Wu-Ling, Shei-Pa National Park, Taiwan

Shei-Pa National Park is a national park located in the central part of Taiwan around the peaks of Hsuehshan and Dabajian Mountain, with an area of 768.5 km2 (296.7 sq mi). High mountain ecology, geology, topography, rivers, creek valleys, rare animals and plants, and plentiful variety of forest types are some important resources for conservation.

Sender: CPCTOR, Sent on: 13 Mar, 2014, Received on: 25 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 12 days

Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum, Taiwan

The Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum is a museum about hand puppets in Huwei, Yunlin County, Taiwan.

The museum building was initially built in 1931 as the Huwei District office. In 1990, the office was relocated to its new place and the building was left idle for several years until 1997 when people became aware of this historical building.

The building is a courtyard house with a 2.5-story wooden structure. It is the oldest of such building in Huwei township.

Sender: chachcova, Sent on: 22 Feb, 2014, Received on: 5 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 11 days

Lover's Bridge Fishman Wharf, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan

Sender: MarsB, Sent on: 5 Jan, 2014, Received on: 28 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 23 days

Queen's Head, Yehliu, Taiwan

Queen’s Head, one of the most famous scenes in Yehliu, is a kind of mushroom rock. It is formed due to the differential erosion caused by seawater during curst movement. When comparing the height of which with the crust’s rising rate, it is assessed that the age of the rock is about 4,000 years old. The so called “Queen’s Head” is in fact a mushroom rock; it gets the title because the shape as formed after the top of rock being fallen apart in 1962~1963 appears like the side face of Queen Elizabeth.

Sender: Jensen, Received on: 12 Aug, 2013, Distance: 8,509 km (5,287 miles), Travel time: 33 days

Taipei City Night View, Taiwan

Sender: YEN-CHIU, Sent on: 28 Apr, 2013, Received on: 24 May, 2013, Travel time: 26 days

Sisters Lake, Alishan, Chiayi, Taiwan

Sender: pinksakura (Doris),  Distance: 8,405 km (5,223 miles), Travel time: 20 days

Family 4v (2012)

Wishing stamps, Flowers 20v (2012)

Taiwan Beer (1950s - 1960s)

Sent on: 27 Jun, 2011

Dendrocitta formosae (NT$10.00): This common resident bird, about 34 centimeters in length, is a subspecies endemic to Taiwan. The coloration of the bird is largely black, gray and brown. Its black hooked beak is thick and powerful and slightly bents downward. Its forehead and cheeks are black and its crown and nape are grayish black. Its wings are black with white wing patches. Its back and breast are chestnut colored and its belly pale gray. Its tail is long and black with gray uppertail coverts and orange brown undertail coverts.

Flag of Taiwan

Red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays; the blue and white design of the canton (symbolizing the sun of progress) dates to 1895; it was later adopted as the flag of the Kuomintang Party; blue signifies liberty, justice, and democracy; red stands for fraternity, sacrifice, and nationalism, white represents equality, frankness, and the people's livelihood; the 12 rays of the sun are those of the months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (each ray equals two hours).

Postcard 1 :

2001 Fruit, 7

2009 White Flowers, Murraya Paniculata (orange jasmine) 5

Postcard 2 :

Sender: shizuhikaru, Sent on: 16 Feb, 2014, Received on: 23 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 35 days

Postcard 3 :

Sender: Jensen-Lin, Sent on: 18 Sep, 2013, Received on: 19 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 62 days

Postcard 4 :

Sender: cloudcolors, Sent on: 12 Nov, 2013, Received on: 21 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 9 days

Top 3 building (Taipei 101, Kaosiung, Chia-yi), Taiwan

Sender: sonata13, Received on: 25 Dec, 2012, Distance: 8,449 km (5,250 miles), Travel time: 10 days



Long-horned Beetles Postage Stamp

Pyrestes curticornis (NT$12): This beetle has a red body and a pair of dark-red flat and jagged antennae. Some individuals in this species have black antennae. The surface of its elytra is covered with stippling and fine red hair. The species is found in broad-leaved forests between the coastal plain and 1,400 meters above sea level. An adult is typically about 1.5 to 1.8 centimeters long.