My UNESCO World Heritage Postcards

North Korea - Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea (2025)

"Mount Kumgang is a long-celebrated place of exceptional natural beauty, renowned for its near-white granite peaks, deep valleys, waterfalls, and pristine ecosystems, rising to nearly 1,600 metres. The mountain’s dramatic impact is enhanced through constantly changing weather patterns of mists, rain, sunshine and clouds. This sacred mountain is a key site of mountain Buddhism, with traditions dating back to the 5th century. This cultural landscape is home to ancient hermitages, temples, stupas, and stone carvings, many located in the Outer and Inner Kumgang Area. Three temples remain active today and bear exceptional testimony to centuries of Buddhist practice, with tangible and intangible heritage deeply intertwined with the landscape."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Nice postcard of Mount Kumgang of North Korea. Thanks to Chintung who visited Pyongyang and mailed it on August 4, 2012.

China - Xixia Imperial Tombs (2025)

"The Tangut civilization, an ethnic minority civilization, prospering in an agricultural-husbandry area in Northwest China, shows its excellent adaptability and outstanding cultural diversity. The general layout of the Tombs imitates the imperial mausoleum construction of the Northern Song Dynasty. In terms of site selection, layout, burial ways, building techniques and arts, the builders not only learned the experience from the ritual system and cultural achievements of the Northern Song Dynasty but also combined their own ethnic customs such as mountain worship, belief in necromancy and aesthetic orientations, reflecting the strong characteristics of the Tangut civilization’s inclusiveness and cultural fusion. As the site of the large tomb group for the Western Xia emperors, the Tombs bear special witness to the long vanishedTangut civilization."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

I bought this postcard in China.

Germany - The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee (2025)

"Neuschwanstein - Linderhof (Palace)- King’s House Schachen - Herrenchiemsee (New Palace)"
“The real world is an illusion”. Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

This serial property consists of four grand palace complexes in Bavaria’s alpine region, built under King Ludwig II between 1864 and 1886. Designed as personal retreats and imaginative escapes, they reflect the romantic and eclectic spirit of the era. Drawing inspiration from the Wartburg Castle, Versailles, German fairy tales, and Wagner’s operas, the palaces showcase historicist styles and advanced 19th-century techniques. Carefully integrated into stunning natural landscapes, they embody Ludwig’s artistic vision. Opened to the public shortly after his death in 1886, these sites are now preserved as museums and remain major cultural landmarks."

Source: UNESO World Heritage Tentative List

Postcard 1A - Neuschwanstein Castle
Schloss Neuschwanstein built in 1869-1886 by von Konig Ludwig II. Thanks to YL and Ing who visited this fairy tale castle in Bavaria, Germany.

Postcard 1B - Neuschwanstein Castle

Royal Castle of Neuschwanstein, Germany. Thanks to Mimi of France. Terima kasih - merci beaucoup.

Postcard 1C - Neuschwanstein Castle

Thanks to YL, Ing and Don who visited Neuschwanstein, Germany with special cancellation of the castle.

Postcard 1D - Neuschwanstein Castle

Thanks to Jenny of Germany with special castle cancellation.

Postcard 1E - Neuschwanstein Castle

Thanks to YL and YL mailed from the castle in Feb 2019.

Postcard 1F - Neuschwanstein Castle

An autum view. Thanks to Yukiko of Munich, Germany.

Postcard 1G - - Neuschwanstein Castle

Winter view of castle. I bought this postcard in Munich in 2015.

Postcard 2 - Linderhof

Royal Castle of Linderhof.

Postcard 3 - King Ludwig II Castles

A multi-view.

Postcard 4 - Location Map

A map view with multi-views

Greece - Minoan Palatial Centres (2025)

"This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial centres served as administrative, economic, and religious hubs, featuring advanced architecture, urban planning, and vibrant frescoes. They reveal early writing systems, maritime networks, and cultural exchanges. The property highlights the complexity of the Minoans’ social structure and their enduring influence on Mediterranean history."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Postcard 1

The Palace of Knossos and the Prince with the Lilies. Thanks to Anne of Finland.

Postcard 2
View of Festos (Phaisto) archaelogical site, in Crete, Greece. Thanks to Dustin of Germany.

Postcard 3
The Queen's Hall with frescos of dolphins, Palace of Knossos, Crete with matching frescos of dolphins stamp. Thanks to Dustin of Germany.

Postcard 4
Gold Jewel from Malia 1800 BC in Archaelogical Museum of Herakleion, Greece. A great addition to my museum postcard collection worldwide. Thanks to Dustin of Germany.

