vehicle

Received from Arnold from Bellaire, Texas.

Iceland marks the juncture between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

#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.