NEW ZEALAND - Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

"The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird." -http://whc.unesco.org

Postcard 1: Mitre Peak, Fiordland

"This is a famous place here in New Zealand - Milford Sound 
- the heart of the UNESCO Site Te Wahipounamu in the South Island.
The name means "the place where greenstone is in the waters"...", shares Adrienne.
Thank you so much Adrienne for this card!

Postcard 2: Milford Sound, Fiordland

A great card of Milford Sound of New Zealand with matching stamp issued in France.
Thank you so much for sharing with me this postcard, Jean Pierre!
The postmarks made me smile too!

Postcard 3: Wilmot Pass, Fiordland

Thank you so  much, Aaron for choosing this awesome postcard for me!

Postcard 4: Mount Cook


Another UNESCO postcard from Aaron with Year of the Pig stamp!
Thank you so much for this awesome card, Aaron!
It makes me wish again to experience snow one day!

This UNESCO Site includes 4 National Parks namely:

1. Aoraki/Mt Cook
2. Fiordland
3. Mt. Aspiring
4. Westland

NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

"The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New Zealand. The islands, lying between the Antarctic and Subtropical Convergences and the seas, have a high level of productivity, biodiversity, wildlife population densities and endemism among birds, plants and invertebrates. They are particularly notable for the large number and diversity of pelagic seabirds and penguins that nest there. There are 126 bird species in total, including 40 seabirds of which five breed nowhere else in the world." -http://whc.unesco.org

Sub-Antarctic Islands... Home of King Penguins.

Thank you so much Phebe for the opportunity of having this card...

The penguins look lovely!

BIG THANKS for the Royal Wedding Stamp!

The couple look lovely too! =)

NEW ZEALAND - Tongariro National Park

"In 1993 Tongariro became the first property to be inscribed on the World Heritage List under the revised criteria describing cultural landscapes. The mountains at the heart of the park have cultural and religious significance for the Maori people and symbolize the spiritual links between this community and its environment. The park has active and extinct volcanoes, a diverse range of ecosystems and some spectacular landscapes." -http://whc.unesco.org

Thank you so much Andrea for sending me a UNESCO card as postcrossing official card!
And I really really like the stamp! =)