Saturday, May 18, 2019

Map postcard from Honduras

Honduras is a country in Central America. In the past, it was sometimes referred to as "Spanish Honduras" to differentiate it from British Honduras, which later became modern-day Belize. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish invaded in the sixteenth century.

Stamps on postcard:
First stamp is from set Clams and Sea Snails, issued on 19.7.2004.
Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata ssp. caribea), issued on 16.2.2001.
Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea), issued on 6.10.2014.
Hawkwing Conch (Strombus raninus), issued on 19.7.2004.


Thank you, Cesar!


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