State Map Oklahoma - Livingston, New Jersey

The name Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw language phrase okla, 'people', and humma, translated as 'red'. Choctaw Nation Chief Allen Wright suggested the name in 1866 during treaty negotiations with the federal government on the use of Indian Territory.

 

#58 FOTW - Singapore

The flag of Singapore was adopted in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. It remained the national flag upon the country's independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965. 

The design is a horizontal bicolour of red above white, overlaid in the canton (upper-left quadrant) by a white crescent moon facing a pentagon of five small white five-pointed stars.

The National Symbols Act defines the flag's composition and the symbolism of its elements: red symbolises "universal fellowship and equality", and white symbolises "pervading and everlasting purity and virtue". The crescent moon represents a "young nation on the ascendant". The five stars stand for the nation's ideals of "democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality". The crescent symbol is also seen by the nation's Muslim activists to represent Islam.

 

Parque das Aguas - São Lourenço, Brazil

Parque das Águas São Lourenço, founded in 1936, is a small piece of the Atlantic Forest where several species of fauna and flora live protected amidst 430,000 m² of preserved nature.

 

Large Letter Reprint - Seattle, Washington

Nickname: "The Evergreen State"

Mottos: Al-ki or Alki, "by and by" in Chinook Jargon

Washington is the headquarters of the Boeing concern - the main hall at the factory in Everett, where the famous Boeing 747 models are assembled, is considered the largest and most extensive building in the world - 19 ha and has a capacity of 6 million m3.

 

Pug - Tampere, Finland

Tampere is known for its active cultural life. Some of the most popular writers in Finland, such as Väinö Linna, Kalle Päätalo, and Hannu Salama, hail from Tampere. These authors are known particularly as writers depicting the lives of working-class people, thanks to their respective backgrounds as members of the working class.

EUROPA stamp 2018 - "Bridges"

 

German beer - Leverkusen, Germany

By far the most popular type of beer in Germany is pilsner, generally known as ‘Pils’. The light-golden beer with the dry hoppy aroma is very popular in the North, West and East. The name goes back to the Czech town of Pilsen.

EUROPA stamp 2020 - "Ancient postal routes"

 

#57 GF - Sousse, Tunisia

In the Tunisian town of Tatawin, shots for the popular movie "Star Wars" were shot. It was here that the scenery for the planet Tatooine was created.

 

Mount Rushmore - Carol Stream, Illinois

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial centered on a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum.

 

#57 FOTW - Doha, Qatar

The national flag of Qatar is in the ratio of 11:28. It is maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side. It was adopted shortly before the country declared independence from the United Kingdom on 3 September 1971. Qatar's flag is the only national flag having a width more than twice its height.

In 2012, the Qatari government defined the exact shade of the Qatari flag as Pantone 1955 C, or 'Qatar maroon'. The history of purple dye in the country dates back several centuries. It has been asserted that Qatar was the site of the earliest known production of shellfish dye during the rule of the Kassites due to the presence of a purple dye industry on the Al Khor Islands.

 

Samerberg viewing chapel - Denizli, Turkey

The chapel with its octagonal building dates from the 19th century. In the chapel itself, you will find a rather small gothic altar from the 16th century and a gothic altarpiece with the 14 Holy Helpers.

In front of the chapel, visitors have a fantastic view over the Rosenheimer Land with Bad Aibling and Rosenheim to the Simssee and Chiemsee.

EUROPA stamp 2018 - "Bridges"

 

Loupaper Illinois - Carol Stream, Illinois

"To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born and one is buried."-Lincoln's farewell address to the people of Springfield on his departure for Washington in 1861.

 

Wurstelprater - Warsaw, Poland

The Wurstelprater is an amusement park and section of the Wiener Prater (a park) in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The mascot for the park is Calafati, a 9 m-tall sculpture of a Chinese man, which stands near the Wiener Riesenrad.

 

Mount Cook - Wellington, New Zealand

According to Māori legend, Aoraki was a young boy who, along with his three brothers, were the sons of Rakinui, the Sky Father. On their voyage around the Papatūānuku, the Earth Mother, their canoe became stranded on a reef and tilted. Aoraki and his brothers climbed onto the top side of their canoe. However, the south wind froze them and turned them to stone. Their canoe became the Te Waka o Aoraki, the South Island, and their prows, the Marlborough Sounds. Aoraki, the tallest, became the highest peak, and his brothers created the Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the Southern Alps.

 

#56 GF - Vilnius, Lithuania

In Lithuania there is one of the oldest trees in Europe. The oak in Stalmujża is about 2000 years old and is considered a natural monument. Oak is the national tree of Lithuanians.

 

The New Yorker magazine cover, May 10, 1930 - Achern, Germany

Theodore Gilbert Haupt (1902–1990), was an American Modernist painter, sculptor, and muralist who melded Cubist with Surrealist elements. As a graphic designer, he achieved recognition for his New Yorker magazine covers.

 

#56 FOTW - Hamilton, Bermuda

The flag of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda as a red ensign was first adopted on 4 October 1910. It is a British Red Ensign with the Union Flag (which is the national flag) in the upper left corner and the coat of arms of Bermuda in the lower right.

The flag is unusual for a British overseas territory in that it is used on land in a red ensign form; most other British overseas territories use a version of the blue ensign for general use ashore.

 

Riviera Maya - Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Playa del Carmen, known colloquially as 'Playa', is a resort city located along the Caribbean Sea. The area is known for its white sand beaches, blue turquoise waters, coral reefs, surrounding rainforests, and balnearios. The city's downtown area revolves around Quinta Avenida, a busy pedestrian thoroughfare lined with many shops, clubs, and restaurants.