BAHAMAS

The Ponciana tree is an amazing sight throughout the Caribbean, livening up the landscape and scattering bright red petals below its shady branches; this card shows just such a scene on a street in Nassau

Bahamas: flora stamp

this lovely stamp came affixed to the card above, and shows the desert rose, a hardy local flowering plant

NIGER

This card shows a Woodabe or Bororo man in ceremonial garb. This group is semi-nomadic and dedicated to herding cattle in the Sahelian plains.

THAILAND

This is one of my favorite cards, and shows an elephant at work moving timber logs in the rugged north of Thailand

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

This card shows traditional scenes of the UAE: a fortress, a herd of camels and the long coastline and traditional boats of the country

UAE: stamp

This stamp franked the card above, and shows efforts to protect the fragile environment of this arid country

UGANDA

This card shows varied scenes from the town of Kabale in SW Uganda, close to the Rwandan border and access point to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mahaginga Gorilla National Parks

Uganda: moth stamp

this lovely stamp franked the card above, a small sample of the biodiversity of Uganda

GRENADA

This colorful card shows the profile of St. George's, capital of Grenada, one of the southernmost of the Leeward islands. Called the spice island for its production of nutmeg and other fruit crops, it is a rugged and fertile island.

Grenada: stamps

These lovely stamps were affixed to the card above, and show local birdlife and flora of the Caribbean.

MAURITIUS

This multiview card shows coastal beaches and underwater scenery from the Mascarene isle of Mauritius, or Ile Maurice in French.

CYPRUS

This intriguing card show an ancient map of the island of Cyprus, crossroads between Europe, Asia, Africa and the Holy Lands. Since 1971, it is divided between the northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus and southern Cyprus, which is now part of the European Union.