Share Taiwan with the World

 

This beautiful watercolor painting came yesterday from Taiwan. It was made by Hibeetle (or Lim), a painter and graphic designer that lives on the island. He likes to share his hand-painted postcards with the others and he have an account at PostCrossing as well. The card itself is designed around Postcrossing idea. On the back it have a special place for Postcard ID and the date. As well it got a very artistic AIR MAIL design.

And something about the stamp... In 2008, the Taiwanese government started the electrification of the Hua-tung railway line (161 km) connecting the two cities located on the eastern coast of the island, Hualien and Taitung. This project was completed in 2014 and the Taiwanese Post issued on June 28, 2014 a special souvenir sheet evoking some portions of this Hua-tung railway line.
The 12NT$ shown here depicts the Taroko Express (in operation since February 2007), on a section of the Kecheng bridge (seen behind).

Thank You, Wei Shan !

Country: Taiwan

Description: world map (with Taiwan) in watercolor painting

Publisher: Hibeetle

New Zealand Map

This card came as a RR themed message: to share a day of our lives on the back of a postcard. It's nice to get a glimpse of someone's day. Unfortunately, I cannot share it here due privacy rights.

New Zealand an island country situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country consists of two main landmasses: the North Island and the South Island, plus Stewart Island and other small islands. The main cities (shown on the map) are: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin.

The stamps are lovely.

The 60 cents with lovely illustrations remains a mystery for me is a part of 2010 series called A slice of Heaven (Thanks Lynley for clearing this out). It shows Rotorua, a geothermal town in New Zealand.

The other two (70 cents each) are part of a larger collection (20 stamps) called "A Tiki Tour of New Zealand No. 2" (2012). All together they form the map of New Zealand. The ones that I got are from the southern part: Stewart Island and Dunedin area.

Thank You, Lynley !

Country: New Zealand

Description: physical map of New Zealand

Publisher: KiwiVista