Showing posts with label Guam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guam. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The island of Guam


Island
Postcard
The card shows a picture of the entire island of Guam from 13,000 feet (4000 Km) showing the Earth's horizon on a perfectly clear day.

The text on the card reads "Guam Micronesia". Here Micronesia refers to the overall region, not the country. Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. Micronesia is divided politically among several sovereign countries. One of these is the Federated States of Micronesia, which is often called "Micronesia" for short and is not to be confused with the overall region.

Stamp
The postmark reads Barrigada. This is the post office located near/at the airport.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

USA - North Korea Tensions | GUAM





Fresh tensions between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un have raised fears of a devastating nuclear war between the US and North Korea.

The US military this morning released pictures of supersonic B-1B bombers flying from Guam after North Korea threatened to strike an American airbase on the remote Pacific island.


Two US Air Force B-1B jets took part in 10-hour mission over the Korean peninsula just hours before Kim Jong-un revealed his plans.


On Monday, Trump warned any threat to America would be met with "fire and fury".


(source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/north-korea-us-war-live-10955418)

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Tropical island paradise | Guam


Postcard
The island of Guam is located approximately 3,300 miles west of Hawaii, 1,500 miles east of the Philippines and 1,500 miles South of Japan. The island is the western most territory of the United States. As you already figured out by the looks of the postcard, Guam is truly a tropical island paradise. The average temperature is 85F (about 30 degrees Celsius).
Stamps
USA stamps are used on Guam. 

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

A map of the Mariana Islands


Postcard
The remote islands on this postcard are part of two administrative units, Guam, a US territory, and the Northern Mariana Islands which make up a Commonwealth of the United States. The islands were named after Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria in the 17th century, when Spain started the colonization of the archipelago.

The island chain geographically consists of two subgroups, a northern group of ten volcanic main islands, all are currently uninhabited; and a southern group of five coralline limestone islands: Rota, Guam, Aguijan, Tinian and Saipan, all inhabited except Aguijan.

Stamps
Guam uses US stamps. 

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Fintassa Falls | Guam


Postcard
Fintassa Falls is located on the island of Guam, the southernmost and largest island in the Mariana island chain.

The island of Guam is located in the western Pacific Ocean, somewhere between Papua New Guinea and Japan. It is an unincorporated territory of the United States, just like American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.

Stamps
A forever stamp honoring the late '60s rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix as part of USA Music Icons series.

Part of the Black Heritage series, Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American Woman Elected to Congress in 1972.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A postcard from Guam: Rock formations at Tanguisson Beach


Postcard
Guam is located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the southernmost and largest island in the Mariana island chain and is also the largest island in Micronesia. The indigenous people of Guam are the Chamorros.

“The island of Guam, Guahan in native Chamorro, is a truely cosmopolitan community that reflects the cultures of its original Chamorro inhabitants as early as 2,000 B.C., influenced by countless European, American, Asian, Micronesian, and other people who have occupied, visited and immigrated to Guam since the 16th Century.”

Guam was colonized by Spain from 1595 – 1898. At the end of the Spanish American War the United Stated gained control over the island in 1898. In WWII it was occupied by Japan from 1941 – 1944 but the United States reclaimed it in 1944.

Stamp
Guam uses USA stamps. The stamp is cancelled in the village of Barrigada.

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