Maryland

I love map cards and these Ideaman cards are especially nice. I just have a handful of them.

This one is of Maryland and has the State flag, the Oriole (state bird)

and the Black-Eyed Susan (state flower).

Love the crabs and all the other pictures on the card.  So fun!

Thank you so much Erin for sending this great card.

An awesome addition for my collection.

Lighthouses Of Cape Cod

This is an awesome card.  It's a map card and lighthouses all in one, which I both love.  

Here it shows all the locations of all the lighthouses on Cape Cod.  

I also really like the border around the card with the fish, seashells and lobster.

My new postcard pen pal sent me this awesome card.

Thank you so much Karen.

Cool Postcrossing Card

I received another Postcrossing card from the Netherlands, NL-1280211.

Looking at this card, I just want to pack up and go on a trip.

Such a great, fun card.

Thank you to Liefke for sending this great card and for translating the saying.

'Ga je mee'?  means 'Are you coming'?

Love the heart world stamp!

California Natural Wonders

A new California map card.  I love map cards and this one is so neat with all the little characters.

This map card shows all the different natural wonders in California, like the giant redwoods, Death Valley and of course Yosemite National Park, just to name some of them.

Thank you to Cruzin for sending me this awesome card for the North America June

Round Robin.

New Jersey

Yeah, an Idea Man map card!!!

I love map cards and this one was in my favorites 

and thanks to Janila it is now in my collection.

She sent it to me for the NA Feb. Round Robin.

Indiana

I love finding map cards in my mail box.  They're just so much fun.  

This one is a map of the state of Indiana.  

It was sent to me for the North America June Round Robin.  Thank you so much Vicky for the awesome card. 

Here are a few facts about this great state.  It's nicknamed 'The Hoosier State'.

The state bird is the cardinal, same as in Virginia.  

The state flower is the peony.

It's state capital is Indianapolis, which you probably heard of, because of the big Indianapolis 500 raceway.

New Hampshire, The Granite State

Yeah, another new map card for my collection, but I still have a long ways to go until I have one from every state.  This card is also my 1st one of New Hampshire.  

I love this one.  It's a great one showing the animals and some great sport opportunities in NH.

A big thank you goes out to Lori sending this awesome card for the NA July Round Robin for 2009.  Wow, time flies, that was a year ago.  I'm sooooo far behind with scanning my cards.  I don't actually have a certain order I scan them by either.  Not very organized I know.

Alabama

Love, love, love map cards and this one is a real fun one:)

It's called  "The True Map Of North America"

In this card the state of Alabama pretty much took over the whole country.  Gotta love it!

A big 'Thank You' goes to Zeroday for sending me this awesome map card for the NA April RR.

I looove it!

California Treasure Map

This is such an awesome map card of the California Treasures.  Back in the year 1848 is when the California Gold Rush began.  People came from all over hoping to strike it rich.  

Now, some people come to California hoping to make it big in movies.

Most people come for the sun and fun and all the attractions.

I received this cool card from Silencedogwood for the North America April Round Robin.

Many thanks Debbie!

The postage for postcards within the US is 29 cents now.  Here is one of the new stamps and a really great postmark.  Just wanted to show that!

German Clock Route

This map card is of the 'German Clock Route' in the Black Forest.  

It's about 320 km long.  On this route you'll find museums related to clocks and of course many clock factories.  I'd love to go and see all the fascinating clocks and beautiful scenery and maybe even buy a nice cuckoo clock to bring home.

Thank you to Violet from Germany, who sent me this cool card for the January RR.

Nice big stamp.  Looking at it makes me hungry for strawberry short cake.  

Romania

Got to show at least one map card.  I just love them.  This one here is really cool, because it has a map and also some pictures of Romania on the right side.  The shape of the country is the color of the Romanian flag.  On the bottom middle you can see it's capital city Bucharest, which that is where the card was sent from.

Thank you so much for the awesome card Violeta.  She sent it to me for the January RR.

Some cool stamps 

and a very clear postmark.  

South Africa

I've been having some problems with my scanner these last few days, which made it a bit frustrating and very time consuming trying to get a few cards scanned.  Finally I do have a few new ones to show here.

I love, love this card!  It's an awesome map card, which are among my favorites.

I especially love all the fun characters on it.

A big thank you goes out to Alison, who sent me this great card for the January RR. 

A great Airmail Postcard stamp with and readable postmark, yoohoo!!!

Ohio, USA

I'm always happy to find map cards in my mail box.  They're so cool and so much fun and quite informative too.  I still have a long way to go to get one from each state of the US and of course many countries, but I got a good start and love everyone I receive.

This map card of Ohio, nicknamed 'The Buckeye State' came from tanya 1138 for the North American October Round Robin.  

Thank you so much Tanya.

It's an illustration by Ideaman.  I really like them a lot!

Australia

This awesome map card from Australia was sent to me by Aussiebear for the September RR.   I looove it and all the cute characters on the card.  Such a fun card and a great addition to my map card collection.  Thank you so very much Alison!

Unfortunately the stamp was a bit destroyed on the way to me.

Switzerland

I love map cards and this one of Switzerland and all the seals of each state surrounding it,  is really an awesome one. I love this card and I want to thank Zasa for sending it to me for the August Round Robin.  

Nice stamps, I especially like the real colorful one on the right.  I think that it says 'World of the circus in Geneva 2010'.

From Russia With Love

I had this card in my favorites, because I think it's a really cool card.  Not only is it a map card, but it has the colors of the Russian flag and of course the babushka dolls, which are really so nice too.

Loooove this card and mad_madchen was so nice to send it to me for the September RR.  Thank you very much Julia!

Love the stamps too.  Russia has some really nice animal stamps and so colorful.  Love that bear stamp a lot. 

Rhode Island

It's always nice to get a map card.  I love them and I hope that eventually I'll have one for every state.  I've got a long way to go on that though.;)  

This map is of Rhode Island and it's the smallest state in the USA.  It's called 'The Ocean State' and nicknamed 'Little Rhody'. 

Thank you so much to Melissa for sending this cool card to me for the August RR for my growing collection.  

Belgium

I received this gorgeous map card from Belgium for the June RR. I love it and I just love map cards and this one is an awesome addition to my growing collection.

Thank you so much to Raquel for sending it to me.

A couple of cool bird stamps, which one I couldn't get scanned along with these, and the beautiful yellow flower.

The Great Lakes

The Great Lakes are located between the United States and Canada. They consist of 5 lakes as seen on the map and are the largest group of freshwater lakes on earth. Sometimes called the North Coast by Americans. They hold 20 % of the world's surface fresh water. (Source wikipedia)

I received this great map card for the July RR. Thank you Ange for this nice addition to my map collection.

These lighthouses are all located around the Great Lakes. I just love this card and I want to thank choke for sending me this beautiful card for the North American July RR.

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

This beautiful map card is of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. I love map cards and this is a really great one added to my collection.

It came from Brian, who spent his holiday there. He sent it to me for the June RR. Many thanks to you Brian for this awesome card.:)

A great stamp about the Astronomy Center.