#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.

#69: Second postcard from Guinea

Map and people of Guinea

Tycho Brahe stamp

Received from Madeleine from Conakry.

Guinea was the first African French colony to gain it's independence.

#198: First postcard from Congo

Illustration

Flower stamp

Received from Jitendra from Mumbai, India.

Congo is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda.

#197: Fourth postcard from Transnistria

House of Councils, Tiraspol

Person stamp

Received from Nastia from Chisinau, Moldova.

Transnistria has its own central bank, which issues the Transnistrian ruble.

#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.

#167: Second postcard from Costa Rica

Margarita

People and landscape stamps

Received from Shirley from Belén.

Nearly all Catholic churches in Costa Rica face west.

#32: Second postcard from Norfolk Island

Views of Norfolk Island

People, Commemorative, fruit, art and shell stamps

Received from Jillian from Norfolk Island.

No vegetables can be imported to Norfolk Island due to government restrictions.

#74: Second postcard from Indonesia

Bali

Mountain and millennium stamps

Received from Anis from Turen.

Indonesia is the world’s most populous Islamic nation.

#185: Second postcard from Nigeria

An Efik lady

Monkey stamps

Received from Abbas from Lagos.

Nigeria has the world's largest butterfly diversity.

#152: Fourth postcard from Bermuda

Jobson's Cove

Shell and person stamps

Received from Julian from Devonshire.

Red Forams are a tiny single-celled animal that live under the coral reef, and are responsible for the pink sand beaches in Bermuda.

#191: First postcard from Tunisia

Map of Tunisia

Taher Cheriaa stamp

Received from Mehdi from Hamman-Lif. . Please check out his blog here.

Tunisia is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east.

#181: Third postcard from Rwanda

Bukavu, South Democratic Republic of Congo

Art and market stamps

Received from Kinley from Cyangugu.

Rwanda is the most heavily populated country in Africa.

#86: Second postcard from Lebanon

Mosaics of Lebanon

People stamps

Received from Oliver from Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Lebanon lays claim to publish the most books per capita for a country.

#84: Third postcard from Kazakhstan

Hunting with eagles

Animal stamps

Received from Gulmira from Astana.

Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world

#181: First postcard from Rwanda

Kahuzi-Biega National Park

People stamps

Received from Kinley from Cyangugu.

Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

#177: First postcard from Monaco

The Police of the Prince of Monaco

Bird, cat and flower stamps

Received from Angelina from Juan-les-Pins, France.

Monaco is bordered by France on three sides and one side borders the Mediterranean Sea.

#176: Second postcard from Pakistan

Ratti Gali Lake

People, commemorative and landscape stamps

Received from Faisal from Rawalpindi. Please check out his blog here.

Pakistan's national flower is the jasmine.

#176: First postcard from Pakistan

Snow Lake

People and church stamps

Received from Faisal from Rawalpindi. Please check out his blog here.

Pakistan is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west and north, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast.

#172: First postcard from Cape Verde

Praia, Island of Santiago

Padre Campos stamp

Received from John from Manchester, United Kingdom. Please check out his blog here.

Cape Verde is a group of islands off the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.

#33: First postcard from Oregon

Mount Hood

People, commemorative flower and Yosemite stamps

Received from Francis from Portland. Please check out his blog here.

Oregon is bordered on its west by the Pacific Ocean, north by Washington, south by California, east by Idaho, and southeast by Nevada.