Shaped Card from Bulgaria

Shaped postcard BG-33614 came from Plovdiv, the 2nd largest city in Bulgaria and a candidate for European Capital of Culture in 2019.

Bulgaria, Europe's 14th largest country, is located in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. On the card, it shows major topographical features such as the Danubian Plain, the Balkan Mountains, the Thracian Plain, and the Rhodope Mountains.

The Pirin Mountains

On postcard BG-30315 from Bulgaria is the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren as the highest peak shown in the background. Most of the mountain range is within the Pirin National Park. The mountain is named after Perun, the highest god of the Slavic pantheon and the Thunder and Lightning God.

Ichthyosaur

It is Bank of America's Museums on US weekend again on December 7 and December 8 in 2013 when you can visit more than 150 arts, culture and educational institutions in the United States free with a Bank of America and Merrill Lynch debit or credit card.

Postcard US-2510594 to Bulgaria reached its destination in 22 days, and it was purchased at the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas during a previous Museums on US visit. The postcard shows Ichthyosaurs, giant marine reptiles that thrived during much of the Mesozoic era more than 200 million years ago. They evolved from a group of unidentified land reptiles that moved back to the sea, in parallel to the ancestors of modern-day dolphins and whales. The official state fossil of Nevada is the Ichthyosaur.