tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74602467103032392652024-03-13T23:13:56.921-07:00Gem's World PostcardsGem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.comBlogger1172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-49820532012947599042024-02-08T15:39:00.000-08:002024-02-13T06:54:13.627-08:00Cards From Meelis<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1609 --- Day 714</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> </b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix-awzdiQtkI86VbyYZ_28uGxF33LqfAo9B3ie8Jki-GGEa6DhQgWsihiQoJNfkb8qtLXmL9hUwcCXxn4tB_E-Po5tuClqaBtNjqtoby9GvhEQ_uDE5iRlJXe_NRI0M0uJ8iKuM0gyEst7jAedBNua1YYPsF-izuw5s6o5AiYQ55uXQj1nPGM7G3BPky4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEix-awzdiQtkI86VbyYZ_28uGxF33LqfAo9B3ie8Jki-GGEa6DhQgWsihiQoJNfkb8qtLXmL9hUwcCXxn4tB_E-Po5tuClqaBtNjqtoby9GvhEQ_uDE5iRlJXe_NRI0M0uJ8iKuM0gyEst7jAedBNua1YYPsF-izuw5s6o5AiYQ55uXQj1nPGM7G3BPky4=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Hello to one and all - collectors, bloggers and anyone else who may have found your way here. Enjoy. I'm starting off today with a few cards sent by Meelis, from Belgium, Estonia, Czech Republic and Switzerland. Looks like he gets around a lot , too.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">His first card is from St. Mard , a village located in the Province of Luxembourg, Belgium. A Roman settlement was established here in the first century AD. The card shows Chateau de Laittres, which was the scene of numerous battles in 1542 and 1558. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMRvNgsF6_LXRwB8d2ZcpvAbcxksdwvanU9qMCpSckOJkYSG2BeOqS-g6fGAwu-DSsutTihvpd1b4BYiSLwtZF0q3KE72RWYDSuRaIxqzs6ZMESmaeEAAyY5ynCvVcNEMfkviXWeQHBrC12VVmUlMj-TuNWqwdTWRnO0ZIkATeEvUCNd45bnW_DQe4n4/s1800/IMG_20240208_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMRvNgsF6_LXRwB8d2ZcpvAbcxksdwvanU9qMCpSckOJkYSG2BeOqS-g6fGAwu-DSsutTihvpd1b4BYiSLwtZF0q3KE72RWYDSuRaIxqzs6ZMESmaeEAAyY5ynCvVcNEMfkviXWeQHBrC12VVmUlMj-TuNWqwdTWRnO0ZIkATeEvUCNd45bnW_DQe4n4/w400-h266/IMG_20240208_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Meelis used a Tintin stamp, 1 pf 5 in a minisheet, issued in 2016.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0A06U79Ce2JlujL4GQyzJwOEn_2lvutBMlvBmll5gvO4kOKV3JNPlt1nfXGYRgteVDrbQDviKuFvgEPYAIbLIVi1X_4kmXWJ9eXYmlK3KwCrPDk_ATT5YpSGamKJ5vhE8G0I3UI0PWztFeu84jlgb3L_iJItgrnyl7WxW9JZpbfVdYRjBL2LrYKsBu4/s1039/IMG_20240208_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="590" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0A06U79Ce2JlujL4GQyzJwOEn_2lvutBMlvBmll5gvO4kOKV3JNPlt1nfXGYRgteVDrbQDviKuFvgEPYAIbLIVi1X_4kmXWJ9eXYmlK3KwCrPDk_ATT5YpSGamKJ5vhE8G0I3UI0PWztFeu84jlgb3L_iJItgrnyl7WxW9JZpbfVdYRjBL2LrYKsBu4/w114-h200/IMG_20240208_0002.jpg" width="114" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Here is a card Meelis sent from Tallinn, Estonia. The card shows an outdoor skating rink located on Harju street in the centre of Old Town Tallinn. It is open from December to March or April depending on the weather. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghA_lPsnQsoJ5dS7gfVu599m011D7IAaS5pjOmRLeqQv6m61zZa_gzzpZfNA_9G7CB_gWeDdTILMSyOEUNouuQZDSFryjOd7c09MBVnJTURDEcAsMALP3vt3ys5gmTNU4FLsFSQVsD8G4Eh9AfArSDOViQHkuO1dH-mXEOreEbUeuW4vFDkxROP8hpcA/s1800/IMG_20240121_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghA_lPsnQsoJ5dS7gfVu599m011D7IAaS5pjOmRLeqQv6m61zZa_gzzpZfNA_9G7CB_gWeDdTILMSyOEUNouuQZDSFryjOd7c09MBVnJTURDEcAsMALP3vt3ys5gmTNU4FLsFSQVsD8G4Eh9AfArSDOViQHkuO1dH-mXEOreEbUeuW4vFDkxROP8hpcA/w400-h266/IMG_20240121_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">A nice assortment of stamps arrived on this card. The three Post Horn definitives were issued in 2023. The Estonian Lighthouse stamp is from 2015. The large flag like stamp was issued in 2020 to mark the 100th Anniversary of Guiling in Estonia. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChJ_hZ29c8OQTt93S-bES9lUZ0SFfRKSPhiwmpK5se-V3PL-zDTMe9aNmLGdRcpOvX1Ey-RO9EjHsgSGqmmSww8Ae8H7qQnTBrtYYP1RSiQvPbt4hf8PaOP0wo_UmSD46WVWTUxYUE1RpU5g-zuQzIzuIfOc1iQTxxrLO11FHWYaWegHv_gyMBl-zsDs/s1800/IMG_20240121_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChJ_hZ29c8OQTt93S-bES9lUZ0SFfRKSPhiwmpK5se-V3PL-zDTMe9aNmLGdRcpOvX1Ey-RO9EjHsgSGqmmSww8Ae8H7qQnTBrtYYP1RSiQvPbt4hf8PaOP0wo_UmSD46WVWTUxYUE1RpU5g-zuQzIzuIfOc1iQTxxrLO11FHWYaWegHv_gyMBl-zsDs/w200-h133/IMG_20240121_0005.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Continuing on with another card from Meelis, this next one is from Prague . The city located on the Vitava river is the capital city of the Czech Republic. As the card shows, there is a bridge or two crossing the Vitava in the city. Actually there are 18 bridges in Prague.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3HRRb1aEcX5IUw3GRrAPHX7Rh8zHBDE4i0MsNmkYQHrs7WE6eXIEnT3e_rGlrtF-4Iv7dpQHNnS4l_htX5QwwIceNu9KUfZK_dYpPaisL726070JOewI2ld5DPFvrfIK9o1x2MD5Qd4F8E5d4s_9-QYuSSinrz2IsvC5DN6LAPR-p7ZvppJ2UbW2CSQ/s1800/IMG_0005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3HRRb1aEcX5IUw3GRrAPHX7Rh8zHBDE4i0MsNmkYQHrs7WE6eXIEnT3e_rGlrtF-4Iv7dpQHNnS4l_htX5QwwIceNu9KUfZK_dYpPaisL726070JOewI2ld5DPFvrfIK9o1x2MD5Qd4F8E5d4s_9-QYuSSinrz2IsvC5DN6LAPR-p7ZvppJ2UbW2CSQ/w400-h266/IMG_0005.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Another bunch of stamps on this one. Going from left to right - A Flower stamp from 2007. Next a hexagon shaped stamp from 2022 - issued to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Czech Beekeepers Association. The bird stamp from 2016 shows a couple of European Bee Eaters. The lower stamp showing a butterfly --- The Orange Tip, was issued in 2021. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_3rMOIWXtPEDRkmhyphenhyphenS77Pe-LZ7bmz-eic4sb1VtE5QM_Z_CB5HPugAysWvk_cS4hIkJbg0avLnABrzk_2zPm2iURVWGidUaVY5FGkr99nsLpppl4vPHmTHQHpJPwAhCU-WooCiJfXJzJ8g9lz_-oUDESPinjuCp5rYzCUPV9Wxg2n7cEwvjQ2TdxJfw/s1358/IMG_0006.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1358" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_3rMOIWXtPEDRkmhyphenhyphenS77Pe-LZ7bmz-eic4sb1VtE5QM_Z_CB5HPugAysWvk_cS4hIkJbg0avLnABrzk_2zPm2iURVWGidUaVY5FGkr99nsLpppl4vPHmTHQHpJPwAhCU-WooCiJfXJzJ8g9lz_-oUDESPinjuCp5rYzCUPV9Wxg2n7cEwvjQ2TdxJfw/w320-h154/IMG_0006.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Now here is the last card from Meelis for this time. It must have been a cold morning at Zurich Airport requiring deicing. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRGLsBKTIACPNjKvj6IfkjrbSeHgY_RR-Sr7FK4PoM7kUheNhIBaKKwWqH441zvWbOOlCARsJACMKPe4h13POJOkD3R2EPlKrGbUbaz4mUkdzeHJEGxrRRddboFZfmns1N6RPDayRQQcVci2Sn5tSXjted2roapDQdc5pkUOUzA_XWj44wqeYwYTQayU/s1800/IMG_0029.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRGLsBKTIACPNjKvj6IfkjrbSeHgY_RR-Sr7FK4PoM7kUheNhIBaKKwWqH441zvWbOOlCARsJACMKPe4h13POJOkD3R2EPlKrGbUbaz4mUkdzeHJEGxrRRddboFZfmns1N6RPDayRQQcVci2Sn5tSXjted2roapDQdc5pkUOUzA_XWj44wqeYwYTQayU/w400-h266/IMG_0029.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">The stamp on this card is from a set of 5 Swiss river landscapes issued in 2022.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpGnYlcZZ7Ca8k3SDwVZ41u2L81LK1gAN3KjqKPlb2j316bD5XO9TZaqps3SfWxH1ZMYHZoX7ax92NzPOBtHbBznolIT8xDtKK1Wm9YFIDxIY-xio4vrkW4EJg5FXzpOAtmioceFDXVzp8lyUUzMkfcEVVQVQG-moGV65Z1rWzgYI96vGEv51MgqCgBc/s1358/IMG_0030.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="1358" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpGnYlcZZ7Ca8k3SDwVZ41u2L81LK1gAN3KjqKPlb2j316bD5XO9TZaqps3SfWxH1ZMYHZoX7ax92NzPOBtHbBznolIT8xDtKK1Wm9YFIDxIY-xio4vrkW4EJg5FXzpOAtmioceFDXVzp8lyUUzMkfcEVVQVQG-moGV65Z1rWzgYI96vGEv51MgqCgBc/w320-h102/IMG_0030.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">There you have it, another update of The Blog. All thanks to Meelis. Take care and drop in again soon. Hopefully I will get another update in before I go away, next week . Big trip - lots of preparation. </span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-9059510547995432712024-01-28T18:36:00.000-08:002024-01-30T09:10:47.563-08:00A Lumberjack's Candle, The Old Bushmill's Distillery, Minori, Mata Hari, Les Calanques and a Royal Brunei A319<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1608 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;">704<b> </b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdoWQe77gkEYWqwN1B9zXeAHnl_CO62hqBriQpl0mvKvEN54nRFsuqRwCSvysdGFY7zx27wAIygYgrlfJHec1Ovrpoo9eaJ618uaLSgk4jznpVoGD7OeAlzgd7gyC-WZYOaW0Mnz27-OuBuv3a2zUy4pnQtCTkMOJYVf7XxllF6mKtoGrUXNk21EzZBfA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdoWQe77gkEYWqwN1B9zXeAHnl_CO62hqBriQpl0mvKvEN54nRFsuqRwCSvysdGFY7zx27wAIygYgrlfJHec1Ovrpoo9eaJ618uaLSgk4jznpVoGD7OeAlzgd7gyC-WZYOaW0Mnz27-OuBuv3a2zUy4pnQtCTkMOJYVf7XxllF6mKtoGrUXNk21EzZBfA=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>Here we go again -- some cards to look at </b>and some great stamps, too. My first card today arrived from Finland. It's a look at Lumberjack's Candle Bridge in Rouvaniemi, Finland. The bridge , built in 1989 and spanning 320 meters, crosses the Ounasvaara River between Ounasvaara Hill and the city centre of Rovaniemi. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXks7sG7DiwntMWqrrX06yVI4XcBPvGPrr9QHacjBdywofF7U24mxIgG_lTkHNpyw0bBfKOVbjibWjzO3GNWxkG4YS2XQGtWDy5o2qJwnHhCK_7o3WZKZ23lMRziLF11ZkTi7MRe-sYJAFK7WSAjEfXHFAe2riMkVB9aFpOpLey1P8o8N1XTu30CHGeI/s1800/IMG_20231117_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXks7sG7DiwntMWqrrX06yVI4XcBPvGPrr9QHacjBdywofF7U24mxIgG_lTkHNpyw0bBfKOVbjibWjzO3GNWxkG4YS2XQGtWDy5o2qJwnHhCK_7o3WZKZ23lMRziLF11ZkTi7MRe-sYJAFK7WSAjEfXHFAe2riMkVB9aFpOpLey1P8o8N1XTu30CHGeI/w400-h266/IMG_20231117_0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Alisa used a number of stamps on her card. The blue stamp on the left was issued in 2002 and is 1 of 2 in a set . It is a self-adhesive Coat of Arms stamp. The other two stamps were issued in 2003. They are the 2 stamps in a minisheet with the theme --- Nordic Stamps.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdYRWWFMIjamEDnzTrW_RoVIZrJWJZlkN7BcA0rNqSJuo4veE8-UBNCLGK4GebmI4fgnv_0VIuf6aTpJKTfcoQ4lTNvv25HzQ257YQ-lJtbaYYST_VwcD5iTtbjAcvSJriLTYBgqV0wUmRLbX_RpTDZX74fDZwGsVhH3NKAo9FES95SzUZ6FdY6Ytje8/s1358/IMG_20231117_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1358" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdYRWWFMIjamEDnzTrW_RoVIZrJWJZlkN7BcA0rNqSJuo4veE8-UBNCLGK4GebmI4fgnv_0VIuf6aTpJKTfcoQ4lTNvv25HzQ257YQ-lJtbaYYST_VwcD5iTtbjAcvSJriLTYBgqV0wUmRLbX_RpTDZX74fDZwGsVhH3NKAo9FES95SzUZ6FdY6Ytje8/w320-h139/IMG_20231117_0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Now we go from Finland to Northern Ireland. David's card shows us the Old Bushmill's Distillery, the world's oldest licensed whiskey distillery. It is located at Busmills in County Antrim close to the Giant's Causeway. The original license to distill was granted by James 1 in 1608. Whiskey has been made there now for over 400 years.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7WVvRIKK818G-m57aobd3xQ7E57mPhC_19myeTNE6P_6yT2Z1D6noeqOqJPsJJvWV1Vl2nOTvCVNm0hqwbmYMw13VKyFqn-7Qfy7v4KI1cDZC6GoJZRWWnTHnAiFc2AYAeGU1M64IbyuXAYg5bX6CU9D7aUTEvyxPlCUaULkS4q7HR-57fwCigBm3Dk/s1800/IMG_20230906_0058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7WVvRIKK818G-m57aobd3xQ7E57mPhC_19myeTNE6P_6yT2Z1D6noeqOqJPsJJvWV1Vl2nOTvCVNm0hqwbmYMw13VKyFqn-7Qfy7v4KI1cDZC6GoJZRWWnTHnAiFc2AYAeGU1M64IbyuXAYg5bX6CU9D7aUTEvyxPlCUaULkS4q7HR-57fwCigBm3Dk/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0058.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">David used a 2023 stamp, 1 of 8 issued under under the theme Terry Pratchetts Discworld.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmF6gR6FUp5QrIv_cVlknSssN3uTVv_bvDipyrd1nl7xuhia_JLIodeMwBxbqnCqsjim_YfIgdCj7e2Riy-qBYhGPlAwecuKl3xtoxt2uoRDEpHLelDYccTksZYZruke76V5rRK02HsfBKSHV0X6_4hIgkQ1p516Ew_Nsvz4RkGnUilID0Uj7DdaRbBY/s708/IMG_20230906_0059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="708" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwmF6gR6FUp5QrIv_cVlknSssN3uTVv_bvDipyrd1nl7xuhia_JLIodeMwBxbqnCqsjim_YfIgdCj7e2Riy-qBYhGPlAwecuKl3xtoxt2uoRDEpHLelDYccTksZYZruke76V5rRK02HsfBKSHV0X6_4hIgkQ1p516Ew_Nsvz4RkGnUilID0Uj7DdaRbBY/w200-h160/IMG_20230906_0059.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Now it's off to Minori, Italy. Located in the province of Salerno in the south-western part of the country. As part of the Amalfi coast, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Apparently Minori is quite beautiful and a little less busy than Amalfi itself, so a good place to explore the area from. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEoJ4YKdznLzBiMdG6GEUsWGZd956cKEzLRWT7U9jsa43c3W5Pazw1Q5C7xuKSX45RKEeHIPpLZauer8BzRn7uQ8LR-XiSHSID9rw3ELzQzDdFSke3-8crXDlUdLtNZ7L4Wwae-hOKIHR1ZWtb2-qqiT9BNXOT4xppDW8C31OnJK99y_9x-FVGNzfjqg/s1960/IMG_20231020_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1960" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEoJ4YKdznLzBiMdG6GEUsWGZd956cKEzLRWT7U9jsa43c3W5Pazw1Q5C7xuKSX45RKEeHIPpLZauer8BzRn7uQ8LR-XiSHSID9rw3ELzQzDdFSke3-8crXDlUdLtNZ7L4Wwae-hOKIHR1ZWtb2-qqiT9BNXOT4xppDW8C31OnJK99y_9x-FVGNzfjqg/w400-h279/IMG_20231020_0012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p>David used a recent A Zone stamp showing a Leonardo Da Vinci drawing.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja09sgsExsbbnAYWkIZrTJGC80T9cdVr1AdHk8jJ92wqVLGfF8QAsnxfBngIpHudfWbroliBnJEdyFh0PHPs0E1Nv5qR-mlBSt8_SJnPdVPdicRUgkgT1Fyn8UwE7Vac-cTW7pZ7Jbxd2Vlw47CzEAi3PRRt9WIzRo5t6NIuZTUukjRahSLhOnxx9MGFk/s826/IMG_20231020_0013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="826" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja09sgsExsbbnAYWkIZrTJGC80T9cdVr1AdHk8jJ92wqVLGfF8QAsnxfBngIpHudfWbroliBnJEdyFh0PHPs0E1Nv5qR-mlBSt8_SJnPdVPdicRUgkgT1Fyn8UwE7Vac-cTW7pZ7Jbxd2Vlw47CzEAi3PRRt9WIzRo5t6NIuZTUukjRahSLhOnxx9MGFk/w200-h122/IMG_20231020_0013.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's on to France now. My next card shows one of the many calanques or inlets found around Marseille. Many of these are found between Marseille and Cassis. These unique geological limestone formations are really big rocky coves forming a steep and narrow valley inland. Have a look.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yyUeRsFoZNIbGrnz0HJFoLwY2p7hpOuh5-6naWUyJLJlJiYEEVvIsAiDKkHxON4-CCmUWYC0UuwYgA4w7gFEMeSrIIHNGTXBsnA4ZW0haj68shQXY7O7BRLz2GUTqzA6Ehkuv2-w9npWufkt43Nu-WO94KGyGWeAwRDVJMsYUJYNWBOdCozVCzT-XL4/s1800/IMG_20231208_0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4yyUeRsFoZNIbGrnz0HJFoLwY2p7hpOuh5-6naWUyJLJlJiYEEVvIsAiDKkHxON4-CCmUWYC0UuwYgA4w7gFEMeSrIIHNGTXBsnA4ZW0haj68shQXY7O7BRLz2GUTqzA6Ehkuv2-w9npWufkt43Nu-WO94KGyGWeAwRDVJMsYUJYNWBOdCozVCzT-XL4/w400-h266/IMG_20231208_0016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dominique used an older stamp from 1964 on this one. It is 1 of 2 issued that year to promote Tourism.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNBbHgW2hVQQkaCOhlG9rO5CDplmufHGUT_8SQNvBGp1kXjqZSJIgi4rg5Ox6NWFTzc2l6_b1Fkwz0a9UThRewjXiiAAwHL_TexvTti-0D_9brYsL7aGlvDjegxQR7MiEuN6W8WomhThXdp6ADECLKSBsaKn_OwCmeiZw2Ek0qT0JNmUaPFvB6Lm_jLM/s590/IMG_20231208_0017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="590" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNBbHgW2hVQQkaCOhlG9rO5CDplmufHGUT_8SQNvBGp1kXjqZSJIgi4rg5Ox6NWFTzc2l6_b1Fkwz0a9UThRewjXiiAAwHL_TexvTti-0D_9brYsL7aGlvDjegxQR7MiEuN6W8WomhThXdp6ADECLKSBsaKn_OwCmeiZw2Ek0qT0JNmUaPFvB6Lm_jLM/w200-h132/IMG_20231208_0017.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here's a card that arrived from Nuremberg, Germany. It shows Margaretha Geertuida Macleod, better known as Mati Hari. The lady was a Dutch exotic dancer who performed on stage under the name Mati Hari. Sadly her fame grew from her conviction of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed by firing squad in France in 1917 at the age of 41. Mati Hari's story<span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> of a beautiful exotic dancer using her powers of seduction as a spy made her name synonymous with the <i>femme fatale. Some aspects of this reminds me of </i>the Munsinger Affair here in Canada. An East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy , Gerda Munsinger immigrated to Canada and was dubbed the Mata Hari of the Cold War. She had dalliances with two cabinet ministers and that led to the first national political sex scandal in Canada. Also, let's not forget the John Profumo and Christine Keeler Affair in the U.K.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEuujVKFwNae27PgQHJvMQcvnZWgrBz16WB3wFIGBKk5n2IiMmk7kiVyCS5r1vTWu3nFfF2HcRbKzHhQIGWcDX4QH7hEcowIsjKy6I5QMP3d2TQNtHYwmpeN3jxCk9HABEqbG8jjesY-kz1BfjOolL2PF9jx1ZQGDlzJV5XJaYlXiQkx-dtl-e-4zaXU/s1800/IMG_20231116_0025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEuujVKFwNae27PgQHJvMQcvnZWgrBz16WB3wFIGBKk5n2IiMmk7kiVyCS5r1vTWu3nFfF2HcRbKzHhQIGWcDX4QH7hEcowIsjKy6I5QMP3d2TQNtHYwmpeN3jxCk9HABEqbG8jjesY-kz1BfjOolL2PF9jx1ZQGDlzJV5XJaYlXiQkx-dtl-e-4zaXU/w266-h400/IMG_20231116_0025.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /> Julia used a Small Animals stamp from 2021.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrp82SCxFFTbXZbemuc0236Q2q0KFQ73ZJbG5_m0UR65n5ZykiMFRjxMICu50gwk9ldxvJjaNS6eDSW3M9aNSnfJ9sdqOJKQUWGBbwRb8fBG3DM-nfqSJsZuPC49Qxuo64cICCldn4RASRv3EL-9of0RDtoWlHEV1sWysR-DYYfrTTblXB5BzeJneyEHA/s708/IMG_20231116_0026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="708" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrp82SCxFFTbXZbemuc0236Q2q0KFQ73ZJbG5_m0UR65n5ZykiMFRjxMICu50gwk9ldxvJjaNS6eDSW3M9aNSnfJ9sdqOJKQUWGBbwRb8fBG3DM-nfqSJsZuPC49Qxuo64cICCldn4RASRv3EL-9of0RDtoWlHEV1sWysR-DYYfrTTblXB5BzeJneyEHA/w200-h117/IMG_20231116_0026.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Here now is the last card for today. It's been quite a while since I showed one of these I thought it good to end with an aircraft/airline card. Here is a Royal Brunei Airbus A319. It was registered as V8-RBP and was pictured at Hong Kong in Oct of 2003. V8-RBP was in service with Royal Brunei Airlines from Aug 2003 until Dec 2015 Then with R Airlines from Apr 2016 until Oct 2016. It is now stored.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-yA1ai1YvB6Z517pTXkQsmzJKz5FeXY4b7dduHzeoL9DFnAg0Kar_xno6EDCYJMQotN-sOari1axflUBXForIKWwCZ2p5Laclkp66WjmtEt2j0PHPax2t2Pho3Fm3EzqdzUSDdPeB_Hgq6uFTjWDB4avSRiiWplYHOuuV6BbLTXMbzoShMOEDnZDP4o/s1800/IMG_0007.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-yA1ai1YvB6Z517pTXkQsmzJKz5FeXY4b7dduHzeoL9DFnAg0Kar_xno6EDCYJMQotN-sOari1axflUBXForIKWwCZ2p5Laclkp66WjmtEt2j0PHPax2t2Pho3Fm3EzqdzUSDdPeB_Hgq6uFTjWDB4avSRiiWplYHOuuV6BbLTXMbzoShMOEDnZDP4o/w400-h266/IMG_0007.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> Jean Pierre used two stamps on this card. The one on the right was issued in 2012 and marks the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces in 2011.</span></span><p></p><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">The other stamp - I didn't come up with any info for it. </span></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Well that's all for this time. Big thanks to Alisa, David, Dominique, Julia and Jean Pierre for all the cards .</span></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-4550295884862816522024-01-21T13:43:00.000-08:002024-01-21T13:44:20.039-08:00Madeira Cable Car, Technik Museum and the Groote Kerk<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1607 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <b>697 </b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjISvKWdbtSVFsvIJKHgmgYdTxeOLdZHa-ZO1X1wS_w_Lo5x73_Y2kabfwaHvSyhoexRp5KB6PoNjZ6WF7QM6s7Gzr_sFYFEmqDAa2pHz8HK6b7foSoq9KwNtD5iJEl-uj4QVxxIBn2i8YUbI7Os2nAteSlQ7Z_pP1RqJjj2Jgr4frHdghxeukxhiuu7J8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjISvKWdbtSVFsvIJKHgmgYdTxeOLdZHa-ZO1X1wS_w_Lo5x73_Y2kabfwaHvSyhoexRp5KB6PoNjZ6WF7QM6s7Gzr_sFYFEmqDAa2pHz8HK6b7foSoq9KwNtD5iJEl-uj4QVxxIBn2i8YUbI7Os2nAteSlQ7Z_pP1RqJjj2Jgr4frHdghxeukxhiuu7J8=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Howdy folks, it's time for another update of The Blog -- Gems World Postcards. I'll start with this card from Madeira, Portugal. Here we have a great view of two cards of the Funchal Cable Car or Madeira Cable Car. This gondola lift transports people from the lower section of Funchal to the suburb of Monte. This journey between heaven and earth runs 3,200 meters. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybatAWtqahyphenhyphen1CSckD2VALjweuIH7V223Lf0A1glWjULb7GcM1gfRKGk8kuVQyUpdaUQIeyxmgg9ipSlmTVbwXTNQFEgPBIOLTH12imTnvW_AZtiOKY2_2-4fscA69tAY-fXcC-OT7sSWcTi6WCBdzOw8Hc3UhP7KEBJutfidGLlxW8_v-zYoPk1Gt9lA/s1800/IMG_20240121_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybatAWtqahyphenhyphen1CSckD2VALjweuIH7V223Lf0A1glWjULb7GcM1gfRKGk8kuVQyUpdaUQIeyxmgg9ipSlmTVbwXTNQFEgPBIOLTH12imTnvW_AZtiOKY2_2-4fscA69tAY-fXcC-OT7sSWcTi6WCBdzOw8Hc3UhP7KEBJutfidGLlxW8_v-zYoPk1Gt9lA/w266-h400/IMG_20240121_0001.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Dominique used a recent stamp showing a map of Madeira island. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M1g4nXFSVV2W1S8Xhmn-jafgsJcRpmpx84G7KTqC2lKMpAY4FQrCDEBHVIWanI7WB4Osv_mNo1Kxje7r1WopeLCAlqP-mKcGZK4UwysFs8BoIJxTTrPhf3OuALwfMxjUaRKll8d4GZHJ212tfhOYyV82QfixO3evqGqS_2m836IuRIfIPYXho7y790w/s826/IMG_20240121_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="826" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9M1g4nXFSVV2W1S8Xhmn-jafgsJcRpmpx84G7KTqC2lKMpAY4FQrCDEBHVIWanI7WB4Osv_mNo1Kxje7r1WopeLCAlqP-mKcGZK4UwysFs8BoIJxTTrPhf3OuALwfMxjUaRKll8d4GZHJ212tfhOYyV82QfixO3evqGqS_2m836IuRIfIPYXho7y790w/w200-h86/IMG_20240121_0002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">This next card is a view of a section of the Sinsheim Technik Museum exhibits. Located in Sinsheim, Germany , it opened in 1981. It has well over 3,000 exhibits and is the largest privately owned museum in Europe. The museum has lots of great exhibits, including the largest Formula One collection in Europe. In 2001 it acquired a Tupolev TU-144 and in 2003 a Concorde F-BUFB. It is the only place where both supersonic passenger aircraft are shown. If you visit, you can also see The Blue Flame - the fastest rocket-powered land vehicle of all time. On Oct23, 1970 it set a fantastic world record of 1,014.656 km/h . </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeWIlf0EGUHpbKVRaQAjUz7im_SjBZClKoFg5JRaB0gsBfzXrREKmhye4z2CK1RoVMI_EegH7xpGa5dj2Bn-cSBPJBgpSty0oa5qTb0-JpMQSPRsuQO5ejPoOGuTK3KNnr9iRI6SgQ1kEsRudjba5anF5RNCIt9W6cattxJDIGo0cxQ9Isyh9Ik_ucGA/s2016/IMG_20240116_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1416" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeWIlf0EGUHpbKVRaQAjUz7im_SjBZClKoFg5JRaB0gsBfzXrREKmhye4z2CK1RoVMI_EegH7xpGa5dj2Bn-cSBPJBgpSty0oa5qTb0-JpMQSPRsuQO5ejPoOGuTK3KNnr9iRI6SgQ1kEsRudjba5anF5RNCIt9W6cattxJDIGo0cxQ9Isyh9Ik_ucGA/w281-h400/IMG_20240116_0004.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Meelis used two stamps on this card. The left stamp was issued in 2023 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Schleizer Dreieck Auto Races. The right stamp was issued in 2022 under the theme The World of Letters. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmKDQRAi0tYYrYnzhkd_vp4HpVQjH1QnUirj0JMTgGMAV0jck2alLItgttUXI4mBEM71X1YBMIyWS5-S0UCMEznP7c1RwKbFHaFjk6x5V6Xh2iFALT8atg3jrskSqtab60FzUKvKzu-yvpU4A4QJVY64YQ1VgPT9aZKPMxXysRR8s2HzOdU_MgDpg7QA/s1003/IMG_20240116_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1003" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmKDQRAi0tYYrYnzhkd_vp4HpVQjH1QnUirj0JMTgGMAV0jck2alLItgttUXI4mBEM71X1YBMIyWS5-S0UCMEznP7c1RwKbFHaFjk6x5V6Xh2iFALT8atg3jrskSqtab60FzUKvKzu-yvpU4A4QJVY64YQ1VgPT9aZKPMxXysRR8s2HzOdU_MgDpg7QA/w200-h118/IMG_20240116_0003.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">It's on to Sri Lanka for card number 3. Shown is the Groote Kerk or Dutch Reformed Church . It is located within the Galle Fort in Galle, Sri Lanka. It was built in 1755.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCMU5MPibgrRKhn4W7Sn6q8tCq3PKU1p8SKEKkK23peeGyYaZ-TWNoRbbc96wJ-rqBvgRDggkDZZAFQ5y43JoeUPEpzPb0WiHPL_3RnDCQpJLtRedgcULoflFxT2568ZXxjlc6DZHzuoAg20wtc7rqHkuBTImo74hzBBjoBjGt7Be04wifj1WKFsfqvs/s1800/IMG_20230920_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCMU5MPibgrRKhn4W7Sn6q8tCq3PKU1p8SKEKkK23peeGyYaZ-TWNoRbbc96wJ-rqBvgRDggkDZZAFQ5y43JoeUPEpzPb0WiHPL_3RnDCQpJLtRedgcULoflFxT2568ZXxjlc6DZHzuoAg20wtc7rqHkuBTImo74hzBBjoBjGt7Be04wifj1WKFsfqvs/w400-h266/IMG_20230920_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Ravindra used a nice set of 3 stamps from 2022. They were issued in a minisheet for the Vesak Festival.