BLOG # 1692
Day 1621 ( That's One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty One Days ) Since the Start of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of UKRAINE .
GLORY TO UKRAINE
Hello again. Well today is Heritage Day here in Alberta and as such there is no mail delivery . So a day to catch up a little with the cards already on hand .
As I mentioned last time , today I will show a few cards sent by David and Ravindra.
So here we go . Here`s a card I received quite a while ago. Only David will know how long ago. I`m sure he thought it had gotten lost crossing the pond. But no, it`s just been on my desk, so to speak. It shows the Old Bushmill`s Distillery, the world`s oldest licensed whiskey distillery.
The Old Bushmills Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, established in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. Bushmills Distillery uses water drawn from Saint Columb's Rill, which is a tributary of the River Bush. 
David used a stamp from a set of 8 issued in 2023, highlighting Terry Pratchett`s Discworld.
Card 2 - from David arrived from Minsk, Belarus. Now I haven`t been showings cards from Belarus lately due to their involvement with and support of Russia in the ongoing Ukraine war. I make this exception due to the card coming from a very regular contributor to my blog.
David`s card provides a street level view of two apparently identical buildings in Minsk. After looking quite closely at both , and if I ever find myself in Minsk, I now know where to get a meal of KFC. Have a look at the left building just above the car going by.
KFC is in red.
The stamp , what to say, what to say. I quite like the stamp. It is 1 of 2 in a 2026 set showing Myths and Legends of Belarus. The other stamp in the set is a winner , too.
Great postmark on this one , also.
Here now is a card from NYC, United States of America. It was actually posted at the UN post office. So, Greetings From The United Nations.
I visited New York City many , many years ago. I was driven around the city, and saw the UN Building. Thinking back on it, I don`t know why we didn`t stop and visit the building. Of course at that time I was neither a stamp collector or a postcard collector.
Enough of those personal reminiscences . Do you see your countries flag on display on the card. I don`t see my country`s flag but I know it has been there since 1945.
David used a 2026 United Nations stamp in a souvenir sheet issued to honour America on it`s Semiquincentennial on July 4, 2026.
It`s now half-time here on the blog. Ravinder`s cards are next.
Here`s the first one , from Sri Lanka, showing Sigirya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sigiriya or Sinhagiri is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of granite approximately 180 m high. It was placed on the UNESCO WHS list in 1982.
Ravindra used 3 stamps on this card, a rectangle, a circle and a square. Starting to sound like a geometry lesson.
The rectangular stamp was issued in 2022, to mark the 100th Anniversary of Sri Lanka Athletics. The round stamp is from 2025, one of a set of 10 , marking the 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Planetarium. The 3rd stamp is not a square but another round stamp . I guess I did learn something in Geometry class after all. It was issued in 2007 to showcase the Highest Wicket Ever Taken in Test Cricket , by Muthiah Muralidaran.
Card 2 -- Ravindra`s card shows us a view of Mountain Biodiversity of Sri Lanka. It`s the Seven Maidens Mountain Range, located near Lakshapana waterfall. The highest mountain in this range is 1276 meters high.
So this is The Seven Maidens in Sri Lanka, well we have The Three Sisters here in Alberta Canada.
Have a look.
The left stamp and the bottom stamp on this card from from a set of 20 Wild Species Threatened by Trade in Sri Lanka. The other stamp, from 2024, shows Scouts Camping.
It`s time now for today`s last card, another from Ravindra. It`s a look at The Sangiliyan Statue. The Sangiliyan statue was dedicated to Cankili II, a Tamil martyr and the last king of Jaffna Kingdom. The statue is seen as a landmark of the city of Jaffna. The Sangiliyan statue was built 1974. It was removed in 2011 and a new statue was built albeit with some changes, mainly the location of the King`s sword.
This card arrived with 4 stamps. The small stamp on the top left is 1 of a set of 20 issued in 2007 showing Constellations. The other 3 are from a set of 6 issued in 2014 for Pigeon Island National Park.
So ends another update here on The Blog. Thanks to David and Ravindra for today`s cards and stamps.
More coming soon, don`t miss out !
