Animals
Postmarked: Japan; October 2024
Bears
Postcrossing: Taiwan; 23 days; 7,875 miles
Postmarked: March - April 2025
Fishing in river on Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Postmarked: New York, New York; September 2013
A black bear (Ursus americanus) finds refuge in the crook of a tree branch.
Postmarked: Dulles, Virginia; August 2000
Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
As you walk a trail or drive along Skyline Drive, you might meet a black bear, possibly a mother with her cub or cubs. A bear cub, when born in late winter, weighs only about 8 ounces. It is hard to believe that this cub will grow to 300 - 500lbs.
Stamped: June 28, 2009
Postcrossing: USA; 7 days; 687 miles
Postmarked: Milwaukee, Wisconsin; March 2021
Bees
Postcard United: South Korea; 32 days
Postmarked: January - February 2025
Postcrossing: United Kingdom; 24 days; 3,669 miles
Postmarked: February - March 2025
The flower and the bee, from an original by Karin Dahl, mouth painter
Postcard United: Norway; 34 days
Postmarked: May - June 2025
Bugs
Postmarked: Portland, Oregon; May 2025
Postmarked: November - December 2023
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Postmarked: Jacksonville, Florida; September 2024
Dogs
Postmarked: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; July 2024
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Postmarked: Regen, Germany; September 2024
Postmarked: Virginia; July 2001
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Postmarked: Sweden; 2022
Apes & Monkeys
Translated as: (from German) We live in the city because we love it. No other place is so inspiring, so exciting, so diverse. Where others see chaos, we see beauty. Where others complain about noise, we listen to music. And where others feel restricted, we see plenty of space.
Postcrossing: Germany; 21 days; 4,228 miles
Postmarked: July 2024
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Postmarked: Northern Virginia; September 2024
Chimpanzee
From my dad: San Diego, California; March 2001
Squirrels
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Postmarked: August 2024
Postmarked: August - September 2021
Etc
Postcrossing: Germany; 45 days
Postmarked: March - April 2025
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Postmarked: Tulsa, Oklahoma; November 2024
The first white man to see this singular fauna specimen was a trapper named George McLean in 1829. When he told of it later he was promptly denounced as a liar. An odd trait of the Jackalope is its ability to imitate the human voice. Cowboys singing to their herds at night have been startled to hear their lonesome melodies repeated faithfully from some nearbly hillside. The phantom echo comes from the throat of some Jackalope. They sing only on dark nights before a thunderstorm. Stories that they sometimes get together and sing in chorus is discounted by those who know them best.
From my aunt: August 2002
Postmarked: Sacramento, California; August 2024
Postmarked: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; September 2024
Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; August 2024
Postmarked: Baltimore, Maryland; February 2023
Postmarked: Santa Clarita, California; February 2022
Postcrossing: Netherlands; 11 days; 3,905 miles
Postmarked: August - September 2014
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Postmarked: May 2024
Postmarked: San Juan, Puerto Rico; March 2025
Postmarked: July 2024
The mother and child of Europe's smallest and most common deer find each other through ... sounds. White spots on teh fawn - scentless, and therefore safe from predators such as badgers reliant on smell - fade before ther winter's coat arrives at the end of autumn.
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Postmarked: Hartford, Connecticut; July 2024
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Postmarked: Grand Rapids, Michigan; August 2024