South Africa II

The large milkwood tree in Mossel Bay has been used as a kind of post office since 1501. Portuguese sailors returning from a trade mission to India left messages in this tree for the next fleet of Portuguese ships scheduled to pass by en route to India. It has become a tradition for visitors to Mossel Bay to send cards from the Post Office Tree, which is now a national heritage site.

Mail sent from the old post office tree features a special cancellation stamp.

South Africa

Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa form the official seat of the South African government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. See here framed by flowering jacaranda trees in early Summer. The first postcard from my Mum's holiday to southern Africa. 

Ouranosaurus, meaning “brave lizard” lived during the early Cretaceous period about 110 million years ago in Africa. At first I thought there was a offset printing mistake with the stamp, as the colours don't line up, but it turns out this dinosaur set was issued in 3D, requiring special glasses to align the colours and bring out the depth of the image.