PC#135 Thailand, Year of the Monkey 2016,

This card show the monkey in traditional culture of Thailand. I dont know the story talked on the card but it would be very interesting.

Thank you, SSLiew, for picking this one for me.

PC#134 New Zealand, Year of the Monkey 2016 card,

Sent: 13/1/2016

Arrived:

Thank you so much, Marice!

Cover#165 Czech; Commemorative Handstamps: Number#63/2015 : Aniversary Postal Museum,

Sent: 18/12/2015

Arrived: 4/1/2016

Thanks, Trung!

Cover#164 Indonesia, Turtles FDC,

Thank you Shinta for this beautiful FDC. Just curious, the date on Panda tampon shows 2010. Wow.

PC#133 Hongkong, Year of the Monkey card,

These monkeys mother and son/daughter are cute. Love this card with the stamp and speacial postmark so much.

Sent: 16/1/2016

Arrived: 26/1/2016

Many thanks, Phoebe Wai!

Cover#163 Czech, An amazing Kazakhstan,

This letter sent on my birthday, 11 Jan, gives me a big gift. Many amazing Kazakhstan stamps is inside on many topics: Lunar new year (Goat year and Horse year, my year), EUROPA stamps... It made my day.

Sent: 11/1/2016

Arrived: 25/1/2016

PC#132 UK, UNESCO site: Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd with Monkey Year stamp,

Sent: 3/1/2016

Arrived: 23/1/2016

Thank you ichabodhides!

Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd

UNESCO site

Date of Inscription: 1986

The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech (largely the work of the greatest military engineer of the time, James of St George) and the fortified complexes of Caernarfon and Conwy are located in the former principality of Gwynedd, in north Wales. These extremely well-preserved monuments are examples of the colonization and defence works carried out throughout the reign of Edward I (1272–1307) and the military architecture of the time.

The four castles of Beaumaris, Conwy, Caernarfon, Harlech and the attendant fortified towns at Conwy and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, North Wales, are the finest examples of late 13th century and early 14th century military architecture in Europe, as demonstrated through their completeness, pristine state, evidence for organized domestic space, and extraordinary repertory of their medieval architectural form.

The castles as a stylistically coherent group are a supreme example of medieval military architecture designed and directed by James of St George (c. 1230-1309), King Edward I of England’s chief architect, and the greatest military architect of the age.

The extensive and detailed contemporary technical, social, and economic documentation of the castles, and the survival of adjacent fortified towns at Caernarfon and Conwy, makes them one of the major references of medieval history.

The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech are unique artistic achievements for the way they combine characteristic 13th century double-wall structures with a central plan, and for the beauty of their proportions and masonry.