CONGO Rep. (Brazzaville)

This wild card came in from the Congo this week and shows a leopard in a tree, surveying the forest. This card was franked with multiple stamps, including issues showing World Cup soccer and the Pan-African Postal Union.

BAHAMAS

This lovely local coastal scene came to me from a visitor to the Bahamas, a low-lying Caribbean country. It was franked with a flora definitive showing the "poor man's orchid".