After being a member of Postcrossing for over ten years, it is increasingly rare that I send or receive a postcard from a new country for the first time. But such is the case when a card I sent to Guadeloupe arrived yesterday. Guadeloupe is Caribbean island and a protectorate of France (similar to the US Virgin Islands), and was first discovered by Europeans in 1493 by Christopher Columbus. It is a small island with a small population and an even smaller Postcrossing community- only 42 registered members. So sending a card there is indeed a rare occurrence. The card I sent was one I created and had printed myself. It depicts my painting of HMS Bounty arriving at another tropical island, Tahiti.
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