A great maxi-card commemorating the 25th World Scout Jamboree, which was held in Saemangeum 새만금, just outside Seoul. When I wrote my thanks to the sender I mentioned that my late grandfather was a serious stamp collector. One of his focuses was on Scouting stamps. In response he sent me another card that featured various stamps of the some of the Jamborees over the years. Stamps from Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand, Grenada, and Philippines were featured. Unfortunately my grandfather has been dead for 40 years, but I know he would have gotten a kick out of both postcards.
Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.
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