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2W4PaZUWU5cUCJ_iLruDFMflz8C2kOpHHbh9H7N9KajDOykOPHix1ynyO43TLjqu8_XYs8S6pk3q3Ab_m1jwYptNjJQhqvszd-Tl5igS3VdPekGZJRHyreDnjiRTt9xsiz5R7d5zMzkgFhW1m3iOnpKn_OSa_3scQkkJ-A5EXGtOIjTrzWVJoYBtzEpQ/s1003/IMG_20230920_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1003" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2W4PaZUWU5cUCJ_iLruDFMflz8C2kOpHHbh9H7N9KajDOykOPHix1ynyO43TLjqu8_XYs8S6pk3q3Ab_m1jwYptNjJQhqvszd-Tl5igS3VdPekGZJRHyreDnjiRTt9xsiz5R7d5zMzkgFhW1m3iOnpKn_OSa_3scQkkJ-A5EXGtOIjTrzWVJoYBtzEpQ/w200-h153/IMG_20230920_0002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">I think that will do for this time. Thanks for cards go out to Dominique, Meelis and Ravindra. Tune in again soon. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-25925478465250742932024-01-17T18:11:00.000-08:002024-01-17T18:11:29.757-08:00India Cards and a Bridge<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1606 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <b>693 </b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5IIiQ5ZfguNyKLqo7pia4eykCHA9fHIirS2hquUwFE9XXcbyJFobtPZKiGmQfXd-BAWK1oUpLJvME_RG9VyYgLSMKmGeFZIzsRsTznISZNWkeFmZMjVcbWfd1sfSbQn_EclZm2HLw41rcSHPYb23sStv0EGwPf3BXx8TFxTmAGyNDhx13EHm3pb4qh1Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5IIiQ5ZfguNyKLqo7pia4eykCHA9fHIirS2hquUwFE9XXcbyJFobtPZKiGmQfXd-BAWK1oUpLJvME_RG9VyYgLSMKmGeFZIzsRsTznISZNWkeFmZMjVcbWfd1sfSbQn_EclZm2HLw41rcSHPYb23sStv0EGwPf3BXx8TFxTmAGyNDhx13EHm3pb4qh1Q=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span> </span><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Hello once again. Today I want to start this update with a few cards from India that I received yesterday. Four in fact, all sent by Neeraj. This first one depicts a 1996 watercolour where the artist has painted himself into the picture as the fish in the lower left. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMo7svFNyixhkApwdJBZoDhw7-bOFQgVF6q5yhL_0M_pKKFNotuttsousQk-rYWZTHxhyphenhyphenK5pZj_D6C-2wtxcpVUU6o5HvCsNXOt-myvQaf8J8WUeQBz2z50mvI_v0bVGMMmbVf-uZ0JKl0X4I3mw72gathzJBRdlieUQ5vOpe7dW5TQmw9Q_BRQQiaEA/s1800/IMG_20240116_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMo7svFNyixhkApwdJBZoDhw7-bOFQgVF6q5yhL_0M_pKKFNotuttsousQk-rYWZTHxhyphenhyphenK5pZj_D6C-2wtxcpVUU6o5HvCsNXOt-myvQaf8J8WUeQBz2z50mvI_v0bVGMMmbVf-uZ0JKl0X4I3mw72gathzJBRdlieUQ5vOpe7dW5TQmw9Q_BRQQiaEA/w266-h400/IMG_20240116_0005.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Neewaj used 2 stamps on this card. The left stamp, is from a 2011 minisheet of 4 . It commemorates the 100 Anniversary of Airmail. It was issued for An International Stamp Exhibition , held in New Delhi, INDIPEX 2011. The other stamp is from 1 2019 minisheel of 5. It marks the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Guru Nanak. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp852z45GYHPCCm9jklHl14hLephvxv031NY6LMAirsQu93vMi5ZXTfX9xoxxayEe0Pvmfp7PiwnoFIBFGMeuDJeeSnFKBTKbZ2hHSHXmqxDo8FP1ZlYhyphenhyphenOiahCxpESysUtVGD58r6VCbhZthUk7KR-yIIA46tD8ZxcpFMWuWQqNdmKx57EJjLGkCn8vg/s1181/IMG_20240116_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="1181" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp852z45GYHPCCm9jklHl14hLephvxv031NY6LMAirsQu93vMi5ZXTfX9xoxxayEe0Pvmfp7PiwnoFIBFGMeuDJeeSnFKBTKbZ2hHSHXmqxDo8FP1ZlYhyphenhyphenOiahCxpESysUtVGD58r6VCbhZthUk7KR-yIIA46tD8ZxcpFMWuWQqNdmKx57EJjLGkCn8vg/w320-h96/IMG_20240116_0010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">This next card is from a series called Women in Nature. In India women often spearheaded initiatives to save and protect nature and wildlife. Women in Nature is dedicated to all the Women in India. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWhLjjTWRGVi9gvGMPtHgoIIGpnabE0Fbhh3ZbwPcSe6aknryrjQT9Wr-NqBJryMI-sJpcZ9VSLuJMlx10ekVhYnOUuMUoNrAjYuCQJGptvVPQPORE4U384SxbhgDtfSRgtYINKdZFoi3H9ODjxA4LdNPXBuAC4SoihrKDZjEWX_1uPJPKt1JjCMPwSQ/s1800/IMG_20240116_0015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWhLjjTWRGVi9gvGMPtHgoIIGpnabE0Fbhh3ZbwPcSe6aknryrjQT9Wr-NqBJryMI-sJpcZ9VSLuJMlx10ekVhYnOUuMUoNrAjYuCQJGptvVPQPORE4U384SxbhgDtfSRgtYINKdZFoi3H9ODjxA4LdNPXBuAC4SoihrKDZjEWX_1uPJPKt1JjCMPwSQ/w400-h266/IMG_20240116_0015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">The stamp on this card is from a 2023 minisheet of 4. All 4 stamps show Indian Bridal Costumes. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHds9p2eAWsY2zEtDWCIUxhHBWUFgi7V7F_Lxj1M0k8wUUGj4fzCKpmQVatWmhvsk13n3rfoNRzHvpJWgIBZPDp8m0O5yLks6M3GWDJzxYycJjZJG-sjkOZfgqWmnUdU-XkKnMDfE0AESjlUw_n37iJioGXiv9lY4jBbe7YZ0-730RFmO-DfWPUOe80ck/s661/IMG_20240116_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="531" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHds9p2eAWsY2zEtDWCIUxhHBWUFgi7V7F_Lxj1M0k8wUUGj4fzCKpmQVatWmhvsk13n3rfoNRzHvpJWgIBZPDp8m0O5yLks6M3GWDJzxYycJjZJG-sjkOZfgqWmnUdU-XkKnMDfE0AESjlUw_n37iJioGXiv9lY4jBbe7YZ0-730RFmO-DfWPUOe80ck/w161-h200/IMG_20240116_0016.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Here is Neeraj's 3rd card. It's a view of the intricate artwork at Konark Sun Temple. It shows a frieze of dancers from Bhoga-mandapa, Konarak. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho65TGxGZeKVMcLIN8pTrmEiZZPh5JrSFPAD-Z0e6mvHxEv2qq3nyqCjYVtVDVQ0GASxk0dNdAxtB0HpeTcYEASTsUytM-qzsr9y30-3cbYN-S_voYv4StEebAda6To2AUTu4-Ihlus6nwpuWxr_SOwWOEgy2s1ZRlSdt2mfRqz8GPBaH5mh8T549TcXo/s1800/IMG_20240116_0013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho65TGxGZeKVMcLIN8pTrmEiZZPh5JrSFPAD-Z0e6mvHxEv2qq3nyqCjYVtVDVQ0GASxk0dNdAxtB0HpeTcYEASTsUytM-qzsr9y30-3cbYN-S_voYv4StEebAda6To2AUTu4-Ihlus6nwpuWxr_SOwWOEgy2s1ZRlSdt2mfRqz8GPBaH5mh8T549TcXo/w400-h266/IMG_20240116_0013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">It arrived with another of the Bridal Costumes stamps.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3laPy24DMFiIB3rFbkQFE8Iunjv14iPTwh82xN7DkPvM0EC5ohqe_T8YvdMNVNCuE5S8PwgyOLv5n2DGvtGMNiFrJEjL-ChxN7TLwBPVJ6ERa84oYpBex-ZcKfgMf8PpTTvKm6jcGegowS6zLe4Y0RywIVL10wMKexViglY5csDGFk682eI0-wzpjjzo/s661/IMG_20240116_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="496" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3laPy24DMFiIB3rFbkQFE8Iunjv14iPTwh82xN7DkPvM0EC5ohqe_T8YvdMNVNCuE5S8PwgyOLv5n2DGvtGMNiFrJEjL-ChxN7TLwBPVJ6ERa84oYpBex-ZcKfgMf8PpTTvKm6jcGegowS6zLe4Y0RywIVL10wMKexViglY5csDGFk682eI0-wzpjjzo/w150-h200/IMG_20240116_0014.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Number 4 card from India. -- Here we see a drawing of Usha and Aniruddha. If you look up and read their story, you'll find a saga of eternal romance. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD21u4-tNvsgpypuUVQgJfF47yWBkUPXTMkSNwUxfg0-q41CtqIWacc9ani8UVKt5xv_S9zkniAXiCYEC2db-jfJS24TdCTKHJuZ6WWYFZ9XlQB-khA4SELuqpQEoRsTshJldXqnkhSbH0dUjlOcU8cmYLHTu625KHY2MJZ5E38H7kREb4ns6nAFtcnwo/s1800/IMG_20240116_0011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD21u4-tNvsgpypuUVQgJfF47yWBkUPXTMkSNwUxfg0-q41CtqIWacc9ani8UVKt5xv_S9zkniAXiCYEC2db-jfJS24TdCTKHJuZ6WWYFZ9XlQB-khA4SELuqpQEoRsTshJldXqnkhSbH0dUjlOcU8cmYLHTu625KHY2MJZ5E38H7kREb4ns6nAFtcnwo/w400-h266/IMG_20240116_0011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Here's one more of the Bridal Costumes stamps.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZPDCa2diMSYpAz4vtWphhyphenhyphens2ga-JctOuic_243JYBP6p3Jkp1BKtMyr6gfwbpoDWLjqei0uD2fZ0tmSQ7rfuQq-mAbiV_F-SXOWHp5JBazZhC1jIdqu-_6jKqVEhJjAX_XAdU0n3U4L_4kmQld8OorHoXNiiJfTRgwUM0fconbibntpTqTJsjflL9b0/s779/IMG_20240116_0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="779" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZPDCa2diMSYpAz4vtWphhyphenhyphens2ga-JctOuic_243JYBP6p3Jkp1BKtMyr6gfwbpoDWLjqei0uD2fZ0tmSQ7rfuQq-mAbiV_F-SXOWHp5JBazZhC1jIdqu-_6jKqVEhJjAX_XAdU0n3U4L_4kmQld8OorHoXNiiJfTRgwUM0fconbibntpTqTJsjflL9b0/w200-h170/IMG_20240116_0012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> I have one more card for this time. It arrived from Nassau, Bahamas. It's a good look at Paradise Island Bridge. The 1560 foot bridge connects Paradise Island to Nassau.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnhS1VxvuKhZXf7zVmhH4QMkMLfNPur9C8bm-7OZJpF1VX1fD6ONJVBAQfb4GzpdxN5f3ywgLBWbf2UgcQsoMgJoqeUUjqeL5zpN1VsyHIieDggaKvvX47HKqQGqj5WV3jLbyMMEkZ0lq2AU0UMhJAXUqzFws1CayYY0bYkepj53tYZUKgiEwJeFcyzE/s1800/IMG_20231116_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnhS1VxvuKhZXf7zVmhH4QMkMLfNPur9C8bm-7OZJpF1VX1fD6ONJVBAQfb4GzpdxN5f3ywgLBWbf2UgcQsoMgJoqeUUjqeL5zpN1VsyHIieDggaKvvX47HKqQGqj5WV3jLbyMMEkZ0lq2AU0UMhJAXUqzFws1CayYY0bYkepj53tYZUKgiEwJeFcyzE/w400-h266/IMG_20231116_0017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Gina used a 2021 stamp featuring Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, on the occasion of her 95th anniversary of Birth.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YofBIekug8yIzivT-hfXmYOPiDQ91oL7as5h_VeH_ce0JSyWEpxURADb95-RrYXtO3ZJio4rr15WqsAU0U_jXIbx9en_p7sXyHn1YaIzCR0kF84eggu0uRH0b3PnParIMlKc8i6iXvHv4oDsN5oTWgcZcvT5xxmwTk4eevtMnaVtWbMb-GsOF46uOrg/s649/IMG_20231116_0018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="649" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YofBIekug8yIzivT-hfXmYOPiDQ91oL7as5h_VeH_ce0JSyWEpxURADb95-RrYXtO3ZJio4rr15WqsAU0U_jXIbx9en_p7sXyHn1YaIzCR0kF84eggu0uRH0b3PnParIMlKc8i6iXvHv4oDsN5oTWgcZcvT5xxmwTk4eevtMnaVtWbMb-GsOF46uOrg/w200-h168/IMG_20231116_0018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">That's The End for this time. Thanks for cards go out to Neeraj and Gina.</span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-980693412243283502024-01-13T22:26:00.000-08:002024-01-17T12:46:38.299-08:00A Yuletide Witch and More<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1605 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>689 </b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b>of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFmGckVjEzVjhE9vJIfPnDzxNcWOKe2Wd0VE8ywQQcJf8GjHF9H_qE4q5MP-uigUQ7r94wk6rUHg7FTSMxSGVioS3uQ7L9ZnjNFY4KHIdC-_t7h9VKL3jPIvasqr4w0e9upxWtnbzch4paBB0RYx-yGe2ATJ0sHCBwBNxF6BGCUdaGCcMDbZT__GTA9j8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFmGckVjEzVjhE9vJIfPnDzxNcWOKe2Wd0VE8ywQQcJf8GjHF9H_qE4q5MP-uigUQ7r94wk6rUHg7FTSMxSGVioS3uQ7L9ZnjNFY4KHIdC-_t7h9VKL3jPIvasqr4w0e9upxWtnbzch4paBB0RYx-yGe2ATJ0sHCBwBNxF6BGCUdaGCcMDbZT__GTA9j8=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>Hey folks , it's good to be back again. It's so cold here in Alberta, staying in and doing a blog is a great way to pass an afternoon. When I got up yesterday morning the temperature was -39C , with a windchill of -47C. This morning it was a little more balmy with the temperature at -34C and windchill of -44C. We are forcasted to have two more days of these bitter temperatures. All should be back to normal by Tuesday. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>I want to start today with a Christmas themed card from Barbara in the Netherlands. It's a self designed card by Barbara. It features Yuletide Wishes from a Yuletide Witch. </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB19PuxNwJE81RJp1hZCX9mc6W7Q_ZgiwTOjkkGsJLQMZMQ00ql1Dlq-xszpeAGzfayagWOradW-dfqH5xCi6oD25r2S91bB3FsLnxSlhnjOF0I8MvyT2oVRqwWg7MW2TYpNNzHIAJbQVLY2xTh7cRmZSw1gc_qnO0t41-HZNTE5B0wCaDgeZ697YcaxM/s1740/IMG_20240111_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1724" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB19PuxNwJE81RJp1hZCX9mc6W7Q_ZgiwTOjkkGsJLQMZMQ00ql1Dlq-xszpeAGzfayagWOradW-dfqH5xCi6oD25r2S91bB3FsLnxSlhnjOF0I8MvyT2oVRqwWg7MW2TYpNNzHIAJbQVLY2xTh7cRmZSw1gc_qnO0t41-HZNTE5B0wCaDgeZ697YcaxM/w396-h400/IMG_20240111_0003.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Barbara used 2 stamps from a set of 10 Christmas stamps issued in 2023.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYa1Y4X9fGDXDOFVaZp4drgznOfdoA2GIJ_5VJcpd-u0oe_InvaAMOr5lFS_pL6DSj_2dTqEu2NvdNyCqzCcgKly-3P9G2P1y3loIAgKNEUtTEQeexstDvoShmaKzP3mLFD63adeOnQJHuoAnP9ZeG68a0k4pzD4AvsRygE7XNvCawt-i5qRB3u3TWQk/s1358/IMG_20240111_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1358" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYa1Y4X9fGDXDOFVaZp4drgznOfdoA2GIJ_5VJcpd-u0oe_InvaAMOr5lFS_pL6DSj_2dTqEu2NvdNyCqzCcgKly-3P9G2P1y3loIAgKNEUtTEQeexstDvoShmaKzP3mLFD63adeOnQJHuoAnP9ZeG68a0k4pzD4AvsRygE7XNvCawt-i5qRB3u3TWQk/s320/IMG_20240111_0005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Next is a card from the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho. </span></p>It's a look at Malealea, a remote valley set in the foothills of the Thaba Putsoa ( Blue Mountain ) range. The mountain has a height of 3096 metres and is the source of the Orange River. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQBVtqh6S0ZeMsK2u3WKrXWbN6sp9s0ICjmH9HWQzC3iUoqaBc7siugwcNUMb5BtmATRpGhss4xA25z2f00xJJp66hpMDGTyFlMSK2aMCvQS8gpvTrKy7NoE2MVzAzZ8w_yVMwQAl3FO0onzOEJw3kRv4HMS5H_RR3e8kXFal6fE8jmEbvyMP5puOez4/s1800/IMG_20231208_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQBVtqh6S0ZeMsK2u3WKrXWbN6sp9s0ICjmH9HWQzC3iUoqaBc7siugwcNUMb5BtmATRpGhss4xA25z2f00xJJp66hpMDGTyFlMSK2aMCvQS8gpvTrKy7NoE2MVzAzZ8w_yVMwQAl3FO0onzOEJw3kRv4HMS5H_RR3e8kXFal6fE8jmEbvyMP5puOez4/w400-h266/IMG_20231208_0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </div><div>Bruce used a stamp with a similar scene to the postcard. It is 1 of 3 in a 2016 set issued to mark the country's 50th Anniversary of Independence.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4l6XaxdJgo8I79wb_1_3V9rpnbw4_kS-b37VneyCHa31exDVy6kGGMc8RriPe8EuRp9xZ0bjyNRE1SBAIPlrq5Vt8e58PRDjB8KaHqh3yUlU_257zaIL6P7wBfR9YtIjRLYepaXn_YYWK1OSvyQdpNdebbckG90BSOPjLX68VGBe2ZbeNqohzGn3sLk/s885/IMG_20231208_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="885" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb4l6XaxdJgo8I79wb_1_3V9rpnbw4_kS-b37VneyCHa31exDVy6kGGMc8RriPe8EuRp9xZ0bjyNRE1SBAIPlrq5Vt8e58PRDjB8KaHqh3yUlU_257zaIL6P7wBfR9YtIjRLYepaXn_YYWK1OSvyQdpNdebbckG90BSOPjLX68VGBe2ZbeNqohzGn3sLk/w200-h133/IMG_20231208_0006.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now here's a card from Constantine, Algeria. This city of approximately a half million people is often called the City of Bridges and is located in northeastern Algeria. This city of bridges has seven bridges.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWkhauJjKNjLOUvv2c7M3L-Ni5c4-_WbWn-hvg2Huj3rU_AJ9Xc2X5bEEdeLy0TK1GYAb6h7Un9ISRZN6d7L6dN0GPFEEJxdGlpczEHqcUdNgAs2D9erf8SYal48lEe8Gyh5mYMcrIMvMh1pNTfwux8xlOV6Ye5yRQa4vRA1vEtg42PDRXLFkU3Z0akA/s1980/IMG_20231020_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1980" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWkhauJjKNjLOUvv2c7M3L-Ni5c4-_WbWn-hvg2Huj3rU_AJ9Xc2X5bEEdeLy0TK1GYAb6h7Un9ISRZN6d7L6dN0GPFEEJxdGlpczEHqcUdNgAs2D9erf8SYal48lEe8Gyh5mYMcrIMvMh1pNTfwux8xlOV6Ye5yRQa4vRA1vEtg42PDRXLFkU3Z0akA/w400-h283/IMG_20231020_0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>David used 2 stamps on his card. The left stamp , from 2021, is 1 of 22 in a set showing Musical Instruments. The stamp on the right was issued in 2020 to highlight the Repatriation of the Anti-Colonial Resistance Martyrs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_U9lZzusO2knNDA0zJEjrjGll6e4bNWcgC9xFO-5htkBniWqNs1Bd4Lpg6iEifEHixRKs9U18q_pQMBRQAwB6jjb_2_VMecAc4rWuNst_PlLEA455aPZW0snRlb_gJE6QqL6tUcUYT88yu8rmD8jNj-47rzxIb976kfSKm11SH8BlK9zyOczMpSmv_c/s1122/IMG_20231020_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1122" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_U9lZzusO2knNDA0zJEjrjGll6e4bNWcgC9xFO-5htkBniWqNs1Bd4Lpg6iEifEHixRKs9U18q_pQMBRQAwB6jjb_2_VMecAc4rWuNst_PlLEA455aPZW0snRlb_gJE6QqL6tUcUYT88yu8rmD8jNj-47rzxIb976kfSKm11SH8BlK9zyOczMpSmv_c/w200-h108/IMG_20231020_0006.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>This has been a short update but it's all for today. Thanks for these cards go to Barbara, David and Bruce. </div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-3560677362147929162024-01-12T11:16:00.000-08:002024-01-17T12:47:10.915-08:00Cruising Thru Postcards # 16<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1604 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>688</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKB_W334Wohlr4tNesxXqWDtSMx2_ESTboRWV-UH-lfxv1f3g_SuVNju56claPEAt1RWOfBjIprilxRKg1EvVu5gOEiPyh_moD7pKLze_hsWbpX7Wfaqqondz3AxK1rNlZsL2ioNfbHNKVpIU9QJ4xN0KCnzwmT_Ft8ITPTyI7ROzuFGsNImO0XyBWOLY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKB_W334Wohlr4tNesxXqWDtSMx2_ESTboRWV-UH-lfxv1f3g_SuVNju56claPEAt1RWOfBjIprilxRKg1EvVu5gOEiPyh_moD7pKLze_hsWbpX7Wfaqqondz3AxK1rNlZsL2ioNfbHNKVpIU9QJ4xN0KCnzwmT_Ft8ITPTyI7ROzuFGsNImO0XyBWOLY=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b>Howdy folks, Happy New Year to all. I hope everyone receives at least one postcard in their mailbox every day of 2024. That would be awesome. Well it's been almost 3 weeks since my last update. I have to do better in 2024. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Some time ago , actually back on Jan 8, 2020, I presented an update called " Cruising Thru Postcards # 12" . Now I would like to continue this theme, but now it is Cruising Thru Postcards # 16. I know your next question must be " what happened to # 13, 14 and 15 ? Well not everything works as we might want. The postal aspect of those cruises didn't happen as I would have wanted. I couldn't find stamps in Labadee, Haiti and none of the cards I posted in Falmouth , Jamaica ever arrived anywhere, at least to my knowledge. The same for Ocho Rios, Jamaica. A few cards from other ports arrived but not enough for an update so I just want to forget about postcards from those cruises. I'm moving on to Cruising Thru Postcards # 16. This was a 9 Day Southern Caribbean Sunfarer Cruise to the ABC Islands and Bahamas. The ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao , the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> We left Fort Lauderdale on Holland America's MS Rotterdam on Nov 3, 2023. We then endured two sea days before our first port of call. We arrived early at Kralendijk, Bonaire on Nov 6th. I walked to the post office and bought stamps. My intention was to visit the town , then later go back to the ship, prepare my postcards, and later go back to the post office and mail them. It worked out well, even better than that. I asked the lady at the post office to be sure to hand cancel the stamps. She said certainly but then asked if I would like to do it. Needless to say, I jumped at the chance. So Bonaire worked out well. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Teena's card to me shows some of the slave huts on Bonaire. These huts, built in 1850, housed the slaves who worked in the salt pans on the island. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD11j592GV_sAJ5x0_9NZwBxpu4wioz-Jx6Cbr_-sGHOUkjs1N2muMutbcyZvKMJlBRIxsrpB7gbo3tJzkKt7-7NbFWpvaRtCMwnYBxeeenXT8xUiMp5mmHK9j30h1TlsQNeiGPQWN9dh97svcCJZFMK1L5BEQq3vJH0oHYBiHOsLjM1O4PIfjO_ATMms/s1800/IMG_20231208_0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD11j592GV_sAJ5x0_9NZwBxpu4wioz-Jx6Cbr_-sGHOUkjs1N2muMutbcyZvKMJlBRIxsrpB7gbo3tJzkKt7-7NbFWpvaRtCMwnYBxeeenXT8xUiMp5mmHK9j30h1TlsQNeiGPQWN9dh97svcCJZFMK1L5BEQq3vJH0oHYBiHOsLjM1O4PIfjO_ATMms/w400-h266/IMG_20231208_0007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">The Dutch Caribbean ( Bonaire ) Flamingo stamp was issued in 2022. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRf2mc5e-KYkruhietG8pA4MXemrDHxIxf7uJ6jdebnP5l7XusY5-tPDM2ZG4eeUmA9Dq1AHEQybk7nJhb9ak2TAXupNyR_4nhWK1TkHGXOtKvi61d4DA0XnKCchPj2bSJpW-neyuHicV4PBSBOVDgc7EFtL_mtQKF1CkRZadNTZ-1lqbLlh3Hlo0PUc/s826/IMG_20231208_0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="826" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRf2mc5e-KYkruhietG8pA4MXemrDHxIxf7uJ6jdebnP5l7XusY5-tPDM2ZG4eeUmA9Dq1AHEQybk7nJhb9ak2TAXupNyR_4nhWK1TkHGXOtKvi61d4DA0XnKCchPj2bSJpW-neyuHicV4PBSBOVDgc7EFtL_mtQKF1CkRZadNTZ-1lqbLlh3Hlo0PUc/w200-h134/IMG_20231208_0008.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Our next port was Willemstad, Curacao. This is my favourite port down that way. We arrived in port early on Nov 7th. We did the touristy things, crossed the Queen Emma Bridge, walked around the Handelskade and shopped a little. Later in the day we made our way to the post office. That didn't go so well. We had to take a number on entering and then had to wait to be served. Well we waited and waited some more. Nothing seemed to be happening so I decided to leave and take my cards back to the ship. I passed them in at customer service and asked that they have the ship's agent mail them. And it worked. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">It's another Teena's card of course. Great views of a great place. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jK9Nq57eaXo0lGC-Ub7pnjUCGC-8mDDBXjg_zpn57H6hfr4TWFT_iNNbXhcmWOJOqUyUH8idCPJhsrotK_GbNyJJc9xgmO-eeYM-A8Ho82MDXHP6oJ83lefpIW2U3WoUEAfRpNpEIvKsoXSoGNC0FOyzvNrA_4us61Hc33kqWfpEBk2SmrP5DJMY9fQ/s1800/IMG_20231208_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jK9Nq57eaXo0lGC-Ub7pnjUCGC-8mDDBXjg_zpn57H6hfr4TWFT_iNNbXhcmWOJOqUyUH8idCPJhsrotK_GbNyJJc9xgmO-eeYM-A8Ho82MDXHP6oJ83lefpIW2U3WoUEAfRpNpEIvKsoXSoGNC0FOyzvNrA_4us61Hc33kqWfpEBk2SmrP5DJMY9fQ/w266-h400/IMG_20231208_0009.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Teena's stamp is from 2022. It's 1 of 6 in a set showcasing the Velas Latinoamerica Sailing Regatta. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLnQfiqdlrzrXRxc9i4bPefg2duQ95S2m2M6KL777GlRqllINUD4n6CVXCTVlLWqBm1clo1lw4Neovl3-ffYjxr1ctNmq89DkRPu5Xj6DjhKI7liVgIzehMcaiZecFeAei37bp8SeFLPIdhmzFdFFvKo-xMkNMrQpO8s6hvdWXP2gQnowSg4sA79lqZc/s944/IMG_20231208_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="944" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLnQfiqdlrzrXRxc9i4bPefg2duQ95S2m2M6KL777GlRqllINUD4n6CVXCTVlLWqBm1clo1lw4Neovl3-ffYjxr1ctNmq89DkRPu5Xj6DjhKI7liVgIzehMcaiZecFeAei37bp8SeFLPIdhmzFdFFvKo-xMkNMrQpO8s6hvdWXP2gQnowSg4sA79lqZc/w200-h100/IMG_20231208_0010.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">We sailed out of Willemstad in the evening of Nov 7th and headed for Oranjestad , Aruba. Be sure to check out Palm Beach or Eagle Beach if you ever find yourself in Aruba. It was quite hot when we were there and since I knew from past experience that the Post Office was quite a hike from the port, I decided to not go there. I purchased stamps from a shop quite near the ship. The lady running the shop offered to mail my cards . She had done this for me one time before so I knew I could trust her. Again everything worked out well. When I returned I sent her a postcard of an iceberg, something she will never see down there. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Teena's card to me is a world map card showing where Aruba is located. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIn70zlsSBn5t9jvwuKmbQuKShea6-2aBYiKMkRS_wTsVHE6-Uvvwh2IqF8WOcU7KZUm0NU64oK0UaV_j8eEaNnMcg5Fz3aIrqHkUJiT7_5z1iWTfiBnt_4inL_YEf_nC0oSEGiI9Iw9fjDu1pJlY0xSka6XdfN9kpPM4Fq5to6d9UphA3Mr6S5KgVkJY/s2076/IMG_20231208_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2076" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIn70zlsSBn5t9jvwuKmbQuKShea6-2aBYiKMkRS_wTsVHE6-Uvvwh2IqF8WOcU7KZUm0NU64oK0UaV_j8eEaNnMcg5Fz3aIrqHkUJiT7_5z1iWTfiBnt_4inL_YEf_nC0oSEGiI9Iw9fjDu1pJlY0xSka6XdfN9kpPM4Fq5to6d9UphA3Mr6S5KgVkJY/w400-h286/IMG_20231208_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> The Aruba stamp has 3 Dutch Princesses on it. It was issued in 2019 , in a set of 4.</span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9V9ypKsvihbAGf_jMsXWtrV6fUI5XvyfLrIfr6n_R4YFQtDqrUbKZKGWWVlIFldFLhiSjHjU8fgymuDrAjlQLyWqxoAXXIKPdDoa7un_Yr5jqSMElhrNrCgcJz7_EwiPgn2DJOmu3BoCrSdJ7eqEerXE2Qgd8-uD_jTVU4k8M412QNDtPsV1n9Xm3bI/s1393/IMG_20231208_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1393" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9V9ypKsvihbAGf_jMsXWtrV6fUI5XvyfLrIfr6n_R4YFQtDqrUbKZKGWWVlIFldFLhiSjHjU8fgymuDrAjlQLyWqxoAXXIKPdDoa7un_Yr5jqSMElhrNrCgcJz7_EwiPgn2DJOmu3BoCrSdJ7eqEerXE2Qgd8-uD_jTVU4k8M412QNDtPsV1n9Xm3bI/w320-h130/IMG_20231208_0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">We left Aruba in the evening of Nov 8 and then it was 2 sea days to Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, arriving the morning of Nov 11th. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">We enjoyed the water, the beach and had a great lunch ashore. There was no Post Office at Half Moon Cay, so no option to send postcards, even though postcards were available. , We pulled away from Half Moon Cay around 4:30 pm and arrived back at Fort Lauderdale at 7 am on Nov 12th, safe and sound. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">That's it for this time, the first update of The Blog for 2024. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Thanks to My Lovely Teena for all 3 cards. I love cruising with you Teena , looking forward to # 17 next month . Can't wait to visit all those new and exotic ports with you. