Saint Martin, Antilles - West Indies

Saint Martin, Antilles, West Indies 

This unused postcard has a cutout of a dolphin.  

I put a piece of red paper under it so you could see where it is. 

Puerto de Soller, Mallorca, Spain

Puerto de Soller, a village on the island of Mallorca, Spain

 

A Map of Schouwen - Duiveland in the Netherlands

Schouwen - Duiveland is a municipality and island in the southwestern Netherlands province of Zeeland. 

 

Palace of the Grand Masters of the Knights of St. John - Rhodes, Greece

The imposing Palace of the Grand Masters of the Knights of St. John - Rhodes, Greece 

 

A Map Postcard of Grenada

Grenada

The sender writes:

May 2018

We are on a cruise for our honeymoon! We had great tours here.  Our guide was Terry.  He said he is either Terr-ific, or Terr-able.  (He was ific.) 

This map postcard was postmarked in 2018 from St. Georges, Grenada. 

Grenada stamp 2013

Birds, Parrots

Blue-Winged Macaw

Primolius Maracana, $ 1

Saksun, Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands
Saksun, Excellent sport fishing place.

This postcard was postmarked in 1991.

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Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an inlet of the sea, surrounded by high mountains. The inlet formed a good deep natural harbour, until a storm blocked it with sand. The old harbour become an unaccessible seawater lagoon, only accessible by small boats on high tide.

Faroe Islands stamp 1991

Faroese Birds

Kittiwake

3.70 Kr

Maurice Bishop Airport in Grenada

Maurice Bishop 

International Airport

Grenada

Photographer: Kelon Francique 

The sender writes:

Grenada was our favorite Island!  It was clean too. :-) 

This postcard was postmarked in 2018.

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Maurice Bishop Airport, formerly known as Point Salines Airport, is an international airport located in the parish of St. George's, on Point Salines, the most southwestern point of the island.

Grenada stamp 2013

Birds, Parrots

Blue-Winged Macaw

Primolius Maracana, $ 1

Vanuatu in Oceania

Typical romantic sunset, New Hebrides.
Photography by Teva Sylvain

This postcard is unused.

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New Hebrides was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is an archipelago of volcanic origin.  It is located 1,750 kilometres (1,090 mi) east of northern Australia and west of Fiji.

Fort George, Grenada

Isle of Spice

Grenada

West Indies

Fort George

St. George, Grenada W.I.

This postcard was mailed from Grenada in 2018.

The sender writes:

We walked in-front of this fort.  We Loved Grenada!

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Fort George is located on the promontory to the west of the harbor.  It was built in 1705 by the French.  As of now many of the buildings are used by the police. 

Much of the fort is still intact and open to visitors. However, the buildings are very dilapidated, from a combination of Hurricane damage and neglect.

Grenada stamp 2013

Birds, Parrots

Blue-Winged Macaw

Primolius Maracana, $ 1

Pointe des Chateaux, Castle Point, Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe
Pointe des Chateaux

This was mailed from Guadeloupe with a France stamp in 2019.

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Pointe des Chateaux is a peninsula located at the eastern end of the island of Grande-Terre , Guadeloupe.

France stamp 2018

Trees

Betula papyrifera, Paper Birch tree

La Poste, Lettre prioritaire 

An Advertising Postcard from the Island of Grenada

Pure Grenada

The Spice of the Caribbean

Visit Grand Anse Beach on your next visit to Pure Grenada!

The sender writes:

We had a wonderful time here!  We toured a spice plantation and a chocolate factory. This was a free postcard at the tourist information desk!

This postcard was postmarked in 2018. 

Grenada stamp 2013

Birds, Parrots

Blue-Winged Macaw

Primolius Maracana, $ 1

A Divi-divi Tree in Aruba

Aruba

1. Historic "Alto Vista" Chapel
2. Cultural Center
3. Divi-divi tree
4. The Old Dutch Mill.

This 'H.S. Crocker' postcard is unused.

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A Divi-divi tree (Libidibia coriaria) is native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

They rarely reach their maximum height of 9 m (30 ft) because the growth is twisted and bent out of shape by the trade winds that batter the coastal sites where it often grows. 

