Mosque in the Dark

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A very cool night view of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco.

His Majesty, Mohammed VI of Morocco:

Carribean fauna

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Another card from the Caribbean! It's the national bird of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the so-called Saint Vincent amazon or Saint Vincent parrot, Amazona guildingii.

On the left, you can see an American Shorthair cat and on the right an American purple gallinule. They lay give to ten of those eggs. And they sometimes eat eggs and young of other birds. Scandalous!

Castles

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Clockwise from top left: O'Briens Castle (Aran Islands), Thoor Ballylee (County Galways), Bunratty Castle (County Clare), Dublin Castle, Blarney Castle (County Cork) and Ross Castle (County Kerry).
(copied from the backside)

The stamp shows a Firework Anemone.

Impressions of Vilnius

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These two postcards show the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. In the first one you can see Mindaugo bridge over the river Neris. The skyscraper on the right is Europa Tower, Lithuania's tallest building.
In the second picture you can see St. Catherine's Church, it's right in the middle. On the left there's also the Church of St Philip and St James.

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The stamp is about the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 2013.

Pacific Paradise

Call of the search, this is it.

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Paradise on Earth. Kiribati is an island nation in the Pacific. The building you can see in the third picture is the Parliament House, officially known as Maneaba ni Maungatabu.

The Phoenix Islands, consisting of the eight islands Enderbury, Kanton, Birnie, McKean, Rawaki, Manra, Orona and Nikumaroro, used to be the largest marine protected area until a few years ago.

Nightshade

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Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. The large tower in the center is called Taipei 101 (because it has 101 floors), it has got a huge ball in the middle to protect itself from earthquakes.

The stamp shows American Nightshade. Don't eat its berries, particularly not when they're still green.

Mysterious Stallion

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This postcard was delivered to me a while ago, but I seem not to have written down who sent it. That only makes it all the more mysterious.

I can't even tell you what stamps these are. Enjoy!