PUERTO RICO

Adjuntas

Adjuntas is a small mountainside municipality in Puerto Rico located central midwest of the island. It is nicknamed "the Switzerland of Puerto Rico", because of its relatively chilly weather. The terrain in Adjuntas is very mountainous, due to its location in the Cordillera Central.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A nice stamp.

Received from: jessy86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cañón San Cristobal

Known as the island's main canyon. It's preserved by Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico. It's about 4.5 miles long, just around 100 feet wide, and with 400-500 foot high rocky walls on both sides. San Cristobal Canyon was carved by a river that currently serves as a boundary between Barranquitas and Aibonito. Here you'll find waterfalls, pools, tiny harmless snakes, cliffs, and great rock formations.

 

 

 

A nice stamp.

Received from: jessy86

FRANCE - PARIS

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The tower stands 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. The tower has three levels for visitors. The walk from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is accessible only by lift—stairs do exist but are usually closed to the public. The tower has become the most prominent symbol of both Paris and France.

 

Nice stamps.

Received from: stess29

USA - MAP POSTCARDS

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5th smallest and the 9th least populous of the 50 United States.

 

 

 

Nice stamps.

Received from: myfemur 

USA - WYOMING

Chief Joseph Scenic Highway

Wyoming Highway 296 also known as the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway is in the U.S. state of Wyoming and follows the route taken by Chief Joseph as he led the Nez Perce Indians out of Yellowstone National Park and into Montana in 1877 during their attempt to flee the U.S. Cavalry and escape into Canada. It is a 45.96-mile (73.97 km) long scenic highway in northern Park County.

Nice stamps.

Received from: DeLapp

UKRAINE - MAPS

How to get to the Ukraine?

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It lies at the northwest end of the Black Sea, with Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland to the northwest, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, and Romania to the south west and south, with Moldova in between. 

 

 

 

Beautiful EUROPA stamps.

Received from: littlesquirrel

ESTONIA - OTHERS

Greeting card

A beautiful greeting postcard from Estonia.

 

 

 

 

 

A nice stamp.

Received from: Anastassi

SCOTLAND

Culzean Castle

Culzean Castle is a castle near Maybole, Carrick, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The clifftop castle lies within the Culzean Castle Country Park and is opened to the public. Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure into a fine country house to be the seat of his earldom. The castle was built in stages between 1777 and 1792. It incorporates a large drum tower with a circular saloon inside (which overlooks the sea), a grand oval staircase and a suite of well-appointed apartments. There are sea caves beneath the castle which are currently not open to visitors. The Castle is reputed to be home to at least seven ghosts including a piper and a servant girl.

A nice stamp.

Received from: missripley 

Highland Cattle

Highland cattle are a Scottish breed of cattle with long horns and long wavy coats which are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish. Highlands are known as a hardy breed due to the rugged nature of their native Scottish Highlands, with high rainfall and very strong winds. Their hair gives protection during the cold winters and their skill in looking for food allows them to survive in steep mountain areas.

The same stamp as above

Received from: flyingwhales