Mayoyao Rice Terraces Postcard - Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera

The postcard shows the Mayoyao Rice Terraces, one of the five clusters inscribed in the UNESCO WOrld Heritage Site under Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras.

The rice terraces are dotted with pyramid-shaped typical Mayoyao houses and stretch from Barangay of Chaya to the bank of the Penangah River downstream.

 

Mayoyao Rice Terraces Postcard

Other postcard information:
Unused
Single View
4.2"x6.1"
National Bookstore
SN: 8-09254
Copyright: 2012
Code: 425P8-124-94
Barcode: 4-800224-092548

RELATED ENTRIES:
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera, June 1, 2012

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park Postcard

Now called the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park or the Puerto Princesa Underground River, it was chosen as one of the New7Wonders of Nature.

Justification for Inscription: "The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with its underground river..."

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park Postcard

Other postcard information: 
Unused

Single View

4.2"x6"

Rendezvous card

RELATED ENTRY:

St. Paul's Subterranean River National Park Postcards - December 19, 2007

Lorenzo Ruiz and Companion Martyrs

I found the names of the companion martyrs in the painting postcard below. Also known as the 16 Martyrs of Japan, they are:

Antonio Gonzalez
Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia
Jacobo Kyushei Gorobioye Tomonaga de Santa María
Francis Shoyemon
Jordan Ansalone
Lazarus of Kyoto
Luke Alonso
Marina of Omura
Magdalene of Nagasaki
Matthew Kohiyoye
Michael de Aozaraza
Michael Kurobioye
Thomas Rokuzayemon
Vincent Shiwozuka
William Courtet

They were all beatified on February 18, 1981 and canonized on October 18, 1987.

Lorenzo Ruiz and Companion Martyrs Painting Postcard

Other postcard information:
Unused

Single View
4.2"x6.15"

National Bookstore

SN: 8-07331

Copyright: 2008

Code: 300P8-191-69

Barcode: 4-800224-073318

RELATED ENTRY:

Painting Postcard - January 3, 2009

SOURCES:

Martyrs of Japan Wikipedia Entry

Biography of the Companion Martyrs

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera

I have always thought that the Banaue Rice Terraces located in the poblacion and as seen on the 1,000 Philippine Peso bill are part part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, but they are not. They are, however, a National Cultural Treasure under Ifugao Rice Terraces.

Banaue Rice Terraces

The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (all in Ifugao) that were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995 only include the following:
(1) Batad Rice Terraces (in Banaue)
(2) Bangaan Rice Terraces (in Banaue)
(3) Mayoyao Rice Terraces (in Mayoyao)
(4) Hungduan Rice Terraces (in Hungduan)
(5) Nagacadan Rice Terraces (in Kiangan)

Batad Rice Terraces

This means that I now only have 66 UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Philippines postcards, 15 of which are postcards of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordillera.

Postcard 9: Notre Dame de Paris

Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991) , a World Heritage Site
"From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are architectural masterpieces while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century town planning the world over."

Notre Dame de Paris Western Facade

At first I'm not really sure if Notre Dame de Paris is on the Heritage Site list since I only saw the name Notre Dame de Reims. But I soon read that it is under Paris, Banks of the Seine! I never thought there are 2 Notre Dame!

I tried also to research on MONA; however, no other relevant information can be found on the net, other than some eBay products suggesting that MONA might be the publisher or editor of the postcard.

At the back of the card:

LES PETITS TABLEAUX DE PARIS
Notre-Dame et la Seine vue prise du Quai St. Michel
Notre Dame and the Seine view taken from the Quai St. Micheal.
Notre-Dame und die Seine, vom Quai St. Michel aus gesehen.

MONA, 28, av. Victor Emmanuel, Paris (Reprod. Interdite.) N- 1127