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4300 - Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

This card is from a beach on the North Sea, where the sender and her family will be travelling for their three week holiday. I hope they had a good time!
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4299 - Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

The sender says she purchased this card at the Miniature Life Exhibition by miniature photographer Tatsuka Tanaka. The exhibition description reads: Tatsuka Tanaka regularly uploads and shares photographs of miniature depictions, or mitate , of scenes from normal life that he creates using diorama figurines and everyday products. These works quickly spread throughout the world via social media and bring joy to people of many different cultures and generations. In this exhibition, we will display about 120 representative photographic works, as well as 50 of these miniature scenes and objects, that have beed made in recent years. The exhibition will introduce visitors to the charm and secrets of the active, hardworking, and unique artist, Tatsuya Tanaka, who works incorporate both current affairs and lighthearted humour in line with the ongoing tradition of Tsukurimon citizen culture that began in Kimamoto during the Edo period. 

4298 - Wilsonville, North Carolina, United States

The sender is from North Carolina, but she purchased her card from Nebraska, where her son lives. This is a watercolour created by William Henry Jackson showing Buffalo Bill Cody. According the the card:  For 18 months the Pony Express carried the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, through Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and ending in Sacramento, California. Buffalo Bill Cody made the longest non-stop ride of 322 miles over one of the most dangerous portions of the entire trail in 21 hours and 40 minutes using 21 horses. 

4297 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

This image shows the Andromeda and two satellite galaxies: Messier 32 (M32), the blue dot just above Andromeda, to the left and centre; and Messier 110 (M11), the hazy blue oval below the central spiral of Andromeda. The image was taken by NASA; JPL-Caltech University of California, Los Angeles.  Andromeda is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It is categorized at Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. It has a diameter of 152 000 light years, and is 2.5 million light years from Earth.  Messier 32 is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2 490 000 light years from the Sol Solar System. It is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749. It has a radius of 330 light-years.  Messier 110 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy that is also a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy. Charles Messier first saw the object in 1773. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783, and her brother William He...

4296 - Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland

J oensuu was founded by Tsar Nicholas of Russia in 1848, when the Grand Duchy of Finland belonged to Russia. By the end of the 1800s, Joensuu was the largest harbour city in Finland.  Joensuu is home to the European Forest Institute, It was established in 2022 with 30 member countries, and about 130 member organizations from 40 countries working in diverse research fields.  It role is to provide policy support on forest related issues. It also facilitates and stimulates forest related networking as well as promotes the supply of unbiased and policy relevant information on forests and forestry. It advocates for forest research and for scientifically sound information as a basis for policy making on forests. 

4295 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The sender's friend designed this Postcrossing 20 card. It shows many important landmarks of Vancouver and area.  On of the landmarks is Lions Gate Bridge, officially called the First Narrows Bridge. It is a suspension bridge that cross the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver to the North Shore. It is 1823 metres long, 11 metres tall, and has a ship's clearance of 61 metres. There are three lanes, with the middle lane being a reversible lane to accomadate traffic patterns. It is estimated that 60 000 - 70 000 vehicles cross it per day.  It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2005. 

4294 - Hollola, Päijät-Häme, Finland

A wonderful postcard of a postal worker, wearing cross-country skis, in front of the post office in Lapland.  Hollola is a muncipality of 23 000 people. The tallest structure in Finland, the Tiirismaa TV-Tower, is located here. Winter and summer sports are popular here including cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, hiking, and golf.  Hollola has ancient roots and it is first mentioned in documents in 1328.