Malaysia - Forest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park Selangor (2025)

"Located 16 km northwest of Kuala Lumpur, the property is a human-made tropical rainforest established on degraded tin-mining land from the 1920s. It includes scientific, residential, and service buildings, water bodies, and trails. The site represents a pioneering reforestation effort, successfully transforming barren land into a mature lowland tropical forest, showcasing early ecological restoration and sustainable land rehabilitation practices."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Colonial administration building of Forest Research Institute Malaysia of Kepong, Selangor. Thanks to Shah of Selangor, Malaysia.

These are additional postcards of FRIM. I have extra for swap.

Vietnam - Laos - Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Hin Nam No National Park (2025)

"The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park and Hin Nam No National Park is a transboundary extension of Viet Nam’s Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, inscribed in 2003. Located in the Annamite mountains, it features rugged karst landscapes, deep caves—including the vast Xe Bang Fai Cave—as well as rich biodiversity and associated local traditional use. The park lies within the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, home to over 1,500 plant and 536 vertebrate species, including many endemics and globally threatened species like the Red-Shanked Douc Langur and Sunda Pangolin. Unique species such as the Lao Rock Rat and Giant Huntsman Spider also inhabit the area. Its diverse ecosystems span lowland forests to high-altitude karst habitats.”

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard 1A - Vietnam
Han Tien grotto of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Year of Ox stamp used. Thanks so much to Tayet of Vietnam.

Postcard 1B - Vietnam

Postcard 1C - Vietnam

Son Doong Cave - the world's largest cave in Quanbinh. I bought this postcard in Vietnam in October 2018.

Postcard 2A - Laos

Xe Bang Fai River Cave postcard. I bought both postcards in Laos in Luang Prabang and have them cancelled with stamps in Vientiane General Post Office in 2017.

Postcard 2B - Laos

Japan - Sado Island Gold Mines

"The Sado Island Gold Mines are a serial property located on Sado Island, some thirty-five kilometres west of the Niigata Prefecture coast. It is formed of several component parts illustrative of different unmechanised mining methods. Sado Island is of volcanic origin and features two parallel mountain ranges stretching from southwest to northeast and separated by one alluvial plain, the Kuninaka Plain. Gold and silver deposits were formed by the rising of hydrothermal water to the land surface and forming veins in the rock; tectonic activity first submerged the surface deposits to the seabed, which was later raised again by tectonic movements. Placer deposits were exploited in Nishimikawa Area, located on the north-western side of the Kosado Mountains. In addition, the weathering of the volcanic rock exposed ore veins, which were mined underground in the Aikawa-Tsurushi Area, at the southern end of the Osado Mountains range. Mostly tangible attributes reflecting mining activities and social and labour organisation are preserved as archaeological elements, both above and below ground, and landscape features."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sado Gold Mine of Sado Island, Niigata, Japan is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Thanks to Henry of Japan.

France - Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan (2025)

"This serial property in Brittany, France, features a dense concentration of megalithic structures built during the Neolithic period (c. 5000–2300 BCE), carefully aligned with the area’s unique geomorphology. These monumental stone constructions—arranged in relation to one another and to natural features like terrain and waterways—reflect a sophisticated understanding of the environment. Rich engravings and associated artifacts further illustrate the cultural complexity of the societies that inhabited this part of the European Atlantic coast."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Postcard 1
Carnac - the alignments of standing stones on the heath. Thanks to Jean-Pierre of France who visited this amazing prehistoric site.

Postcard 2

The Menec alignment of Carnac. Nice mint postcard mailed inside envelope from France, postmarked October 21, 2020 and arrived in Penang island on November 26, 2020. Thanks to Jean-Pierre of France.

France - French Polynesia - Taputapuātea

"Taputapuātea on Ra’iatea Island is at the centre of the “Polynesian Triangle,” a vast portion of the Pacific Ocean, dotted with islands, and the last part of the globe to be settled by humans. The property includes two forested valleys, a portion of lagoon and coral reef and a strip of open ocean. At the heart of the property is the Taputapuātea marae complex, a political, ceremonial and funerary centre. It is characterized by a paved courtyard with a large standing stone at its centre. Widespread in Polynesia, the marae were places where the world of the living intersects the world of the ancestors. Taputapuātea is an exceptional testimony to 1,000"

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Postcard 1
Taputapuatea is located on Ra'iatea island. This multi-view postcard of aerial views of French Polynesian islands views with Raiatea island on the bottom right corner. Thanks to Magali of French Polynesia.