#200: First postcard from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Reindeer

Coronation anniversary stamp

Received from Hugh from King Edward Point.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

#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.

#18: Fourth postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Protaras

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia is one of two of Britain's military overseas territories.

#18: Third postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Snow in the Troodos Mountains

Queen Elizabeth stamps

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia claim territorial waters of 3 miles.

#18: Second postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Kourion

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia form 3% of the landmass of Cyprus.

#18: First postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

House of Dionysos Pafos

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia are in Cyprus.

#49: Third postcard from Australia

Bird of paradise

Kate and Will stamp

Received from Hannah from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

In 1838 it was declared illegal to swim at public beaches in Australia during the day.

#153: First postcard from the Cayman Islands

7 Mile Beach clear water, Cayman Islands

H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge stamp

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

The Cayman Islands are east of Quintana Roo and the Yucatan in Mexico, south of Cuba and west of Jamaica.

#144: First postcard from Saudi Arabia

ad-Dir'iyah Castle

Flower and Royalty stamps

Received from Ian from Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen in the south.

#18: Third postcard from Scotland

Boat of Garten treehouse

Thistle stamp

Received from Alice from Edinburgh.

William Paterson (1658-1719), a Scot, was the instigator and co-founder of the Bank of England.

#18: Second postcard from Scotland

Map of Scotland

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Doyel from Glasgow.

Scotland's population of 5.1 million live in only 3% of the total land area. Source - back of the postcard.

#15: Third postcard from Spain

Church of Saint Joan de Boi

King Carlos, train and fish stamps

Received from Rosa from Lleida.

There are four official languages in Spain (Castilian, Catalan, Basque and Galician), three unofficial regional languages (Asturian, Aragonese and Aranese), and several more dialects of these languages (Andalucian, Valencian, etc.).

#19: First cover from Guyana

Will & Kate, King William and Walt Disney stamps

Received from the nice people at Postcardlocker in Guyana. I've ordered twice from them - great service, choice and price (plus you get Guyanese stamps on the package).

Arthur Chung, the first president of Guyana, was the first ethnically Chinese head of state of a non-Asian country.

#18: Second postcard from England

Images of Port Isaac

Queen Elizabeth II stamp

Arrived in this bag due to the "chomping"

Received from Claire from Hatfield through a lottery in the Facebook Surprise Me! group.

England shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies north west of England, whilst the Celtic Sea lies to the south west. The North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe.

#120: First post from British Indian Ocean Territory

Map of the Chagos Archipelago

Will and Kate stamp

Handstamp on the back

Received from Major Richard Lawley XO HQ Bt BIOT (Foreign Office representative, magistrate, coroner, planning officer and nice bloke) from Diego Garcia.

British Indian Ocean Territory is situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia.

#85: Second postcard from Saint Kitts

Man on a donkey

Prince Charles and Lady Diana and Christmas stamps

Received from an unknown sender (NC?). Please contact me if you see this, you made my day with this wonderful postcard - I would love to thank you.

To the north-northwest of Saint Kitts and Nevis lie the islands of Sint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten and Anguilla. To the east and northeast are Antigua and Barbuda, and to the southeast is the island of Montserrat.