My Favorite Postcards

Septimus Severus
Leptismagna - Libya

This postcard is postmarked in 2009 from Libya.

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Septimius Severus (11 April 145 – 4 February 211), was the Roman emperor from 193 to 211.  As a young man he advanced through the cursus honorum—the customary succession of offices—under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus seized power after the death of Emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five Emperors.

 In 208 he invaded Caledonia (modern Scotland), but his ambitions were cut short when he fell fatally ill in late 210.  Severus died in early 211 at Eboracum (today York, England), and was succeeded by his sons Caracalla and Geta.

marcus orelius arch
Tripoli - Libya

This postcard is postmarked in 2010 with a set of two Libyan architecture stamps.

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The Arch of Marcus Aurelius is a Roman triumphal arch in the city of Oea, modern Tripoli, where it is found near the northeastern entrance to the Medina (old town).

The Arch was erected (entirely in marble) by Gaius Calpurnius Celsus, to commemorate the victories of Lucius Verus (junior colleague and adoptive brother of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius) over the Parthians in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–66.

The monument was erected in 165 AD, and cannot be dated later, because the Emperor is referred to with the title Armenicus, but not with the titles of Medicus and Parthicus, which were conferred on him in 166 AD.

Leptis Magna
Libya

This postcard is postmarked in 2010 with two reptile stamps that feature a snake and a turtle.

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Leptis Magna, also called Lpqy or Neapolis, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Al Khums, Libya, 130 km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea. The site is one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean.

Tripoli - Libya  2008

This postcard is postmarked in 2009 with two Libya stamps.

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Here are the names of buildings I could find:
Corinthia Tripoli Hotel
The Grand Hotel
Bab el Bahr Hotel
El Fateh Tower
That El Emad Towers

The Old Libyan Central Bank
Tripoli - Libya

This is postmarked in 2010 with a 200 stamp from Libya.

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The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector. Apart from petroleum, the other natural resources are natural gas and gypsum.

The World Bank defines Libya as an 'Upper Middle Income Economy', along with only seven other African countries.

Desert
Libya 2008

This postcard is postmarked in 2010 with two reptile stamps.

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The Libyan Desert, also known as the Western Desert, forms the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert.  The desert extends approximately 1100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south, in about the shape of a rectangle. Like most of the Sahara, this desert is primarily sand and hamada or stony plain.

Tripoli - Libya

View of Omar el Muktar Park

postmarked in 2009 with two Total Eclipse 29.3.2006 - Libya stamps

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Tripol is the largest and capital city of Libya. It was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Oea.

Tripoli is the principal sea port, and the largest commercial and manufacturing centre in Libya. It is also the site of Al-Fateh University. Due to the city's long history, there are many sites of archaeological significance in Tripoli. The climate is typical Mediterranean, with hot, dry summers, cool winters and some modest rainfall.

The Old City of Kabaw
Kawaw - Libya

postmarked in 2009 with two Libya stamps featuring people - 100 each

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This is old town and qsar (fortified storage area). This qsar is the main section of an ancient grainery . The gate was usually kept locked, but once inside, there are small rooms used for storage giving the feeling that this was once a small, fortified village. The rooms were used to store dates, wheat, and oil. Each small room had a door made from palm trunks. You can still see an old mill wheel, once used to make pure oil.

Tripoli - Libya

postmarked in 2009 with two Tripoli International Fair - Libya stamps

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1. maybe a mosque?
2. Corinthia Tripoli Hotel
3. Marcus Aurelius Arch
4. View of Tripoli
5. That El Emad Towers

Libya, officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
With an area of almost 1,800,000 square kilometres (694,984 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people.

View of Saraia El Hamra Castle (The Red Castle)
Tripoli - Libya

This is postmarked in 2009 with two great Libya stamps about the total Eclipse of 2006.

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The Red Castle Museum or Assaraya Alhamra Museum is Libya's national museum. It is located in the historic building known as the "Red Castle" or "Red Saraya".

Designed in conjunction with UNESCO, the museum covers 5,000 years from prehistory to the independence revolution (1953) era. It is located in Tripoli's Assaria al-Hamra or Red Castle fortress, on the promontory above and adjacent to the old-town district with medina Ghadema.
 

A Historical Arch
Leptismagna - Libya

This is postmarked in 2009 with a Libya stamp.

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Leptis Magna was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Khoms, Libya, 130 km (81 mi) east of Tripoli. The site is one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean.

This is an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Great Jamahiriya
Sabratha

(Shown on the card is Mausoleum of Bes.)

This postcard was postmarked in 2009 with a Libya stamp.

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Sabratha, in the northwestern corner of modern Libya, was the westernmost of the "three cities" (Sabratha, Oea and Leptis Magna) of ancient Tripolitania. It lies on the Mediterranean coast about 66 km (41 mi) west of Tripoli. The extant archaeological site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.

Tripoli - Libya
Suk El Mushir

Postmarked in 2009 with two Libya "International Fair" stamps.