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></div><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-75681619358257995822023-12-23T15:06:00.000-08:002023-12-23T15:07:06.392-08:00Pre Christmas Day Post 2023<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1603 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>668</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicohCz-NzbLRgN3uKqi37f8jPePLpyZU4QJ0Gbc_g9m1_iBvqxwhqgcbRelOY4LSmvRE7Q8F5qoLbdsnUXbekJW6kDPtEz8vooA2G6S0iHQtoqJS4IZXiRZpoFd4U3pdxCwc5H5L_buYkYSls3kL29HV_ps7m4X7Wdo0AhzQyDGU40YbNK8O-umVJrZDM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicohCz-NzbLRgN3uKqi37f8jPePLpyZU4QJ0Gbc_g9m1_iBvqxwhqgcbRelOY4LSmvRE7Q8F5qoLbdsnUXbekJW6kDPtEz8vooA2G6S0iHQtoqJS4IZXiRZpoFd4U3pdxCwc5H5L_buYkYSls3kL29HV_ps7m4X7Wdo0AhzQyDGU40YbNK8O-umVJrZDM=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>With Christmas just about to happen I think it's time to have a look at the two Christmas themed cards that I have received . The first is from Germany , wishing me a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And I wish that back to you Isa , too.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDNhrwEZmglHNKO-JSR76L-7USgTRzq2RHbWWTcFuvwqZDazjaBBE2EQAZkuNbiQSEymM9pVAQ2iPIcOAZwqZp5uKDKki_f9a4t4T0e7sRmqZzpuK5Wn3-k0Nn41TbGThtfZbAkHME-UFNm4JTxWwkv4utX3bPhAD5y38ExCSFobm_gOQv1PKd-GtDuQ/s1800/IMG_20231223_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDNhrwEZmglHNKO-JSR76L-7USgTRzq2RHbWWTcFuvwqZDazjaBBE2EQAZkuNbiQSEymM9pVAQ2iPIcOAZwqZp5uKDKki_f9a4t4T0e7sRmqZzpuK5Wn3-k0Nn41TbGThtfZbAkHME-UFNm4JTxWwkv4utX3bPhAD5y38ExCSFobm_gOQv1PKd-GtDuQ/w266-h400/IMG_20231223_0001.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>Isa used </b>three stamps on her card. On the left is one of many Flower definitives seen from Germany. The middle stamp , although showing the date 2022, was issued in 2021 , 1 of 4 in a set of World of Letters. The right stamp, from this year shows Squirrels in the Snow. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh4HLiv1AtdMGnhcAcCV6Ht7SU2Rsu7DrZnQl6uxuEvkTSY2a2LQGPC4SBBLN_IHTJ9wAYBqnotJ6RAmRJESU9foOKqxs-j3X-e6GmSm3wpn3ZIkoCBqXbv9lncew0iSi3muAub7kVr9z8rtDjrpivydgKGh-AIkkXV08BVV6lJndnW4TvDvXKoLV7dY/s1653/IMG_20231223_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1653" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBh4HLiv1AtdMGnhcAcCV6Ht7SU2Rsu7DrZnQl6uxuEvkTSY2a2LQGPC4SBBLN_IHTJ9wAYBqnotJ6RAmRJESU9foOKqxs-j3X-e6GmSm3wpn3ZIkoCBqXbv9lncew0iSi3muAub7kVr9z8rtDjrpivydgKGh-AIkkXV08BVV6lJndnW4TvDvXKoLV7dY/w400-h114/IMG_20231223_0002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Card 2 is from Belgium. It's called a Christmas Boycott. I'm not sure which reindeer that is , but he sure doesn't want to help haul Santa, his sleigh and a sack of toys and presents. I think I'll put my money on Blitzen.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRTEwQQE-XDrlzSEvYauMaZzoNgBku_PFRyxA33mX09ZJmfZ5WaRmxX0vl4ZTRFqeNNj1I0RP1dyvEj14WVBu1TtexnENSR41xp2YZcwxWewYYBWKm-H_RtCPxB_6Z2b1cIsq-LjY0s8n8OwGrBuePFglD6gholhdbfmmeaNY2dRJXNDwWgvZ1vrJC8o/s1800/IMG_20231223_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRTEwQQE-XDrlzSEvYauMaZzoNgBku_PFRyxA33mX09ZJmfZ5WaRmxX0vl4ZTRFqeNNj1I0RP1dyvEj14WVBu1TtexnENSR41xp2YZcwxWewYYBWKm-H_RtCPxB_6Z2b1cIsq-LjY0s8n8OwGrBuePFglD6gholhdbfmmeaNY2dRJXNDwWgvZ1vrJC8o/w400-h266/IMG_20231223_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Gerda used 2 copies of one of the Belgian Christmas stamps issued this year. The theme was Keyboard Character Art. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJyoBHcQiphaPSVJTchzNqIt84cdZ60JmcvQ77nLBALKOCP0t3C-P_Wh3IX-F0A8MGgR_q7sFDNHS86bmMG_el6apShQX9yYjix9o6axL9wD1fETqU5axYAJ9AqME7G76sw6dycWrTXU98SxQOOLqnaDMMUOJzM2i5aqnriv-vCXmqGUZySIjQdzfeQM/s767/IMG_20231223_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="767" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJyoBHcQiphaPSVJTchzNqIt84cdZ60JmcvQ77nLBALKOCP0t3C-P_Wh3IX-F0A8MGgR_q7sFDNHS86bmMG_el6apShQX9yYjix9o6axL9wD1fETqU5axYAJ9AqME7G76sw6dycWrTXU98SxQOOLqnaDMMUOJzM2i5aqnriv-vCXmqGUZySIjQdzfeQM/w200-h108/IMG_20231223_0004.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">That's all for today. Thanks for these cards go out to Isa and Gerda. Merry Christmas to you both. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Merry Christmas to all who sent cards during 2023. That includes you Meelis, Jean Pierre, Dominique, Ana, Rizleen, Barbara, Bruce, My Lovely Teena, Francesca, Yvonne, David, YaPing, Ron, Jobbo, Ravindra, Josep and Assumpta, Tsai Yun Ting, Indrit, Lena, Orla, Rob, Henning, Michi, Sherri, Nanni, Dale, Claire, Gina, and many Postcrossers. If any of you don't celebrate Christmas, I wish you well , Good Health and a wonderful winter.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">It's been a great year Postcard wise and many other ways too. Take care. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-33604373662631747502023-12-09T17:53:00.000-08:002023-12-09T17:54:22.732-08:00Kolli Hills and Haghpat<p> <span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1602 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <b>654</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></p><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnJP_2_Iqh3zNz8Jg_IHIFA7uTb4_9eOPyxHlU8y8sCNybiNVozrusTAeY2rrDiRrWgNUv9KnPM4F7n_fuGa8pPk8zi3JQ7D5G0Htb_hXV8I5zUNJObjyXOiCLO1s9-cImrtIdYse5LWz1_geTTgcRhMsWNlyxdcOWlWwqcmpNYO1Vv7FClofvgj9oK2M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnJP_2_Iqh3zNz8Jg_IHIFA7uTb4_9eOPyxHlU8y8sCNybiNVozrusTAeY2rrDiRrWgNUv9KnPM4F7n_fuGa8pPk8zi3JQ7D5G0Htb_hXV8I5zUNJObjyXOiCLO1s9-cImrtIdYse5LWz1_geTTgcRhMsWNlyxdcOWlWwqcmpNYO1Vv7FClofvgj9oK2M=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></b></span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Well it's been a while, hasn't it ? These are busy times, it seems. Only going to get busier the next two weeks. </span></div><div><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">My first card today arrived from India. It's supposed to show the Colors of India in the Kolli Hills. These hills are a mountain range located in central Tamil Nadu and are famous for its Government reserved forests. The green color is associated with new beginnings and prosperity in India. </span></div><div>I'm not sure if this should be a vertical card or a horizontal card. As you can see I went horizontal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPRa9w2j-TFnWJARnuz-mhkBFtkT8H8UWW8ZXTO-cGmZfiE8J86LBfiWS6MJTebPSNbz8BIsuoZpCOkQXqnlecOZR2JCVWY5ZosWYlnzD5bLI5DqZqhQ-BG0FbrjAfmmHFxZLiJYj2K2QVTW1lmlYpTphPiw1v9WP1szsak5rFV7YMIzdICyT5omnirM/s1800/IMG_20231207_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPRa9w2j-TFnWJARnuz-mhkBFtkT8H8UWW8ZXTO-cGmZfiE8J86LBfiWS6MJTebPSNbz8BIsuoZpCOkQXqnlecOZR2JCVWY5ZosWYlnzD5bLI5DqZqhQ-BG0FbrjAfmmHFxZLiJYj2K2QVTW1lmlYpTphPiw1v9WP1szsak5rFV7YMIzdICyT5omnirM/w400-h266/IMG_20231207_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>A Postcrosser named Phoebe sent this card . She used 3 stamps as follows : the top stamp was issued in 2018 and is `1 of 4 in a set of Indian Fashion Through the Ages. The bottom left stamp, from 2019, is 1 of 2 issued for Children's Day 2019. The bottom right stamp is from 2016 and is 1 of 6 showing Indian Metal Crafts. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21plPSMzbnEJboDLQsXC8lDBoE0QAvnj-1Neb07d2qynNychOx-UhDC95hr8kIH5pbO8sIlS3Qfv2MG199GjqEalHxEWhI3oGe3AGnqBjjpcTnYGpLCvLJ5OdaffYiiiXJDa1Ruu-f3GaGHXmYXCjCPaCQjYGVeMpUD0u_vqVJ0KjCV4-RtDgv0G1wCg/s1063/IMG_20231207_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1063" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21plPSMzbnEJboDLQsXC8lDBoE0QAvnj-1Neb07d2qynNychOx-UhDC95hr8kIH5pbO8sIlS3Qfv2MG199GjqEalHxEWhI3oGe3AGnqBjjpcTnYGpLCvLJ5OdaffYiiiXJDa1Ruu-f3GaGHXmYXCjCPaCQjYGVeMpUD0u_vqVJ0KjCV4-RtDgv0G1wCg/w200-h189/IMG_20231207_0002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Card 2 is from Armenia. It shows us Haghpat Monastery Complex. </div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia, built between the 10th and 13th century. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Described as a "masterpiece of religious architecture</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and a major center of learning</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in the Middle Ages</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">", Haghpat monastery, together with Sanahin Monastery, was placed on UNESCO's</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> World Heritage List</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in 1996.</span><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaZAUxr7pDp7JEe3fUF5yEHeDyjAzzGOvOeXzMd3JQn9GHYT2LNpTJ87GpmFlJH0PI61TJ8PjNcUxeoUgPTbhBDH6R9QBiLgtqUnR-wOVBndafNoJXinRtdq8IpqDFE60Qet_YvncIqLlaOCX277pn9rYA6bAVqbjCol-exxpd9DunwUUiVWp4llP6BM/s1800/IMG_20231208_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaZAUxr7pDp7JEe3fUF5yEHeDyjAzzGOvOeXzMd3JQn9GHYT2LNpTJ87GpmFlJH0PI61TJ8PjNcUxeoUgPTbhBDH6R9QBiLgtqUnR-wOVBndafNoJXinRtdq8IpqDFE60Qet_YvncIqLlaOCX277pn9rYA6bAVqbjCol-exxpd9DunwUUiVWp4llP6BM/w400-h266/IMG_20231208_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Alena used a 2023 definitive from a set of 9 Van Kingdom definitives.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGghcNNWYwqebpWQg8J-pmK_OmuK09T1jzmhPIPofRUiL-AhCjPm4_SBhFbFkbu2lu6Mhz-_6_v1oRYg0TZpUBKoUr5rPbGvX3wCNDxe02qpIjLwhokkr7IiR6qj611RtdMKkUIX8JLmDONtNww5vRiUMypt0VDYXmmG4fg3JfBf_QtPuddfq-jOySoIY/s590/IMG_20231208_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="590" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGghcNNWYwqebpWQg8J-pmK_OmuK09T1jzmhPIPofRUiL-AhCjPm4_SBhFbFkbu2lu6Mhz-_6_v1oRYg0TZpUBKoUr5rPbGvX3wCNDxe02qpIjLwhokkr7IiR6qj611RtdMKkUIX8JLmDONtNww5vRiUMypt0VDYXmmG4fg3JfBf_QtPuddfq-jOySoIY/w200-h200/IMG_20231208_0004.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I'm trying to ease back into The Blog, so I think I'll call it a day for this time. Thank you to Phoebe and Alena for these cards today. </span></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-16308543960581899132023-11-22T19:16:00.000-08:002023-12-09T14:25:52.744-08:00Air Ontario, Bratislava, Letzebuerg, Rio, and a Lady<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1601 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>637</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnizz9JgSzjbOUlLbCaxhTYODvyHuoz5skQMIVSATNF2HTpDxEWtpWAf86-fdDr8x9Saodxb0VMO5WaE5RokYwpUueb_sADhPKwvrIWLAlN6jGoqQ9ErF_hc4MIbPKV4nDm0wHIKJNnSH0k6sym_z62IAOOoi-6ysolJsU4YWMbLryze9Z-ZynA4X50OY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnizz9JgSzjbOUlLbCaxhTYODvyHuoz5skQMIVSATNF2HTpDxEWtpWAf86-fdDr8x9Saodxb0VMO5WaE5RokYwpUueb_sADhPKwvrIWLAlN6jGoqQ9ErF_hc4MIbPKV4nDm0wHIKJNnSH0k6sym_z62IAOOoi-6ysolJsU4YWMbLryze9Z-ZynA4X50OY=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>Howdy folks. </b>Before we get to the cards of today , this :</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> Rest In Peace, J. F. K .</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhmJkUW4kC4OC_hPkw_DiYKFsTozXYEjCnquaJIglSaJnF11Jy1g_bIPf09DaUzmiLyIN1_iuvl023xLZi3nZfXc7xEJxu3QTI3G4-9UHwgGKgxG45Oa4vf4ZFCRSmnwvTdkrJrxhznoQzb6ba7FAozdzFmuutr90jGbvOi3n1jYWXJxulNC_Rk_6-dE/s1800/IMG_20231122_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhmJkUW4kC4OC_hPkw_DiYKFsTozXYEjCnquaJIglSaJnF11Jy1g_bIPf09DaUzmiLyIN1_iuvl023xLZi3nZfXc7xEJxu3QTI3G4-9UHwgGKgxG45Oa4vf4ZFCRSmnwvTdkrJrxhznoQzb6ba7FAozdzFmuutr90jGbvOi3n1jYWXJxulNC_Rk_6-dE/w266-h400/IMG_20231122_0001.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />I know where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news, exactly 60 years ago today .<p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Today I have cards from Luxembourg, Slovakia, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Switzerland and I will show them in that order. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">This first card show a few sights of Luxembourg. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFThTVhxwersa61n6nXxidUhTzZMFX5Fg-B2J-V0yZSrSMmUdp4SVxjMVeoaD2kbO6Nqjk7DP-LOw6Yxf4WkmkZphyaX1Ql9OEpk3F-PyxCCEMg9UJKLOhyphenhyphenHxv1Z9qS6e5v5Vpj6Quy8mViJ8x2gnYf2mZqfOleRjwiapCDJUFbSTtfTw1Mi-QcdzMI0E/s1800/IMG_20231008_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFThTVhxwersa61n6nXxidUhTzZMFX5Fg-B2J-V0yZSrSMmUdp4SVxjMVeoaD2kbO6Nqjk7DP-LOw6Yxf4WkmkZphyaX1Ql9OEpk3F-PyxCCEMg9UJKLOhyphenhyphenHxv1Z9qS6e5v5Vpj6Quy8mViJ8x2gnYf2mZqfOleRjwiapCDJUFbSTtfTw1Mi-QcdzMI0E/w400-h266/IMG_20231008_0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Meelis used a stamp from this year, 1 of 4 in a Local Fauna set. The most interesting thing about this stamp is the spelling of Luxembourg . D<span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); color: #555555; font-size: 16px;">esigns on recent stamps issued by Post Luxembourg bear the Luxembourgish name Letzebuerg rather than the French name Luxembourg.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language, is the national language of Luxembourg, while French is the legal language. Luxembourgish, French and German are all considered official languages and can be used for administrative matters in the country.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXSr1XnMMTwaFBwfZ11XKMtgAbMPq0Zjjc5VBWoL6bnAWbwhfF0nreGtKGrxbcat2FALgvia9Dn73KP3vHvRCCZP9wNz2RtBmNJiIM0VWEIxTGSrQBRfxcfrtCaKkyBrHjVQV7sJdAGY0AhekndMH_YgbxbS0r-czw6VPNxGlUc3Mef6_Gc_heVifiJU/s944/IMG_20231008_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="944" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXSr1XnMMTwaFBwfZ11XKMtgAbMPq0Zjjc5VBWoL6bnAWbwhfF0nreGtKGrxbcat2FALgvia9Dn73KP3vHvRCCZP9wNz2RtBmNJiIM0VWEIxTGSrQBRfxcfrtCaKkyBrHjVQV7sJdAGY0AhekndMH_YgbxbS0r-czw6VPNxGlUc3Mef6_Gc_heVifiJU/w320-h160/IMG_20231008_0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Card # 2 - It arrived from Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. A great view of the Presidential Palace and a couple other major sights. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUkEZzRksa_BajGYxjeyBrjKGmmpZx5i1YKQfHaW7c9IlTMt1zfFPhKUAvzVko0hQah1Bwn3cxs_qSlsyrKK47a6-F3z_gB_9fin3dIXROu9mNnHjFwZlkozP5Cl404PiazcKufxwAo6LUQSZ40s6xXZgXo7jjY5yCZhgPoSw4fU9bUBEbhP37L1lIHk/s1800/IMG_20231122_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUkEZzRksa_BajGYxjeyBrjKGmmpZx5i1YKQfHaW7c9IlTMt1zfFPhKUAvzVko0hQah1Bwn3cxs_qSlsyrKK47a6-F3z_gB_9fin3dIXROu9mNnHjFwZlkozP5Cl404PiazcKufxwAo6LUQSZ40s6xXZgXo7jjY5yCZhgPoSw4fU9bUBEbhP37L1lIHk/w400-h266/IMG_20231122_0002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> Bruce used a stamp from 2016. It showcased the Cultural Heritage of Slovakia. The card has a beautiful postmark but one ugly cancellation. No doubt the work of the Great Stamp Defacer. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQAA4q1MZI1w7AfEAze6-MaNvcb_HJy_nFHQHqv87QmfRKl5JQ1RWfM7ANKq_DZ9Gp9Q5-vvFqVMlCWO3WVDj7M6ZpU7Tdfz139T6Mc0xXJySoiQg5tE9hyphenhyphenyTOUiWq_STg5Ugpj4pOd67otu-hs9EnCQ1w7iRAClFKdDjkFmM0o8XVzT7UVeNQLahnjc/s944/IMG_20231020_0011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="944" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQAA4q1MZI1w7AfEAze6-MaNvcb_HJy_nFHQHqv87QmfRKl5JQ1RWfM7ANKq_DZ9Gp9Q5-vvFqVMlCWO3WVDj7M6ZpU7Tdfz139T6Mc0xXJySoiQg5tE9hyphenhyphenyTOUiWq_STg5Ugpj4pOd67otu-hs9EnCQ1w7iRAClFKdDjkFmM0o8XVzT7UVeNQLahnjc/w320-h120/IMG_20231020_0011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Card # 3 - This card showing 2 sights of Rio was sent by my brother Dale who recently spent a couple of months in Rio. Here we see Christ The Redeemer and Guanabara Bay along with Copacabana Beach. Nothing says Rio more than these. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQoey9x0OfjJczpcCTYV_3_u3A-RjuGl7mXLtS1Y-kxUegj3dM04l-SA1K9V9vN01qUYbT1yRkIXeb_oRH7Hlmt2q4zwAyJIvMIrNuezj-xykttY7Y5jt1FmFBVgLoc_ILfTs632iRxCgZ2eAt8IBg8nKH8olRdVeEdXg1TFvgOZFx0286oxPEh2nFNM/s1800/IMG_20231116_0021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQoey9x0OfjJczpcCTYV_3_u3A-RjuGl7mXLtS1Y-kxUegj3dM04l-SA1K9V9vN01qUYbT1yRkIXeb_oRH7Hlmt2q4zwAyJIvMIrNuezj-xykttY7Y5jt1FmFBVgLoc_ILfTs632iRxCgZ2eAt8IBg8nKH8olRdVeEdXg1TFvgOZFx0286oxPEh2nFNM/w400-h266/IMG_20231116_0021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Now , it has been my experience that Brazil stamps are not that interesting, or at least the ones that have come my way. I think the stamps on this card prove that, they were issued in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2918. Kind of small too. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmpsACTRfbJSUbTXfLUGH7_vtWMXG8zABOOscPhT1ZT_L9gjhze4QHIO1D-jCSnpOZiHcK0CPoQBiG-1L4rlIdR2gfm7ksRCnrH6yYeC8JEOKx5XbHcvX8h5rwe_kloZ0BV9Q4GHWB7Kn1F0t_9ilVZyZRyQ4fIoEJ0yGdXVrlbYUZQF1MMeSwejXgdY/s1299/IMG_20231116_0022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="1299" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmpsACTRfbJSUbTXfLUGH7_vtWMXG8zABOOscPhT1ZT_L9gjhze4QHIO1D-jCSnpOZiHcK0CPoQBiG-1L4rlIdR2gfm7ksRCnrH6yYeC8JEOKx5XbHcvX8h5rwe_kloZ0BV9Q4GHWB7Kn1F0t_9ilVZyZRyQ4fIoEJ0yGdXVrlbYUZQF1MMeSwejXgdY/s320/IMG_20231116_0022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Next up is a card showing an aircraft , all be it an old one. It is an Air Ontario Convair 580, registered s C-GDTD. It is kind of strange writing about a Canadian airline that showed up on a card from Sri Lanka. The Convair was manufactured between 1947 and 1954 and Air Ontario operated between 1987 and 2001. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9VTLSF7C7HgJMfNbOeSFjQw98qEs9RSen4A_-kSHBemcrlsQAHSfJe2lySxrYLG0MYpCOqO56QwPTolOXopNdyDeIN5lj9jFM7EdS8Z5jMQG_TXghlm_uSRdwm-pK0NfcVy3O5B8A8PHiNYoOjoQouZwNV5RvGs90zhFkKsPeVBwOnt4kS1s8ehcl8w/s1800/IMG_20231122_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp9VTLSF7C7HgJMfNbOeSFjQw98qEs9RSen4A_-kSHBemcrlsQAHSfJe2lySxrYLG0MYpCOqO56QwPTolOXopNdyDeIN5lj9jFM7EdS8Z5jMQG_TXghlm_uSRdwm-pK0NfcVy3O5B8A8PHiNYoOjoQouZwNV5RvGs90zhFkKsPeVBwOnt4kS1s8ehcl8w/w400-h266/IMG_20231122_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> Ravindra used 2 stamps on his card. The small Butterfly stamp is 1 of 4 Endemic Butterflies of Sri Lanka issued in 2023. The right stamp , from 2023, commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Great Debate of Panadura. </p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDI6dFqQXNi8T7PGMo3fl2aeAkh3j09V6ybMrRf6ZZciuAdYHH_x9BYhBlOAlAhmTKRoHrq-RnBZQR2MnyJ8f7MXxbYI7uNcZJGWDBEgWKDdRVc93dqb55FxM6puwsW3mCZ7Dn7T31X8WrN8VjYCC15v2QCUqxLr0nLv_mJjxHQy74TPpu4s-ctWnlDc/s826/IMG_20231122_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="826" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDI6dFqQXNi8T7PGMo3fl2aeAkh3j09V6ybMrRf6ZZciuAdYHH_x9BYhBlOAlAhmTKRoHrq-RnBZQR2MnyJ8f7MXxbYI7uNcZJGWDBEgWKDdRVc93dqb55FxM6puwsW3mCZ7Dn7T31X8WrN8VjYCC15v2QCUqxLr0nLv_mJjxHQy74TPpu4s-ctWnlDc/w200-h157/IMG_20231122_0004.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <br />Switzerland, it is now your time. This is the last card for today. Here is another photo from the book of photographs by Uwe Ommer published by Benedikt Tashen Verlag.<p></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGG1ZTe0rdnCPpbMBd0HdvFao21b-cGMZOzEKkSdnnhZk1yyBoCI3IgKB94MKzoASN3vjNDKHSHrMm1hDivr_mmH1e7nPEubqOQhMX4E9ZAknspN1DP6tjV-ZEgI_8TW4WJKTikk6ApQUT9Ijx-1918XkokfV-MsdxwTUwrRtCOCZGMbHP1v8LmcThyphenhyphenL8/s1880/IMG_20231116_0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1880" data-original-width="1320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGG1ZTe0rdnCPpbMBd0HdvFao21b-cGMZOzEKkSdnnhZk1yyBoCI3IgKB94MKzoASN3vjNDKHSHrMm1hDivr_mmH1e7nPEubqOQhMX4E9ZAknspN1DP6tjV-ZEgI_8TW4WJKTikk6ApQUT9Ijx-1918XkokfV-MsdxwTUwrRtCOCZGMbHP1v8LmcThyphenhyphenL8/w281-h400/IMG_20231116_0007.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Michael used a wooden stamp from 2004. It is a self-adhesive made from Swiss wood.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGxz6NvyCD0L6HEcjH4X4DwWc_K0vzZLOpo2lqoZ1j7Bz4bpaLIC0Sj6r2mIWG1VeblnY8LLBtuqYBKOBh9NTz5mMySPpcqV7kAgtLwcZ1pjXYqaqewmoAN6MY0OD_lyiusSN2MkNVoNSQ-jueqcXeZhX58t78shGmXTiIk5qAv3xWbd_uEj-UoJX5vQ/s708/IMG_20231116_0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="708" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGxz6NvyCD0L6HEcjH4X4DwWc_K0vzZLOpo2lqoZ1j7Bz4bpaLIC0Sj6r2mIWG1VeblnY8LLBtuqYBKOBh9NTz5mMySPpcqV7kAgtLwcZ1pjXYqaqewmoAN6MY0OD_lyiusSN2MkNVoNSQ-jueqcXeZhX58t78shGmXTiIk5qAv3xWbd_uEj-UoJX5vQ/w200-h150/IMG_20231116_0008.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">There you have it, the latest update of The Blog. Thanks for the cards this time go out to Bruce, Meelis, Dale, Ravindra and Michael. </p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-57653660575028059942023-11-18T14:19:00.000-08:002024-01-12T12:19:25.291-08:00Postcards, Postcards and Postcards<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1600 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>633</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwKaOPuMJx9BNiCgnYT1OorC03QD-XLSpVQEbzGqeRkYckD2VsagiGjJvo5g3aS4gXfq3VtaHKvkZBaLXf2-E88tvib4XLYPOkQg7CB-pp0Z0GtZbeZvNmsoYa_UMeuWyevr6pFrkpY6uM7hPljDDX8RaWgVXYbxwm0S-P717n3gO6o09I5brA3hHHQ_o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjwKaOPuMJx9BNiCgnYT1OorC03QD-XLSpVQEbzGqeRkYckD2VsagiGjJvo5g3aS4gXfq3VtaHKvkZBaLXf2-E88tvib4XLYPOkQg7CB-pp0Z0GtZbeZvNmsoYa_UMeuWyevr6pFrkpY6uM7hPljDDX8RaWgVXYbxwm0S-P717n3gO6o09I5brA3hHHQ_o=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Well hello readers ( if I actually have any left ) , it been just short of a month since I was last active here. I was away for 11 or 12 days of that time, a short cruise to the Caribbean for a little sun, sand and sea . But now I'm back to reality . Since returning we have already had 6 or 7 cm of snow. It has since melted but it was an eye opener for sure. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Now it's on to postcards. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">First up is this card from Sri Lanka showing St Paul's Church in the district of Kandy. This Anglican church was opened in 1852. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg88tWZlKx6mi9zgPrp1ttK2RrsT8DN7qV6BAuaYrPF34BrY-WVho2Q9V4ogP4F9MWGYGJ-IHKEOIGQWrtL3XyOXzg-5l57U2DSntX2UxC_nOJISCUnMryNp9t2Gc_z0-FiLwHnfOytlavASS071aKXflIXoaZkm9fH6AcUGNiXrthREgirYAjm8kV9o/s1800/IMG_20231116_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBg88tWZlKx6mi9zgPrp1ttK2RrsT8DN7qV6BAuaYrPF34BrY-WVho2Q9V4ogP4F9MWGYGJ-IHKEOIGQWrtL3XyOXzg-5l57U2DSntX2UxC_nOJISCUnMryNp9t2Gc_z0-FiLwHnfOytlavASS071aKXflIXoaZkm9fH6AcUGNiXrthREgirYAjm8kV9o/w400-h266/IMG_20231116_0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> Ravindra used a nice selection of stamps on this card. The 3 larger stamps were issued in a 2020 minisheet showing Ancient Maps of Sri Lanka. The small stamp is from 2022, 1 of 12 in 3 Butterfly shaped minisheets. All 12 stamps showed Endemic Butterflies of Sri Lanka. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm1LWgGdfGWf2vhnWT1mmMLazsV5bbmVH_z3MABKni_eaDQLbIn-u9YEW5ssJAN-43GlVLWmDxxKV_W3WprZXZKsjpOnNAitYXPO6HEBp5VotLH_amPoA6scq2V7hPj4yBtRHtGuFPuKHOVECjIKHqBRiQhvNPgkxPctSUEpyC-y71ug3RT5wU6cKbk8/s1123/IMG_20231116_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1123" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm1LWgGdfGWf2vhnWT1mmMLazsV5bbmVH_z3MABKni_eaDQLbIn-u9YEW5ssJAN-43GlVLWmDxxKV_W3WprZXZKsjpOnNAitYXPO6HEBp5VotLH_amPoA6scq2V7hPj4yBtRHtGuFPuKHOVECjIKHqBRiQhvNPgkxPctSUEpyC-y71ug3RT5wU6cKbk8/w320-h150/IMG_20231116_0010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Today's second card arrived from Belgium. It's a look at the pier in Nieuwpoort, a town in Northern Belgium, know for its beach and marina. This is where the Yser river flows into the North Sea. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFzTNx17it8OPKV91rPqO0h1_ecA-Ii0kYcnSLYAzMHQEP42aXo16ukgP-uMIZgsehKybyfm_ITmBVPbVrrfuICqpMnXIeDXvqlYwDiWSkxJB7eTIEot0BQGkoG8wdPgO-nFdeFUNmHRd5HpJ834kzh4C2NCuUJJVIzLC5DOq0GmvuKRNCmgvFFp3qXY/s1800/IMG_20231116_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFzTNx17it8OPKV91rPqO0h1_ecA-Ii0kYcnSLYAzMHQEP42aXo16ukgP-uMIZgsehKybyfm_ITmBVPbVrrfuICqpMnXIeDXvqlYwDiWSkxJB7eTIEot0BQGkoG8wdPgO-nFdeFUNmHRd5HpJ834kzh4C2NCuUJJVIzLC5DOq0GmvuKRNCmgvFFp3qXY/w266-h400/IMG_20231116_0012.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Gerda used a 2020 stamp, 1 of 5 in a minisheet, marking the History of Pigeon Racing. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cfZEhpGJWBfL33XwO_vSsaT9yqS6iA5UZNKJ9eKbVEyGfNmvd1qGdhC7cdBJWG0po88L4pVtPfPYU1xXpsrIlhjBaWbRebEPREdeOfXmY9Ba0QL_5VWLlTVqQo6lHuDF3syE8TWbSPu1UfphLuRYDviMmQOxRAucmRRS_m6m3Rhk7dTGlvFPHdVXHsI/s649/IMG_20231116_0013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="649" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cfZEhpGJWBfL33XwO_vSsaT9yqS6iA5UZNKJ9eKbVEyGfNmvd1qGdhC7cdBJWG0po88L4pVtPfPYU1xXpsrIlhjBaWbRebEPREdeOfXmY9Ba0QL_5VWLlTVqQo6lHuDF3syE8TWbSPu1UfphLuRYDviMmQOxRAucmRRS_m6m3Rhk7dTGlvFPHdVXHsI/w200-h146/IMG_20231116_0013.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">My next card is from France. It's a privately designed World Postcard Day card bringing Postal Hugs to the receiver. I didn't receive it on WPD - Oct 1st, but that's quite all right. It's a lovely card from Claire, who sent it as part of a postcard swap. