BLOG # 1550 ----- Day 649 of the Pandemic !
Hello once again. Today I have 4 cards from 4 wonderful contributors to this blog, Gerda, Jean Pierre, Dominique and Ravindra. It's all of you and a number of others that keep me going. Thank you all.
My first card is from Belgium and is the second Christmas postcard I have received this season. Looks like Santa and Rudolph are having a good time.
Gerda used 2 of the Belgian Christmas stamps that were issued in October showing Timeless Decorations. I guess the two stamps, one local and one Europe rate, made up the international rate to Canada.
The second card for this time is from Alfred Faure station, Crozet, T.A.A.F. This is a permanent French scientific station on Ile de la Possession , of the Sub-Antarctic Crozet Archipelago in the South Indian Ocean. T.A.A.F. French Southern and Antarctic Lands , T.A.A.F., is an Overseas Territory of France. It consists of Adelie Land, the French claim on the Antarctic continent, along with Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, Kerguelen Islands - equidistant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia and lastly Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands north of the Kerguelen Islands. This year 2021 marks 60 years since Alfred Faure station was first established and the metal building on the card is certainly showing its age.
There are some nice stamps on this card with great postmarks and hand stamps indicative of where it came from. The left stamp is 1 of 2 in a lovely minisheet issued in 2019 for Tuna Fishing. The small stamp in the middle is 1 of 3 from 2017 showing Penguins. The large stamp on the right , from 2019 show Yves Valette, explorer.
Dominique's card from France shows Le Phare des Baleines or the Lighthouse of the Whales on Ile de Re. This light was built between 1849 and 1854. It measures 57 metres high and is one of the highest in France.
The stamp is a semi-postal from 1965. It highlights the Death of Charles d'Orleans in 1465. Charles spent 25 years as a prisoner of war in England. While a prisoner Charles became an accomplished medieval poet.
Now here's today's last card. And what better way to end than with an aircraft card. It's AirBaltic YL-AAU an Airbus A220-300. The airline celebrated 25 years in the sky in 2020. This aircraft is relatively new, it was delivered to AirBaltic in December of 2020.
Ravindra use 3 stamps on his card. On the left from 2008, 1of 4 in a minisheet showing Paintings for Vesak. The 2 stamps on the right are from a sheet of 20 showcasing Threatened Wild Species.
There you have it folks. Another update completed. Thanks go out to Ravindra, Gerda, Jean Pierre and Dominique. Let's do it again soon. Take care.
Looks like Omicron is running unchecked. Cases are up everywhere - restrictions are once again happening, lockdowns are taking place. the whole world seems to be going bananas . Doesn't look like 2022 will be all that happy. Just remember -- Be Safe.
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