Mexico, South Afruca, Cambridge, Muzzaffarrbadand and More

         Blog # 1629--- Day 1005 ( One Thousand and Five) of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine   

                                                                      GLORY TO UKRAINE

My first card for this time is from Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. This is a city in the Kashmir region of the country. It is located on the banks of the Khelum and Neelun Rivers and has a population of just over 650,000. 

David sent this card and used 21 stamps , although only 2 are face different. 21 stamps must be a record for the number of stamps on any card I have ever received. The 20 stamps layered over each other are part of a set of 12 definitives issued in 1994 showing the Founder of Pakistan , Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The other stamp , tp right, is from this year and markes Kashmir Solidarity Day. 

 

Card # 2 is from France. It shows a section of the Merovinglan necropolis of Audon-le-Tiche located in the French commune. The site dating from the 7th century, covers an area of ​​about 700 square meters. Two hundred and one tombs have been excavated out of a total of about two hundred and fifty.

Dominique used a 61 year old stamp from 1963 on this card. It is from a set of 2 Art stamps.

My next card is from The United Kingdom. It shows a number of the different colleges at The University of Cambridge. There are a total of 31 colleges at the university , all built between the 13th and 20th centuries. The card shows pen and watercolour illustrations by K J Lewis. 

Josep and Assumpta used 2 Flower stamps, an Iris and a Lily. They are 2 in a set of 10 issued last year, 2023. 

Now here's a card from South Africa. The smile on this little guy's face , bringing home a fine feathered friend reflects the warmth of South Africa's Rainbow Nation. The term Rainbow Nation was coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. IT was fostered by the concept of rainbowism -- a concept denoting fairness, equality and diversity. Sounds like a good plan for any nation. 

 
Bruce used 3 stamps on this card. Left to Right -- from 2018 , stamp issued for the Inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The middle and right stamps are 2 of 10 in a 2003 minisheet showing Life in Informal Settlements. 

Here's the last card for today and it's from Mexico. It 's  a look at a part of the civic square in the city of Torreon , in Coahuila state, Mexico. it is a city of just over 735000 persons.  

Diego used 4 stamps on this card. The left stamp and the top right stamp were both issued in 2023, part of a set of 13 Handicrafts definitives The middle stamp, issued in 2000 , celebrates World Postal Day. Finally the far right bottom stamp was issued in 2024 and that's all I know about it. 

As Porky Pig often said, "That's All Folks " .

 Another GemsWorldpostCards update has ended. My thanks today go out to Dominique, David, Josep and Assumpta, Bruce, and Diego. 

Just so you know, it's going to be Towns of Newfoundland on the next issue of The Blog.