United Kingdom: Fort Augustus

On 16th September I got two postcards: one from the United Kingdom and one from Germany.

The card from the United Kingdom shows a view of the Caledonian Canal with the locks at Fort Augustus. Fort Augustus is a settlement at the south-west end of Loch Ness.

A small Scottish regional definitive was used here. 

Thank You very much Tracey!

United Kingdom: Scottish National Gallery

On Tuesday I got three postcards: one from the United Kingdom, one from Germany and one from the USA.

The card from the United Kingdom shows a view of Edinburgh with the Scottish National Gallery. The Scottish National Gallery is the national art gallery of Scotland. It houses Scotland's national collection of fine art spanning Scottish and international art from the beginning of the Renaissance up to the start of the 20th century and was first opened to the public in 1859.

It is an official card: GB-1196181.

Stamp:
Christmas (from set of eight) (issued 05-11-2019)

Thank You very much Kathy!

Germany - Netherlands - Belgium - United Kingdom - USA: Feminism Chaincard

Recently I took again part in a chaincard project organised on Instagram. This time the theme was Feminism and the card travelled from Germany to the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the USA and back to Germany. 

Stamps:

Germany - 50 years Women's Suffrage in Germany (from set of three) (issued 11-08-1969)

Germany - Centenary of the Women's Suffrage in Germany (issued 02-01-2019)

Netherlands - Voting Rights for Women (issued 28-08-1979)

Netherlands - 1001 Women (from set of ten) (issued 25-03-2013)

Belgium - Women in Action (whole set) (issued 07-03-2009)

United Kingdom - Centenary of the Women's Suffrage in the United Kingdom (two from set of eight) (issued 15-02-2018)

USA - Anne Julia Cooper (issued 11-06-2009)

USA - Ayn Rand (issued 22-04-1999)

The card I chose for this chaincard shows the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus in Berlin. The Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus is located in the government district and was built between 1998 and 2003. It is named after Marie-Elisabeth Lüders, one of the most important figures in the German women's rights movement.

Thank You very much Heleen, Eliza, Doyel and Hannah for your stamps!

United Kingdom: New Lanark

On Tuesday I got a postcard from the United Kingdom.

It shows New Lanark in Scotland. New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde. In 1785 David Dale founded a cotton mill in the village, which was powered by the river, and under his son-in-law Robert Owen New Lanark was turned into a model industrial community. Owen held the opinion that contented workers perform better and among others he thus built a school for the workers' children, abandoned corporal punishments and introduced a pension scheme and a type of health insurance. New Lanark prospered under his enlightened and at that time radical management. The mill was closed in 1968 and until the New Lanark Conservation Trust was founded in 1974, many buildings decayed. Today it is a popular tourist destination. New Lanark is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and since 2001 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

Stamps:
Queen's Head

Thank You very much Claas!

United Kingdom: Giant Panda at the Edinburgh Zoo

Yesterday I got five postcards: one from the United Kingdom, three from Germany and one from Finland.

The card from the United Kingdom shows a Giant Panda at the Edinburgh Zoo. The Edinburgh Zoo was founded in 1913 and is owned by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. It is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It is Scotland's second most popular paid-for tourist attraction. The Edinburgh Zoo was the first zoo in the World which housed penguins and is today the home of king penguin Sir Nils Olav, who is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard and who was awarded a knighthood in 2008. In 2011 the two Giant Pandas Yáng Guāng (male) and Tián Tián (female) arrived in Edinburgh, making the Edinburgh Zoo the only zoo in the United Kingdom housing giant pandas.

Stamp:
Christmas (from set of eight) (issued 03-11-2015)

Thank You very much Sonya!

United Kingdom: Forth Bridge

Today I got four postcards: one from the United Kingdom, one from Germany, one from China and one from Malaysia.

The card from the United Kingdom shows the Forth Bridge in Scotland. The Forth Bridge is considered the first steel bridge in the World and had the largest span of all bridges in the World between 1890 and 1919. It is an important milestone of bridge design. The Forth Bridge was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List last month.

Stamp:
200 years Battle of Waterloo (from set of six) (issued 18-06-2015)

Thank You very much Laura!

United Kingdom: Cairngorms National Park

Today I got a postcard from the United Kingdom.

It shows the mountains Cairn Toul, Sgor an Lochain Uaine and Lairig Ghru in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland. The Cairngorms are the highest, coldest and snowiest plateau in the British Isles. Five of Scotland's six highest mountains belong to the Cairngorms.

On the backside of the card is also a seal of the UK's highest post box located in the Cairngorms.
With a stamp of the private post Universal Mail:
Scottish Icons-West Highland Terriers (from set of five)

Thank You very much Claas!

United Kingdom: Edinburgh

Today I got four postcards: one from the United Kingdom, one from India, one from Canada and one from France.

The card from the United Kingdom shows a view of Edinburgh. Edinburgh is the capital and second largest city of Scotland. It is also the seventh largest city of the United Kingdom. The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh are since 1995 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

With a nice stamp:
Queen's Head
Sustainable Fish-Dab (from set of ten) (issued 05-06-2014)

Thank You very much William!