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

Monday, January 02, 2012

Bird’s eye View of Helsinki

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What a lovely view this bird has as it flies over the Finnish Capital of Helsinki . Prominent in this picture is the St John’s Church in th...

Sunday, January 01, 2012

Finland's National Bird

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The Whooper Swan (pronounced hooper ), is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American Trump...

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Makarios Memorial

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Makarios III died unexpectedly, of a heart attack, on August 3, 1977. It has recently emerged that, in order to confirm the cause of deat...

Friday, December 30, 2011

Colosseum

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The Colosseum , or the Coliseum , originally the Flavian Amphitheatre ( Latin : Amphitheatrum Flavium , Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Col...

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...

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About Me

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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