Postcards of Africa, Islands and Exotic Locales

KENYA

This awesome card shows an assembly of Masai warriors in traditional costume. The card was franked by a stamp promoting Women's development.

CAMEROON

This picturesque card shows boys carrying bananas from a river pirogue to a village in rural Cameroon

This lovely card shows a typical landscape view of one of the many volcanoes that dominate the horizon of El Salvador. The card was franked with a stamp showing shipping, important for transporting the country's coffee, a key export commodity.

GIBRALTAR

This card shows a very typical view of the Rock profile rising from the vast blue horizon of the Mediterranean.

ZAMBIA

This amazing card shows a herd of Lechwe antelope in the Kafue National Park, a vast wilderness in W. Zambia. In rare happenstance the stamp also bears a Lechwe!

MONTSERRAT

Two lovely cards from Montserrat, a British Territory in the Caribbean known for its volcanic eruptions; at right is the red flowering Plumeria or Frangipani. The card below shows Plymouth, the main town and administrative center. The top card was franked with two spectacular stamps showing local flowering trees.

ICELAND

This card is one of my favorites from a long time of collecting local birds on postcards, and shows the colorful Atlantic Puffin before gobbling a full batch of small fish

SEYCHELLES

This lovely multiview card arrived this week from Seychelles, showing a tortoise, local views and scenes, including the carnivorous pitcher plant. The stamps included one depicting a local fruit bat.

GALAPAGOS Is.

This elephant seal card comes from the legendary Galapagos Islands, home to many unique species and where Darwin crystalized his theory of evolution while observing local finches. The card was sent with a lovely Ecuadorian stamp featuring a Jaguar.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

This lovely handpainted card comes from Bangui, Central African Rep. and shows a typical village scene of traditional dwellings. The stamps depict local fruits and a chameleon in the wild.