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjQwizQP0IYEJYVVFfSUJp_Wn6y_RHtBx7pOkSngDUtiBn3Gy_uZz0tH1uHGgYTE4udatBuY7hGEfDNDrFjtfY53e7dJQbfY1xU_st_Qr8QX7xAR9M_wkGj0exxmHkdAuBkbdyMjgkCiWtQN-QUV6FxyvKffwtVRW7clpNgxe0DAw6BORCVNgDRnYg2k/s1800/IMG_20231116_0014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjQwizQP0IYEJYVVFfSUJp_Wn6y_RHtBx7pOkSngDUtiBn3Gy_uZz0tH1uHGgYTE4udatBuY7hGEfDNDrFjtfY53e7dJQbfY1xU_st_Qr8QX7xAR9M_wkGj0exxmHkdAuBkbdyMjgkCiWtQN-QUV6FxyvKffwtVRW7clpNgxe0DAw6BORCVNgDRnYg2k/w266-h400/IMG_20231116_0014.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Claire used a 2023 stamp issued to highlight Fan Making as an Artistic Career. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vR1Tb9kqb6b6sxQIjFIfo2tZog-jaLI9kIxw2-8FFEJdp5aB6GSSvEPT1VwouQkVONwkWFt92gJ4obhQ9M-lqq255rM6bb-mlMMDox2Zp1fgZpcUuSq7YhM8M0KDZ98ychyS18QEduhMrKLdbqG7vC2ZSoNXCGdGeEOlgjPRl6BveJL1nXmzL7JXdCE/s685/IMG_20231116_0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="685" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vR1Tb9kqb6b6sxQIjFIfo2tZog-jaLI9kIxw2-8FFEJdp5aB6GSSvEPT1VwouQkVONwkWFt92gJ4obhQ9M-lqq255rM6bb-mlMMDox2Zp1fgZpcUuSq7YhM8M0KDZ98ychyS18QEduhMrKLdbqG7vC2ZSoNXCGdGeEOlgjPRl6BveJL1nXmzL7JXdCE/w200-h159/IMG_20231116_0016.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Here's another card from France. This one is a look at Marseille Cathedral. This Roman Catholic cathedral is a National Monument of France located in Marseille. It opened in November of 1893. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ADdoamQhuOL0tylIJ7aLgzus6Kn_ALuehEWkv-C0qf8YoNuHkSHzlZF_illaJWLr-Kv_pN3ium63hXUTYiMUya9jvFrYKIhUEnWl5IbtIS4qDFjJpX4ILuFErP256bn16yJkgyEj3YJTtQTs9VeQ1j2RaDWC8tbGZ6dTsKYPG2U0r02K8e1H8-garQg/s1800/IMG_20231116_0019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ADdoamQhuOL0tylIJ7aLgzus6Kn_ALuehEWkv-C0qf8YoNuHkSHzlZF_illaJWLr-Kv_pN3ium63hXUTYiMUya9jvFrYKIhUEnWl5IbtIS4qDFjJpX4ILuFErP256bn16yJkgyEj3YJTtQTs9VeQ1j2RaDWC8tbGZ6dTsKYPG2U0r02K8e1H8-garQg/w400-h266/IMG_20231116_0019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Dominique used a beautiful stamp from 1962. It was issued to showcase French Art. It's too bad the beauty of the stamp has been defaced. Some idiot between France and Canada decided to use a crayon to obliterate the stamp even thought it had received an actual cancellation. How I'd like to shake The Great Stamp Defacer. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8fi7RJXF6PyJAPdT1l5Z2fGxRFLp56n4nfM1m4n-XSoakbu4lLRhu0gNTns2mD8uupLUyeba0ymmVjou9V1VmSiZplLT1Y1atj6pSK3xfI0S8oBTVss1COZcAYHWdO1IoKL5OCDxkcZvTd658BJXKtKnl33Ff52R4YvgMToW6aIEOLXm56_1TToSwM8/s649/IMG_20231116_0020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="649" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8fi7RJXF6PyJAPdT1l5Z2fGxRFLp56n4nfM1m4n-XSoakbu4lLRhu0gNTns2mD8uupLUyeba0ymmVjou9V1VmSiZplLT1Y1atj6pSK3xfI0S8oBTVss1COZcAYHWdO1IoKL5OCDxkcZvTd658BJXKtKnl33Ff52R4YvgMToW6aIEOLXm56_1TToSwM8/w200-h200/IMG_20231116_0020.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">I often show postcards with aircraft, but not today. Today I have a ship or a ferry. It is the Nils Holgersson of TT -Line. TT Line , based in Lubeck, Germany has operated ferry service from Germany to Sweden since 1962. The ferry shown can carry around 800 passengers and is 230 metres in length. It has been in the TT-Line since 2022.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVAC3lLl8uWWB8ffVHZloXNeV1kgBIuePo6DWTbGAG_4DDHB9k3VKQyBaqrNYGB4oBnF48UIco3g6pgT6sf87p2kJjcPVzveGQZyt-ehrgB3Rb1i-oR4IoqUvPVLoHCs5InUM6mi1tnxqwxudgZZlqGCXX_RHq-F0RFnz-oZ-eC-CQxBV9SwYFHyTBho/s1800/IMG_20231118_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVAC3lLl8uWWB8ffVHZloXNeV1kgBIuePo6DWTbGAG_4DDHB9k3VKQyBaqrNYGB4oBnF48UIco3g6pgT6sf87p2kJjcPVzveGQZyt-ehrgB3Rb1i-oR4IoqUvPVLoHCs5InUM6mi1tnxqwxudgZZlqGCXX_RHq-F0RFnz-oZ-eC-CQxBV9SwYFHyTBho/w400-h266/IMG_20231118_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Meelis used 3 Swedish Europa stamps on this one, since it was sent from Sweden. The left stamp was issued in 2006 under the theme of Eyes of Young People. The other 2 , from 2003, show Poster Art. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmuPhZM3OKGtnRDwj7srY2e4RFEHwfp_DTuUj6Jhc-ijIZqLgtXCWhWO22uPxetr8g-TjP-yZZhy5gJAvLa2Nck-nbesBDRr4emLdVS8zgopflMYs3cLoVUPxgswK6xxn0k6HjtRlhilADDnkZJavCjnna0au7E3TcwqkNeJW4XJTQ6vr-tHT3lX_yJw/s1322/IMG_20231118_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1322" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmuPhZM3OKGtnRDwj7srY2e4RFEHwfp_DTuUj6Jhc-ijIZqLgtXCWhWO22uPxetr8g-TjP-yZZhy5gJAvLa2Nck-nbesBDRr4emLdVS8zgopflMYs3cLoVUPxgswK6xxn0k6HjtRlhilADDnkZJavCjnna0au7E3TcwqkNeJW4XJTQ6vr-tHT3lX_yJw/w320-h130/IMG_20231118_0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Time to end of this issue of The Blog. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free. Here's Lady Liberty - The Statue of Liberty in New York. Millions of immigrants has been greeted by this symbol of freedom over the years</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Jj2vI-bye6U0BCNwPQRB3hhBOqniIqRe1vZ_SHod2fTKDnbYbWzPWhaD9M-EPnWfxagu8nKaaN7HhzHEMXLMvZeIbTFDVeCDxE_CNZTIokSZfP5F8Jtgz9XEyoPRMROK92NmCDa5uuE7OAt768h9VvwHHJ-ob8AtfdPWeZxGziTjh45e-GLdvFel9l4/s1800/IMG_20231020_0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Jj2vI-bye6U0BCNwPQRB3hhBOqniIqRe1vZ_SHod2fTKDnbYbWzPWhaD9M-EPnWfxagu8nKaaN7HhzHEMXLMvZeIbTFDVeCDxE_CNZTIokSZfP5F8Jtgz9XEyoPRMROK92NmCDa5uuE7OAt768h9VvwHHJ-ob8AtfdPWeZxGziTjh45e-GLdvFel9l4/w266-h400/IMG_20231020_0016.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>Barbara used the round, 2022 Global Forever stamp. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCKSAbRMuP7i21fZ-vlK4ZALfDw3uoN4KMN7UIvCAqbUERztBvIlNQj2CZx0ZHwNHnuwuhYzqYN4yulKvCR0S-DkRiBQuQTLOCc4frDzfltnIhLzYTaqVViXkt9YpgLE7tOfVPK1gxfAHs83bB9O7EIyc-I7tUgWrpzNYlDd-bme3dcKFvkIyRHicdZc/s472/IMG_20230923_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCKSAbRMuP7i21fZ-vlK4ZALfDw3uoN4KMN7UIvCAqbUERztBvIlNQj2CZx0ZHwNHnuwuhYzqYN4yulKvCR0S-DkRiBQuQTLOCc4frDzfltnIhLzYTaqVViXkt9YpgLE7tOfVPK1gxfAHs83bB9O7EIyc-I7tUgWrpzNYlDd-bme3dcKFvkIyRHicdZc/w200-h200/IMG_20230923_0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div>There you have it. My thanks for cards today go out to Ravindra, Gerda, Claire, Dominique, Meelis and Barbara. Thank you to all of you. </div><div><br /></div><div>Take care , come back again soon. </div><div><br /></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-54876218970008058672023-10-24T18:23:00.001-07:002023-10-24T18:24:02.719-07:00The Most Beautiful Post Office in the World and More<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1599 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>608</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxf4cEhByeb2L2bnRjuiSFSvwXZkjOhNufjKmNuNeIi5fbPUqzel5ly0qXMz5hLytk_MBEGAHgyhZ6UMltJO3UTv5dFeD4EMzfbFRtrKCH0QZ8yHE1C1rKdcxK10YMEqMExd83hB2vJtcC1vLZ0keqE7Ufq7RaGHEjamHtP56UJz8f3xp6c6d8vb6vn-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxf4cEhByeb2L2bnRjuiSFSvwXZkjOhNufjKmNuNeIi5fbPUqzel5ly0qXMz5hLytk_MBEGAHgyhZ6UMltJO3UTv5dFeD4EMzfbFRtrKCH0QZ8yHE1C1rKdcxK10YMEqMExd83hB2vJtcC1vLZ0keqE7Ufq7RaGHEjamHtP56UJz8f3xp6c6d8vb6vn-4=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Here we go again. New cards with wonderful stamps to show . But first this news . It`s Monday October 23, and it`s snowing here in Alberta. It is supposed to snow today and tomorrow. We are forecasted to receive up to 20 cm of the white stuff today. Did I say it sucks - well hear me now - It Sucks. Of course , with a snowy day, that means a good day to work on The Blog. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">I`ll start today with a card from Osaka , Japan. It gives us a look at some scenery around Yufuin. In addition to spectacular scenery, Yufuin has 2 or 3 main shopping streets and is home to Bussanji temple, one of two main temples in the town</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yksht7aLqZBZIv9ViImC_5tgs4Y_kCNRPUuiqi5DHCpuTY83eJLjlAwTasGfJsc58NmRGkE-uz30SAlln_FR9wbfZSMyDb-AXQ81WT9AyFmTg-09pRs5ub4Qm_ZiPP3x4Oz-x6FC8TKOEJ-6XGqdPm8YjajVtZhbr2GHxBkZxTaEyXiiq6_7iXM7trI/s1800/IMG_20230920_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yksht7aLqZBZIv9ViImC_5tgs4Y_kCNRPUuiqi5DHCpuTY83eJLjlAwTasGfJsc58NmRGkE-uz30SAlln_FR9wbfZSMyDb-AXQ81WT9AyFmTg-09pRs5ub4Qm_ZiPP3x4Oz-x6FC8TKOEJ-6XGqdPm8YjajVtZhbr2GHxBkZxTaEyXiiq6_7iXM7trI/w400-h266/IMG_20230920_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />. <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Jobbo used a single stamp on this card. It is 1 of 10 issued in a 2020 set of Doraemon Manga Aime characters. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAzV9x3PnH7EQEpTMqq2BSY9a-UzWQlW_ZQdTN_mSIC571t6OvOHB-mdvaLp8ZrVIxkHx8riAnQ-cpne9eOh1EprEmoTPGgvl6VdgtdKUYuHyl5eZ_VuH-VE5Qt8rNyTSHPvzQIhYq7kEWb3lWC3Fo48gCUckvDjMVk6q_mh5s3JuOO-kMBCnoNehskg/s531/IMG_20230920_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="531" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAzV9x3PnH7EQEpTMqq2BSY9a-UzWQlW_ZQdTN_mSIC571t6OvOHB-mdvaLp8ZrVIxkHx8riAnQ-cpne9eOh1EprEmoTPGgvl6VdgtdKUYuHyl5eZ_VuH-VE5Qt8rNyTSHPvzQIhYq7kEWb3lWC3Fo48gCUckvDjMVk6q_mh5s3JuOO-kMBCnoNehskg/w200-h156/IMG_20230920_0004.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">A card from France is next. It`s a look at the Orgues of Ille-sur-Tet - geological features formed from sand and clay , shaped by erosion. These balsalt columns are located about 30 minutes from Perpignan. The area is one of the most beautiful places in Occitania. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0yvgYqwq-E5uLZXw_RqIJmCAJ-mA15M46bEzYfKVI1O-kBl3v_VuUph1YOYnIXbZgYi9G2PwafJ7ZO_eNgqyvXwVqSBlLic8bguDvAKkgNvD3Ia5EPFh4NAdF31AZH-XEVJqgMMNIVm39fZC63_AHOv_lvLbqvGBOmMrDYlpuxjsuEWXJfkXHBog89k/s1800/IMG_20231008_0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0yvgYqwq-E5uLZXw_RqIJmCAJ-mA15M46bEzYfKVI1O-kBl3v_VuUph1YOYnIXbZgYi9G2PwafJ7ZO_eNgqyvXwVqSBlLic8bguDvAKkgNvD3Ia5EPFh4NAdF31AZH-XEVJqgMMNIVm39fZC63_AHOv_lvLbqvGBOmMrDYlpuxjsuEWXJfkXHBog89k/w400-h266/IMG_20231008_0007.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Dominique used a stamp from this year on this card. It celebrates Bergheim Haut-Rhin - The Favourite Village of France. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6bUCI9XjtSFVZOb-YF3xwigGhgEL6RwxgtQokgf2tSfXs7-zw9xoyuU5mKakuwaEgOIfOES32bovtLZUiKI6KFAq0fJZqWP9DxLz13QnRwH245T44awoiH4CtJnUaFZuu_v5tbaC4wWIex8XL2ezLMz4OTfdqs0nsUEQoYyRMj8RLnelhRUs2AoD5blE/s531/IMG_20231008_0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="531" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6bUCI9XjtSFVZOb-YF3xwigGhgEL6RwxgtQokgf2tSfXs7-zw9xoyuU5mKakuwaEgOIfOES32bovtLZUiKI6KFAq0fJZqWP9DxLz13QnRwH245T44awoiH4CtJnUaFZuu_v5tbaC4wWIex8XL2ezLMz4OTfdqs0nsUEQoYyRMj8RLnelhRUs2AoD5blE/w200-h156/IMG_20231008_0008.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> </div><div>Time now for a card from Algeria. Here we see the Grand Post Office in Algiers. It is said to be the most beautiful post office in the world. I have never seen it so I can`t argue the case. </div><div><br /></div><div>There is actually a website by Architectural Digest listing the 11 most beautiful post offices around the world. They are located as follows , in order of `beauty ` in Algiers, Ho Chi Minh City, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Madrid, Columbus Indiana, New York City, Ragusa Italy, Bonn, Kolkata and Winslow Arizona. </div><div>I have only visited one on that list - Ho Chi Minh City Post Office and I thought it was just a wonderful place, I`m not sure I would use the word beautiful, but it was a special place and I could have stayed there all day , just wandering around and looking. </div><div>Now here is the number 1 Beautiful Post office. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmXCVvglbbmTB-i29pSdlkuJMKzN895p5hcesxg6s8LbqS3e_OpjdR8WUQq_7Jmeda-eNkiQThsYkElpLpTLZv-PClapKUBFcT2IhxTlPWOkCf3K83oEf4kOoUB8r04ESMwRX96bSMmah1CTdpxIgls_aVs2je20VcG0tNr9qtELFG31hvTK7TrNgWnk/s2448/IMG_20231023_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="2448" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmXCVvglbbmTB-i29pSdlkuJMKzN895p5hcesxg6s8LbqS3e_OpjdR8WUQq_7Jmeda-eNkiQThsYkElpLpTLZv-PClapKUBFcT2IhxTlPWOkCf3K83oEf4kOoUB8r04ESMwRX96bSMmah1CTdpxIgls_aVs2je20VcG0tNr9qtELFG31hvTK7TrNgWnk/w400-h214/IMG_20231023_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>David used 2 stamps from 2023. They are 2 of 4 in a set showing Traditional Head Coverings.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDHJ_8v7gWkIxSNR9BLxMxnLRcVDJUPtEy-EtfjswPBQ6gFgh2KW_j-84rBe8gKyHicfRzhhf_ItGUjODAvoyEaLZAbDgPuL6u4C_E25qLukjdp7WiVyk5AdehwE1PYjbeEmAwroSlcbWH2w41ZJbK3CqLtyM4t0btIM6DOTKP80S_XOyAJIE32WxNh0/s1181/IMG_20231023_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1181" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDHJ_8v7gWkIxSNR9BLxMxnLRcVDJUPtEy-EtfjswPBQ6gFgh2KW_j-84rBe8gKyHicfRzhhf_ItGUjODAvoyEaLZAbDgPuL6u4C_E25qLukjdp7WiVyk5AdehwE1PYjbeEmAwroSlcbWH2w41ZJbK3CqLtyM4t0btIM6DOTKP80S_XOyAJIE32WxNh0/w200-h112/IMG_20231023_0002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Now here`s the last card for this time. It is from Sri Lanka. On it we see Vallipuram Temple. It was constructed around the 13th century. It is a Hindu shrine situated in Vallipuram village in Jaffna District.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZtMapKO_zsIlDwLwvTzCbsVpUqXioO5cnQ3y5rQmb_IyEQdvmsu4yzzyWeJiK3or5-d0CSmcTtd4VC1ujIclsSjSXyM-mrSrE1HCxonPy2UK5Lkl-8hFS9DA7DMmE9ZJHL2S4QVk8XnVVcZ0cKYd27gDGOZ7MYy1klP82fi_uM9vitVEI_iT7jIw-pA/s1800/IMG_20231020_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZtMapKO_zsIlDwLwvTzCbsVpUqXioO5cnQ3y5rQmb_IyEQdvmsu4yzzyWeJiK3or5-d0CSmcTtd4VC1ujIclsSjSXyM-mrSrE1HCxonPy2UK5Lkl-8hFS9DA7DMmE9ZJHL2S4QVk8XnVVcZ0cKYd27gDGOZ7MYy1klP82fi_uM9vitVEI_iT7jIw-pA/w400-h266/IMG_20231020_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Ravindra used 3 stamps on this card. The top stamp was issued in 2019 to mark International Year of the Periodic Table. The lower left stamp, from 2010, celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lankan Navy. The round stamp was issued to mark World Post Dat 2021. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmjEXKDuRqSUoSW_uwPtqFkLa82nvWrE5JIidXqR77LQNwGqM8PQhobZAW9N4iPy8KDOBcPk8d7xCAUmyyPc88XFthqvOpceXWwA9C5mA7OzadoaYW-paaODEN2mQO8hYfyhzcJJK3tel9LAqk2POsGVBBNIjlkvbZPaQ9aKExnzYlreDKp5QjxXtx8o/s885/IMG_20231020_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="885" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmjEXKDuRqSUoSW_uwPtqFkLa82nvWrE5JIidXqR77LQNwGqM8PQhobZAW9N4iPy8KDOBcPk8d7xCAUmyyPc88XFthqvOpceXWwA9C5mA7OzadoaYW-paaODEN2mQO8hYfyhzcJJK3tel9LAqk2POsGVBBNIjlkvbZPaQ9aKExnzYlreDKp5QjxXtx8o/w200-h195/IMG_20231020_0002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> There you have it for another time. Thanks for today`s post cards go out to David, Ravindra, Jobbo and Dominique. Thanks guys. Be sure to check back here in a couple days for more of the same. </div><div><br /></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-36696040295247405882023-10-18T08:52:00.002-07:002023-12-27T21:25:20.647-08:00WPD card, Malta, Bus, Gustav Klimt, Trunks, and a Unique Stamp<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1598 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> <b>602</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCQwkJd-WVhtAeeIrYyiz3eOq1PHoZ2BximLtbdNpJkMcMrCMZ384GCmJPXW5FOAPvYA02HVxJu--cRWFO8nfTGd6KkaVTqZD07WUjwRYWqzdSde1tLo-HpEqFDooQrtbuVmRlT0jSUWiOu-dfoy_QllxnHEE9F9CSjoQleeEmq_zhVnlT8QgzU9HS7iw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCQwkJd-WVhtAeeIrYyiz3eOq1PHoZ2BximLtbdNpJkMcMrCMZ384GCmJPXW5FOAPvYA02HVxJu--cRWFO8nfTGd6KkaVTqZD07WUjwRYWqzdSde1tLo-HpEqFDooQrtbuVmRlT0jSUWiOu-dfoy_QllxnHEE9F9CSjoQleeEmq_zhVnlT8QgzU9HS7iw=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><br />Hello once again. I`m back once more with a few cards to show and talk about . Well , World Postcard Day 2023 has come and gone. I sent out a number of cards to celebrate, hopefully they received the Oct 1st cancellation date since that was the whole idea. My Lovely Teena sent one card to me to celebrate WPC Day. She used a beautiful card from the Nfld. & Labrador series based on the original art work of Peter Sobol. I think there are 5 or 6 different cards in the ` from the Edge of the North Atlantic postcards series. The card I received shows a number of dories on show . Dories are s<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">mall, shallow-draft boats, about 5 to 7 metres or 16 to 23 feet long. It is usually a lightweight boat with high sides, a flat bottom and sharp bows. It is easy to build because of its simple lines. </span><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcBdpjb9-d61juvI9h2Q-pOobBuMjvc1sWtsALQ2NaN7NrPLgDW6SQnu9bYDZsJYdd9Nfw1_NB23X54F5OiHxW_aiqXPiQR4Ir5XNelLkDNg7W0UvnpAHoNnQ-ayJkXkMvrVLmD7auaPdUycRYJQPCKcAzPIUkgOXuQ3z7rc4UOOW5VOM4S4Rzp5A99A/s1996/IMG_20231008_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1996" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcBdpjb9-d61juvI9h2Q-pOobBuMjvc1sWtsALQ2NaN7NrPLgDW6SQnu9bYDZsJYdd9Nfw1_NB23X54F5OiHxW_aiqXPiQR4Ir5XNelLkDNg7W0UvnpAHoNnQ-ayJkXkMvrVLmD7auaPdUycRYJQPCKcAzPIUkgOXuQ3z7rc4UOOW5VOM4S4Rzp5A99A/w400-h283/IMG_20231008_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">Teena used a stamp issued on May 23rd that celebrated the 150th Anniversary of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. </span></span><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">the RCMP has evolved into an internationally recognized police organization of more than 19,000 police officers</span></div><div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5WZ5vB3s-qka6FF-f3TI_W3yNWZoB0d801WCK7GrSetUw5qcUeOD0NpfCpuFQGW6ocl0qAnRKn3tYtEMWJ3gk0D17u4ARx4Ml5jJ_oPxQhNPG7svJ2ETTR5tjyvhUQDZ1fKFg0HT3r8MJyZJBKAwzF_mWJZyUT-gABg6vW47Q6zeLhynrCmxsHAcpCc/s1500/IMG_20231008_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1500" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5WZ5vB3s-qka6FF-f3TI_W3yNWZoB0d801WCK7GrSetUw5qcUeOD0NpfCpuFQGW6ocl0qAnRKn3tYtEMWJ3gk0D17u4ARx4Ml5jJ_oPxQhNPG7svJ2ETTR5tjyvhUQDZ1fKFg0HT3r8MJyZJBKAwzF_mWJZyUT-gABg6vW47Q6zeLhynrCmxsHAcpCc/w320-h126/IMG_20231008_0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><div><b> <br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Today`s second card is from Mellieha, Malta., It gives us a look at Popeye Village. <span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Mellieħa is a large village in the Northern Region of Malta. It has a population of 10,087 as of March 2014. Mellieħa is also a tourist resort, popular for its sandy beaches, natural environment, and Popeye Village nearby. The Popeye set was supposed to be dismantled after filming wrapped up but it still continues to charm visitors to Anchor Bay. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYQU_RlzR8EwXdgWZw03x53mzCIHn5qdGyTCoc-79dt4FfZMMEJ_R-B9pbVDZNdnzuGSZ2MzC4wlLBP6FOChc41BY-vaIQQkF1vtGxnA4QVOmgkQZcsZJOIhq4xs2JR0e2_Bf0oJhV4Cz-kXm9Th4kifrqLt1JNphV3U8OKGYHEfg7WRPnY6TWv-WU6U/s1916/IMG_20231008_0015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1916" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYQU_RlzR8EwXdgWZw03x53mzCIHn5qdGyTCoc-79dt4FfZMMEJ_R-B9pbVDZNdnzuGSZ2MzC4wlLBP6FOChc41BY-vaIQQkF1vtGxnA4QVOmgkQZcsZJOIhq4xs2JR0e2_Bf0oJhV4Cz-kXm9Th4kifrqLt1JNphV3U8OKGYHEfg7WRPnY6TWv-WU6U/w400-h278/IMG_20231008_0015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ana used 3 stamps on her card. On the left from 2023 is 1 of 5 in a set showing Marine Life of the Mediterranean. The other 2 are from a set of 4 issued in 2021 showing Historical Maps of Malta. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyNB4UyHk8D8pUiX7cLfSVy1XeG3MBYU8zaPOTAGUl_IvNp0CIixeSyE8QYDneB263gDR7iZwcjwJb36xwzQw0BZULtzeo7KUR5-e9kdeWMi_8TFbe7hnA81IAjabGZeP8Kaekp5SX4GOVC58AbHI5a70-SyWD0YKHd5TUW4Afdz1pyg_LAg5wjARICc/s1594/IMG_20231008_0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1594" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyNB4UyHk8D8pUiX7cLfSVy1XeG3MBYU8zaPOTAGUl_IvNp0CIixeSyE8QYDneB263gDR7iZwcjwJb36xwzQw0BZULtzeo7KUR5-e9kdeWMi_8TFbe7hnA81IAjabGZeP8Kaekp5SX4GOVC58AbHI5a70-SyWD0YKHd5TUW4Afdz1pyg_LAg5wjARICc/s320/IMG_20231008_0016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I guess this next card , from Belgium, is not for those out there that have a fear of insects or bugs which is called entomophobia.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8rOOqR7waxI-lfQLsMG8kVke0Z6wo4BraI9uMyVdZV0sVuaY2Bzl4MNS7nb2gaYdftMjg-Arl7vhoXfWR_cKnteDhQJRz7J6qFs72Op5-M2ksmbDZSxtLRw3KRD59V-NvncJk6In67J7uwFyFIAQMgvQ2-sWr1vCtVPzxWcI2fnJWOIX1Dz30yDvvzs/s1800/IMG_20231008_0011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8rOOqR7waxI-lfQLsMG8kVke0Z6wo4BraI9uMyVdZV0sVuaY2Bzl4MNS7nb2gaYdftMjg-Arl7vhoXfWR_cKnteDhQJRz7J6qFs72Op5-M2ksmbDZSxtLRw3KRD59V-NvncJk6In67J7uwFyFIAQMgvQ2-sWr1vCtVPzxWcI2fnJWOIX1Dz30yDvvzs/w266-h400/IMG_20231008_0011.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Johan sent this one along. The stamp received a first day of issue cancellation. It is from a set of 5 called Spider Splendour. Neat spider web cancel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfJ2VWYYQV15qDSywJMF0leW4Yuu9W0wwpTlzQ4rA4Ata97vERrWA6Sg5GNioJkngAcEJaQ-I4ZrnffUumQZdys9lldIrJQSU0Idj7XGf6dU2XpeY7d4B2hw4Vzo-z5d3oWZXhgj0g9XrMV9Vn63qAtTr0zdZmLpktyYdCk0fTram8FrPE-GHJcfiC7Y/s826/IMG_20231008_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="826" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfJ2VWYYQV15qDSywJMF0leW4Yuu9W0wwpTlzQ4rA4Ata97vERrWA6Sg5GNioJkngAcEJaQ-I4ZrnffUumQZdys9lldIrJQSU0Idj7XGf6dU2XpeY7d4B2hw4Vzo-z5d3oWZXhgj0g9XrMV9Vn63qAtTr0zdZmLpktyYdCk0fTram8FrPE-GHJcfiC7Y/w200-h143/IMG_20231008_0012.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Card number 4 arrived from Vienna, Austria. it shows 3 of Gustav Klimt`s paints. From left to right it`s The Kiss, Judith, and Portrait of Adele. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uZtzuhAHPX7GlrOiBr8-iw6ohsM5woSQ3RKEKxv08EHfGs0zJHTaVkKSYjqyLr2XWPFpV96IQKVquH1k5-fuxGMaU732HxlnXg0e_Df7BN_OJ2lRFn4ZRf1TtgHwE5YPg35fFDhonFOuODEF8NXIt7BAsPOPc7B6eMuo-FA5APkGYWo2f6Yda9bFTSE/s1800/IMG_20231008_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uZtzuhAHPX7GlrOiBr8-iw6ohsM5woSQ3RKEKxv08EHfGs0zJHTaVkKSYjqyLr2XWPFpV96IQKVquH1k5-fuxGMaU732HxlnXg0e_Df7BN_OJ2lRFn4ZRf1TtgHwE5YPg35fFDhonFOuODEF8NXIt7BAsPOPc7B6eMuo-FA5APkGYWo2f6Yda9bFTSE/w400-h266/IMG_20231008_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Bruce used a stamp from 2022. It was issued to mark the 150th Anniversary of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoTIckq6-y2s6Kv18GW6FymU517uOL9zJ0nrXyFoaH_36fEBwSAzp4q2IgRep5uGsrR2QKpsT2LoX0jYO28iK6cByhcf3UJ47UbSMqCPKgcn79KcQcxypTAy0eFMJDKci0CzUAAAXAGTn65fErTo023eIhhbTFvgs1DsrLhTAeWJUUSq6t_XL4AjpWbk/s531/IMG_20231008_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="531" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoTIckq6-y2s6Kv18GW6FymU517uOL9zJ0nrXyFoaH_36fEBwSAzp4q2IgRep5uGsrR2QKpsT2LoX0jYO28iK6cByhcf3UJ47UbSMqCPKgcn79KcQcxypTAy0eFMJDKci0CzUAAAXAGTn65fErTo023eIhhbTFvgs1DsrLhTAeWJUUSq6t_XL4AjpWbk/w200-h200/IMG_20231008_0004.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Those were the days. There was a time when it seemed that you took just about everything with you when you travelled. If you did that today, it would cost a leg and an arm. I think those old wooden trunks would make great conversation pieces today. The card arrived from Finland.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUKw5HdHBzpWI52Pby9n_6JIG29yv92joW_MGX2LJpAbkI0mekYRUYpHt4ePf0X0sd2B5QvGEU6wmmYSJd_vMrBBPMYYbRNlxiGSQ-ROBRJQdFbrdsDnBIvP062-kuA2xJ3VMrHmgOGHJtD3lzaCF9hX8wboSGaFpj8B8q5KikzMQNZd9ZPz2Jhr7zpI/s1800/IMG_20230920_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUKw5HdHBzpWI52Pby9n_6JIG29yv92joW_MGX2LJpAbkI0mekYRUYpHt4ePf0X0sd2B5QvGEU6wmmYSJd_vMrBBPMYYbRNlxiGSQ-ROBRJQdFbrdsDnBIvP062-kuA2xJ3VMrHmgOGHJtD3lzaCF9hX8wboSGaFpj8B8q5KikzMQNZd9ZPz2Jhr7zpI/w400-h266/IMG_20230920_0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Vuokko used 2 stamps on her card.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The stamp on the left is 1 of 4 in a Birds set issued in 2017. The stamp on the right , from 2021, is 1 of 5 in a set called Glimmer of Fall.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here`s the last card for this time. It`s a nude pic , from German photographer Uwe Ommer. He has photo books of ladies he has snapped photos of. This is one of them. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjib-GvgBXo0DsMmmP8Kbczwgx-DdsCxiWBQZ56AllFfeulaIHfiB_AXsO4FUchKfkI_8MBb5eZbXbwxx6XVwdoM0yLh_5p9I8QG5e8ZeKIbFt7cAVsyl1Qse1TrzEufXiNemVAHAb4eYEvh4ndTLK6s5VmwYZs2j3c_t4d21UPpMfqSTGHnTnpiNClr2g/s1888/IMG_20230920_0013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1888" data-original-width="1316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjib-GvgBXo0DsMmmP8Kbczwgx-DdsCxiWBQZ56AllFfeulaIHfiB_AXsO4FUchKfkI_8MBb5eZbXbwxx6XVwdoM0yLh_5p9I8QG5e8ZeKIbFt7cAVsyl1Qse1TrzEufXiNemVAHAb4eYEvh4ndTLK6s5VmwYZs2j3c_t4d21UPpMfqSTGHnTnpiNClr2g/w279-h400/IMG_20230920_0013.