eBay Malaysia Buy It - "Wau" The Giant Kite

"Wau" The giant kite is a unique traditional handicraft in Malaysia, especially the east-coast states in the Peninsular such as Kelantan and Terengganu. This postcard showed the farmers played the "wau" in the wide space during harvest time.

eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at MYR3.00 for 1 piece of condition new with postage at MYR7.50 by domestic standard mail.

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eBay Malaysia Buy It - Trishaw in Malacca



Trishaw, short from "tricycle rickshaw", is more commonly known in Malaysia and Singapore for pedicabs. This old fashion eco-friendly mode of transportation is very popular for tourists to breeze through the city, such as Penang and Malacca, in slower pace appreciating close-up views.

eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at MYR3.00 for 1 piece of condition new with postage at MYR7.50 by domestic standard mail.

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eBay Malaysia Buy It - Diamond Jubilee Memorial Clock Tower, Exmouth, Devon, Great Britain

This is a vintage postcard of Clock Tower in Exmouth, Devon, England. It was built in 1897 for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.

eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at GBP2.00 or approximately MYR9.85 for 1 piece of condition used with postage at GBP1.50 by standard international postage.

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eBay Malaysia Buy It - Clock Tower, Penang, Malaysia



This is a vintage postcard with postmarked 1922. This Clock Tower stood sixty feet tall - one foot for each year of the British Queen Victoria's reign. Plus, the staircase to the main door was built with six steps to represent six decades of Queen Victoria's reign.

eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at USD18.00 or approximately MYR54.53 for 1 piece of condition used with postage at USD3.00 by USPS first class mail international.

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eBay Malaysia Auction - Clock Tower, Penang, Malaysia



This famous landmark, Clock Tower, is located in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia near Penang Harbour. It was built in 1897 to commemorate the diamond jubilee (60th. year) of the British Queen Victoria's reign.

eBay Malaysia Auction Price at MYR8.50 for 1 piece of condition new with postage at MYR1.00 by domestic non-standard mail.

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eBay Buy It - Historic Cornwall Shipwrecks Falmouth Castle 1919

Falmouth Castle was the British coaster carrying coal that wrecked on Lee Ore Reef and beached at Porthcurno, West Cornwall, Great Britain in 1919. Coaster is a shallow-hulled ship used to get through reefs.

eBay Buy It Price at £20.00, or approximately US $32.48 for 1 piece of used with postage at £2.00 by Royal Mail Airmail.

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Postcrossing NL-535605 from Netherlands



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of multiviews of Castricum, a town in the province of North Holland. Noord-Holland, in Dutch, is located on the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. The Dutch word "Groeten uit Castricum" on the postcard means "Greetings from Castricum".

This postcard was my eighth postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 31st., 2011

Distance between Alkmaar, Netherlands and Subang, Malaysia : 10,189km (6,331 miles)

Denote:= From Alkmaar, Netherlands

Denote:= To Subang, Malaysia

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Postcrossing FI-996944 from Finland



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of multiviews of wintertimes throughout Finland with a country map of Finland's major towns. Finland is one of Nordic countries, which consist of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, that make up Northern Europe.

 

This postcard was my seventh postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 31st., 2011

Distance between Turku, Finland and Subang, Malaysia : 9,116km (5,664 miles)

Denote:= From Turku, Finland

Denote:= To Subang, Malaysia

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Postcrossing US-973894 from USA



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of Mudbeggars at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. As Judy told us at the back of this postcard: "They are stage actors who perform old fairy tales about 10~15 minutes a piece. Somehow those tales go horribly wrong and the actors end up splashing in a mud pit! The whole scene is quite funny and wild."

Renaissance Faire is a funfair which emulates a historic period with abundance of costumed entertainers, musical and theatrical acts for the amusement of its vistors. It is a popular weekend gathering in various places in the United States.

Quote at the back of this postcard
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"The loveable Mudbeggars make a splash in their own Theater in the Ground Mud Pit at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire!"

This postcard was my sixth postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 31st., 2011

Distance between U.S. and Malaysia : 15,212km (9,452 miles)

Denote:= From U.S.A.

Denote:= To Malaysia

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eBay UK Auction - Historic Cornwall Shipwrecks Cromdale 1913



Cromdale was the British barque carrying nitrates from Chile that ran aground off Lizard Point, Cornwall, Great Britain in 1913. Barque, a French word, refers to a type of 19th-century deep-water sailing vessel having three masts powered by the wind.

eBay UK Auction Price at £14.00 for 1 piece of used with postage at £1.50 by expedited shipping.

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eBay Buy It - St. Paul's Church, Malacca, Malaysia



The ruins of St. Paul's Church is located on top of St. Paul's Hill, the historic city of Malacca, or Melaka in Malaysian language. The church was built by a Portuguese captain in 1521 AD during the Portuguese colonial era in the Malay peninsula.

Quote at the back

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"ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, ST. PAUL'S HILL. MALACCA. On the top of Residency Hill, Malacca, overlooking the whole town and surrounding country, stands the remains of St. Paul's Church."

eBay Buy It Price at USD6.50 or ~MYR20.12 for 1 piece of used with postage at USD1.50 by expedited shipping.

