MALAYSIA - OTHERS

Rambutans and Durians

The rambutan is a medium-sized tropical tree. fruit produced by the tree is also known as "rambutan."  It is one of the best known fruits of Southeast Asia. The fruit are usually sold fresh, used in making jams and jellies, or canned. Evergreen rambutan trees with their abundant coloured fruit make beautiful landscape specimens.

The durian is the fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio and the Malvaceae family. Widely known and revered in southeast Asia as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk. The fruit can grow as large as 30 centimetres (12 in) long and 15 centimetres (6 in) in diameter, and it typically weighs one to three kilograms (2 to 7 lb). Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on the species.

 

 

Beautiful stamps.

Received from: Lufra

BULGARIA - CITIES

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula. The outlook of Sofia combines a wide range of arhitectural styles, some of which are hardly compatible. These vary from Christian Roman architecture and medieval Bulgar fortresses to Neoclassicism and prefabricated Socialist-era apartment blocks. A number of ancient Roman, Byzantine and medieval Bulgarian buildings are preserved in the centre of the city. These include the 10th century Boyana Church (a World Heritage Site), the 4th century Rotunda of St. George, the walls of the Serdica fortress and the partially preserved Amphitheatre of Serdica.

 

A nice stamp.

Received from: ceruleanmind

USA - SIERRA NEVADA

Nevada Lodge

On the back of this retro card you can read:

Discover Lake Tahoe's

Nevada Lodge

offering you ... a glittering treasure of holiday fun ... round the clock ... through all the year!

100 beautiful rooms - outdoor heated pool and pavilion - glamorous theater bar - ultramodern coffee shop - the friendliest casino in Nevada

 

 

 

 

Beautiful stamps.

Received from: WRITE SHOP ROBERT

USA - OTHERS

Travel Card

No matter where you turn in the United States you’ll come across some sort of famous landmark. Some are famous locally, while others are well-known across the entire country. I hope I will have opportunity to visit some of them in future.

 

 

Beautiful stamps.

Received from: EvansCrew

 

 

 

 

 

Ride the Trolley

The Kenosha Electric Railway (KERy) was a street railway serving the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, from February 3, 1903, through February 14, 1932. Although it had several owners, the original name was used throughout its history and is still unofficially attached to the current streetcar line in Kenosha. In 1932 the Kenosha system was converted to electric trolley buses, making Kenosha an early user of these vehicles for all transit operations (both Ipswich and Darlington in the UK converted entirely to trolley buses in 1926). Kenosha also utilized color-coding for transit routes, a more common practice in horsecar days but used by Glasgow on its electric cars from the beginning. At the turn of the 21st century, Kenosha constructed a modern electric streetcar system utilizing historic PCC streetcars.

 

Nice stamps.

Received from: Arianna Valori

 

 

 

Ford

Ford Motor Company (also known as simply Ford) is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. In the past it has also produced heavy trucks, tractors and automotive components.

Received from: 4ajka

NOUVELLES IMAGES - MULTIPLES

les oeufs à la coque

Boiled eggs are eggs (typically chickens' eggs) cooked by immersion in boiling water with their shells unbroken. Hard-boiled eggs are either boiled long enough for the egg white and then the egg yolk to solidify, or they are left in hot water to cool down, which will gradually solidify them, while a soft-boiled egg yolk, and sometimes even the white, remains at least partially liquid. The egg timer was so-named due to its common usage in timing the boiling of eggs. Boiled eggs are a popular breakfast food in many countries around the world. There are variations both in desired doneness and in the method of how eggs are boiled, and a variety of kitchen gadgets for eggs exist. Boiled eggs may be served loose, in an eggcup, in an indentation in a plate (particularly a presentation platter of deviled eggs), cut with a knife widthwise, cut lengthwise, cut with a knife or tapped open with a spoon at either end, or peeled (and optionally sliced, particularly if hard-boiled, either manually or with an egg slicer).

 

Nice stamps. 

Received from: Kimototo

DUTCH STAMPS

Last week I sent an official card to the Netherlands, I send a lot of cards there. When it was registered I received an e-mail with a wonderful offer of old Dutch stamps. A week later I found an envelope in my mailbox and it was full of Dutch stamps. Thanks a lot Frans. I hope you'll soon receive my old Czechoslovakia stamps and Czech stamps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And there were nice stamps on the envelope, too.