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The card arrived from Switzerland with a wonderful stamp. It is the St. Gallen Embroidery Flower stamp from 2000.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HrWs_0uiOE89JiigrNYNs1lh6ySK3LCFRgF7AjWyJpYiGV_o2iMLGON4JXdUXx9l4XysSDS4bG9A_0RN4UtUnFLli552lWdzM573iUmtTVsr1wSfMKfeT0job-tyD6Rx1oC287kYSJMi0Dw_Or7qdo3sagGL4YGNFyiy4_Vjf9C9flVPCSWGmTQDN8I/s767/IMG_20230920_0014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="708" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HrWs_0uiOE89JiigrNYNs1lh6ySK3LCFRgF7AjWyJpYiGV_o2iMLGON4JXdUXx9l4XysSDS4bG9A_0RN4UtUnFLli552lWdzM573iUmtTVsr1wSfMKfeT0job-tyD6Rx1oC287kYSJMi0Dw_Or7qdo3sagGL4YGNFyiy4_Vjf9C9flVPCSWGmTQDN8I/w184-h200/IMG_20230920_0014.jpg" width="184" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">WE have now come to the end of another issue of The Blog. Thanks for cards this time go out to My Lovely Teena, Ana, Johan, Bruce, Vuokko and Michael. Do drop in again soon. Take care.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p></div></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-74578296655300658372023-10-05T15:52:00.002-07:002023-10-11T14:45:14.676-07:00Budapest, Buildings, Cyprus Airways , Guernsey and Alderney<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1597 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">589</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBIJrV7Xz5ch-n__jbzNgAVr4SmGA4ZIEp3aUu-HfQ3V_psnFc1d3mcbucNC0iTt91ezmD8Z0-evT9q4GNjTciAPQ1Wuv_NusVL5wAojUzS0jLbHls1GV71w3psiPFH9Ool1fZ7dVg10fSWFrMoMZsmOWJ5r08H-PoYfpdBTOjoSV42C3CY4sM94z_dAg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBIJrV7Xz5ch-n__jbzNgAVr4SmGA4ZIEp3aUu-HfQ3V_psnFc1d3mcbucNC0iTt91ezmD8Z0-evT9q4GNjTciAPQ1Wuv_NusVL5wAojUzS0jLbHls1GV71w3psiPFH9Ool1fZ7dVg10fSWFrMoMZsmOWJ5r08H-PoYfpdBTOjoSV42C3CY4sM94z_dAg=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br />Hello once again postcard people. I'm Back , no it's not the song by Eminem, it's just me here again with a few postcards . My first card for today arrived from Budapest, Hungary. It's a look at some of the buildings and structures in the city. Budapest is famous for its Roman, Ottoman, Gothic, Renaissance and Art Nouveau influences. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlrlQNpM9JIyj0HctdoL0H0pcfecJLvTUP7plim0LRVdbKYB9UQnkLzzoNfZvU-GiwJDDP1bq_I6uC6U7zVRx97ANI67ub2trv3CL9jeJT9kw3M-hSOl0gmY_jqKjEErl3M4l_CdyZ7r4U0D80X3X7b0CQniskRewyDrJVLE7bSZmiobxbLOSdnYhv0w/s1800/IMG_20230906_0023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlrlQNpM9JIyj0HctdoL0H0pcfecJLvTUP7plim0LRVdbKYB9UQnkLzzoNfZvU-GiwJDDP1bq_I6uC6U7zVRx97ANI67ub2trv3CL9jeJT9kw3M-hSOl0gmY_jqKjEErl3M4l_CdyZ7r4U0D80X3X7b0CQniskRewyDrJVLE7bSZmiobxbLOSdnYhv0w/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Ana used 1 of 2 stamps in a 2015 set of Greetings stamps. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAUGwIMYsOKn6Y8iQL4qskuVSKZKK3PaM_t58HDTD6HYPcyAM_znZ5vXFvEw5RmFuNRD5_AoZCe152D3lBo9bxMgnW0ta9ZN5m4oPjKH9tT68jTtqCOKBcbCp1WlKUGD4XiSnUdz6ORXBGE_shld3lvyQejpl5e4DyfZ5bVGFcsjdIE1UlhWSW9D1O7Y/s625/IMG_20230906_0024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="625" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAUGwIMYsOKn6Y8iQL4qskuVSKZKK3PaM_t58HDTD6HYPcyAM_znZ5vXFvEw5RmFuNRD5_AoZCe152D3lBo9bxMgnW0ta9ZN5m4oPjKH9tT68jTtqCOKBcbCp1WlKUGD4XiSnUdz6ORXBGE_shld3lvyQejpl5e4DyfZ5bVGFcsjdIE1UlhWSW9D1O7Y/w200-h189/IMG_20230906_0024.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Card 2 is from Germany. It shows Castle Neuschwanstein, located in South Bavaria. It was built by King Ludwig II during 1869 and 1886. The castle has appeared in several movies such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Spaceballs and The Great Escape. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zfOti3OCdFNWi592DOh-UWFtJphEMLklu9wNpzNzQ2ZUoconNDjP5ShFg1ROacwt3sMJ67lGPdXu_TpuVeP1e7avYng2C1foQUugkxMajPqpVjKP1HaM_WUODLcIM7XLeo-rljUhZVDHY1cCH3JVhyphenhyphen1U6xLvdoCqyDGqklYopyasn3qbeskE5QcKns0/s1800/IMG_20230906_0062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zfOti3OCdFNWi592DOh-UWFtJphEMLklu9wNpzNzQ2ZUoconNDjP5ShFg1ROacwt3sMJ67lGPdXu_TpuVeP1e7avYng2C1foQUugkxMajPqpVjKP1HaM_WUODLcIM7XLeo-rljUhZVDHY1cCH3JVhyphenhyphen1U6xLvdoCqyDGqklYopyasn3qbeskE5QcKns0/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0062.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Dominique used a stamp from 2022. It celebrated the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of German Businessman Heinrich Schliemann.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuTcQeceBgUMW1YAhw8uv6rAacSh2YL4r36hvTF6VD8AL-m7IhrZXd-q6XsqLjFn21SBCz2MfYXB2bE0kM6-ssurcyzpEwfPnx1Xtq4ZC23Qe15J4It9lTW2nd7iDKxN0CmQPbxb4Pu9ngPcF66FVa5oeTB4w_zLYWOwvPTk9tbtRZSnZNKBb0a2HcOA/s1122/IMG_20230906_0063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1122" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHuTcQeceBgUMW1YAhw8uv6rAacSh2YL4r36hvTF6VD8AL-m7IhrZXd-q6XsqLjFn21SBCz2MfYXB2bE0kM6-ssurcyzpEwfPnx1Xtq4ZC23Qe15J4It9lTW2nd7iDKxN0CmQPbxb4Pu9ngPcF66FVa5oeTB4w_zLYWOwvPTk9tbtRZSnZNKBb0a2HcOA/w200-h141/IMG_20230906_0063.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">A Cyprus Airways Airbus A320 in the subject of my next card. I wasn't able to make out the registration , so I can not give any of the history of this particular aircraft. The airline is the flag carrier of Cyprus, based at Larnaca International Airport.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4e7i1OUQD3POa32JfBEJBa1Od1pDHCWFedQ9UM7Uh37MbtL04es3KBvdPsrbH6Si4sMcWtSkjMbqrs3bR2vW4yaNTSa01OLolRwqkMkPuKyhawUYs29MY2WuHuvY_60daT0183ZeH9jcDXu_EzTIeLDf4JDlN8SQ0mYT6Ylk_0zRZLaoMoUslVob-No/s1800/IMG_20230906_0037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4e7i1OUQD3POa32JfBEJBa1Od1pDHCWFedQ9UM7Uh37MbtL04es3KBvdPsrbH6Si4sMcWtSkjMbqrs3bR2vW4yaNTSa01OLolRwqkMkPuKyhawUYs29MY2WuHuvY_60daT0183ZeH9jcDXu_EzTIeLDf4JDlN8SQ0mYT6Ylk_0zRZLaoMoUslVob-No/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0037.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">Jean Pierre used 2 stamps on this card. The stamp on the left is 1 of 2 Europa Think Green stamps issued in 2016. The other stamp, is a 2022 Christmas stamp.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzESLdPWkAI1nGA9YvFK-odDmw1oNK17MxJQjktPj5darvd9IUusgJzdw8DTmWuzsk63QmQ9QP6sLOd_4k5nEFfpoYR__60AHSH2DpzF21LI-Q3nBxCGM6BiXWsVquOfnFn8X0BRmjHM8b4Loxu7RoLJAiijSan-NsUttiPrVkybwAT0gz9mssEZrpBV8/s944/IMG_20230906_0038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="944" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzESLdPWkAI1nGA9YvFK-odDmw1oNK17MxJQjktPj5darvd9IUusgJzdw8DTmWuzsk63QmQ9QP6sLOd_4k5nEFfpoYR__60AHSH2DpzF21LI-Q3nBxCGM6BiXWsVquOfnFn8X0BRmjHM8b4Loxu7RoLJAiijSan-NsUttiPrVkybwAT0gz9mssEZrpBV8/w200-h125/IMG_20230906_0038.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">My next card is from Spanish Andorra. It's a view of </span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">EsglĆ©sia de Sant Serni de Nagol , a church located in Sant JuliĆ de LĆ²ria, Andorra. It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra. It was built in the 11th century. S</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">ant JuliĆ de LĆ²ria is one of the parishes of Andorra, in the far south of the country. It is also the name of the main town of the parish, which at 908 m is the lowest settlement in Andorra.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHeDoEkIjpsWB5-raA4fgld65_DTQpJ20w07AEJbc7wlAdSfeL-MTQMSeJ5Dy4PZxas9glGkBAhsyFrdaXVwl55_ZmC5xFbWuRFilCDKS9_BMIL_Rkr1XsBUlsoee5vHE2QMILIV0Bw3jtTKo_-H6MIBFdpjNn9Y0BjxZCBSkSyDfZUjtOgtLBS87lIA/s1800/IMG_20230906_0060.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHeDoEkIjpsWB5-raA4fgld65_DTQpJ20w07AEJbc7wlAdSfeL-MTQMSeJ5Dy4PZxas9glGkBAhsyFrdaXVwl55_ZmC5xFbWuRFilCDKS9_BMIL_Rkr1XsBUlsoee5vHE2QMILIV0Bw3jtTKo_-H6MIBFdpjNn9Y0BjxZCBSkSyDfZUjtOgtLBS87lIA/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0060.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">The large stamp on this card was issued this year. It is a Landscape issue highlighting the Extension of the Ral de la Massana Path. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPFeojvDk8evct1UVtBCweltP0g5Sq-kn0KXzeEkSxtyqvK0DzwW02zE3iL-UdYm-HqIX4exvNSxR9qLmuJZG7mVDeCKTKv7u7qf3B7XRgfcdz2Ylue-R8ybcTUk6JdVy_huSX8pguWrDhACufj5xmY1JNnY8XM_In-HdMvEWOLm0G2lHRqw3NECItYw/s708/IMG_20230906_0061.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="708" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPFeojvDk8evct1UVtBCweltP0g5Sq-kn0KXzeEkSxtyqvK0DzwW02zE3iL-UdYm-HqIX4exvNSxR9qLmuJZG7mVDeCKTKv7u7qf3B7XRgfcdz2Ylue-R8ybcTUk6JdVy_huSX8pguWrDhACufj5xmY1JNnY8XM_In-HdMvEWOLm0G2lHRqw3NECItYw/w200-h200/IMG_20230906_0061.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">A card from Amsterdam is next. The card's subject is not Amsterdam, but Lesbos, Greece. </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Lesbos (also called Lesvos or Mitilini) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. Itās famous as the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Lesbos is also known for its ouzo (an anise-flavored liqueur). Capital city Mitilini is home to the University of the Aegean and the Teriade Museum, whose modern art collection highlights</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"> Greek artists. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01kBptYalBC4T_JNfr_QKkOsOoUXEe8yC2hKRWrHbj7hyphenhyphenHKtYjkfIU8cQKqbwZFpQOhyg3Wx4UlIuS1yigDOGiJDR-Uv0QIi0KVsIEll5CPXOxKK7knLq8lpnvrZMDYqD6JKzzvFbbd2-ABmEnn9WPIvH2ImVinwjZwywtFHyzkRd7vMfdB1BBuoe7oQ/s1800/IMG_20230906_0049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01kBptYalBC4T_JNfr_QKkOsOoUXEe8yC2hKRWrHbj7hyphenhyphenHKtYjkfIU8cQKqbwZFpQOhyg3Wx4UlIuS1yigDOGiJDR-Uv0QIi0KVsIEll5CPXOxKK7knLq8lpnvrZMDYqD6JKzzvFbbd2-ABmEnn9WPIvH2ImVinwjZwywtFHyzkRd7vMfdB1BBuoe7oQ/w200-h133/IMG_20230906_0049.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Charlotte used a nice Flower stamp from a minisheet of 5 International rate stamps issued this year. The set is called Truly Holland. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifQpZ8S9ZjhsRgzFPmYPE1TiRw6uLAsSw1UkiAu_xZjdThHL9VcserrW-_ss_Zle_eMp0QXQlrZUg6BViQKhXZ6rOqPLdWnnrgGc1qh-ckEA1dR70LIJsV7BChqw_nokEqECG-dBEaXEOAF-Yzx7yw_L-d1WAv4W0-99GyzmMc5wChm2p54LRFtgVJPM/s472/IMG_20230906_0050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="472" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiifQpZ8S9ZjhsRgzFPmYPE1TiRw6uLAsSw1UkiAu_xZjdThHL9VcserrW-_ss_Zle_eMp0QXQlrZUg6BViQKhXZ6rOqPLdWnnrgGc1qh-ckEA1dR70LIJsV7BChqw_nokEqECG-dBEaXEOAF-Yzx7yw_L-d1WAv4W0-99GyzmMc5wChm2p54LRFtgVJPM/w200-h175/IMG_20230906_0050.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">I have 2 more cards for this time. One from Guernsey and one from Alderney. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">First up is Guernsey. David's card gives a nice look at St. Peter Port. G</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">uernsey is one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel near the French coast, and is a self-governing British Crown dependency. It's known for beach resorts like Cobo Bay and the scenery of its coastal cliffs. Castle Cornet, a 13th-century harbor fortification in the capital of St. Peter Port, now contains history and military museums. Hauteville House is the lavish former home of French writer, Victor Hugo. </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">St. Peter Port is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2019 was 18,958.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkzgfhwLiiBK_OuXCYUtJbCK8-LDT673v54vW4CFdwIx410KNxEUsewF2yn9APOrrCuieZL-Bu9B7oXFn8Rft8hjh191l6LzKNUq9qMApgiXCqcpM4F9crJh0qoPgFfXTAXlylN1zE4JmivF8JjALJLBrdk6cb_NCEy-jiW9Yd0yWkQAmn8Y7fByNL98/s1916/IMG_20230920_0019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1916" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkzgfhwLiiBK_OuXCYUtJbCK8-LDT673v54vW4CFdwIx410KNxEUsewF2yn9APOrrCuieZL-Bu9B7oXFn8Rft8hjh191l6LzKNUq9qMApgiXCqcpM4F9crJh0qoPgFfXTAXlylN1zE4JmivF8JjALJLBrdk6cb_NCEy-jiW9Yd0yWkQAmn8Y7fByNL98/w400-h281/IMG_20230920_0019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">David used a stamp showing Sea Kale along with 3 stamps from a 2023 set of 4 that paid homage to old Guernsey regional stamps issued prior to 1969.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP4luuw_V2PEpDvSL5YsO2BdH0ifzUSMMwOj82FtJ7EmnUcH6LdzXtlVxpmgVaRraIxVUk5GGg1aZ3v3rxnZYaMVOM8w2KYV9YNS2symbwoEjW9reRPdsc6OT8nceJ3700QukNPSPljiMC1GrplMuUCHHmWSRWTzrnt17jWydxtSqlTTNKaQJYGLhZkc/s1476/IMG_20230920_0020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="1476" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtP4luuw_V2PEpDvSL5YsO2BdH0ifzUSMMwOj82FtJ7EmnUcH6LdzXtlVxpmgVaRraIxVUk5GGg1aZ3v3rxnZYaMVOM8w2KYV9YNS2symbwoEjW9reRPdsc6OT8nceJ3700QukNPSPljiMC1GrplMuUCHHmWSRWTzrnt17jWydxtSqlTTNKaQJYGLhZkc/w320-h82/IMG_20230920_0020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Here we go - last card time. It arrived from St. Anne, Alderney. </span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif">Alderney is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is 3 miles long and 1+1ā2 miles wide. The island's area is 3 square miles, making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick. </span><span face="arial, sans-serif">St Anne or Saint Anne is the capital and the main town of Alderney in the Channel Islands.</span></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsb4EMzCrkrtdIpTHMO9oVI2NjoxTJzvVrYnR73Dps5D8H4P7k0aOkhcXMYEirag92dJiYtlymWWAcKs2kzCecFwNnkV_dWtj8arzTcrX2p9qXG3TDiEIN2VYqxpxJHpEnOFFsIvRfVENp1aZh2qVvavO7OeMx3AByDwHYgDcLQ1ZTjf4M8MnooVKMCo/s1912/IMG_20230920_0011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1912" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsb4EMzCrkrtdIpTHMO9oVI2NjoxTJzvVrYnR73Dps5D8H4P7k0aOkhcXMYEirag92dJiYtlymWWAcKs2kzCecFwNnkV_dWtj8arzTcrX2p9qXG3TDiEIN2VYqxpxJHpEnOFFsIvRfVENp1aZh2qVvavO7OeMx3AByDwHYgDcLQ1ZTjf4M8MnooVKMCo/w400-h281/IMG_20230920_0011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif">David used a nice selection of Bird stamps on this one. I especially like the far right stamp of the Atlantic Puffin in flight. It was issued this year. </span></span></div><div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzxB6u42YlCK6m3b2OjR_NXhalX1fPdMxIjs6aUDoc6VitOGFwmx8fkB-7AutqmVXzYjMW7ztx2K9zCtasv4jGq41RkJJvvArtC0SGj0cqZcMd4VxJdvwoYFwG9nPdF5wIX1RzBgp_t_NQmaWI5oizSTjNhcJ2ikOwRzr8bCC6im3hmHkiIhtOKpGllc/s1712/IMG_20230920_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1712" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzxB6u42YlCK6m3b2OjR_NXhalX1fPdMxIjs6aUDoc6VitOGFwmx8fkB-7AutqmVXzYjMW7ztx2K9zCtasv4jGq41RkJJvvArtC0SGj0cqZcMd4VxJdvwoYFwG9nPdF5wIX1RzBgp_t_NQmaWI5oizSTjNhcJ2ikOwRzr8bCC6im3hmHkiIhtOKpGllc/s320/IMG_20230920_0012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">That's it for today. Thanks go out to Ana, Dominique, Jean Pierre Josep and Assumpta, Charlotte and David for all the great cards and wonderful stamps. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Take care All.. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-42035657832291297352023-09-24T13:23:00.003-07:002023-10-11T14:48:52.128-07:00The Fogo Island Inn, Lake Norman, A Real Beauty, Another Beauty The Maldives, Ladies and Their Umbrellas, and More<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1596 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">578</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjC1ZttkqV_k94UTmblm7H38JRRJ9Q_QGjnAKH_2jF4RTIlZvXBuwZl4sLB1f3ao4A5XeH1IuOYxtYTI-7NpdsZrAZXt7hGRFqAAOzvC3XeH3vwGmtIRX7T48lFt_UnbLEnBf5YgqbFe8-K3Vi6PblX-9htU7VT8EwNrZ4rwrtHBAYgDmhniOUy1acCns" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjC1ZttkqV_k94UTmblm7H38JRRJ9Q_QGjnAKH_2jF4RTIlZvXBuwZl4sLB1f3ao4A5XeH1IuOYxtYTI-7NpdsZrAZXt7hGRFqAAOzvC3XeH3vwGmtIRX7T48lFt_UnbLEnBf5YgqbFe8-K3Vi6PblX-9htU7VT8EwNrZ4rwrtHBAYgDmhniOUy1acCns=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br />Hello once again. Here's a few more cards to peruse. I'll start with four cards and if time permits, maybe I'll add another one or two. First up is the latest addition to my Postmarks of Towns of Newfoundland postcard collection. Here is item number 46 of that collection. Joe Batt's Arm --- a town located on Fogo Island, which is situated off the coast of Newfoundland Island. The town was named after a crewmember of Captain James Cook who jumped ship in 1763 in order to stay in the area. Joe Batt's Arm currently has a population of around a thousand. <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif">My card shows the Fogo Island Inn as it </span><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"> sits on an island, off an island, at one of the four corners of the Earth.</span> <span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;">The 29 room Inn is a community asset, and 100% of operating surpluses are reinvested into the community to help secure a sustainable and resilient future for Fogo Island, Newfoundland. </span><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;">The 43,000 square-foot Inn is perched on stilts and hugs the North Atlantic coastline, affording all 29 rooms with floor-to-ceiling views of sea and sky.</span><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;">Two floors of guest rooms sit atop the Innās stilts, a distinct nod to traditional outport fishing stages.</span><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="News Gothic, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0a3039;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></span><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRifWdjr0fcjBoUDQIEIhkCRCsi4La1KM1LRND2v3VCDyZwvEFJiXYN36QjZj5hbhWunxD137igUw3HmrUSF7iq0gw4hL8tC_nhbdJ8Q6-uZ88np_2eiPsjUi_4aloWxhFzWCqJrkejyq5EvrdhptwjFMg2B0qT4qSYQp1-X8G2e6qmOnNznaJsfOf7L0/s1800/IMG_20230920_0015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRifWdjr0fcjBoUDQIEIhkCRCsi4La1KM1LRND2v3VCDyZwvEFJiXYN36QjZj5hbhWunxD137igUw3HmrUSF7iq0gw4hL8tC_nhbdJ8Q6-uZ88np_2eiPsjUi_4aloWxhFzWCqJrkejyq5EvrdhptwjFMg2B0qT4qSYQp1-X8G2e6qmOnNznaJsfOf7L0/w400-h266/IMG_20230920_0015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;">Charmaine and Cory were two guests at the Inn recently and they sent this card out to me. The postage used is a Canadian personal postage stamp showing a night view of the Fogo Island Inn. Note the clear Joe Batt's Arm cancellation. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmryrNwRUWHnOFbCW1NSt3AQKFSCgsG06C-L2lOX19tiWO8fexsZUN7BtL5oEiAmgBpn-a_gPrrqZSKqC8pPXGF3tPAn1AFhuUV18flxqMfYgjHe6HkWmCTdk4WmxVpu9BBzFggPIceHgK8pJlYwYKdOw16kz39O6ePnCTiClszYEu3L74t_1V28cTJlI/s826/IMG_20230920_0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="826" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmryrNwRUWHnOFbCW1NSt3AQKFSCgsG06C-L2lOX19tiWO8fexsZUN7BtL5oEiAmgBpn-a_gPrrqZSKqC8pPXGF3tPAn1AFhuUV18flxqMfYgjHe6HkWmCTdk4WmxVpu9BBzFggPIceHgK8pJlYwYKdOw16kz39O6ePnCTiClszYEu3L74t_1V28cTJlI/w200-h129/IMG_20230920_0016.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""News Gothic", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a3039; font-size: 15px;">This second card is from Sherri who hails from the Lake Norman area of North Carolina. She actually lives in Mooresville. I had asked her if she could send me a card from Mooresville and have it postmarked Mooresville. I figured that might be the closest I could receive a card from that had some significance to my name Moores. It didn't quite work out. Sherri sent a map card with Mooresville shown on it but I guess the town is too small to have its own cancellation. It ended up getting cancelled in Charlotte, N.C. At least she tried and I'm grateful for that. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ang-EcCHqQP47MAMqK0UgFvqylvLJWyXk8o4FbW-g1iob3soHQqkv7YPnD1kIZsB2gOCnlzYI_5jRYJsZnlFYsgtdxJ0ZP3Ic7-yxsrL_Q3hKGctv5rVWqytszl2yRo5jRJriDWll9-DWHeJlYXO8PjxKSQgEn6KIfDVu-IfJImdavDxytWDoxYQkIQ/s1800/IMG_20230920_0017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ang-EcCHqQP47MAMqK0UgFvqylvLJWyXk8o4FbW-g1iob3soHQqkv7YPnD1kIZsB2gOCnlzYI_5jRYJsZnlFYsgtdxJ0ZP3Ic7-yxsrL_Q3hKGctv5rVWqytszl2yRo5jRJriDWll9-DWHeJlYXO8PjxKSQgEn6KIfDVu-IfJImdavDxytWDoxYQkIQ/w266-h400/IMG_20230920_0017.jpg" width="266" /></a>Sherri used the 2022 African Daisy Round Forever stamp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6tFBMJzWmalfqROrut5IlXpy5F7bLpvgEJK8AQNfCJlE4iQ1w2T7nx3TE9K8hYuUCKlhVR7jaYU90Dz0gjBFzZ_UTWE-wlyu8d9rQf69sIEFn7Wi9TYcKIxZ1MlclUtJaSmbA-Y1gPTY-q_FgsF89jerMCirTJ2SdKLS_zPrpheIqjGOIqRJ5V8fBNs/s590/IMG_0029.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="590" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6tFBMJzWmalfqROrut5IlXpy5F7bLpvgEJK8AQNfCJlE4iQ1w2T7nx3TE9K8hYuUCKlhVR7jaYU90Dz0gjBFzZ_UTWE-wlyu8d9rQf69sIEFn7Wi9TYcKIxZ1MlclUtJaSmbA-Y1gPTY-q_FgsF89jerMCirTJ2SdKLS_zPrpheIqjGOIqRJ5V8fBNs/w200-h160/IMG_0029.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p>Next up is this card showing a picture of Louise Brooks, legendary American actress, dancer and author. This beauty was an icon of the flapper culture, no doubt in part to her bob hairstyle. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjos2BJErJ-acE-QAJuN7CBQ1Zz_wlBCMPf7t-Rjd4UWj0RxWZmlbdqsqYQMHoW2JHiuLOZ9H9vfjPbACkfpAJaNWI6WWLqWgkF4HQzCSs-MPxy9rF_nyvJGPwZyq7_Gz1HAgxdFLQIzCP2QMmc2ZWVLprn5rewZvztsWE2Ynw7tAKUZr1763dlikfp69k/s1800/IMG_20230923_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjos2BJErJ-acE-QAJuN7CBQ1Zz_wlBCMPf7t-Rjd4UWj0RxWZmlbdqsqYQMHoW2JHiuLOZ9H9vfjPbACkfpAJaNWI6WWLqWgkF4HQzCSs-MPxy9rF_nyvJGPwZyq7_Gz1HAgxdFLQIzCP2QMmc2ZWVLprn5rewZvztsWE2Ynw7tAKUZr1763dlikfp69k/w266-h400/IMG_20230923_0002.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Lisa used a 2016 Charity stamp featuring Little Red Riding Hood. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx7DYRlxRdcJTHI2wjbWQoDh_70Br08aQQtqBWgZP-hcETKOOVIC4c5WFnP5EMuiJgEh_fJhGmFJIlVp6ROnBzUXPuuY92g4KhnY11FtK24mnZijTQxwv0XVPUGbvCyLRB4xT6kw6SVS8ZIqvi2DJmeWMSJCVHtYGLChs5iIf4LTUnivVb-K_n2jdQ70/s472/IMG_20230923_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdx7DYRlxRdcJTHI2wjbWQoDh_70Br08aQQtqBWgZP-hcETKOOVIC4c5WFnP5EMuiJgEh_fJhGmFJIlVp6ROnBzUXPuuY92g4KhnY11FtK24mnZijTQxwv0XVPUGbvCyLRB4xT6kw6SVS8ZIqvi2DJmeWMSJCVHtYGLChs5iIf4LTUnivVb-K_n2jdQ70/w200-h200/IMG_20230923_0003.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Maldives --- who wouldn't want to be there at least once. I know I would, even if it is the lowest lying country in the world, with its highest point at 5.1 metres . I'm used to the Canadian Rockies , with heights up to 3,954 m. Big difference. The picture on the card sure looks great , come February or March.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsurENjevEupTvbCAFtKd1M2XBMy6OzSJkGOsQtjJ59eAp1XGWQf3wT9Z_36tl9VKr3JQ6IhkqeUbbuBHqpe3M22-p-Yugpeqq4_fuvofoZUoYam3osSm_wEYi5SHej9EqNwnjewRDLAgGGij67kpa3uKCx9YGcRQ38L7qxY3i11lkpeSVaBeXgxy4kHI/s1800/IMG_20230920_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsurENjevEupTvbCAFtKd1M2XBMy6OzSJkGOsQtjJ59eAp1XGWQf3wT9Z_36tl9VKr3JQ6IhkqeUbbuBHqpe3M22-p-Yugpeqq4_fuvofoZUoYam3osSm_wEYi5SHej9EqNwnjewRDLAgGGij67kpa3uKCx9YGcRQ38L7qxY3i11lkpeSVaBeXgxy4kHI/w400-h266/IMG_20230920_0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Nanni sent this card and used a stamp featuring a Giant Trevally. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK74aG7sEWmDtu5OAwnQoA6WQcphLmYVIaJKBGDOn-ouZ5V-yoivdSP1U5Z7r3NnwM2y6EBAeNqs7NyOWLt1T3VnefK5hAfNqNa4QWpAd6H87JFdKIFCQ4y6eDT04XEoQGMHjDYVzVLW-qaGewJeGJNX13NkMu3mPTZd69HpUWNRAH-gAcNdT5Qc6aCIE/s531/IMG_20230920_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="531" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK74aG7sEWmDtu5OAwnQoA6WQcphLmYVIaJKBGDOn-ouZ5V-yoivdSP1U5Z7r3NnwM2y6EBAeNqs7NyOWLt1T3VnefK5hAfNqNa4QWpAd6H87JFdKIFCQ4y6eDT04XEoQGMHjDYVzVLW-qaGewJeGJNX13NkMu3mPTZd69HpUWNRAH-gAcNdT5Qc6aCIE/w200-h146/IMG_20230920_0010.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well that's the four I mentioned but I have time for another one from Estonia. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Melis sent this card showing the first hydroelectric plant in the Baltics. <span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">Kunda hydroelectric power plant was build in 1893 on the rapids of the river of Kunda to supply electricity to the cement factory and is the first hydroelectric power plant in the Baltics with a 240-horsepower turbine.