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eBay Malaysia Buy It - Chin Woo Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



Chin Woo (精武) Stadium, one of the oldest stadiums in Malaysia, was constructed during the years 1950 to 1953, a historic milestone for the then Chinwoo Association, now known as Chinwoo Athletic Association Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. It is located in Kuala Lumpur adjacent to Stadium Merdeka (Independence Stadium) and Stadium Negara (National Stadium).

eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at USD5.90 or ~MYR18.26 for 1 piece of unused with postage at USD3.50 by standard international shipping.

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eBay Malaysia Buy It - Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Stadium Negara (National Stadium) is the first indoor stadium in Malaysia. It is located in Kuala Lumpur and opened in 1962 by the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra of Perlis.



Quoted at the back of this postcard

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"The picutre shows STADIUM NEGARA, which is just next to the Merdeka Stadium, this famous landmark is being used for sports as one of the best cultural centres in Malaya."



eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at USD5.90 or ~MYR18.26 for 1 piece of unused with postage at USD3.50 by standard international shipping.

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Postcrossing RU-297470 from Russia



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of the snow-covered Ostankino Palace, on the right, and the Trinity Church, to the left. The Trinitiy Church is the oldest five-domed temple built with red bricks by Princess Tcherkassky in 1678 to 1683.

Ostankino Palace was constructed from 1792 to 1798 entirely of wood by the Count Nikolay Petrovich Sheremetev as once his summer residence and private opera theatre, and now a museum in the northern part of Moscow close to the Kremlin. It is the world's third largest wooden building after Todai-ji, 東大寺 or Eastern Great Temple, a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan and Old Government Buildings in Wellington, New Zealand.

Quote at the back of this postcard

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"Ostankino. The Trinity Church, 1678-1683.

The palace of Count N.P.Sheremetev, 1792-1798."

"奥斯坛金诺。三位一体教堂，1678-1683。

舍里灭切夫贵族宫殿，1792-1798。"

This postcard was my fifth postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 19th., 2011

Distance from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Subang, Malaysia : 8,666km (5,385 miles)

Denote:= From Saint Petersburg, Russia

Denote:= To Subang, Malaysia

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eBay Malaysia Buy It - An Iban War Dance, Sarawak, Malaysia

Iban is the major ethnic group in Sarawak, Malaysia. Sarawak is located in the Borneo Island, and as part of East Malaysia together with Sabah. Ngajat, posture on this postcard, is the Iban warrior dance, popularly performed during the Gawai Dayak festival celebration on June 1st every year.

eBay Malaysia Buy It Price at US $1.00 or ~RM 3.09 for 1 piece of yellowish old with postage at US $2.00 by standard international shipping.

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Postcrossing CN-307552 from China



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of a sunrise view in a cool deep forest.
Quote on this postcard:
"當初晨的陽光抵達你的時候
我的問候将鋪滿你的窗前"
"When the morning sun shines on you,
my regards will fill before your window."

This postcard was my fourth postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 10th., 2011

Distance between China and Malaysia : 2,486km (1,545 miles)

Denote:= From China

Denote:= To Malaysia

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Postcrossing GB-192241 from U.K.

Postcard Delight presents this postcard of a British historic barque, a type of sailing ship, named Cromdale wrecked in 1913, without loss of life, off the Lizard in thick fog while carrying nitrates from Chile. The Lizard is a peninsula, in south Cornwall jutting into the English Channel, with coast full of cliffs and underwater reefs which posed hazardous to shipping.

Quote at the back of this postcard
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"Historic Cornwall
Shipwrecks ~ Cromdale - 1913
The Cromdale was wracked on the Lizard om 23rd May 1913. It was carrying nitrates when it ran aground. A gale a week later caused its total destruction."

This postcard was my third postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 17th., 2011

Distance between U.K. and Malaysia : 10,573km (6,570 miles)



Denote:= From U.K.

Denote:= To Malaysia

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Postcrossing US-950596 from U.S.A.



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of Hershey's Miniatures Chocolates. The Hershey Company is the largest and oldest chocolate manufacturer in North America, and its chocolate products, especially Hershey's Kisses, are sold worldwide.

Quote at the back of this postcard

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"HERSHEY'S MINIATURES CHOCOLATES

On September 1, 1939, Hershey Foods Corporation began marketing HERSHEY'S Miniatures chocolates. The miniature bars, still produced today, are a favorite of chocolate lovers of all ages."

This postcard was my second postcard received from a postcrosser provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard received on January 17th., 2011

Distance between U.S.A. and Malaysia : 15,061km (9,358 miles)

Denote:= From U.S.A.

Denote:= To Malaysia

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Postcrossing MY-55037 To Belarus



Postcard Delight presents this postcard of Moon-Kite Maker. Moon-Kite or "Wau Bulan" in Malaysian language is an intricately design Malaysian handicraft - "Wau" or kite. "Wau Bulan" is just one of its variants. It is still popular in the east-coast states, i.e. Kelantan and Terengganu, of the Peninsular Malaysia.

Quote at the back of this postcard

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"An expert kite-maker designing a traditional moon kite."

This postcard was one of my second batch of postcards sent to addresses provided by Postcrossing, a postcard exchange project.

Postcard sent on January 6th., 2011

Distance from Malaysia to Belarus : 8,679km (5,393 miles)

Denote:= From Malaysia

Denote:= To Belarus

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