Blog # 1658 --- Day 1248 ( That's One Thousand Two Hundred and Forty Eight Days ) Since the Start of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of UKRAINE .
GLORY TO UKRAINE
Hey there, thanks for dropping in. I`m back with another plethora of wonderful postcards to show-off . First up is a card from Georgia , the country not the state. It`s a look at Rabati Castle. Akhaltsikhe or Rabati Castle is a medieval fortress built in the 9th century under the name "Lomsia Castle" in the city of Akhaltsikhe in southern Georgia, recently reconstructed.
Alena used 2 stamps on her card. The first stamp was issued in 2023 , 1 of 3 in a set, showing Edmond Kalandadze paintings. The second, from 2024, is from a set of 2 showing Actors.
My next card is from France. I guess I could say it`s part 2 of a card in my last update. In my July 20th update Dominique`s card showed a few food items from the Alsace area. He mentioned that his favourite was not among the food shown. Well here it is on his latest card -- Tarte Flambee.
We have a 2012 stamp on this one. It showcases Camp des Milles , a French internment camp, opened in September 1939, in a former tile factory near the village of Les Milles, part of the commune of Aix-en-Provence.
Now here`s a card showing the Palace on the Dam in Amsterdam. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of the city, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk. It was constructed between 1648 and 1665.
Barbara used 2 shaped stamps from this current year. The stamp on the left is 1 of 6 in a mini sheet showing Camping the the Netherlands. The right stamp is 1 of 5 in a mini sheet commemorating the 750th Anniversary of the City of Amsterdam on the 27th of October.
Postcrossing celebrated its 20th Anniversary on July 14th. Isabelle sent this celebratory card to highlight this event. 20 years -- that`s a lot of postcards going here, there and everywhere.
The irst stamp is from 2018 , an Europa issua, and shows the Rheinkniebrucke, a bridge over the Rhine. The stamp on the right was issued in 2010 for Harvest Festival.
As any regular reader may know , I often show airline or aircraft cards. Well these next three cards are all showing airports. And they are all located in Germany. First up is DUS - Dusseldorf Airport. It opened on April 19, 1927.
Yvonne used 3 stamps here. The top stamp was issued this year. It highlights Chemnitz ( Karl Marx Stadt ) Airport. The two bottom stamps are both definitives. The Peacock one was issued last year.
This next card shows FRA -- Frankfurt Main Airport, Germany`s busiest international airport. FRA opened on April 8, 1936. Jean Pierre`s card shows what the airport looked like in 1952. Times have surely changed.
The three stamps are all definitives from the years 2022 and 2024, showing a Message in a Bottle, a Fish and Balloons.
Here is the third airport TXL -- Berlin Tegel Airport . It opened on April 1, 1974 and closed on May4, 2021. It saw its last flight on November 8, 2020.
On this one we have 2 definitives along with a 2025 stamp. It shows the Rakotz Bridge , a delicately arched devil`s bridge which was specifically built to create a circle when it is reflected in the waters beneath it. It is known as a devil`s bridge , due to the idea that such bridges were so dangerous that they must have been built by Satan himself.
This is the end for today. Thanks today go out to Alena, Dominique, Barbara, Isabelle, Yvonne and Jean Pierre.
Take care All . Later
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