This is SO cute, and I love the special cancellation as well. Isn't it Chinese New Year this week?? I don't think I'll be celebrating, apart from having some vaguely Chinese food at home...
Showing posts with label maxi cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maxi cards. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 February 2016
Happy Year of the Monkey!
A super cute Year of the Monkey maxi card I received from Taiwan :)
This is SO cute, and I love the special cancellation as well. Isn't it Chinese New Year this week?? I don't think I'll be celebrating, apart from having some vaguely Chinese food at home...
This is SO cute, and I love the special cancellation as well. Isn't it Chinese New Year this week?? I don't think I'll be celebrating, apart from having some vaguely Chinese food at home...
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Australian Antarctic Territory
An absolutely GORGEOUS, older maxi card I received from a swap last year. This is a real gem, and the huskies are adorable! ^_^
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation. Since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961, Article 4 of which states "The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force", most countries do not recognise territorial claims in Antarctica.
Australia issues postage stamps for the Australian Antarctic Territory. The first issues came in 1957, and sporadically thereafter, settling into a pattern of an annual issue by the 1990s. All have been Antarctic-themed, and all are valid for postage in Australia and its territories, including Antarctica.
The Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT) is a part of Antarctica. It was claimed by the United Kingdom and placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1933. It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation. Since the Antarctic Treaty came into force in 1961, Article 4 of which states "The treaty does not recognize, dispute, nor establish territorial sovereignty claims; no new claims shall be asserted while the treaty is in force", most countries do not recognise territorial claims in Antarctica.
Australia issues postage stamps for the Australian Antarctic Territory. The first issues came in 1957, and sporadically thereafter, settling into a pattern of an annual issue by the 1990s. All have been Antarctic-themed, and all are valid for postage in Australia and its territories, including Antarctica.
Saturday, 7 August 2010
Rhodes, Greece
Funny - I just mentioned Rhodes a few posts ago and now I received a postcard of it! It's not mailed directly from Rhodes but it's still pretty cool. (AND it's an official from a girl I did a direct swap with not long ago! :D) I have such great memories from my holiday in Rhodes when I was a kid. Eating tons of ice cream, going to beaches, enjoying the sun... They must get lots of tourists from Finland, or at least used to get, because I remember in quite a few places there people could speak some Finnish, which I found really weird.
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This card shows the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, a palace in the town of Rhodes. The palace was built in the 14th century by the Knights of Rhodes, who occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1522. After the island was captured by the Ottoman Empire, the palace was used as a fortress.
The original palace was largely destroyed by an ammunition explosion in 1856. When the Kingdom of Italy occupied Rhodes in 1912, the Italians rebuilt the palace in a grandiose pseudo-medieval style as a holiday residence for Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and later for Benito Mussolini, whose name can still be seen on a large plaque near the entrance.
On 10 February 1947, the Treaty of Peace with Italy, one of the Paris Peace Treaties, determined than the recently-established Italian Republic would transfer the Dodecanese to the Kingdom of Greece. In 1948, Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese were transferred as previously agreed. The Greeks converted the palace to a museum.
This card shows the Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, a palace in the town of Rhodes. The palace was built in the 14th century by the Knights of Rhodes, who occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1522. After the island was captured by the Ottoman Empire, the palace was used as a fortress.
The original palace was largely destroyed by an ammunition explosion in 1856. When the Kingdom of Italy occupied Rhodes in 1912, the Italians rebuilt the palace in a grandiose pseudo-medieval style as a holiday residence for Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, and later for Benito Mussolini, whose name can still be seen on a large plaque near the entrance.
On 10 February 1947, the Treaty of Peace with Italy, one of the Paris Peace Treaties, determined than the recently-established Italian Republic would transfer the Dodecanese to the Kingdom of Greece. In 1948, Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese were transferred as previously agreed. The Greeks converted the palace to a museum.
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