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBZfxOR8MTobEiki9ugP2PCckaQQPWwFVKlzJVPc0ZYIKlvtd7rmDwGfu5qXA3Do266V3c4_dA5F4DSURKLbxFUfW4Y8cUdDzl8BgCokMjY3rOWMpmmGUm4bc_Ie3WFrPgkgU63dQJPH4uIA-vak_qntSHFhD7fI9j2ONzzMG1jZRtM7ifqod-aO2qqY/s1800/IMG_20230906_0068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBZfxOR8MTobEiki9ugP2PCckaQQPWwFVKlzJVPc0ZYIKlvtd7rmDwGfu5qXA3Do266V3c4_dA5F4DSURKLbxFUfW4Y8cUdDzl8BgCokMjY3rOWMpmmGUm4bc_Ie3WFrPgkgU63dQJPH4uIA-vak_qntSHFhD7fI9j2ONzzMG1jZRtM7ifqod-aO2qqY/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0068.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">Meelis used a nice selection of stamps on this card. The left stamp was issued in 2015 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Tartu University Observatory. The middle stamp, from 2019, celebrates the 150th Anniversary of St. Peter's Congregation in Tartu. The stamp on the right celebrates the children's book Sipsik by Eno Raud. It was issued in 2023. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJjNqeDgfluncfIc0KIsIl0U_xoMFgTRfBz8DM4J-GbkE_GJBlT5mCap1AxPB7eVJo8c1UwdtayuXb8_d8NXRKFhrx94eqFYURLgkXiVJYfuYJy1y_Rx_uQ3udpeNAL2YbbefBGtLqxGlKkYVjs2qV-EGX8ERvrnauFMiBx_9iGXgJgTWhklpJMlTngY/s1772/IMG_20230906_0069%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1772" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJjNqeDgfluncfIc0KIsIl0U_xoMFgTRfBz8DM4J-GbkE_GJBlT5mCap1AxPB7eVJo8c1UwdtayuXb8_d8NXRKFhrx94eqFYURLgkXiVJYfuYJy1y_Rx_uQ3udpeNAL2YbbefBGtLqxGlKkYVjs2qV-EGX8ERvrnauFMiBx_9iGXgJgTWhklpJMlTngY/w400-h106/IMG_20230906_0069%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">I'm watching the clock here and still have time for another. This one arrived from the Netherlands. It sort of reminds me of a card I received from Viet Nam a couple of years ago. Franciska's card shows 3 ladies beach-walking wearing just their umbrellas , so as not to get too much sun. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn3mNj-_UsnuTMJXVytoPUV3oSWRoQtzZSdGbpHn-39I7xXHr-LDNxXEGq0MN8kqB5fZntAK8nd8ehyAyuOSGFzC5w7LAKTILyTwJQ3IqB-spqlqtSpEQoVxQSAsA-xxJKzVwpSjfiQxx6KZMLOJmeeGnBsTdk6aYaq_ALInlD-CviOcj8wskcaMYYbA/s1800/IMG_20230906_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPn3mNj-_UsnuTMJXVytoPUV3oSWRoQtzZSdGbpHn-39I7xXHr-LDNxXEGq0MN8kqB5fZntAK8nd8ehyAyuOSGFzC5w7LAKTILyTwJQ3IqB-spqlqtSpEQoVxQSAsA-xxJKzVwpSjfiQxx6KZMLOJmeeGnBsTdk6aYaq_ALInlD-CviOcj8wskcaMYYbA/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">The Viet Nam card I mentioned had 5 ladies walking in Ben Tranh Market square, albeit fully clothed. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYt_ZNLo86OZbX4w_bNqtvPsJnmbi2irafPCNH01C9Ng_lUVuWYfB2vuGTTaBHewfq4K9s5Gcd84FIHsJWt2P3-QwW_Zdz2IkvOnYPuJzVhiTCVXpZgfa2sJzZH9Rh88rraMo8N4o0wY1dj3U3XacetdZbkeeNQ7VTpdozlDbVjQccW7uN5y1-n1hD3SM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYt_ZNLo86OZbX4w_bNqtvPsJnmbi2irafPCNH01C9Ng_lUVuWYfB2vuGTTaBHewfq4K9s5Gcd84FIHsJWt2P3-QwW_Zdz2IkvOnYPuJzVhiTCVXpZgfa2sJzZH9Rh88rraMo8N4o0wY1dj3U3XacetdZbkeeNQ7VTpdozlDbVjQccW7uN5y1-n1hD3SM=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br />Franciska used 4 stamps on her card. The stamps on the left are from a set of 5 issued in 2009 ,celebrating Talented Netherlands Athletes and their Mentors. . The 2 on the right are from a minisheet of 5 Locomotive stamps issued in 2005. <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqido1fZ93ZsaziD2hGRIrYfcYOgKASGXSHD8-OXYTkZ2OIxMf5ZQb0VuKSdWbXH3cE5gsGueIsCeCIzzL4lKMQt6EBoXMeu2xF8RSqeePGZsfcBXMiAEgzSkRXclTx_wyGgTrRZ9pCKc1r6wO4O8h6FJSZw31IMf-W48q_WAedX8gCWRBFIEvAQwnTM/s1122/IMG_20230906_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1122" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqido1fZ93ZsaziD2hGRIrYfcYOgKASGXSHD8-OXYTkZ2OIxMf5ZQb0VuKSdWbXH3cE5gsGueIsCeCIzzL4lKMQt6EBoXMeu2xF8RSqeePGZsfcBXMiAEgzSkRXclTx_wyGgTrRZ9pCKc1r6wO4O8h6FJSZw31IMf-W48q_WAedX8gCWRBFIEvAQwnTM/s320/IMG_20230906_0010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">Dare me to do one more. Go ahead , dare me. All right already. Here it is.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">From France, it's a look at the vines in the early morning, in Aude, a French department in the Occitanie region , located in the South of the country. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOqb7_Hy6qlTqNV3jH1q8kTNy4fVbpW2OG1j8Hf68MLb5PttYjb8215fvhdx73tz09bYodvgRynMuLLxDmbSsCiXX4isLJjCfltlNvS2C16KEU-VwpojT27TOx7imk0_STEgXBULL5OSYNwYLd82B5YgA9RVLtEzzSEMmk8D-XOpAoB0m9X7BYp4X2t8/s1800/IMG_20230906_0021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOqb7_Hy6qlTqNV3jH1q8kTNy4fVbpW2OG1j8Hf68MLb5PttYjb8215fvhdx73tz09bYodvgRynMuLLxDmbSsCiXX4isLJjCfltlNvS2C16KEU-VwpojT27TOx7imk0_STEgXBULL5OSYNwYLd82B5YgA9RVLtEzzSEMmk8D-XOpAoB0m9X7BYp4X2t8/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">Dominique used a relativity new stamp here. It celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Pierre Loti, or as I like to say, the 173rd Anniversary of the Birth of Pierre Loti. Loti was a French navel office, a novelist and a travel writer. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjwSfQqW9PijjO3B-PPiPxwT4lPNkjbBdFeursRgEynM5Qq93tq5Y77NmtAKC-DlN-NBh-2VFFgy-kRhYCRPCB568ZJQhouPCD2pJYk9MNHKAwLLlX4IOPLjRvz6EHntezZlCSFnkAj-nJuAQdKB4xsZ4VXzRpjdCRLql7Sb2siEwnYor4QlrFnNxIlk/s531/IMG_20230906_0022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="413" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjwSfQqW9PijjO3B-PPiPxwT4lPNkjbBdFeursRgEynM5Qq93tq5Y77NmtAKC-DlN-NBh-2VFFgy-kRhYCRPCB568ZJQhouPCD2pJYk9MNHKAwLLlX4IOPLjRvz6EHntezZlCSFnkAj-nJuAQdKB4xsZ4VXzRpjdCRLql7Sb2siEwnYor4QlrFnNxIlk/w156-h200/IMG_20230906_0022.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">Well that's all folks, that's all I have for this time. Big thanks going out to Dominique, Franciska, Meelis, Nanni, Lisa, Sherri and Charmaine & Cory.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;">Thanks for dropping in , see you next time. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d4b4b; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-89658591251598300842023-09-12T16:36:00.005-07:002023-10-11T14:54:45.905-07:00A Hong Kong Junk, Air Europa, Bruges, Sibenik, Notre Dame , Rathlin Island Puffins and a Public Warning<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1595 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">566</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3m4VRgPZfiS86c1QlmFkSYNFzIjbhhQWLgGcZ80u5zddQ610IwLuI_Qhn-HZFx3pX0XBE9iJFiuotgb9hmXrfOMY103BZxbdjwUbcS6LDZpAePllEeWYJH5x8-3AKWVNWNRUJQ3cHVsMTRfx2CV2eCtZa376uG1xXWwp-pW3C7W0NJNOSEzr-6Bix8VE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3m4VRgPZfiS86c1QlmFkSYNFzIjbhhQWLgGcZ80u5zddQ610IwLuI_Qhn-HZFx3pX0XBE9iJFiuotgb9hmXrfOMY103BZxbdjwUbcS6LDZpAePllEeWYJH5x8-3AKWVNWNRUJQ3cHVsMTRfx2CV2eCtZa376uG1xXWwp-pW3C7W0NJNOSEzr-6Bix8VE=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> Yes I have been away from my blog for quite some time now. I have had some technical problems and as my wife knows , I am not a technical person. I managed to cobble things back in a somewhat working order and hopefully I can get through and put up something to read and look at. It's not 100 percent yet but I hope to get there soon. </span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">I have received many cards since my last entry here. They arrived from from many countries, sent by many wonderful people, including Ana, Dominique, Barbara, Jean Pierre, Robert, Josep & Assumpta, Michi, David, Meelis, and Henning, along with a large group of Postcrossers. Don't worry, I will post your cards on The Blog eventually. </span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">Now on to postcards. First is this night view of Sibenik, Croatia showing St. Michael's Fortress high atop the hill and Sibenik Cathedral over on the far right. The cathedral , known as St. Jacob's Cathedral was inducted to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 2000. The city of around 35,000 is located on the Adriatic coat of the country. Three episodes of the fifth season of Game of Thrones were filmed in the city. Another interesting fact about Sibenik -- On August 28, 1895 the city became the world's first city with alternating current-powered street lights. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTtz2dSuATU0HQKy0xF4rkY3jH4RBrmqhOr1Hl1xEtnrihHzx9xCpM7T1JZ9TwBFbCoJJMbkpAdSSE4cyjYGrnl0e4wdzKWa-8mLM06UHPUPC6sZo860wAs6u1tC_bop4j6Qoguq_8pPXeY-UChkq-vqvrWcXw7z3XnTynrcPrT3-xipAtgIejdLaNjU/s1800/IMG_20230906_0017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTtz2dSuATU0HQKy0xF4rkY3jH4RBrmqhOr1Hl1xEtnrihHzx9xCpM7T1JZ9TwBFbCoJJMbkpAdSSE4cyjYGrnl0e4wdzKWa-8mLM06UHPUPC6sZo860wAs6u1tC_bop4j6Qoguq_8pPXeY-UChkq-vqvrWcXw7z3XnTynrcPrT3-xipAtgIejdLaNjU/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">Ana used a 2020 stamp from a set of 3 showing Natural Wonders of Croatia. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnsq305f_3bnpWmfNx5rXTG0nzVtJoSbPGDurSEWC76uAOsZkwrsapvEcbJwetdoQtWrZNLstedAzL8QQFAgvHeuGlGrZ4ml-YuyHAGZKckjpEMJE8XyxMXpYrEyqOTITmqF_1ORpEKBmEJH5W_DN6Q77RMo6BIgzAs3_OrjUDnMdVrGBBMmGkparzc8/s767/IMG_20230906_0018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="767" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnsq305f_3bnpWmfNx5rXTG0nzVtJoSbPGDurSEWC76uAOsZkwrsapvEcbJwetdoQtWrZNLstedAzL8QQFAgvHeuGlGrZ4ml-YuyHAGZKckjpEMJE8XyxMXpYrEyqOTITmqF_1ORpEKBmEJH5W_DN6Q77RMo6BIgzAs3_OrjUDnMdVrGBBMmGkparzc8/w200-h108/IMG_20230906_0018.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">My next card is from France and shows Notre Dame Cathedral on a good day before the fire of 2019. Work appears to be progressing well and it is scheduled to start welcoming visitors again in December 2024. Let's hope so. </span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhwEdFdD3xBGHvye8-sXm6DXzqDPMgmLh4sO_WR8WoBfWqVShH4LMmxSTLg5JTaYLusF1z2O-r6YRn8XZZorvYEEx1tXaf1PGFA--i9imJvC30OJcvgvj1lNOUKsm8MXZbxmnUCGQx1GVmWHZamdoVa2yQ6e1VciYv2sxiN0NILSOL18QZUtcGtN4uqk/s1800/IMG_20230906_0013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhwEdFdD3xBGHvye8-sXm6DXzqDPMgmLh4sO_WR8WoBfWqVShH4LMmxSTLg5JTaYLusF1z2O-r6YRn8XZZorvYEEx1tXaf1PGFA--i9imJvC30OJcvgvj1lNOUKsm8MXZbxmnUCGQx1GVmWHZamdoVa2yQ6e1VciYv2sxiN0NILSOL18QZUtcGtN4uqk/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Dminique used a stamp from this year. It features Madam de la Fayette, French writer. She authored La Princesse de Cleves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in all literature. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5SM4MM-dhJKkbcZDrKpBWUKHE56x_NdlniokuadKbaNhzg7vqQIJLrEBn6BXH9OeWWWcrGdYRYaDWT2g6jN56-KADNXHR-5057ITG32uqxn7yQ3pGh6XpoiPqYw5bTSZc8ScH_3ePA06ag_8QQvjlDmryHdJ6RN1jUdchV2ayUPtDDo0tkBo_y4m8Is/s531/IMG_20230906_0014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="425" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5SM4MM-dhJKkbcZDrKpBWUKHE56x_NdlniokuadKbaNhzg7vqQIJLrEBn6BXH9OeWWWcrGdYRYaDWT2g6jN56-KADNXHR-5057ITG32uqxn7yQ3pGh6XpoiPqYw5bTSZc8ScH_3ePA06ag_8QQvjlDmryHdJ6RN1jUdchV2ayUPtDDo0tkBo_y4m8Is/w160-h200/IMG_20230906_0014.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">My next card is from Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The island is Northern Ireland's northernmost point and had a population of 141 in 2021. David's card shows the island's puffins. Between April and August Rathlin Island is home to Northern Ireland's largest colony of Atlantic Puffins. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcJPVuH9iNYSSsSMzOaVLMn0goYtul1PG3pQaEnvbJbqjcOgkku9aZRmxwTd6QJSx-Z9IKNKFqwD3PmkTePd9bckgzs9vg0oD6E03Ia5Qo3iCtAHwpQ4L44Uj8iIbGZsBUN5JwvpcDYbujiW0kcwb7npgX4Yb1QV6Fwp3u5VPACcopwE6dVL8KowOsis/s1800/IMG_20230906_0054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcJPVuH9iNYSSsSMzOaVLMn0goYtul1PG3pQaEnvbJbqjcOgkku9aZRmxwTd6QJSx-Z9IKNKFqwD3PmkTePd9bckgzs9vg0oD6E03Ia5Qo3iCtAHwpQ4L44Uj8iIbGZsBUN5JwvpcDYbujiW0kcwb7npgX4Yb1QV6Fwp3u5VPACcopwE6dVL8KowOsis/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0054.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">David used 2 stamps from the 2023 set of 10 showcasing River Wildlife. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaa9jt-aQIrOh6yNql_b1kkPc6pyymwBGNXLz2jFrAd5AZ1o0McEyp8YYIThfPh7Ey70-VEEPkpZ8Q3yKqTdzTAzznqsf8QT2RTgwwpHGEep6EKZIJICLQrKRwCiRhJNhtP8kl_OJrVUFBgOtDgm9SBI4LUOYQkTGSxqWOOHsoNjoUUF7j6EtRHGkXFA/s1063/IMG_20230906_0055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1063" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhaa9jt-aQIrOh6yNql_b1kkPc6pyymwBGNXLz2jFrAd5AZ1o0McEyp8YYIThfPh7Ey70-VEEPkpZ8Q3yKqTdzTAzznqsf8QT2RTgwwpHGEep6EKZIJICLQrKRwCiRhJNhtP8kl_OJrVUFBgOtDgm9SBI4LUOYQkTGSxqWOOHsoNjoUUF7j6EtRHGkXFA/w200-h100/IMG_20230906_0055.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">A likeness of a 1915 British poster with a public warning is the subject of Barbara's card. It compares British and German aircraft and gives advise on what to do if you spot any of them. I guess that was a good way to communicate during the first war. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc_KJ9ysBvuYVi9__O1GqF7btY2v2fWv-Hw31zlrcC5CXq8a7IxsQfNu7v03QigxZexcTY-z1cuHMewjHCvcvDQ6FyJRws5yp5aGgqHksTm3yhvGYHQ-IIA25xOjWBovb-MwYqKKQkOdZUD37bRtgUrYislIsfki0Jp4zIHmSGxnogWIJ1EARAoH-N5E/s1800/IMG_20230906_0025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc_KJ9ysBvuYVi9__O1GqF7btY2v2fWv-Hw31zlrcC5CXq8a7IxsQfNu7v03QigxZexcTY-z1cuHMewjHCvcvDQ6FyJRws5yp5aGgqHksTm3yhvGYHQ-IIA25xOjWBovb-MwYqKKQkOdZUD37bRtgUrYislIsfki0Jp4zIHmSGxnogWIJ1EARAoH-N5E/w266-h400/IMG_20230906_0025.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">Barbara used 2 stamps from a 2023 minisheet of 9 , called The Journey to the Moon. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4y4Pz8Zd3y66ni6lrWJXTHjv2zt0tW626bd1UbLGQYogeusGBLqz89xdNhxP3MOWAsILal_bXIGhXa8SyHco0EvUKXxi8s6xZ5CJthhIrncMUVuLdqrm3K7gDUoqaKWc4HNcqb8QRUhayqU4IRlwwZEnj1z0NTgD856Lr2McMB_UoezjRmorQ8cvtlnk/s850/IMG_20230906_0026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="850" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4y4Pz8Zd3y66ni6lrWJXTHjv2zt0tW626bd1UbLGQYogeusGBLqz89xdNhxP3MOWAsILal_bXIGhXa8SyHco0EvUKXxi8s6xZ5CJthhIrncMUVuLdqrm3K7gDUoqaKWc4HNcqb8QRUhayqU4IRlwwZEnj1z0NTgD856Lr2McMB_UoezjRmorQ8cvtlnk/w200-h111/IMG_20230906_0026.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">It's time for an Airline/Aircraft card. Here we have an Air Europa Airbus A340, registered as EC-JGU, on the tarmac in Madrid in 2006. This aircraft was originally delivered to Air France in Oct 1993. Then it saw service with Ait Tahiti Nui in Nov 1998, Air Bourbon in May 2003, Air Europa in Apr 2005 and finally ConViasa in Mar of 2007. Since then EC-GGU has been stored a number of times in 2013, 2014, 2015-2020 and finally 2022 to the present. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S6inRrseF9DDonnHYFYGXtvj5cz0DtDG11rSlmpnhyvP51dVutZgtdyjhOKq1Zj5sPF8EJGd_Jjk6zJyO8qmYf-jh2oIeMvTK1ziuTSurAEuZeY6NH-mMkU-O9GSI3P-ZF0JC1qHLCwna0oB8UlYuFpmwz5JHb0jA9yROVJaDdfA9XcoQai2dcdvKUM/s1800/IMG_20230906_0027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7S6inRrseF9DDonnHYFYGXtvj5cz0DtDG11rSlmpnhyvP51dVutZgtdyjhOKq1Zj5sPF8EJGd_Jjk6zJyO8qmYf-jh2oIeMvTK1ziuTSurAEuZeY6NH-mMkU-O9GSI3P-ZF0JC1qHLCwna0oB8UlYuFpmwz5JHb0jA9yROVJaDdfA9XcoQai2dcdvKUM/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0027.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">Jean Pierre used a Spanish stamp from 2006. It was issued for the Sanlucar de Barrameda Horse Race. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKRyyRQ7nok8bdGg2_dEvCrLGHRQh3jQX0UdZ5bZbJDxqHi4OCaJzG0bFrdcSfIWjkLLSYBq9g43AO9GlzG37TmwsX2DwWw-Gs2X2h30LqArG7tw86Cq_yre-ALSTn2Z33_SC0xCPQi4Wt4qDyF8SrENhGUqfembT1CyBDQ14Sq5KP8sKLZeZQH1HvfI/s1039/IMG_20230906_0028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1039" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKRyyRQ7nok8bdGg2_dEvCrLGHRQh3jQX0UdZ5bZbJDxqHi4OCaJzG0bFrdcSfIWjkLLSYBq9g43AO9GlzG37TmwsX2DwWw-Gs2X2h30LqArG7tw86Cq_yre-ALSTn2Z33_SC0xCPQi4Wt4qDyF8SrENhGUqfembT1CyBDQ14Sq5KP8sKLZeZQH1HvfI/w200-h91/IMG_20230906_0028.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">The wonderful city of Bruges is showcased on this next card. Actually it's the Rosary Quay - perhaps the most photographed place in the city. Located on a sharp bend of the Dijver Canal it offers the best view in Bruges. </span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFEbkPBzyxCq_kMVjAzY7z1l55EcLdfDJF4lHpHwMRHz3h6Uyr6vzYTj_F-W9wUN6b8HIl3LZ1K2h7agcNOYumKjv8kwnQL44X5BVQD67MHkJQG6XQHU_ZW1Nf_XlujOVrrLrc30DCW9iYNOKkjk-DyCv035WdXjaVmFsmKFIm9QjBXSYeb97F-gD6hk/s1800/IMG_20230906_0039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFEbkPBzyxCq_kMVjAzY7z1l55EcLdfDJF4lHpHwMRHz3h6Uyr6vzYTj_F-W9wUN6b8HIl3LZ1K2h7agcNOYumKjv8kwnQL44X5BVQD67MHkJQG6XQHU_ZW1Nf_XlujOVrrLrc30DCW9iYNOKkjk-DyCv035WdXjaVmFsmKFIm9QjBXSYeb97F-gD6hk/w400-h266/IMG_20230906_0039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Josep and Assumpta used King Philippe World stamp on their card.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JXZbFj3TBS_r_w_FMsji3dPVgkgjuzzcQ5qwnfj7eyVO3Iz4TEfDE3Wa5HfbjpQqLXwS8oozJbpqnVzv75UvXBX_ex0fhFJBAnaqExUQ2sznX7NC4PcSnbmDM4FxGouMacQHAV5Bjti0zHlnHt09ys6yCOCwzuoH_zQx_JudvOceWBrm0EaPdT5nPHE/s472/IMG_20230906_0040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="472" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JXZbFj3TBS_r_w_FMsji3dPVgkgjuzzcQ5qwnfj7eyVO3Iz4TEfDE3Wa5HfbjpQqLXwS8oozJbpqnVzv75UvXBX_ex0fhFJBAnaqExUQ2sznX7NC4PcSnbmDM4FxGouMacQHAV5Bjti0zHlnHt09ys6yCOCwzuoH_zQx_JudvOceWBrm0EaPdT5nPHE/w200-h160/IMG_20230906_0040.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">Here's the last card for today. It arrived from Hong Kong. It's a great view of a Junk, the traditional three-masted wooden boat with red sails. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlr3TAokaeMMe9Fj0kZia1xsgyGfpI3pSdvx0Q6YqT3ozgViRL-Abo_SVvQMDZIZDtwtdlyf65AS3SEPCScGMw0AuxSOL82YpTeXBI5awy5RCWh85A3cFDwvyr38nM79EfTfCowGoSG4S3DcXOedEXzoJ8z3cbzPFwI4wc2ykw5XZ-Y3j-8Fe8_MYOKQ/s2064/IMG_20230906_0019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="2064" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlr3TAokaeMMe9Fj0kZia1xsgyGfpI3pSdvx0Q6YqT3ozgViRL-Abo_SVvQMDZIZDtwtdlyf65AS3SEPCScGMw0AuxSOL82YpTeXBI5awy5RCWh85A3cFDwvyr38nM79EfTfCowGoSG4S3DcXOedEXzoJ8z3cbzPFwI4wc2ykw5XZ-Y3j-8Fe8_MYOKQ/w400-h318/IMG_20230906_0019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> Henning used 2 stamps , both issued in 2022. The smaller, shorter one is 1 of 6 showcasing Local Snacks of Kong Kong. The longer stamp is 1 of 6 in a unique minisheet issued for The Hong Kong Palace Museum. I think the minisheet is one I want to add to my collection. </span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkvkXSbDLOt434iPnzyvKhnywidy1dcXAgUKZF9nqZ8zPp8rF9Nxd1i6Cv9Jj1MIUrLrVhu7jGkKzYwPLDnv-4dt3Eu3GcdqQVuVcc-2t3NjNieE6djK5lQhbGBSZzgUDXLb_8wNHeF3_cTuFZkhO9bJHK4SfmSMoFXTFOUjOuh8BqhQPGH9K-ossk6w/s1181/IMG_20230906_0020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1181" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkvkXSbDLOt434iPnzyvKhnywidy1dcXAgUKZF9nqZ8zPp8rF9Nxd1i6Cv9Jj1MIUrLrVhu7jGkKzYwPLDnv-4dt3Eu3GcdqQVuVcc-2t3NjNieE6djK5lQhbGBSZzgUDXLb_8wNHeF3_cTuFZkhO9bJHK4SfmSMoFXTFOUjOuh8BqhQPGH9K-ossk6w/w200-h152/IMG_20230906_0020.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">That's all for today. Thanks to Josep and Assumpta, Ana, Dominique, Barbara, Jean Pierre and Henning for the great cards and great stamps. </span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;">FYI - my next update will definitely be sooner than later. Take care.</span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-5044010442165875432023-08-02T17:56:00.001-07:002023-10-11T14:58:16.135-07:00Urquhart Castle, Baiona, Nancy, Baden-Baden, The Dongsha Atoll, Arrowtown, Gibraltar Cable Car and a couple of Aircraft/Airlines<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1594 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">525</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b> </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b><b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfxrSkYt9093uVMSpz2oAqTJB2MQWLQdkmkRZLFZu55X2g43Ef74lnXkVlvKcckySruNOOvD_npPzrOgf7uYLJY9BZdgEGF41jhxHoUB3VBEQKD5WavwvmSq2TtdX_rWqvVuWDm7ELvrKqYxVLLAF7n-D4FmfQicpLcjfBdLJTAa93zR6xJA4gWJY4lqo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjfxrSkYt9093uVMSpz2oAqTJB2MQWLQdkmkRZLFZu55X2g43Ef74lnXkVlvKcckySruNOOvD_npPzrOgf7uYLJY9BZdgEGF41jhxHoUB3VBEQKD5WavwvmSq2TtdX_rWqvVuWDm7ELvrKqYxVLLAF7n-D4FmfQicpLcjfBdLJTAa93zR6xJA4gWJY4lqo=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Welcome back to The Blog. I have a bunch of cards from Dominique and a bunch from Jean Pierre along with a couple others to have a look at this time around. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">First up is this card showing Urquhart Castle . <span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Urquhart Castle is a ruined castle that sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is 21 kilometres south-west of Inverness and 2 kilometres east of the village of Drumnadrochit. </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">The present ruins date from the 13th to the 16th centuries, though built on the site of an early medieval fortification. Founded in the 13th century, Urquhart played a role in the Wars of Scottish Independence</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> in the 14th century. </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 37 kilometres southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. </span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmPkSTqBR-B7YXL5zBVTcgoTWDIDj7hhZTeFevJHUz5rnkMqsYeip-Lq4pio0Ugnqg4I4dL4uqJ7aL7U0QU8wEBPLNzjLTzjjFSSitLRudIkEIJbk5ZFmnBE4HUPtHdzzOTDlTzrulltx59vjnCzkU1yZyKS6N_jpEIMO9KkuGya8jTePwGIDHt3BTUQ/s1800/IMG_0008.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmPkSTqBR-B7YXL5zBVTcgoTWDIDj7hhZTeFevJHUz5rnkMqsYeip-Lq4pio0Ugnqg4I4dL4uqJ7aL7U0QU8wEBPLNzjLTzjjFSSitLRudIkEIJbk5ZFmnBE4HUPtHdzzOTDlTzrulltx59vjnCzkU1yZyKS6N_jpEIMO9KkuGya8jTePwGIDHt3BTUQ/w400-h266/IMG_0008.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">Dominique used a United Kingdom Universal Mail International Postcard stamp showing The Heavy Horse. It was issued in 2009. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVh6cll60LizucIF7ShSfT3LNddisLwZMaZ4Zw4o-uXZgDBGBEdV9R3cNWqm1exyHYdyCfes8FaoHmuN2ARabTkvxRBY4lkHio6-irS6xJa_A2FlhOeRXsfNRWvXlp4-0rY21gBZogdY7sKhKjbICCLVhvPkgUJ_aXxFHL39TS1Vr5NrqkkZk5vP-j_M/s767/IMG_0009.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="767" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVh6cll60LizucIF7ShSfT3LNddisLwZMaZ4Zw4o-uXZgDBGBEdV9R3cNWqm1exyHYdyCfes8FaoHmuN2ARabTkvxRBY4lkHio6-irS6xJa_A2FlhOeRXsfNRWvXlp4-0rY21gBZogdY7sKhKjbICCLVhvPkgUJ_aXxFHL39TS1Vr5NrqkkZk5vP-j_M/w200-h123/IMG_0009.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">This next card arrived from Baiona. B</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">aiona is a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It's a tourist town with a medieval historical center situated by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 11,000 rises to around 45,000 in summer, if one includes the tourists. Dominique`s card shows a replica of La Pinta in Baiona. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgZ7lsVPpIa4tVArKThwGLfDi__DOSCqsBS75iXkL74n5gzhkp4p_8543oXSBdkBJd25aPu7JrPz3eWgNLbAf4tNbzqwJ0x5GMzJ6w9saqkxmDP9CW4D_mTwDnuq-RdtocYvU1UmY0-L15nRSoksoMOXlMBGv71oOMygHuUKbjRQVEzifTOWqsbf8ZeM/s1800/IMG_0010.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgZ7lsVPpIa4tVArKThwGLfDi__DOSCqsBS75iXkL74n5gzhkp4p_8543oXSBdkBJd25aPu7JrPz3eWgNLbAf4tNbzqwJ0x5GMzJ6w9saqkxmDP9CW4D_mTwDnuq-RdtocYvU1UmY0-L15nRSoksoMOXlMBGv71oOMygHuUKbjRQVEzifTOWqsbf8ZeM/w400-h266/IMG_0010.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">A nice large stamp from this year was used on this card. It was issued and marked the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Spanish portrait and landscape painter, Joaquin Sorolla.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TGSuyARoP290e9RU__aRML3GNBvFR3xqF9E-LyCFC2kupn1ORGUF8JYkh9eDgykGTbZyOJcBCyAnQVZX1pPhFHn633_tUis0V2h5wgFWQgps1MWEBQ7GOhXLHGNggrwHnkm0pBjDioi72jjmCd7P5aQ_97S0bnN0lTrVpri6q2-ePVPSgOO5iyoxj3c/s1003/IMG_0011.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1003" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TGSuyARoP290e9RU__aRML3GNBvFR3xqF9E-LyCFC2kupn1ORGUF8JYkh9eDgykGTbZyOJcBCyAnQVZX1pPhFHn633_tUis0V2h5wgFWQgps1MWEBQ7GOhXLHGNggrwHnkm0pBjDioi72jjmCd7P5aQ_97S0bnN0lTrVpri6q2-ePVPSgOO5iyoxj3c/w200-h144/IMG_0011.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Here`s another card from Nancy, in France. It`s a nice view of the Saint Epvre basilica. It was built between 1864 and 1871 in the neo-Gothic style. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBTYke4OwvR36G39g3RsWd64ZHl1-Jf9Pvf9vMts1pyawr8h9UUNr_c8Ni-ny9ta-IFM7NMKeZUROcarwA-RSRHfmatUQl616XCJO9WIyZrI5J_p1fd6wb_h-QoWiXleGczarpTP11Qd2GII6U06IQSIVogZCJ8kUXz2PJQDg-ZHsr9ant6CqLWtukgk/s1800/IMG_0012.