Michiel 2005's photos with the keyword: postcrossing

So many stamps, that the Royal Mail forgot to cancel them.

Hashimoto in Wakayama prefecture cancellation.

Kremlin (Russian: кремль) means fortress. The Moscow Kremlin is the most well-known, but other cities have kremlins too. The stamps show the Novgorod, Astrakhan and Moscow kremlins.

In 1949 the leaders of the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan when the communists took over the mainland of China. The communists started the People’s Republic of China on the mainland, but the Republic of China continued to represent all of China on the diplomatic level. The Republic lost its seat at the United Nations in 1971 however, after the United States switched sides. The PR of China sees Taiwan as a rebel island, which should become part of the PR, while the ROC sees the PR as the rebels, although claims on the mainland have been less pronounced in recent years. The ROC isn't a member of the Universal Postal Union, but it does have its own stamps. Mail exchanged with other countries is usually done via other countries such as Japan. The 12 New Taiwan Dollar rate is pretty low, only around € 0.35, and for that it reaches the Netherlands in seven days.

Tsukuba Gakuen is in the Ibaraki prefecture.

Priority is English, prioritaire is French and Luftpost is German. Schloss Ludwigslust can be found in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It belonged to the dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. This version of the Schloss was built in 1772–1776. An scene in Barry Lyndon by Thackeray was set in Ludwigslust. Today the building is the State Museum of Schwerin.

The N rate is for postcard sent abroad via surface mail. It costs 6000 BYR.

The N rate is for postcard sent abroad via surface mail. It costs 6000 BYR.

The United States Postal Services uses inkjet printers to cancel stamps.

Japan puts “Nippon” on its stamps, as that is how the Japanese call Japan.