Air Canada A330, Gjirokastra

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Hello one and all . Time for a few more cards to be shown and talked about. I don't usually have a card to show  from Canada but that's where I start today. This is a card I received from Montreal, courtesy of Jean Pierre. Of course it's an Airline card, as I receive very many of this type from him. 

Shown is an Air Canada  Airbus A330-343. The registration is F-WWYA, not a normal registration for Air Canada or any Canadian aircraft. F-WWYA was a temporary Airbus test registration for Air Canada's Airbus A330-343 aircraft. As a test registration, it was used by Airbus during the production and delivery phase of the aircraft before it was formally registered to  Air Canada. So here's the card.

 The card arrived with a bird stamp, 1 of 5 in a set of Birds of Canada, issued in 2017. 

I have to say that I never knew about these temporary registrations  . I 'm sure I have showed hundreds and hundreds of these airline/aircraft postcards over the years but never came across any temporary registrations before. I guess I learned something new today and at my age , any day I can learn something new, it's a good day.  

Card 2 for today was sent from Gjirokastra, Albania. This city in southern  Albania is located in a valley between the Gjere mountains and the Drino, at 300 metres above above sea level. Its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Alena's card shows a  clock tower in the upper left corner. The clock tower is a 19th century era structure located within Gjirokastra Castle and was built by Ali Pasha to indicate the times for the five daily Islamic prayers.

Alena used a commemorative stamp from 2022 celebrating 100 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Albania and The United States. 

Well that's my update for today. Thanks go out to Jean Pierre and Alena for their cards. Take care and I'll be here again soon. 

Mosset, Hop! and Frankfurt

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Howdy again folks. Here's a couple of cards to have a look at this time. First up is this card showing Mosset, a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It has a small population of just 313 or so. 

 Josep and Assumpta used 2 stamps on this card. The left stamp highlights the commune of Lagrasse and was issued in 2024. The right stamp, from this current year, show the commune of Collioure. 

 

Next up is a favourite type card for me -- an Airline / Aircraft card. 

Here we have an ATR42, from Hop! registered as F-GPYL.    HOP!, is a French regional airline operating flights on behalf of its parent company Air France. The airline was founded on 21 December 2012 after the merger of Airlinair, Brit Air and Régional brands. Its head office is at Nantes Atlantique Airport. F-GPYL is 28.5 years old, it started service with Air Littoral in 1997. In 2004 it saw service with Airlinair, 2016 with Hop! and finally 2018 with Sky Exxpress Greece, 

Jean Pierre used a Stamp Day 1988 semi-postal stamp on this card. 

Today's 3rd card is from Frankfurt. It was issued on the occasion of a special flight by Lufthansa. 

The first Lufthansa Airbus A330 flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to Raleigh-Durham (RDU) was on Jun 6, 2024, operating as flight LH409. This flight was part of Lufthansa's new nonstop service to RDU, which began on the same date and offers service five times a week. 

The stamp used was issued in 2008. It shows an Airbus 380, not a 330 as the card commemorates. 

The aircraft on the stamp has 4 engines while the aircraft on the postmark commemoration has just 2 engines. 

 

So ends another blog update. Thanks for today's cards go to Josep and Assumpta, Jean Pierre and Yvonne from Austria. 

Big Thanks all around.  

Labour Day 2025 and Telc

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Hello once again. It's September 1st , Labour Day here in Canada. 

                                               

Labour Day is an annual day of celebration of the labour movement and its achievements. It has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.

It is a statutory Holiday in Canada providing most workers with a day off with regular pay. So the Post office is closed and that means no mail today. 

Now on to postcards. 

First card today is from Telc, Czech Republic. The town has approximately 5,100 inhabitants.It is well known for its historic town centre which is protected and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.Telc is said to date from 1099, but the first written mention is from 1335. 

Meelis' card is a partial aerial view .  

Lots of stamps on this card. Top left - issued in 2004 , 1 of 2 Trees stamps. Middle stamp - from 1995, a rock formation  from the Beauty of Our Homeland set. Right stamp - issued in 2023 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Czech linguist and poet Josef Jungmann. The 2 stamps on the bottom are Butterfly definitives from 2021 and 2023. 

Just a short update today. I'm off to a Labour Day BBQ . 

Thank you Meelis for your card today.