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBTYke4OwvR36G39g3RsWd64ZHl1-Jf9Pvf9vMts1pyawr8h9UUNr_c8Ni-ny9ta-IFM7NMKeZUROcarwA-RSRHfmatUQl616XCJO9WIyZrI5J_p1fd6wb_h-QoWiXleGczarpTP11Qd2GII6U06IQSIVogZCJ8kUXz2PJQDg-ZHsr9ant6CqLWtukgk/w400-h266/IMG_0012.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Dominique used a 2023 stamp showing a bike. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMctWRoAjIwQnQJAlHIRmWz-QNWrRK1AJHiA95IR7uHw47dPBbaCkKvRzPR1dKpGgbV125dFJB3Etll6JKKUOqemy6iB4iMLV8HESYlsvGdRtyQj856q6yrd0qQ-JrzKRzQywv1NHadfUDj3yWtvqJA_VpVDPc_djO4PeANwOShP8kO9R3HDB9oSAsY4/s531/IMG_0013.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="531" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxMctWRoAjIwQnQJAlHIRmWz-QNWrRK1AJHiA95IR7uHw47dPBbaCkKvRzPR1dKpGgbV125dFJB3Etll6JKKUOqemy6iB4iMLV8HESYlsvGdRtyQj856q6yrd0qQ-JrzKRzQywv1NHadfUDj3yWtvqJA_VpVDPc_djO4PeANwOShP8kO9R3HDB9oSAsY4/w200-h164/IMG_0013.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">The 4th card from Dominique shows a portion pf Baden-Baden. This is a spa town in southwestern Germany`s Black Forest near the border with France. The steeple atop the buildings on the card is part of the Church of Our Dear Lady. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkwdpp1uKdP1lUBERE9Q9clygdxro9wWyXO1sJnA7sZu3-KsUnNUBecRn7KoQfLpO_wxp9KZTQ6KYcLe0-nDoCJ4InirLHa7XgdrelkWXsURzWv7aSBsjF68wMwzGljU-nJcWoCHUBSgk77CLNbrb7sPYSCPp4pHIdbJ76Rmp6iqCtG9RJIJHEy9VamI/s1800/IMG_0014.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkwdpp1uKdP1lUBERE9Q9clygdxro9wWyXO1sJnA7sZu3-KsUnNUBecRn7KoQfLpO_wxp9KZTQ6KYcLe0-nDoCJ4InirLHa7XgdrelkWXsURzWv7aSBsjF68wMwzGljU-nJcWoCHUBSgk77CLNbrb7sPYSCPp4pHIdbJ76Rmp6iqCtG9RJIJHEy9VamI/w266-h400/IMG_0014.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">The stamp used on this one was issued in 2022 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Otto Braun, a long time Prime Minister of Prussia. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ8wk5_8twIdm3LfYa6s83bNVQGkSlVl0GwXqBCu2mo5p0LbYUaaIycRY2oxXgTPPHmT2s11zj-ckFTGHM_VlG_WI47EgzHuAVmiWk4nzAWVLSXngytmMu8SaCne1u0R0D1BxEaY1uM5DgmydAAvDk51E85cqJTIklS-u7kveUPMNZkry2hvp3KH4cyY/s767/IMG_0015.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="767" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZ8wk5_8twIdm3LfYa6s83bNVQGkSlVl0GwXqBCu2mo5p0LbYUaaIycRY2oxXgTPPHmT2s11zj-ckFTGHM_VlG_WI47EgzHuAVmiWk4nzAWVLSXngytmMu8SaCne1u0R0D1BxEaY1uM5DgmydAAvDk51E85cqJTIklS-u7kveUPMNZkry2hvp3KH4cyY/w200-h108/IMG_0015.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">My next card is from Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Here we have a bird's eye view of Dongsha Atoll, </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">a circular atoll 25 kilometres in diameter with a tropical monsoon climate. It has a </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">reef table of about 46km long and 2km wide, which emerges at low tide. </span><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;">Dongsha Atoll (also known as the Pratas Islands), is the northernmost atoll in the South China Sea. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUvRTTmq6O6AwGiJuK7fDvv5KpqxB6Dr0E-tDEltcECvI9pSFfr25z7YnikrSFaz5wxvalgW_WGrTSq4CPgXvQXEyzlmYAUUaFMW9jJCm3QHRDnkZrIOLQIzQh5_IPXUDxdwko7IjfF_r_7grbMeqwafOfbVnFfEjckfw-JyodoMoTcVawHPAglqeKSU/s1800/IMG_0021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUvRTTmq6O6AwGiJuK7fDvv5KpqxB6Dr0E-tDEltcECvI9pSFfr25z7YnikrSFaz5wxvalgW_WGrTSq4CPgXvQXEyzlmYAUUaFMW9jJCm3QHRDnkZrIOLQIzQh5_IPXUDxdwko7IjfF_r_7grbMeqwafOfbVnFfEjckfw-JyodoMoTcVawHPAglqeKSU/w400-h266/IMG_0021.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Yun Ting used one half of a 2018 minisheet. The sheet contained 2 different stamps, the Shark stamp and a Green Sea Turtle stamp. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDJdtuPde-59YUwPuCBH0ESVXCBBibdY7afcoLPCM068CQ6wkVdoMgkv6SMwjzrovxav1zVRKckJLkDC-qkXwdtUyEv7ooyXU1PvesZMXU_GCm7EmhjZtAEeS05KR8oj2DA4xV_1Zut7C-Scab91knxXNs9AMjuncR6VZ3e8MHRn6gdqDsW8kEW2pAZI/s1063/IMG_0023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1003" data-original-width="1063" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDJdtuPde-59YUwPuCBH0ESVXCBBibdY7afcoLPCM068CQ6wkVdoMgkv6SMwjzrovxav1zVRKckJLkDC-qkXwdtUyEv7ooyXU1PvesZMXU_GCm7EmhjZtAEeS05KR8oj2DA4xV_1Zut7C-Scab91knxXNs9AMjuncR6VZ3e8MHRn6gdqDsW8kEW2pAZI/w200-h189/IMG_0023.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Now it's a few cards from Jean Pierre. It shows a Fokker 28 in Air Namibia colors. The picture shows it on the ground at Lanseria International Airport, northwest of Johannesburg. Registered as ZS-JAV, this aircraft saw service with 10 different airlines between July 1982 and August 2005. It was part of the Air Namibia fleet from December 2002 until May 2003. The aircraft has been stored since August 2005. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A5ZeuxCAmTynqak2QCBtWImD4Csb8Ol5iNkJxa0SQpasUrgtdxPWTaeOaXFaVu5C6bt1I4WIu0VGDZ3Vt1z4KyUHkYSZ8bDfYLkh5s7CEawLWoitWQlT2TMEWAyHryr0FrmOQ4idVSwW5YDlw0jX9-lnTbx0wxcB3TsTywIfNB_hjtyVG1X_WFM72iU/s1800/IMG_0011.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_A5ZeuxCAmTynqak2QCBtWImD4Csb8Ol5iNkJxa0SQpasUrgtdxPWTaeOaXFaVu5C6bt1I4WIu0VGDZ3Vt1z4KyUHkYSZ8bDfYLkh5s7CEawLWoitWQlT2TMEWAyHryr0FrmOQ4idVSwW5YDlw0jX9-lnTbx0wxcB3TsTywIfNB_hjtyVG1X_WFM72iU/w400-h266/IMG_0011.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Jean Pierre used 2 Bird stamps on this one. Both are from sets of 5 . The left stamp was issued in 2013 and is a Bird definitive. The right stamp, from 2017, is from a set - Rollers of Namibia. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuYBL4R_JYCMBybBM4-IhZwjtqCXBKnrJ3Fc8zxihCFFqxOZD_lDRyGNuAgccjBqOuOgy5gAbOAsYoBZSYqZM7mrmDPM-NkeLUuXdRZYz0SnMmpwmlDeLsgpWTdtSLUJcBFWR5vzSOIVkHGDwUOdP2485Mb_ia4_yq-5OJu5V1BQ4E9z_-h9z4Xh9vgw/s1003/IMG_0012.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1003" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuYBL4R_JYCMBybBM4-IhZwjtqCXBKnrJ3Fc8zxihCFFqxOZD_lDRyGNuAgccjBqOuOgy5gAbOAsYoBZSYqZM7mrmDPM-NkeLUuXdRZYz0SnMmpwmlDeLsgpWTdtSLUJcBFWR5vzSOIVkHGDwUOdP2485Mb_ia4_yq-5OJu5V1BQ4E9z_-h9z4Xh9vgw/w200-h106/IMG_0012.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Next up is a card from Gibraltar, showing the Gibraltar Cable Car. It's the most exciting way to reach the top of The Rock and you do it in only 6 minutes.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">From the terraces of the Top Station you can gaze down over the town below, look North towards Sierra Nevada over the Costa del Sol, look East over the blue Mediterranean Sea and South across the Strait of Gibraltar to the Rif Mountains of North Africa. In short you will view 2 continents, 3 countries and the meeting point of 2 great bodies of water. Impressive is not the word!</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbbgVB440ocf2idLU84bMTkbAnAMN7f2CxV2YetdsfEetegfhv6IFlZpZQ-fgz2SHaQX8AqA4WXk7dFKfXal0Jjy3TQr5l2hgKmh-WmqpGw_NWffLNkq-8Qd7mUQ_SLa9qD5WNl_Fj97m-fWH1NPjfLdeuRlk3th_tWxpF8tLkjM4uqbVx0s4dqW20q0/s1800/IMG_0001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbbgVB440ocf2idLU84bMTkbAnAMN7f2CxV2YetdsfEetegfhv6IFlZpZQ-fgz2SHaQX8AqA4WXk7dFKfXal0Jjy3TQr5l2hgKmh-WmqpGw_NWffLNkq-8Qd7mUQ_SLa9qD5WNl_Fj97m-fWH1NPjfLdeuRlk3th_tWxpF8tLkjM4uqbVx0s4dqW20q0/w400-h266/IMG_0001.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Jean Pierre used a nice Aviation themed stamp from 2014. It is 1 of 4 in a set showcasing RAF Squadrons.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIneOuoz4MLMC9iVtkduSt-qx6fV07hcd7CDBKksucNy-RxnJtcE75-clClneEAN8CDemtkQTExMqiEO8Bl9H-kkQvQ0Lbf3mHvuuaKTIMCzLOjeG648FoICCpSr0zxxnC1Nf7yiiIufKAikqFr50pAqY8fIAi8NeDBApUB8dABOW8o6nG1VdXXa7FvkQ/s767/IMG_0002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="767" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIneOuoz4MLMC9iVtkduSt-qx6fV07hcd7CDBKksucNy-RxnJtcE75-clClneEAN8CDemtkQTExMqiEO8Bl9H-kkQvQ0Lbf3mHvuuaKTIMCzLOjeG648FoICCpSr0zxxnC1Nf7yiiIufKAikqFr50pAqY8fIAi8NeDBApUB8dABOW8o6nG1VdXXa7FvkQ/w200-h200/IMG_0002.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Terrific cancel on that one. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Here is another Aircraft / Airline card. <b>It's a Virgin Atlantic Airways B747 photographed at LHR in 1995. The aircraft registration is G-VOYG</b> and it flew for 27.2 years from 1971 until 1999. It had a varied flying history with SAS Scandinavian, Nigeria Airways, British Airways, Caledonian Airways, and finally Virgin Atlantic , where the aircraft was called Shady Lady. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Shady Lady was stored at GBA in 1998 and later scrapped in 1999. GBA is Cotswold Airport, formally RAF Kemble and once home of the Red Arrows. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GWCywdFcLIAmUMcm9Y5uSfqtKzjiojijpKMEC7HqH0rRfL9FVqAHM71DfJ64iOcTU7vnQAOx6imzYONLQQZOOuVBIEKveKG-pyi0mLQOHjSuTa3kSUJtyEOutseXy-TAV7kHuAM2MkPs_jOCJnftmKP2c8Tmbk2f8m1RKuRwHTr1xip44nF7ePmSdB4/s1800/IMG_0005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GWCywdFcLIAmUMcm9Y5uSfqtKzjiojijpKMEC7HqH0rRfL9FVqAHM71DfJ64iOcTU7vnQAOx6imzYONLQQZOOuVBIEKveKG-pyi0mLQOHjSuTa3kSUJtyEOutseXy-TAV7kHuAM2MkPs_jOCJnftmKP2c8Tmbk2f8m1RKuRwHTr1xip44nF7ePmSdB4/w200-h133/IMG_0005.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Two stamps on this one. On the left, from 2023, 1 of 10 showing River Wildlife. On the right, from 2017, again 1 of 10 , showing Landmark Buildings - Visionary British Architecture. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGsGtfoEkIpI-AIupekC4Nq0dL6pPwoYf7pJGtD0RAHWd1l3uL-KZFOBq3eCf9sgGDNYlEy63mzCTjkDNwQdLynnP2lEuvaRcZZesmnMPtWqdVrHyMm8_-TjSL_7c48fvtAMh8OWgxFCiSgWimehI8UVY0wDcQn_BBaEzjMOkUmg8Qi7BtBbfNBvDRjU/s1098/IMG_0006.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1098" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGsGtfoEkIpI-AIupekC4Nq0dL6pPwoYf7pJGtD0RAHWd1l3uL-KZFOBq3eCf9sgGDNYlEy63mzCTjkDNwQdLynnP2lEuvaRcZZesmnMPtWqdVrHyMm8_-TjSL_7c48fvtAMh8OWgxFCiSgWimehI8UVY0wDcQn_BBaEzjMOkUmg8Qi7BtBbfNBvDRjU/w320-h138/IMG_0006.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #676767; font-family: "Noto Sans"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Drink up now, it's the final call , sorry card. It arrived from Greymouth, New Zealand. Ravindra's card shows us a view of Arrowtown ,</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"> a historic gold mining town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. Arrowtown is located on the banks of the Arrow River approximately 7.5 km from State Highway 6. Arrowtown is located 19.5 kilometres to the east of Queenstown.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvosdrGRRpF5hyaiRiScAkdqE2hjXpXgsDuYAi74SL7TdeMpzqJ4476Qgnm40TZXdwcBG1TAlWxxN64F6pVktLBMj9CTcLzcj0Ye1ix4yo8JGu6DuRqLYCiaxsRHoAaksFXS4j6Ad8oZHB334nJrgWvz_u1Pxo8CYJwTKKZhNRZibGjDPIdkNcjf2sEe0/s2044/IMG_0007.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2044" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvosdrGRRpF5hyaiRiScAkdqE2hjXpXgsDuYAi74SL7TdeMpzqJ4476Qgnm40TZXdwcBG1TAlWxxN64F6pVktLBMj9CTcLzcj0Ye1ix4yo8JGu6DuRqLYCiaxsRHoAaksFXS4j6Ad8oZHB334nJrgWvz_u1Pxo8CYJwTKKZhNRZibGjDPIdkNcjf2sEe0/w400-h281/IMG_0007.png" width="400" /></a></div>Ravindra used a definitive from 2007 on this card. It is 1 of 7 in a set of Scenic definitives. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB7gYkqnNrXDuujz4gOScDhwnx5ohoFMFP5Cl7ZDsl0UnqBG8y3NUxZIdklmBnN7_qmM7e0pttj1pL1crxfhDVG7l_jbGy5dyOPSRGr57uHcCTKdLb6O8KoWYHMQQjeqh--cU0q3Nf6ZP_3EGezA3FSG5_HF6mLfJ4qYsTKKs_JmjqtT4Z7TzeE86fhs/s472/IMG_0008.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyB7gYkqnNrXDuujz4gOScDhwnx5ohoFMFP5Cl7ZDsl0UnqBG8y3NUxZIdklmBnN7_qmM7e0pttj1pL1crxfhDVG7l_jbGy5dyOPSRGr57uHcCTKdLb6O8KoWYHMQQjeqh--cU0q3Nf6ZP_3EGezA3FSG5_HF6mLfJ4qYsTKKs_JmjqtT4Z7TzeE86fhs/w200-h200/IMG_0008.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well I'm done for today. A bit of a long blog here on The Blog. Thanks today go out to Dominique, Yun Ting, Jean Pierre and Ravindra for these cards. See you again soon. <br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-41232078908665250582023-07-29T15:58:00.002-07:002023-07-29T15:59:34.483-07:00St. Vincent's - A Newfoundland Town, Grand Turk Beach and One More.<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1593 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">521</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b> </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b><b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB4IWxjUc0nvCUYnN9Y5kmET-A3RvPQEpjUtgZLByVhDr0XI3Aix_g9FFYJcO1YhHTfxd6bL2ceBmLCQk-Rm3Id4G_dB-wrxd34myMTEN3r_QMlpAgnvRD5ov-3BS2NcDqoOF0J-CXXDAOJuFz1oLM4jviLDxuyuC3VXIDLUSeIiHxr4ihjuNopFdDiQ4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgB4IWxjUc0nvCUYnN9Y5kmET-A3RvPQEpjUtgZLByVhDr0XI3Aix_g9FFYJcO1YhHTfxd6bL2ceBmLCQk-Rm3Id4G_dB-wrxd34myMTEN3r_QMlpAgnvRD5ov-3BS2NcDqoOF0J-CXXDAOJuFz1oLM4jviLDxuyuC3VXIDLUSeIiHxr4ihjuNopFdDiQ4=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Welcome back to The Blog. I'll get right to the cards. </b>First up is a card from Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. It shows the lovely beach right on Front Street, Grand Turk. This is a card My Lovely Teena sent back for me from a cruise we were on in January. We were in Grand Turk on 27 January. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZmyS0IBFMBgR_oPbsMvcTeavpiTiKl44A32FrXN4s_7ny3XvpjSoEW3W-1LpG8BCBdF_ARWktmAh4XXxTsShcavG-A-Af_cbG9uhQM67SQs31SpLOuDHX9HeueAMinEDTpGh93p4M1inID6QupQDSgjT9zBneeg0CC1uAVwfulc93tdf-yQofoUiVG4/s1800/IMG_0002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZmyS0IBFMBgR_oPbsMvcTeavpiTiKl44A32FrXN4s_7ny3XvpjSoEW3W-1LpG8BCBdF_ARWktmAh4XXxTsShcavG-A-Af_cbG9uhQM67SQs31SpLOuDHX9HeueAMinEDTpGh93p4M1inID6QupQDSgjT9zBneeg0CC1uAVwfulc93tdf-yQofoUiVG4/w400-h266/IMG_0002.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Teena used 3 stamps on this card. The left stamp , from 1973, is 1 of 15 in a set showing Birds. The other 2 stamps , from a set of 4 WWF stamps, all showed the Red Tailed Hawk. They were issued in 2007. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43ZqNjoTX-D_AGwCNR8qqgpz-ERiVzOFoBOx2WCXOBf4UouFrMgnhPNDQQ9-4zpYw5f4RNvxaYMRbaBZkM8umd0SrGgSKqXVPNV7tFDfdo3I1r1EXvA0c8EPthgjBxg0IAk7LzHzW9issttw7SwsYZ150XmwfQgV4UojBz2TsFcebUxVlZvOCn9Sx_NI/s1417/IMG_0003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1417" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43ZqNjoTX-D_AGwCNR8qqgpz-ERiVzOFoBOx2WCXOBf4UouFrMgnhPNDQQ9-4zpYw5f4RNvxaYMRbaBZkM8umd0SrGgSKqXVPNV7tFDfdo3I1r1EXvA0c8EPthgjBxg0IAk7LzHzW9issttw7SwsYZ150XmwfQgV4UojBz2TsFcebUxVlZvOCn9Sx_NI/w320-h133/IMG_0003.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A card posted on January 27, postmarked July 07 and arrived in my mail box yesterday, 28July. Where have you been for the past 6 months ? I guess I should be happy it arrived and I truly am. Well readers cross your fingers because I mailed 12 cards that day in Grand Turk. Now that one has seen the light of day, I just hope the others make it to their destinations around the world. Good luck to you all. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'm sure none of you remember that I also collect postcards with Newfoundland town postmarks. I still have many , many to collect but every now and then one will show up in the mailbox. Just yesterday this one arrived from the town of St. Vincent's. With a population of 340, St. Vincent's history goes back to the early 16th century when French and Portuguese fishermen visited Newfoundland and Labrador. The town is located on a section of highway called the Irish Loop and is famous for humpback whale watching from the 5 km long beach in the area.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The card shows a dory , a popular small boat in Newfoundland. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcANz8oU5qsuc81_3Kg_XJqRJZrkmxONTclkeJ1Bhr56QjU-v9d5BG6nWmZS47N1-ozJr8_IrROT6oNgpIARG-HfimEpKwtN1hporGNLO28AoVih_LUbJ-NIprJcNad8ozKzHvCK8csxoVp6RcJQGnfy1tqPU-QMbOe0k1pUVNsvOdYrMN12-IJEox1D4/s2000/IMG_0004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="2000" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcANz8oU5qsuc81_3Kg_XJqRJZrkmxONTclkeJ1Bhr56QjU-v9d5BG6nWmZS47N1-ozJr8_IrROT6oNgpIARG-HfimEpKwtN1hporGNLO28AoVih_LUbJ-NIprJcNad8ozKzHvCK8csxoVp6RcJQGnfy1tqPU-QMbOe0k1pUVNsvOdYrMN12-IJEox1D4/w400-h281/IMG_0004.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Orla sent this card, she is the Postmaster in St. Vincent's and she designed the whale cancel that you see . The stamp is a Canada Post Community Foundation semi-postal stamp issued in May of this year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVc4Use0TF5DDBrA-FXF-mfDWxQoODDHmkpBTbhlOeIhPgEd5Q28z30R6GPhD4EyFPmy_NUfBe0k_NOoOxP52O_tPyofODmI7tGbQlI49m1Yoa02LOi9FnSwhLEx4XcPpVTG7WIgyQYguYNjwrLFkeUCYF7XEDNDML7ZX0IE-CTIfgrM-J1upAeD74Og/s1299/IMG_0005.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1299" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVc4Use0TF5DDBrA-FXF-mfDWxQoODDHmkpBTbhlOeIhPgEd5Q28z30R6GPhD4EyFPmy_NUfBe0k_NOoOxP52O_tPyofODmI7tGbQlI49m1Yoa02LOi9FnSwhLEx4XcPpVTG7WIgyQYguYNjwrLFkeUCYF7XEDNDML7ZX0IE-CTIfgrM-J1upAeD74Og/w320-h146/IMG_0005.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My next card is from Japan. It arrived from Yanagawa, a city of just over 71 thousand people. It is popular with tourists because of its 470 km of wide canals. Riverboats take tourists around the city using the canals. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'm not sure of the theme of the card but it looks to me like the puppet is controlling the master. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeA-XoXYUn2AzjwpoEyRHQZ-RZV6pnsO28ZZIGTB-jOMKliwurdUztbMmLtD7dY0vYpXcvmAqCoTYqokqyVjk29Fos7IX_c6t5WzqmGmITm5kyZZ-xdjmmLtS5zxDdKiy7oKK5yn8niD-0TOq5QlzeZd3ndgVESeo9AsQMxFTwnfSdNkL8ZwRYxj-Sns/s1800/IMG_0006.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeA-XoXYUn2AzjwpoEyRHQZ-RZV6pnsO28ZZIGTB-jOMKliwurdUztbMmLtD7dY0vYpXcvmAqCoTYqokqyVjk29Fos7IX_c6t5WzqmGmITm5kyZZ-xdjmmLtS5zxDdKiy7oKK5yn8niD-0TOq5QlzeZd3ndgVESeo9AsQMxFTwnfSdNkL8ZwRYxj-Sns/w266-h400/IMG_0006.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Jobbo used this stamp, of which I wasn't able to find any info on. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzoaM4yiD0Fa-5K_vzlPWVl65pY-6PDpfySZSMJo9xd_uS8gAGuGhcD7jFCrQIzUL0usUYlTKjWlbsSai_VJCrEDeBEhNEPe37uDW1EHwThMPYCbbB-RQqVdpkwmrDVHxbKQsq1WRsCzsOKX2KhB3lGlFYaxHpi0GN7jj3ARTSfioLhNRplf23eUYGCA/s590/IMG_0007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzoaM4yiD0Fa-5K_vzlPWVl65pY-6PDpfySZSMJo9xd_uS8gAGuGhcD7jFCrQIzUL0usUYlTKjWlbsSai_VJCrEDeBEhNEPe37uDW1EHwThMPYCbbB-RQqVdpkwmrDVHxbKQsq1WRsCzsOKX2KhB3lGlFYaxHpi0GN7jj3ARTSfioLhNRplf23eUYGCA/w160-h200/IMG_0007.png" width="160" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And on that note The Blog ends for today. Thanks to My Lovely Teena, Orla and Jobbo for their cards and stamps. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">See you next time. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-338942005321961862023-07-25T12:45:00.000-07:002023-07-25T12:46:32.946-07:00Albanian Costumes, Moshi, Nancy, Cathedral Cove and Biking. <p> <span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1592 --- Day </b><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">517</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </b><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b><b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEu8pPUmCxfcPvyH5XIMEC-E62gITvhwaUI7sNI6zZTfrTj1NUHI4ChLM9zQDnQi-HArd_068PqotVM9kX6Ysm0dyqIvRlcOCdDQUdNlTlusYUXY-5PtKlfozK1dtP_hBWgANlPuvQF-y1iMyNOjWceqpJS03HAdGApDtXJ-Y4rYzKr75sPydX4489SNM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEu8pPUmCxfcPvyH5XIMEC-E62gITvhwaUI7sNI6zZTfrTj1NUHI4ChLM9zQDnQi-HArd_068PqotVM9kX6Ysm0dyqIvRlcOCdDQUdNlTlusYUXY-5PtKlfozK1dtP_hBWgANlPuvQF-y1iMyNOjWceqpJS03HAdGApDtXJ-Y4rYzKr75sPydX4489SNM=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here we go again with a few more cards. Let's start the day with a card from New Zealand. T<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">e Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve is in the southern part of Mercury Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand covering an area of 840 hectares. On the coast of the mainland, it stretches from Cook Bluff in the north-west to the northern end of Hahei Beach in the south-east. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This naturally formed archway is the most popular tourist destination on the Coromandel Peninsula, and rightfully so. In fact, Cathedral Cove is so beautiful and special that it has been chosen as one of the filming locations for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspain</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismbu-8lv6TL76lpadmsngxKoi_5ROuPiIfP2rKF-GTGsa5OwFazS3iWAApvNY59nqUdsipsWy1Eq_usxqHqXVcv2cJtUFNrPSOq1QB5KAi_7SQuJMTOWLQemr4gC5-rBWMD12uPC0-FjRdqL3a100meiBlY0orN13VoKWDfCYH5M5k5IPcgrRQ8-y8_U/s1800/IMG_0011.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismbu-8lv6TL76lpadmsngxKoi_5ROuPiIfP2rKF-GTGsa5OwFazS3iWAApvNY59nqUdsipsWy1Eq_usxqHqXVcv2cJtUFNrPSOq1QB5KAi_7SQuJMTOWLQemr4gC5-rBWMD12uPC0-FjRdqL3a100meiBlY0orN13VoKWDfCYH5M5k5IPcgrRQ8-y8_U/w400-h266/IMG_0011.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ravindra used a stamp from 2007 on this card. It is 1 of 7 in a set of Scenic definitives.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Google Sans, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ii9XVno-g1NuDqJYqAaLi5_qFrvtncFuppBuT-iEI7HAtU_Gtz73Wym936dAr1ubfz2ilieCeIet9TAdHc3RzlzSb0GrhE_YYPigkU716CbA74ADxKB2CKEJbVIgKnGs0mxv-ARzYMfA1xqPpTR6Iwz9KV9YmEV9MK3XS2UEWyLB8AWGaKECWKvhTDA/s767/IMG_0012.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="767" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ii9XVno-g1NuDqJYqAaLi5_qFrvtncFuppBuT-iEI7HAtU_Gtz73Wym936dAr1ubfz2ilieCeIet9TAdHc3RzlzSb0GrhE_YYPigkU716CbA74ADxKB2CKEJbVIgKnGs0mxv-ARzYMfA1xqPpTR6Iwz9KV9YmEV9MK3XS2UEWyLB8AWGaKECWKvhTDA/w200-h145/IMG_0012.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next is a card from Austria, A young couple enjoying a bike ride through a field of flowers. Alena sent this from the small town of Bad Radkersburg near the Slovenian border. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bad Radkersburg is a spa town featuring a thermal spa</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> with a temperature of 80 Ā°C (176 Ā°F). This and the longest sunshine duration in Austria</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> make it an attractive site for tourism</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> with over 100,000 stays per year.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKj8yq5KmvcjA5HaxMjr1Vtr3s4FTZrwdlx1rL1uAJJ_r6x_O9SZIHZWsqA6oow-JtdY2_mYRmEyoUiNfg3PfRKS-WLbEHf1MQS4v0w8kPnaZFvzudYdJ93iH_AMy_JUfmW36cMEOI0gOadf4p15Fw9mQ0kuQ2YDHKSdFUCUBUSCYyxh0Z9rO2xBt2gw/s1800/IMG_0007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKj8yq5KmvcjA5HaxMjr1Vtr3s4FTZrwdlx1rL1uAJJ_r6x_O9SZIHZWsqA6oow-JtdY2_mYRmEyoUiNfg3PfRKS-WLbEHf1MQS4v0w8kPnaZFvzudYdJ93iH_AMy_JUfmW36cMEOI0gOadf4p15Fw9mQ0kuQ2YDHKSdFUCUBUSCYyxh0Z9rO2xBt2gw/w400-h266/IMG_0007.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Alena used a recent stamp, 1of 3 in a set, titled Sports in Motion.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATnToJXQGsQLTBFR99w73H2hSqWrWo9CMJQqb8NZb9j509M-1RcpQCuBIKXIN05VjSbu2pqaH1nKjjGFP39g3EnYbzAn2LxwuZkaSOUgTfcvstFWtQUa6Pt1cdpyyEnfO_RvK1v3LTARLTz3gklpeLLg_TUYSqgwiZqHVuWIrAyT90ZIIslGuURb2I9g/s531/IMG_0008.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="531" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATnToJXQGsQLTBFR99w73H2hSqWrWo9CMJQqb8NZb9j509M-1RcpQCuBIKXIN05VjSbu2pqaH1nKjjGFP39g3EnYbzAn2LxwuZkaSOUgTfcvstFWtQUa6Pt1cdpyyEnfO_RvK1v3LTARLTz3gklpeLLg_TUYSqgwiZqHVuWIrAyT90ZIIslGuURb2I9g/w200-h178/IMG_0008.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Nancy, France is the focus of this next card. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Nancy, a riverfront city in the northeastern French region of Grand Est, is known for its late baroque and art nouveau landmarks, some dating to its days as the former capital of the Duchy of Lorraine. Its focal point is the 18th-century Place Stanislas. This grand square, decorated with gilded wrought-iron gates and rococo fountains, rests by the ornate palaces and churches filling the cityās medieval old town. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsMCvAg9htkKASuezFsIKhFAlWSpSh7z_VZ1xKwfcQCQ1FPuyU4vkOfM-LFYl2ifCf9T8wp6LLc6pdTSz8CC227HYNQYXhAv6NvTTu4Jknl7hb2cRRPvHz5CZJeSWWUAcMjftjxfVHkXQYDWwFcGesHO6TnUDA-VcuUDXmKyj8VhpqmVLI72K9ocfpPg/s1800/IMG_0015.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsMCvAg9htkKASuezFsIKhFAlWSpSh7z_VZ1xKwfcQCQ1FPuyU4vkOfM-LFYl2ifCf9T8wp6LLc6pdTSz8CC227HYNQYXhAv6NvTTu4Jknl7hb2cRRPvHz5CZJeSWWUAcMjftjxfVHkXQYDWwFcGesHO6TnUDA-VcuUDXmKyj8VhpqmVLI72K9ocfpPg/w400-h266/IMG_0015.