Wednesday 13 April 2016

Map Postcard of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I got this Map Postcard from Petronas Twin Tower's souvenir shop.
It seems the landmark in compressed version of Kuala Lumpur in a glance. 

See the red buses, the KL Hop-on Hop-Off shuttle .

Tuesday 5 April 2016

Map Postcard of Nevada



Nevada is a diverse state that established in 1864, offering visitors such attractions as gambling on the Vegas strip, alien sightings near Area 51 (seriously ?!) , and skiing around the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe.   

UFO ! An airline passenger claims to have spotted a UFO near the top secret United States Air Force base known as Area 51 in southern Nevada.


Seems that Nevada land not only attract humans but also to aliens.


Tuesday 29 March 2016

Map Postcard of Michigan


This postcard has been mis-sent to Taipei. 
Luckily it was not went missing.  


Friday 25 March 2016

Ukraine Map Postcard


Ukraine is a large country in Eastern Europe. The country iconic building, Orthodox churches, renowned Black Sea coastline and forested mountains. 



Tuesday 22 March 2016

Taiwan's Vintage Map Postcard


Area : 36,000 square kilometres
Population : 23 Million
Language : Mandarin / Taiwanese / Hakka / Indigenous Languages
Religion : Buddhism / Taoism / Christianity / Muslim


Friday 18 March 2016

Taiwan Map Postcard (via Rail Transport)

A complete Map Postcard for Rail Transport of Taiwan.
Seems that touring the whole island is make to possible.

Hong Kong has the Octopus Card, while Taiwan has it EasyCard (悠遊卡 (Yōuyóu kǎ))


Friday 11 March 2016

Ontario Canada Map Postcard


Ontario (shows as green shaded area in the postcard) is a Canadian province bordering Hudson Bay to the north and the U.S. to the south. The city where the world-famous set of three large waterfalls ~ Niagara Falls located. The city has the most tourists visiting as both the American and Horseshoe falls can be best seen from Ontario.


Thanks to Sally for sent me this postcard. 



Wednesday 10 February 2016

Map Postcard of Drente, Netherlands



A card sent out from Assen, a small city in the northern part of the Netherlands.
The name of the province is Drenthe.

Wednesday 3 February 2016

Schoner Niederrchein (Map Postcard)

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The Rhine flows from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands and is one of the longest and most important river in Europe, at about 1,233 km.

The Rhine is the longest river in Germany. It is here that the Rhine encounters some of its main tributaries, such as the Neckar, the Main and, later, the Moselle.

The postcard shows part of the Rhine , from Emmerich to Dusseldorf.

Emmerich at the Rhine is a city on the lower part of the River Rhine in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and center of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.


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The Japanese and Chinese font is  printed on the stamp.

Wednesday 27 January 2016

Wednesday 20 January 2016

Map Postcard : Latvia

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Postcard from series of drawings by Latvian artist Ansis Cirulis published by photographer Janis Rieksts, 1919.


I'm so glad to be such a lucky person to receive this gorgeous retro-map postcard from Latvia.
Thank you to Aleksejs & Lidia.


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Wednesday 13 January 2016

Wednesday 6 January 2016

Antique Map Postcard

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Ortelius based this influential map on the work of earlier authorities including Mercator, Zeno and Magnus. Of particular interest are the mythical islands of Brasil, Frisland, Drogeo, Icaria, and St. Brendan. Part of Mercator's imaginary polar continent is depicted with a note that it is inhabited by pigmies. Iceland (Islant, Thule) is basically unchanged from Mercator´s map of Europe from 1554 with the shape originated by Zeno. Greenland is separated from Europe by a wide sea and a portion of North America appears in the upper left corner with the name Estotilant. The map is adorned with a variety of very inventive creatures including a half-man, half-sea creature playing a lute. Latin text on verso.


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