King Street, Jersey, Channel Islands

King Street, Jersey, C.I.

This is the Island's main shopping district with many attractive shops.
Le principal quartier commercant de I'ile avec beaucoup de magasins seduisants.

This vintage postcard is unused.

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The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, consisting of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and some smaller islands. 

The Naminoue Shrine, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Namino - Ue Shrine

The shrine is only one government managed shrine and the annual festival is held on the 17 May.  Evening view is wonderful from its garden which is the best place for rambling.

This is postmarked from Ryukyu in 1971.

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Naminoue Shrine, literally "Above the Waves Shrine", is a Shinto shrine in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. It sits atop a high bluff, overlooking Naminoue Beach and the ocean.

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The Ryukyu Islands, more commonly known in Japanese as the Nansei Islands, are a chain of Japanese Islands.  The largest of the islands is Okinawa.

Japan, Ryukyus Islands stamp 1961

Flying Goddess, Airmail, 9 

Hauhine Island in French Polynesia

Paysage de Huahine
Landscape of Huahine

This postcard is unused.

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Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group.

The island has a population of about 6,300.

Natural Arches in Bermuda

Bermuda

Natural Arches

The sender writes:

Greetings from Sunny Bermuda!  Today I took a 5 hour tour of the Islands, from Kings Warf to St. Georges.  It was amazing!  Tomorrow I'm going shipwreck scuba diving.

This postcard is postmarked in 2017. 

Bermuda stamp 2015

Flowers, Bermuda in Bloom

Nerium Oleander, 1.00

Indian Bay & Villa Point, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Indian Bay & Villa Point - St. Vincent, West Indies

Photo by Lacy Witt

This is postmarked in 1976.

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles island arc, at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea.

Grenadines of St. Vincent stamp 1976

Flame Auger 

Terebra taurinus (a species of sea snail)

20

A Taxi with a Surrey Fringe from Bermuda

"Islands of the Great Sound"

Southampton Parish

The popular way to Sight-see - the taxi with the Surrey fringe top.  Panoramic view across the many islands sheltered by the western hook of Bermuda against Atlantic storms and hurricanes.

This postcard is postmarked from Bermuda in 1975. 

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Southampton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624).

Bermuda stamp 1970

Flowers

Jacaranda mimosifolia

12 cents

The Tobago Cays, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

The Tobago Cays

The Grenadines

Photo "Zenon" - N 107

This postcard is postmarked in 2017 with three stamps.

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The Tobago Cays are an archipelago located in the Southern Grenadines in the Caribbean comprising five small islands and extensive coral reefs. The cays - Petit Rameau, Petit Bateau, Baradal, Petit Tabac and Jamesby - are all uninhabited and are a popular tourism destination.

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Two of these stamps are on the postcard...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines stamp 1996

Plants, Croton ebureum

50 c

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines stamp 1996

Plants, Croton volutum

60 c

Blackbeard's Castle in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Blackbeard's Castle
St. Thomas
U.S. Virgin Islands

Blackbeard's Castle, St. Thomas Skytsborg Tower (meaning sky tower), was built in 1679 by the Danes as a watchtower for the harbor of Charlotte Amalie.  It is located at the highest point on Skytsborg Tower Government Hill.  Danish Soldiers used Skytsborg as a vantage point to spot enemy ships and protect impressive Fort Christian from attacks.

Fort Christian is at sea level, which was ideal for warding off attackers with canon fire, but did not offer a good enough view of the incoming ships before they entered the harbor.  It is not known what year Skytsborg Tower took on the name of Blackbeard's Castle, but the infamous Edward Teach, commonly known as Blackbeard the Pirate, did sail the Caribbean waters in the early 1700s.

It has become part of the lore of the island that he used the Tower as a vantage point for his own treacherous purposes.  Blackbeard's Castle is one of four National Historic sites in the US Virgin Islands.

This postcard was postmarked in 2012.

USA stamp 2012

Aloha Shirt, 32 cents

Blue with Flowers