Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts

21 May 2026

Thursday Postcard Hunt | Dream Beaches

Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)


Bellingham, Washington State (the USA)

Holiday Isle, Florida (USA)

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Thursday Postcard Hunt
May theme: PARKS AND GARDENS

Everyone is welcome to share their postcards!

02 February 2025

Sunday Stamps | Snakes

I have not get any snake stamp celebrating the Year of the Snake yes. So here you have some snakes previously uploaded to the blog:

Brasil, 2012

Taiwan, 2012

USA, 1996

USA, 2021

Go to Sunday Stamp to see more Snakes (or reptiles) on stamps.

18 June 2024

Impressive Railways

Inside of the Cincinnati Union Terminal (nowadays a museum centre). Sent by Phillip (the USA), it arrived a bit battered.  You can see the building on another postcard and stamp also sent by him.


Estação da Luz (Luz Station) in São Paulo. Sent by Ivan (Brazil).


Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Postcard sent by Amita (India).
A 2 feet (610 mm) toy train on gauge railways that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal with its headquarters at Kurseong. The Train that climbs to 2,200 m (7,218 ft) above sea level at Darjeeling is declared UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.

07 February 2021

Sunday Stamps | Chinese Astrology

Sunday Stamps suggests Animals of the Lunar New Year as today's theme. I will try to find at least one of each among my collection.

Ox



Tiger

... and other cats


Rabbit

More Bugs Bunny stamps!




Dragon





Snake



Horse





Goat




Monkey




Rooster




Dog




Pig




Rat


30 August 2020

Sunday Stamps | Flags

For Sunday Stamps, some Flags I have got from countries I don't receive a lot of mail:

Bahrain
16 December 2014
National Day


Brazil (Azerbaijan flag)
27 May 2015
Diplomatic Relations Brazil-Azerbaijan (Joint issue)


South Korea
6 March 2003
National Flag

And a lot of flags on this!

The Netherlands
14 March 1989
The 40th Anniversary of NATO

29 September 2019

Sunday Stamps | Cathedrals (But Not Only)

On 12 January 2012, Brazil commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Presbyterian Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro with this special stamp. The building is profusely decorated. The largest and most expressive stained glass bears an inscription with the sentence: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path”, highlighted on the upper part of the stamp covered with a transparent holographic film and relief.


St Peter's Cathedral or Wormser Dom is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Worms, southern Germany. This stamp, issued on 7 June 2019, commemorates its 1000th anniversary.


French stamp showing the basilica of  La Sagrada Família, a masterpiece of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. The building of this church started in 1852 and it is supposed to be finished by 2026. The stamp was issued on 9 November 2015


This stamp, issued by Royal Mail on 23 February 2012, belongs to the series Britons of Distinction. It shows the Coventry's Anglican Cathedral, but actually the stamp is dedicated to the Scottish architect Basil Spence. He was charged of the reconstruction of the cathedral, after it was extensively damaged by German bombing during World War II. The stamp was issued on the 50th anniversary of the reconstruction.


St. Martin's Cathedral or Dom Church (Domkerk), is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during the Middle Ages. It has been a Protestant church since 1580. It was once the Netherlands' largest church, but the nave collapsed in a storm in 1674 and has never been rebuilt. This stamp was issued on 10 June 1986.


This stamp features the cathedral of Braga, and belongs to the 5-stamps series Portugal North issued on 24 March 2017.


I received these Russian stamps on different postcards, but they belong to the same issue. They represent the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood in St Petersburg and, below, the Episcopal Palace in Astorga, León, Spain. The latter is also a Gaudi's work, and one of his only three buildings outside Barcelona. These stamps are a joint issue with Spain. I only have the Russian version, though.



For  Sunday Stamps goes - Churches

16 December 2018

Sunday Stamps | R for Reptiles

For the letter R of Sunday Stamps, I am sharing some reptiles on stamps...

Lezards

Lace Monitor
Australia

Lacerta agilis or Sand Lizard
The United Kingdom


Snakes

Brazil


Turtles / Tortoises

Loggerhead turtle or Caretta caretta
Australia

Green Sea Turtle or Chelonia mydas
France

Western Swamp Turtle or Pseudemydura umbrina
Australia