Gem's World Postcards First Anniversary

Well, it's been one year since this blog was started. Who would have thought that it would have lasted ? But it has and it will keep going, something like the Eveready battery. It its first year , there have been 130 postings. When started , I had postcards from 157 different countries or stamp issuing entities. As of now, I have them from 205, an increase of 48. Also in this year of blogging my total received postcards have increased from 420 cards to 720 , an increase of 300 postcards. Not a bad year at all.
Now on to some postcards. I have a number of cards to show plus one cover , all received yesterday or today. First is a card from Brazil, showing a shoreline and some great waves for surfers. This card was sent by a Postcrosser and she used 3 different stamps, from 2002, 2005 and 2006. The 2002 stamp on the left is from a set of 10 featuring musical instruments. This one is of a trumpet. I wasn't able to locate any information on the other 2 stamps shown.

The next card is from Portugal. It was sent by fellow blogger Nuno Marques who writes on http://worldstampspostmarks.blogspot.com . Thanks Nuno for this card. The card shows Commerce Square and a statue of King D. Jose I located in Lisbon. Nuno used a recent 2008 stamp honoring European year of intercultural dialogue.

Now for a card from Kupio, Finland. Kuopio is a city of about 93,000 in eastern Finland. It is also a Postcrossing card sent by Pirkos. The card shows a ski-jumping facility. Pirkos used a 2008 stamp from a souvenir sheet of Alpine ski sports. This stamp is a hologram stamp showing a snow-boarder in action. Just a great stamp and a new addition to my hologram stamps topical collection. Thanks Pirkos.

Here's a card from Travemunde , Germany. Travemunde has been a town since 1317. One of the attractions in Travemunde is a lighthouse dating from 1539, the oldest German lighthouse on the Baltic coast. The card shows quite a nice sailing ship. Jenny sent this card and used 2 stamps. The one on the right was issue in 2001, in a souvenir sheet and the other , issued in 2008 features birds.

Finally I want to show a cover that I received from khatuna in Tbilisi, Georgia. It has 7 recent Georgia stamps, 5 of them face different. Some great Georgia stamps. Inside was a selection of mint airplanes on stamps from Chile, Brazil and Georgia. All of these will add to my topical collection on aircraft on stamps. Thanks Khatuna.

That's all for today, a great way to start year 2 of my blog. As always, your comments are welcome.