Sender: Thea
Received on: 20 Jan, 2013
Distance: 2,219 km (1,379 miles)
Travel time: 10 days
Friday, 5 April 2013
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht, Netherlands (UNESCO WH Site)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1349
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic old town and the medieval port that encircled the old town and was accompanied by the repositioning inland of the city’s fortified boundaries, the Singelgracht. This was a long-term programme that involved extending the city by draining the swampland, using a system of canals in concentric arcs and filling in the intermediate spaces. These spaces allowed the development of a homogeneous urban ensemble including gabled houses and numerous monuments. This urban extension was the largest and most homogeneous of its time. It was a model of large-scale town planning, and served as a reference throughout the world until the 19th century.
Kinderdijk, the village with 19 windmills (Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout), Netherlands (UNESCO WH Site)
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht, Netherlands (UNESCO WH Site)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1349
The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic old town and the medieval port that encircled the old town and was accompanied by the repositioning inland of the city’s fortified boundaries, the Singelgracht. This was a long-term programme that involved extending the city by draining the swampland, using a system of canals in concentric arcs and filling in the intermediate spaces. These spaces allowed the development of a homogeneous urban ensemble including gabled houses and numerous monuments. This urban extension was the largest and most homogeneous of its time. It was a model of large-scale town planning, and served as a reference throughout the world until the 19th century.
Sender: kampen27 (Auke), Received on: 1 Apr, 2013, Distance: 2,198 km, Travel time: 15 days
1 July 2010, Stamp for standard letter, Autoadhesives
Nike - Football Traning - Finishing on Target (Afwerken op Doel)
Sender: HofVliet (KarinAdrian)
Received on: 1 Apr, 2013
Distance: 2,150 km (1,336 miles)
Travel time: 14 days
Delft Blue houses stamps No1
A set with 10 ‘Europe 2012’ stamps, depicting the house ‘De Drie Haringen’ in Deventer (house 92)
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco, Mexico (UNESCO WH Site)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/412
Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico City is now one of the world's largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been identified, a cathedral (the largest on the continent) and some fine 19th- and 20th-century public buildings such as the Palacio de las Bellas Artes. Xochimilco lies 28 km south of Mexico City. With its network of canals and artificial islands, it testifies to the efforts of the Aztec people to build a habitat in the midst of an unfavourable environment. Its characteristic urban and rural structures, built since the 16th century and during the colonial period; have been preserved in an exceptional manner.
Sender: Camila, Received on: 1 Apr, 2013, Travel time: 45 days
Popular creation Mexico (ongoing series) 04.2011Peine de Cuerno (Horn Comb) $1.50
Guaje de Plata (Silver Gourd) $13.50
Flag of Canada
Two vertical bands of red (hoist and fly side, half width) with white square between them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square; the maple leaf has long been a Canadian symbol; the official colors of Canada are red and white.
Postcard 1 :
Sender: Glenn http://gemsworldpostcards.blogspot.com/
Received on: 1 Apr, 2013, Travel time: 15 days
Titanic 100th Anniversary stamps (2012)
A single $1.80 stamp in a souvenir sheet featuring a side view of the Titanic
Issued: April 22, 2009, Beneficial Insects - Caterpillar, Danaus Plexippus (Monarch Butterfly) 2
Issued: Oct. 12, 2007, Beneficial Insects - Chrysopa Oculata (The golden-eyed lacewing) 3
Postcard 2 : Canada Day Living Flag
Postcard 2 : Canada Day Living Flag
Sender: ezbub (Elaine), Received on: 1 Apr, 2013, Distance: 8,293 km (5,153 miles), Travel time: 18 days
Postcard 3 : We are United - Canada
Sender: shelopolis, Sent on: 23 Aug, 2013, Received on: 10 Sep, 2013, Travel time: 18 days
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