This Postcard travelled ??Kms to Czech Republic. This is a private swap. At the time of posting, the Merlion has just been restored to public display after being repaired from a lighting strike. The lighting strike left a gaping hole on the top of the Merlion. The Merlion is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body comes from Singapore's ancient name back when it was a fishing village — Temesak — meaning "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" in Malay.
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This is just gorgeous!
Welcome to my newly organised
worldwide lighthouses and
ancient sailing ships blog,
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The angle is perfect and I so wanted to have one!Are you selling those? I am a collector of stamps and even postcards too! And I also trade or exchange them. If you are interested to sell / exchange your items, you can do it here ~ Collector's Free MarketPlace and Club
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