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

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Kataklysmos Festival

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The card shows ca 19 th century engraving depicting the Kataklysmos Festival in Larnaka in Cyprus . Kataklysmos, or the Flood Festival , ...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Archaic Period (750 - 475BC)

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The picture on the card depicts a coin with a ram symbol . It is in fact a Silver Coin of the Archaic Period in Cyprus, namely 750-480 BC. ...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Mountain Bike Racing

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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the sport of mountain bike racing relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the wor...

Monday, December 26, 2011

Kuopio

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Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland . A population of 96,830 makes it the ninth biggest...

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Season's Greetings

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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Very Happy New Year

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Windjammers

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A windjammer is the ultimate type of large sailing ship with an iron or for the most part steel hull, built to carry cargo in the late ni...

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Parc de la Ciutadella - Barcelona

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Cristina sent me this lovely card that shows The Parc de la Ciutadella or "Ciutadella Park" is a park in Ciutat Vella, Barcel...

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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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