2016年10月6日 星期四

Hello! This card is from Wisconsin.

This is a postcard from Wisconsin(威斯康辛州), a U.S. state near the Great Lakes(五大湖區).
The location of Wisconsin in U.S.A
State seal of Wisconsin
 There are so many cows in this state that Wisconsin produces about a quarter of America's cheese, which makes it first in cheese production among all the other states in the America.
Wisconsin cheese
Wisconsin Cheese Originals Festival
Milwaukee(密爾瓦基), the largest city in Wisconsin, is a major producer of beer.
Milwaukee Beer 
In addition, more than half of the land in Wisconsin is covered with forests, so that it is also a major producer of woods. 
The two Aloha shirt stamps are issued in 2012.One shows Kilauea(基拉韋厄火山), a currently active shield volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. Another shows fossil fish, shells and starfish.
Aloha shirt stamps
The last one is one of the American four flags forever stamps.
American four flags forever stamps
Additional remarks:
1.Forever stamp is a postage stamp issued in the America whose value is the First-Class Mail stamp postage rate for a one ounce letter at the time of use. That is, it never declines in value.
2.First-Class Mail refers to letters less than 3.5 ounces and parcels less than 13 ounces. The price of First-Class Mail is based on its weight instead of its destination.


3 則留言:

  1. pictures on the stamps are quite interesting,showing different features around the US.

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  2. pictures on the stamps are quite interesting,showing different features around the US.

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  3. It must be a really interesting experience to receive postcards from other country.

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