My Picture Postcards

This blog is for sharing my picture postcards received from time to time with folks who may be similarly interested. Please also see my stamps and first day covers blog www.letstalkstamps.blogspot.com

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Famous Sailing ships of Finland

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The Jacobstads Wapen is a modern replica of an 18th century galeas bu...

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Friday, September 09, 2011

Famous Rune Singers of Finland

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Before the advent of the written word, storytellers had to use creative methods to ensure that their stories were not forgotten. That is wh...

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Thursday, September 08, 2011

The Pancyprian Gymnasium

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The Pancyprian Gymnasium was founded in 1812 by Archbishop Kyprianos at a time when Cyprus was still under Ottoman occupation. It was origi...

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

1929 Packard 626 - "speedster roadster"

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This long wheelbase 1929 Packard wears a coach-built phaeton body. Wealthy customers often bought bare chassis from luxury car makers an...

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Dover Castle - The Key to England

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Dover Castle is a medieval castle in the town of the same name in the English county of Kent . It was founded in the 12th century and has...

Monday, September 05, 2011

Horse-drawn single-track lines - 1890–1900

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Today, Helsinki is the only city in Finland to still have tram traffic. Two other Finnish cities—Turku and Vyborg (now part of Russia) —...

Sunday, September 04, 2011

Nature conservation - birds of prey

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These three maxicards and stamps issued on 15.10.2003 by the Czech Republic, were given to me by Maria and depict three types of birds ...

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OldSalt: Hi, I am Vijay Kapre. Its nice collecting picture postcards. They tell you so much about the people and places around us. Happy Viewing. Those who want to contact me my email address is kaprevijay@gmail.com.

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