See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt on this month's theme - Illustrations; Week 1 - Maps
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Moominland Midwinter |
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Welcome to Andalusia |
See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt on this month's theme - Illustrations; Week 1 - Maps
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Moominland Midwinter |
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Welcome to Andalusia |
A is for Australia Day -
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1990: Australia Day (Illustrator - Celia Rosser) |
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1982: Australia Day (Design and Engraving - Brian Clinton) |
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1966: Famous Navigators (Design - Walter Jardine) |
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1953: Food Production (Design - George Lissenden) |
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1982: Reptiles and Frogs (Design - Beverley Bruen) |
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2003: Nature of Australia - Rainforests (Design - Wayne Rankin) |
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1982: Tourism - Surf Boat |
Sunday Stamps is starting on a journey through the alphabet - See It On A Postcard
See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is in A Happy Place - here are some of mine...
Many of my happy times have been on the fells andin the valleys. Seeing sheep also always makes me happy, silly things.Wild flower meadows, although I can be just as happy meandering on a footpath through arable fields![]() |
Sunrise, East Anglia |
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Quentin Blake on the roof of the Harris (2004) as imagined by himself |
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1981: Europa - Folklore (Design - Fritz Wegner) |
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1993: 150th Anniversary of A Christmas Carol (Design - Quentin Blake) |
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2004: Christmas (Illustrator - Bjorn Berg) |
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2024: Christmas (Artist - Judy Joel) |
churches, or this case cathedrals. Not forgetting the well known plea that when buying puppies as presents
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1991: Dogs - Paintings by George Stubbs |
"Dogs are not only for Christmas'.
Sunday Stamps theme - Christmas in July - See It On A Postcard
See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt theme of Travel - Getting Around
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One Hour To Departure by Wiktor Najbor |
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The Lure of the Underground by Alfred Leete (1927) |
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1999: Millennium - The Traveller's Tale (Design - George Hardie) |
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2000: Millennium - Water and Coast |
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2000: Millennium - People and Place |
Cross over the Gateshead Millennium Bridge spanning the River Tyne
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2000: Millennium - Art and Crafts |
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1999: Millennium - The Patient's Tale (Design - Susan Macfarlane) |
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2002: Peter Pan (Illustrator - Colin Shearing) |
or pirates.
Sunday Stamps theme - Blue - See It On A Postcard
See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is asking what place you would not like to visit
I have been to Russia and enjoyed it but a country I would avoid today, I would not wish to support a war criminal. The card is of Uljanousk located on the Volga River. The birthplace of Lenin![]() |
Mortar Platoon |
I have never felt the urge to visit the seaside resort of Hunstanton on the Norfolk coast in summer. Looks like standing room only.
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2002: Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories - Centenary of Publication (Artist - Izhar Cohen) |
How the Camel Got His Hump - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.
The Beginning of the Armadillos - The Crab That Played With the Sea
Kipling was a prolific writer and poet and one could spend some time on the Kipling Society website where all his short stories appear both by theme and date.
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1979: International Year of the Child (Design - Kass Janos) |
The Fisher and the Goldfish but this fish is not golden in Hungary's colour scheme but is provided with a golden crown. Alexander Pushkin told the story in verse.
Sunday Stamps theme - Stories, Folk Tales - See It On A Postcard
See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt for A place you would like to visit
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Kyoto |
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Cat looking at fields of Asakusa by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) |
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"Visit Aland" |
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1994: Centenary of Picture Postcards |
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1988: Operation Raleigh (Design - Victor Ambrus) |
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2006: Summer at the Lake (Illustrator - Irina Gebuhr) |
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2016: Lake Constance |
Time to relax after all that fun and watch the world go by.
Sunday Stamps is enjoying Summer Fun at See It On A Postcard
See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt theme of Travel, it all starts from home
where I am in Cumbria. I live on the coast and look north to see the fells of the Lake District. The card shows five of its Lakes along with Napes Needle in Wasdale (the valley's lake, Wastwater, can be seen on the left) This is the birthplace of modern rock climbing in the UK, the ascent by Walter Parry Hesketh Smith of the Needle in 1886 is often cited as a key moment, with the Wasdale Inn at the top of the valley becoming a meeting point for enthusiasts. There are two Herdwick sheep (three with the one by Crummock Water), a hardy ancient breed originating in the Lakes which live on the fells. There are more sheep than people in Cumbria. A red squirrel and La'l Ratty the miniature Ravenglass Railway in Eskdale, a valley that has no lake in an area sometimes referred to as Lakeless Lakeland but don't worry there is plenty of water in rivers, streams and waterfalls.A quiet and hidden corner of Cumbria, the Lyth Valley, famous for its damsons The trees and orchards turn a frothy white in spring. Damson Day is celebrated in mid-April. The valley is sheltered by limestone hills so has its own micro-climate hence the sweetness of the damsons. The name Lyth is Old Norse (derived from hlith) meaning slope or hillside.This card shows a Rough Fell sheep so I can guess it is somewhere in the North of England or Scotland, a hardy sheep like the Herdwick. The post box shows the plain cypher of George V which for some reason I always find pleasing, maybe it is the calming contrast to the other busy royal cyphers.See It On A Postcard's Thursday Postcard Hunt is looking for Tchotchkes or touristy items
A souvenir card from the Hanke Cafe and Restaurant at the foot of the Krimmler Falls in Austria. It boasts a quick service and an extensive souvenir shop. What more could you ask for.! There is a 4k trail by the waterfall but I think you have to pay to access it, not uncommon in the world of tall waterfalls.![]() |
Illustration from 'The Animal Kingdom' by Georges Cuvier (1834) |