Machu Picchu on postcard from Peru

This is my third postcard from Peru, but second from Machu Picchu. Previous postcard was without hand cancellation, but this one is properly canceled. Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Cusco Region. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.

This is complete set The 50th Anniversary of the First Europa Postage Stamps, issued on 24.11.2005.


Thank you, Erick!

Flags of the World Series: Peru

Peru is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

This is my second postcard from Peru, but first with hand cancellation, even though it's a bit pale and unreadable. Stamp on postcard is Christmas stamp, issued on 8.1.2017!


Thank you, Adolf!

Peru: Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Cusco Region. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish Conquest. Although known locally, it was not known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian Hiram Bingham brought it to international attention in 1911.  Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of how they originally appeared. By 1976, thirty percent of Machu Picchu had been restored and restoration continues. Machu Picchu was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.

Nice complete set of stamps on postcard: The 50th Anniversary of the First Europa Postage Stamps, issued on 24.11.2005. No hand cancellation on stamps, only pale machine cancellation on bottom of the postcard.


Thank you Andrés!