Sunday, March 31, 2013

Townsville, Australia

Postmarked in Hermit Park : a suburb of Townsville in Queensland, Australia. The stamps commemorate prominent Australian medical professionals.


Wednesday, March 27, 2013

TAAF - Dumont d'Urville Station and L'Astrolabe

This was posted back to me from aboard the Astrolabe during it's first rotation of the 2012/13 season.


Monday, March 25, 2013

Dutch Royal Princesses

This cover from the Netherlands with stamps of the Dutch Royal Princesses, Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, was postmarked in Wolvega and Nieuwegein.


Friday, March 22, 2013

Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany



Auckland, New Zealand

It's hard to make out but the postmark on this letter is from Auckland, New Zealand. It's suppose to have some sail boats on it with the Auckland skyline in the background, including the Sky Tower.




Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Vatican City

Postmarked on 28 Feb 2013: the last day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy. The stamp commemorates the consecration of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on 7 November 2010. Thank you François for this nice historical cover.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Mawson Station, AAT

From Mawson Research Station - the oldest of Australia's Antarctic research facilities. It was stamped and signed on the back by the Mawson OIC (officer in charge), Luc De Pauw. I also sent down a postcard to be postmarked. I was reading in Luc's blog that on the day that he did this for me, he had 400 other pieces of mail to process. Overall, a nice little souvenir from the Austrailian Antarctic Territory.




La Vella, Andorra



Naples, Italy