Have a mice day
From my best friend: United Kingdom; February 2026
Postcrossing: Lithuania; 15 days; 4,347 miles
Postmarked: January 2026
MAGIC EYE 3D Optical Illusion Cards: Hold this postcard right up to your nose and very very slowly pull it away from your face. Look through the image without focusing on it. Try not to blink, and a hidden image with magically appear!
Postcrossing: Arkansas; 13 days; 983 miles
Postmarked: January 2026
Postmarked: Mount Airy, North Carolina; September 2025
Postcrossing: United States; 12 days; 486 miles
Postmarked: Maine; August 2025
Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited," is one of the nation's finest trans-continental streamliners, flashes across Southern bayous on part of its journey between New Orleans and Los Angeles...the most modern and convenient Pullman and Reclining Chair Car accomodations for...complete travel comfort.
Postmarked: Gaylord, Michigan; July 2025
Paradise Apple
Postcrossing: Belgium; 40 days; 4,630 miles
Postmarked: August - September 2025
Postmarked: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; September 2025
STRONG IMMUNITY TO FIGHT INFECTION
Postcard United: Bangladesh; 52 days
Postmarked: June - August 2025
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Postmarked: Columbus, Ohio; September 2025
from Homespun Style by Selina Lake
Postmarked: South Korea; October 2025
from Homespun Style by Selina Lake
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Postmarked: United States; 2024
Song and Dance Duet
Postcard United: China; 69 days
Postmarked: May - July 2025
Jam
Postcrossing: Russia; 160 days; 4,866 miles
Postmarked: January - June 2025
from Paulus and Solomon, by Jean Dulieu
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Postmarked: Hong Kong; March 2025
Postcrossing: Switzerland; 23 days; 4,195 miles
Postmarked: March - April 2025
CHAMPIGNONS
Postmarked: Stanford, Kentucky; September 2025
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Postmarked: Southern Maine; February 2025
Photography by Steve Vaughn
Postmarked: Miami, Florida; February 2025
Postcrossing: United States; 26 days; 2,349 miles
Postmarked: January - February 2025
Schäfereignossenschaft Finkof (Finkof Sheep Farm)
Postcrossing: Germany; 17 days; 3,987 miles
Postmarked: January - February 2025
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Postmarked: Louisville, Kentucky; December 2024
U.S.S. CHARLESTON (LKA-113)
First Amphibious Cargo Ship to be designed and built from keel up.
The sender's crochet bedspread.
Postcrossing: Finland; 28 days; 4,266 miles
Postmarked: October - November 2024
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Postmarked: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; October 2024
Postcard United: Russia; 58 days
Postmarked: January - March 2025
The Armillary Sphere
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Postmarked: San Antonio, Texas; August 2024
Illustrated by M. Moroi
Postmarked: Japan; August 2019
Keith Richards, Pavane, 1968
cover by David O'Connor, 1988
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Postmarked: Orlando, Florida; August 2024
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Postmarked: Seattle, Washington; October 2022
The Marshall Islands
jewelry and exquisite weaving
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Postmarked: Minneapolis, Minnesota; May 2024
Postcrossing: Spain; 28 days; 3,498 miles
Postmarked: February - March 2024
Common Skin Tones
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Postmarked: Metroplex, Michigan; June 2024
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Postmarked: Manassas, Virgina; June 2024
Artillery 1750 - 1783
The bore of the cannon is first swabbed out, then powder charge is put in the muzzle either with a copper ladle on a staff or in a cloth bag and then rammed down to end of the bore. A wad is added, then the ball. Another wad may be put on top of ball. The vent is then filled with priming powder either loose or in a tube or quill. The cannon is fired by touching the lighed slowmatch to the priming.
The size of a cannon is determined by the weight of the iron ball that fits it, with a small allowance for clearance. A 9 pounder = 4.2 inch bore, 12 = 4.6 inch & 24 = 5.8 inch. A cannon can also fire grapeshot, small balls in a cloth bag, or canister, still smaller balls in a metal can.
A howitzer is a very short cannon and may also fire explosive shells. A mortar is still shorter and lobs explosive shell or incendiary "carcasses" containing combustibles.
The maximum effective range was about 1000 yards for the average guyn, but the extreme range might be considerably greater.
From: Fort Ticonderoga; Lake George, New York
United States Presidents
America's 43 Presidents are vividly illustrated in this painting by Randy Green. Since 1789, when George Washington was sworn in as our first President, America has benefited from over 200 years of Presidential stability, a record admired around the world.
AT SUNDOWN
The "Rotograph" Opalette Series; Printed and Registered in England
No. 529170
This card is a REAL PHOTOGRAPH on bromide paper.
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Postmarked: Richmond, Virginia; July 2024