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dominique used a stamp from this year. It was issued for Day of the Stamp and showed an electric bike. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQVzI-_e9XJpaia1QclwGnuTcEbjJKOmrZrhs3rySFcbFC4C4Cy1lKNngytEZrR5lMtgQ0lpRJQmKTlaEFryZrp_oklozU8xbMKyaJ_zuJfLXV7B7HnvjuzcdJYMk-ALtX-2kdXL0CJasBcZT07S4TJpab1J0GG0o7peVwfyVITg3PnMFp6t0mcAQuLA/s590/IMG_0016.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="590" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQVzI-_e9XJpaia1QclwGnuTcEbjJKOmrZrhs3rySFcbFC4C4Cy1lKNngytEZrR5lMtgQ0lpRJQmKTlaEFryZrp_oklozU8xbMKyaJ_zuJfLXV7B7HnvjuzcdJYMk-ALtX-2kdXL0CJasBcZT07S4TJpab1J0GG0o7peVwfyVITg3PnMFp6t0mcAQuLA/w200-h152/IMG_0016.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's off to Tanzania now. The card shows a view of the city of Moshi, a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> municipality and the capital of Kilimanjaro region </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">in the north eastern part of the country. I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">n the last official census of 2022, the municipality had a population of 221,733</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshi,_Tanzania#cite_note-3" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> The municipality is situated on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, a dormant volcano that is the highest mountain in Africa. The name </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Moshi</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> has been reported to refer to the smoke that emanates from the nearby mountain.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DWWZMblSUNUdk8eVKEjqEC9eMm7vn5c3YLTF7uriawtJxmVzVPmBeZEhkhXDpqiByGednBOiNdcHj-lpFmkAMGNPXz_R0VGJgpcAkN-nuxN6M_U8J4noXu6VPlB8k9CpnPB7_nsBq2qZwUEusG5Oi9BD4RUGoHkXcSW8moKUPeSWxVKrJoSJf-Is8e0/s1800/IMG_0003.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8DWWZMblSUNUdk8eVKEjqEC9eMm7vn5c3YLTF7uriawtJxmVzVPmBeZEhkhXDpqiByGednBOiNdcHj-lpFmkAMGNPXz_R0VGJgpcAkN-nuxN6M_U8J4noXu6VPlB8k9CpnPB7_nsBq2qZwUEusG5Oi9BD4RUGoHkXcSW8moKUPeSWxVKrJoSJf-Is8e0/w400-h266/IMG_0003.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Jean Pierre used a pair of a stamp in a set of 11 , Wild Animals of Africa , issued in 2023. The pair show Water Bucks. </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9NHsNajURVCCLlUxE74q8rP3PMg6kKFFn_Z-5xZ924jui3MQL8zQYNYxw3A-a0pMvOFNxqukOndpBx34BzUUODQNeXl2VA-_7evXTuy9s8T6gjPoSgw509Ibfwu9JUeKF0fvR4D9gIMLEUssa2Uni7NKobgsYUy2ju-GIEd1AXzsNhsSpofmJOTyb2k/s767/IMG_0004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="767" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9NHsNajURVCCLlUxE74q8rP3PMg6kKFFn_Z-5xZ924jui3MQL8zQYNYxw3A-a0pMvOFNxqukOndpBx34BzUUODQNeXl2VA-_7evXTuy9s8T6gjPoSgw509Ibfwu9JUeKF0fvR4D9gIMLEUssa2Uni7NKobgsYUy2ju-GIEd1AXzsNhsSpofmJOTyb2k/w200-h154/IMG_0004.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Now it's back across the pond again to Albania. Indrit's card shows local traditional costumes of Albania. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXFl-hD0wv2C35XDAWCMnOve6jcnGf3II-wSC7ASJOBubUCmdWQi1_6bXFuyL04SJFZoYjybso6s23pUpS_hVvf9HJ0lcQLLdGenw1RpptfS3pBeUM9r2X_6PKVRfIV3PAzV-pmv9YffFn04JdTwHOwrMWpFHbH9OcurS2FnH_hLQ9Rgcbp5cx-iV1D4/s1800/IMG_0001.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXFl-hD0wv2C35XDAWCMnOve6jcnGf3II-wSC7ASJOBubUCmdWQi1_6bXFuyL04SJFZoYjybso6s23pUpS_hVvf9HJ0lcQLLdGenw1RpptfS3pBeUM9r2X_6PKVRfIV3PAzV-pmv9YffFn04JdTwHOwrMWpFHbH9OcurS2FnH_hLQ9Rgcbp5cx-iV1D4/w266-h400/IMG_0001.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Indrit used a stamp from a set of 2 Tourism issue showing Gjipe Canyon. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrOq9IASDWPUE3Yj_raBMZgKV2v5miLssvwSlXK9KAzRxyNkcN4JDN0jVULKfoFEzHg0PPkQhJrOjZT1Rq_xWRiagI_y2nwUJkBCwXBQVrQ-5-OHRFaS0bQnClO3fFjQIppyhjFdqtNRz_PWufN2u7pyLF9kLkWkmXlsu7u2kKK9lBqfRKjFovgFEeLY/s767/IMG_0002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="767" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrOq9IASDWPUE3Yj_raBMZgKV2v5miLssvwSlXK9KAzRxyNkcN4JDN0jVULKfoFEzHg0PPkQhJrOjZT1Rq_xWRiagI_y2nwUJkBCwXBQVrQ-5-OHRFaS0bQnClO3fFjQIppyhjFdqtNRz_PWufN2u7pyLF9kLkWkmXlsu7u2kKK9lBqfRKjFovgFEeLY/w200-h184/IMG_0002.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So ends another edition of The Blog. Thanks for today's cards go to Indrit, Jean Pierre, Dominique, Alena and Ravindra.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Next Time. </span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-5557584292372170522023-07-24T18:28:00.001-07:002023-10-11T14:59:53.478-07:00Constellation F-BAZB, Mt. Cook and King of the Belgians<p> <b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog # 1591 --- Day </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">516</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9mHcogWIk5_Q1keLeX_vqhzLV7yclnJEOOKL0FZTkk2mSl9TqSaFjpmeRViKR42SUaUalD_iFmsYj5Qbkyr8a87cOTbgfYDbyZvdz6JNDCSieDxuEj7tjMyve0c1COhrGiv0otxYDuIZC_2X9hVEOjoO6ZatCHw9eSqd5wkBZ5qSYoELdwPp1TzMYyvs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9mHcogWIk5_Q1keLeX_vqhzLV7yclnJEOOKL0FZTkk2mSl9TqSaFjpmeRViKR42SUaUalD_iFmsYj5Qbkyr8a87cOTbgfYDbyZvdz6JNDCSieDxuEj7tjMyve0c1COhrGiv0otxYDuIZC_2X9hVEOjoO6ZatCHw9eSqd5wkBZ5qSYoELdwPp1TzMYyvs=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Hello once again. I am starting today with a beautiful postcard showing a beautiful classic aircraft, at least that's how I feel about it. It's an Air France Lockheed Constellation. Registered as F-BAZB, it was the second Constellation in the Air France fleet, The airline took possession of F-BAZB on 12 June 1946. The aircraft was later sold to Trans World Airlines on 26 January 1950. It met its fate in June of 1964 when it was scrapped and broke up. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Between 1943 and 1958 , 856 Constellations were built. The last scheduled passenger flight in North America of a Constellation was by Western Airlines on 26 June 1968 from Anchorage to Yakutat in Alaska. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutLretjVfc-EfHLxORnyLsN7j6dtjKcefZ8nNrwuZHnIMsHoMEQkurlVYwIWZwa7ffWq-porzEKwF73e2D36IN-ZcVcR-HDXGC68Lgq86vVquKsoUCDeq6XVhZjjOTUYtTc_gIl4wfnFVKnqxjHfYvS4R15vqw2_4lgjlEOwm5fZk6Qo1dLirtdQ5YxU/s1800/IMG_0007.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutLretjVfc-EfHLxORnyLsN7j6dtjKcefZ8nNrwuZHnIMsHoMEQkurlVYwIWZwa7ffWq-porzEKwF73e2D36IN-ZcVcR-HDXGC68Lgq86vVquKsoUCDeq6XVhZjjOTUYtTc_gIl4wfnFVKnqxjHfYvS4R15vqw2_4lgjlEOwm5fZk6Qo1dLirtdQ5YxU/w400-h266/IMG_0007.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Jean Pierre used a stamp from this year on this card. It showcases The Church of our Lady of the Assumption. </span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorCV5n_6uVzR22n_LYLvbW3UyWOJ9TE_N2guklisL-YDDNdWfGIM3zWtLmTjuS02-Al9o-v2q4rfFIRqGfDdv4l7fp6G0g2qf7sHMAYBKqlhHu9HujwsLVzYMRSB_-2q08aMGoC4AiXDZeX9o7b8lw863AWoOjAzszKcKAXQm8AylnWvZn5tQO4Ji_F8/s590/IMG_0008.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorCV5n_6uVzR22n_LYLvbW3UyWOJ9TE_N2guklisL-YDDNdWfGIM3zWtLmTjuS02-Al9o-v2q4rfFIRqGfDdv4l7fp6G0g2qf7sHMAYBKqlhHu9HujwsLVzYMRSB_-2q08aMGoC4AiXDZeX9o7b8lw863AWoOjAzszKcKAXQm8AylnWvZn5tQO4Ji_F8/w160-h200/IMG_0008.png" width="160" /></a></span></div><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I think that if I could go back in time, I'm sure a flight on a Constellation would be a priority for me. That would be so cool. Where's the time machine when you want one ?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13px;">From France , we head down to New Zealand. Here's a nice view of Mt Cook. </span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres. It sits in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNkt1Lhv-NCWpup2iyEh2ZGTSc3T8iaz2J54iM3VOdjw2PSIp-eJLNVjsCAH_fVjtmaEXrWvkKbeq8lRkzrqbujhU9P6GfqLNbk4Wezoc42H0m5vKqtgQXa_Udnuf1SkUWxDoBWPBbgMFv4eGJlAByKh4PccDlERSCT1rOJPajiA1xEQJYfDB23EBa2I/s1800/IMG_0005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNkt1Lhv-NCWpup2iyEh2ZGTSc3T8iaz2J54iM3VOdjw2PSIp-eJLNVjsCAH_fVjtmaEXrWvkKbeq8lRkzrqbujhU9P6GfqLNbk4Wezoc42H0m5vKqtgQXa_Udnuf1SkUWxDoBWPBbgMFv4eGJlAByKh4PccDlERSCT1rOJPajiA1xEQJYfDB23EBa2I/w400-h266/IMG_0005.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">Ravindra used 3 stamps on this card, all of which came from minisheets. The left stamp was issued in 2013, 1 of 5 celebrating Margaret Mahy. The middle stamp, from 1985 is a Health issue. The 6 stamps in the sheet all were designs of Lord Snowden. The right stamp, 1 of 7 in the sheet, shows the late Queen Elizabeth II , the longest reigning monarch in British history. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oyxekgGgVEvCgYC92uUvgZAj0WXQQxE6mqMaU0Qd94k9Qh9O_7CeGbacO3JV_MJsa-jElqVQQWD7embm1-4fxxvDFHpTafZ5DoD3Gjvpjs7IYC3Ju2jemkuyPzC3iqFX6ZyjbviSRyw2XrnIAGwPluiAYL5hlRGpp-TV3AZwRTRj2cE1TY52xprJlBo/s1358/IMG_0006.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="1358" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oyxekgGgVEvCgYC92uUvgZAj0WXQQxE6mqMaU0Qd94k9Qh9O_7CeGbacO3JV_MJsa-jElqVQQWD7embm1-4fxxvDFHpTafZ5DoD3Gjvpjs7IYC3Ju2jemkuyPzC3iqFX6ZyjbviSRyw2XrnIAGwPluiAYL5hlRGpp-TV3AZwRTRj2cE1TY52xprJlBo/s320/IMG_0006.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">The final card for this time is from Belgium. It's<i> the King of the Belgians, Philippe. He became King on 21 July 2013.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYzEh3Fu94KloRvi7xkcvUL_9ZQi1KWEWRWmGoqY1gRGLnbxwz5s1TPgMwHliWQxbilFTQ0iwnVF4FuLIQ3MqQeJ2VazcvdoXjT-SueIa5Y8vwnYeLf9sScBm7LmNlCdZxURk0P8AT1hNnE4cE8pPijag7GwPKPrlHhVQUThgU4DQf-6I7_gcdTUUWtU/s1800/IMG_0009.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZYzEh3Fu94KloRvi7xkcvUL_9ZQi1KWEWRWmGoqY1gRGLnbxwz5s1TPgMwHliWQxbilFTQ0iwnVF4FuLIQ3MqQeJ2VazcvdoXjT-SueIa5Y8vwnYeLf9sScBm7LmNlCdZxURk0P8AT1hNnE4cE8pPijag7GwPKPrlHhVQUThgU4DQf-6I7_gcdTUUWtU/w266-h400/IMG_0009.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Johan sent this card and he used a 2023 stamp issued on the 10th Anniversary of the Kingship of His Majesty King Philippe. Nice Crown cancel <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYG1eEn-eiS4fTHvdHv-0wZjZd3-ZTDFcR91SQacfJ1QjZ2Rg-LPrnqlulhTXMJw7M9drrJgWbqXKg7rL_3Rmqf76BAdcSxnElsA06eRzu8WIgE2IGfPmdKw-RektOPI0Oe4kRZPRW_lClKkFn5MpQH3GrrYHnHJFqsyxbW7RovBlOE4vWGCmVld01jwI/s767/IMG_0010.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="767" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYG1eEn-eiS4fTHvdHv-0wZjZd3-ZTDFcR91SQacfJ1QjZ2Rg-LPrnqlulhTXMJw7M9drrJgWbqXKg7rL_3Rmqf76BAdcSxnElsA06eRzu8WIgE2IGfPmdKw-RektOPI0Oe4kRZPRW_lClKkFn5MpQH3GrrYHnHJFqsyxbW7RovBlOE4vWGCmVld01jwI/w200-h200/IMG_0010.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><br /><i>Well that's it for today. A little smaller than my usual blog, but small can be good. </i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><i>Thanks for today's cards go out to Jean Pierre, Ravindra and Johan. </i></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"><i>See you again soon.</i></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-4909667056388593452023-07-22T15:56:00.005-07:002023-10-11T15:01:53.026-07:00A Lovely Wahine, Nuuk, Bornholm, Fagre Stryn and A Ayutthaya Temple<p><b>Blog # 1590 --- Day </b> <b>514</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"><b> of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwKWZ-No4HDsE5QnP4sb8c5fhDkedOrKsIDg_hiWhQazfVK3G_SPhSaCrsa1Hr7vP2jnKTT3O0j5maDptK1xTY-5DrcFtjAuQJfxFE_PxRtgkCX41DH2ryDGDY1FWPVdVyA3XGuJm9TVH4zNQjQHev5RxQX0NCs1F36_m-UXc2D92TqCxvJOILLKMQ_Og" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwKWZ-No4HDsE5QnP4sb8c5fhDkedOrKsIDg_hiWhQazfVK3G_SPhSaCrsa1Hr7vP2jnKTT3O0j5maDptK1xTY-5DrcFtjAuQJfxFE_PxRtgkCX41DH2ryDGDY1FWPVdVyA3XGuJm9TVH4zNQjQHev5RxQX0NCs1F36_m-UXc2D92TqCxvJOILLKMQ_Og=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hi again. I have a few more cards to show you today. I'll start with a few from some Nordic countries. Denmark is up first. David's card shows a number of scenes from Bornholm. This is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea off the south coast of Sweden. Population was 39,607 as of this past January.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAwPSrIiwwOACM5gd2dOT8SefMEAITr0KgAzxZOZjJLE5AqPxQAW5kXKBzZgyUjW3TCMchocYdbWE1sSBH_1dR4ZPxhztxslFHqxd1epPhlk-C8rUGXh_zssVcN_gB45P416UVXipcjAkexlOBpNLfGYeYvSQLPeoJr-FHpfWnI__EeXt7wJlplwhZhs/s1800/IMG_0017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAwPSrIiwwOACM5gd2dOT8SefMEAITr0KgAzxZOZjJLE5AqPxQAW5kXKBzZgyUjW3TCMchocYdbWE1sSBH_1dR4ZPxhztxslFHqxd1epPhlk-C8rUGXh_zssVcN_gB45P416UVXipcjAkexlOBpNLfGYeYvSQLPeoJr-FHpfWnI__EeXt7wJlplwhZhs/w400-h266/IMG_0017.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">David used a stamp from a set of 5 , issued this year, showing Neddlework.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeLtyiNKg_KsAYhnxJIjcnQfnIzHQ_wMDtRjWFUzfIUaF6kFDMC_Bs3B51ziKVQKgi5kdQsUYgv7FTbwMrZRg732umlaaGej90b6apz7Gk7saiqKFLjkqaQctVaLXtd_hXfZJz9BOj8OARH9V3Jkf_eZO6e6SKYqKgEzL28IFkK2dgV9fl2zFJPtVp_M/s472/IMG_0018.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeLtyiNKg_KsAYhnxJIjcnQfnIzHQ_wMDtRjWFUzfIUaF6kFDMC_Bs3B51ziKVQKgi5kdQsUYgv7FTbwMrZRg732umlaaGej90b6apz7Gk7saiqKFLjkqaQctVaLXtd_hXfZJz9BOj8OARH9V3Jkf_eZO6e6SKYqKgEzL28IFkK2dgV9fl2zFJPtVp_M/w200-h200/IMG_0018.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From Denmark we move on to Norway. This next card arrived from the small town of Orkanger. It has a population of around 8,200 and sits at the end of the Orkdal Fjord. It was established as a town in 2014.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZPdx4zaLIRhV6RcSN-WUcndUojpH1Xw9aXNuQytXmWJNtFc7ddRSLg5vwfhL2GIkwGUxv93QKRSUx9b-1ThhnBZEQ2Xm3cB1VOXxbkKmacyy_KtWZVlb4cbuQyP0D5RYaaMFl0qag4sb0m5KptDV1oQStSMTyjaEXkvqUGo8gqt5LvL2Yz_h4zEr1x8/s1800/IMG_0003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZPdx4zaLIRhV6RcSN-WUcndUojpH1Xw9aXNuQytXmWJNtFc7ddRSLg5vwfhL2GIkwGUxv93QKRSUx9b-1ThhnBZEQ2Xm3cB1VOXxbkKmacyy_KtWZVlb4cbuQyP0D5RYaaMFl0qag4sb0m5KptDV1oQStSMTyjaEXkvqUGo8gqt5LvL2Yz_h4zEr1x8/w400-h266/IMG_0003.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lena used a stamp from this year. It is 1 of 6 in a set showing Memories of Norway. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf21LvuTJIErweplGe-EQU9H2cPWOHMAW21_7ayurRht7ma1XXthOUKGZtvWNiC0uoMOuQ-taeOFxdmLuicRZ2gkCRa-w6NLKDidEsmyFalNskYE7c_RqRniGpnx1_zZFxXULwzalDz_yqbw_ZOAUJQ2XMANS0uaJYi_QCH3TwpxPNjN-PSukqKM7N8M/s531/IMG_0004.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="531" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf21LvuTJIErweplGe-EQU9H2cPWOHMAW21_7ayurRht7ma1XXthOUKGZtvWNiC0uoMOuQ-taeOFxdmLuicRZ2gkCRa-w6NLKDidEsmyFalNskYE7c_RqRniGpnx1_zZFxXULwzalDz_yqbw_ZOAUJQ2XMANS0uaJYi_QCH3TwpxPNjN-PSukqKM7N8M/w200-h146/IMG_0004.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here's one more Nordic. This time we see Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It's latitude of 64 degrees, 11 minutes North makes it the world's northernmost capital city in the world. Nuuk's population was 19,604 in January of this year. Nuuk has the highest population of aboriginal people of any city. It may well be the most indigenous city in the world. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAtD6PuNczvL2l-x65MLvkjRaOi4iiw-9nH5sY5Iue9taEXDxQqLCFuS0XekbTAAZzMbWpreVe7ei4BtD7n-W6cgW-_FCP5FW4YJyMXyzrWmPbqP6yXszzq8ssB6RIo7nP2tExPd7WaB7NzTFvAH1pdEFmMRg7aWF_sy9NMukZcRjw9HR6P6xzzHZUBg/s1800/IMG_0001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAtD6PuNczvL2l-x65MLvkjRaOi4iiw-9nH5sY5Iue9taEXDxQqLCFuS0XekbTAAZzMbWpreVe7ei4BtD7n-W6cgW-_FCP5FW4YJyMXyzrWmPbqP6yXszzq8ssB6RIo7nP2tExPd7WaB7NzTFvAH1pdEFmMRg7aWF_sy9NMukZcRjw9HR6P6xzzHZUBg/w400-h266/IMG_0001.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is another card send by David and this time he used a stamp from 2023. It is 1 of 2 in a set highlighting Ghost Stories of Greenland. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48u6EFoyxmqqM08JaLMXJ1a4CDRHNs0e20M36UrIbX8baROGM_MpGFIRR6zWVmBQT-aZoUsgAifs2-JPGng5dM2TWuljC8iDlEaSMHKMkizjmEholNit6qzBct5II-09u-QVrQOQO7HfjTMfPOSuLQp9dyMhb9tcX9kLzfGofxx1VJR4ryOUjU5zOuhc/s767/IMG_0002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="767" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48u6EFoyxmqqM08JaLMXJ1a4CDRHNs0e20M36UrIbX8baROGM_MpGFIRR6zWVmBQT-aZoUsgAifs2-JPGng5dM2TWuljC8iDlEaSMHKMkizjmEholNit6qzBct5II-09u-QVrQOQO7HfjTMfPOSuLQp9dyMhb9tcX9kLzfGofxx1VJR4ryOUjU5zOuhc/w200-h154/IMG_0002.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I just want to go on the record here and say that Nuuk has been on my bucket list of places to visit for many years. Some day I'll get there, I know it. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This next card arrived from Wellington, New Zealand. Ravindra's card shows a wahine or Maori woman wearing a piupiu with its colorful bodice and headband, both crafted from local flax. Maori people call New Zealand Aotearoa or land of the long white smoke. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J14bNHH66zdDU9m-AcfbG-TsA-1FQCrdDSeIZ-DlfsoqaMUm4EjZ3nXmISqUOeuDP_8Pj-A0gTCcgdD8dwRMmMs6-4KY9z76XNGAImfv7eo9gRvE0UtMKgH3H6T89coTVVUxqGadH7xCTsrwPtpcBKBKT2nV6OE7LHzx_bWvgsxV6cLdRd9pZ3XbGXs/s2384/IMG_0013.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="2384" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-J14bNHH66zdDU9m-AcfbG-TsA-1FQCrdDSeIZ-DlfsoqaMUm4EjZ3nXmISqUOeuDP_8Pj-A0gTCcgdD8dwRMmMs6-4KY9z76XNGAImfv7eo9gRvE0UtMKgH3H6T89coTVVUxqGadH7xCTsrwPtpcBKBKT2nV6OE7LHzx_bWvgsxV6cLdRd9pZ3XbGXs/w400-h238/IMG_0013.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ravindra used 2 stamps on this card. The top one is from 2004 and is 1 of 5 in a set, showing Extreme Sports - Life on the Edge. The bottom stamp , from 2005 is 1 of 6 showing International Organizations - Rotary in this case. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFO_HB_rnaHQqhXEm4CGnFyyPc9tPPVV9-EMvjrBk6lAbPQJDmLZjcev4PswBUrY53HMs2B30mmC4Gb2T806JYt8UWMIc6yNWdMOsf7hVpjTtCwcfQc13evyFLtxKhL2jccnAK-jOTfJGTesXrUFNtI_ZnHo-rk8oHgPn2DplQiwhBWqO0aVvQCYZoVY/s826/IMG_0014.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="826" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFO_HB_rnaHQqhXEm4CGnFyyPc9tPPVV9-EMvjrBk6lAbPQJDmLZjcev4PswBUrY53HMs2B30mmC4Gb2T806JYt8UWMIc6yNWdMOsf7hVpjTtCwcfQc13evyFLtxKhL2jccnAK-jOTfJGTesXrUFNtI_ZnHo-rk8oHgPn2DplQiwhBWqO0aVvQCYZoVY/w200-h200/IMG_0014.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's on to Thailand now. Jobbo's card shows Wat Yai Chai Mongkol<span> , a Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand. It was built in 1357. The historic city of Ayutthaya was founded in 1350 but was destroyed by the Burmese army in 1767. It remains today as an extensive archaeological site. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6mR6PhU-fSld4C0uerhWcrvYdxPfQOM0zJYURdB6QHlw0CLkLKv3HfL7caASE8uz0WQyO7YybrC10zDisq8j_9awb-bZr62Cjue0L5xFcCHD8bWEZwIdXMUKquHzfSXffPOsximDv0SPpn6iYRwq0tqItnFjyxiq7lgv00zKpAVYevokq76cHx21bRg/s2068/IMG_0034.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2068" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6mR6PhU-fSld4C0uerhWcrvYdxPfQOM0zJYURdB6QHlw0CLkLKv3HfL7caASE8uz0WQyO7YybrC10zDisq8j_9awb-bZr62Cjue0L5xFcCHD8bWEZwIdXMUKquHzfSXffPOsximDv0SPpn6iYRwq0tqItnFjyxiq7lgv00zKpAVYevokq76cHx21bRg/w400-h280/IMG_0034.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Jobbo used a small collection of Thailand stamps on this card. Let me start with the top row, left to right. First, from 2019, celebrating the coronation of Rama X. Next , 1 of 4 in a minisheet, celebrating the Thai Heritage Conservation Day. The 3rd stamp was issued in 1986, 1 of 4 showcasing the 6th ASEAN Orchid Congress. Last stamp on top is from 2019 , issued for National Day. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span>Now the bottom three, from left to right. From 2021 , 1 of 4 celebrating Traditional Desserts. Next is 1 of 10 in a minisheet , titled Amazing Thailand. The last one - from 2018, 1 of 4 , commemorating the 135th Anniversary of the Thai Postal Service. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1bt8Z4qy_WTMND3A10bG26TzQQFIkKo_nPu-_bSaTNp7aaq10FI5XcO5WSqoYNWEV6wv1QFlHQJh7F4AcG0_Jnfr6zYkd1J1AkL84jPiKI8ffWdGC9Ojqa2qPl5O6JRPs136NFs_SMFG3dCnv_44dKln8g4udg93GB4-nZIlkTrCJ7qqZXLLnkWthMA/s2090/IMG_0035.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="2090" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1bt8Z4qy_WTMND3A10bG26TzQQFIkKo_nPu-_bSaTNp7aaq10FI5XcO5WSqoYNWEV6wv1QFlHQJh7F4AcG0_Jnfr6zYkd1J1AkL84jPiKI8ffWdGC9Ojqa2qPl5O6JRPs136NFs_SMFG3dCnv_44dKln8g4udg93GB4-nZIlkTrCJ7qqZXLLnkWthMA/w400-h158/IMG_0035.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Note to Jobbo - yes I like watches and have a considerable number of them. I am saving for a Citizen Promaster. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span>And on that note , it's time to close this blog for this time. We are of this evening to a retirement party for a friend of ours. Should be a great time. As Spiderman once said " Eventually everyone gets to retire " . That was the gist of a poster on my work locker for the last 8 months of my employment. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span>Thanks for today's cards go out to David, Lena, Ravindra and Jobbo. </span><span> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span>Take care all. </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> 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</span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-39032663795385689782023-07-16T19:11:00.003-07:002023-07-16T19:12:46.105-07:00Big Buildings , Ladies and a A220<p> <b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> BLOG # 1589 --- Day 508 of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZwRZ_ldGlHuOF2_93g739rk5t7oJXUM7UUOgkl7PgfU_1n3rsspWd95MR40Np3W9tCM4cvzmpZHpwvcWNOtXdAOgJARbEzyy2OLf0F46OqfeABVy4SnEIPyK84VZd1SqTqbi2z61JWCx3h6FijI9TUBXmw8Xi6X6IUfbowo5zrF718B505sD0Rqrk9YI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZwRZ_ldGlHuOF2_93g739rk5t7oJXUM7UUOgkl7PgfU_1n3rsspWd95MR40Np3W9tCM4cvzmpZHpwvcWNOtXdAOgJARbEzyy2OLf0F46OqfeABVy4SnEIPyK84VZd1SqTqbi2z61JWCx3h6FijI9TUBXmw8Xi6X6IUfbowo5zrF718B505sD0Rqrk9YI=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div>Hello again. I'm back once more. It has been over a month. I have been busy, the days have been too nice to be inside, I had to make an impromptu visit to Newfoundland during which a family member passed away. And it seems that after a long absence here, it always seem a little more difficult to get back . Of course while I was not blogging, postcards continued to arrive in my mailbox. Now I have lots to chose from. Thank you Josep and Assumpta, Meelis, Bruce, Jean Pierre, Ravindra, Ron, Yvonne, Johan, Dominique, David, Indrit, Yun Ting, Isa and Jobbo, Thank you one and all for the cards you sent and eventually they should show up here on The Blog. </div><div><br /></div><div>Since I have an Airline / Aircraft postcard collection, I guess I'll start with this one. It's an Air Baltic Airbus A220/300 , registered as YL-CSD. The Airbus A220 was previously known as the Bombardier CS300 . They can carry between 145 and 160 passengers. YL-CSD was delivered to Air Baltic in June of 2017 and has been stored since November 2022. Ineta , a Postcrosser who lives in Jurmala, a suburb of Riga, Latvia sent this card along. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMKa0nw04crlD1BPEYT5hxXw7K5wXNm-PXCpsEFLbK3IPiOiezUtzz7sdR9nYFKNMV6_7iNqUabcfBuZ0WJ4Pqq4rhltZUJTsrRf6qWY9A9rseyF34QB8ZDrsgtn6CedCWpUlb2BtW4hQD2ribVLOdX-furcNW0SzL9j3f97_SHfFlqTuwLCATjAOsic/s1800/IMG_0063.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMKa0nw04crlD1BPEYT5hxXw7K5wXNm-PXCpsEFLbK3IPiOiezUtzz7sdR9nYFKNMV6_7iNqUabcfBuZ0WJ4Pqq4rhltZUJTsrRf6qWY9A9rseyF34QB8ZDrsgtn6CedCWpUlb2BtW4hQD2ribVLOdX-furcNW0SzL9j3f97_SHfFlqTuwLCATjAOsic/w400-h266/IMG_0063.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Ineta used 2 nice stamps on her card. The top one is from 2016 and celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Latvian Membership in the United Nations. The bottom stamp , from 2020, is an Europa stamp , 1 of 2 in a set highlighting Ancient Postal Routes. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jQWEJ-Sf9mWm9J13yQTAyEdR8qc0KqXcPKzYFzBw-pwvnNRGDJBBzm9E1ObfR_7vqn4uqnhmdrOU-HNRq3tp7vF8958tP5B2NuSEW-3-wfJBLB_Y5uq6FvUA_fum-wyznRCUO7YMUi0x2Qy2aLe1cXHhSMs9GAyqknVkMeTXmuVVIjtb7SIRb-JomL4/s708/IMG_0064.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="496" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jQWEJ-Sf9mWm9J13yQTAyEdR8qc0KqXcPKzYFzBw-pwvnNRGDJBBzm9E1ObfR_7vqn4uqnhmdrOU-HNRq3tp7vF8958tP5B2NuSEW-3-wfJBLB_Y5uq6FvUA_fum-wyznRCUO7YMUi0x2Qy2aLe1cXHhSMs9GAyqknVkMeTXmuVVIjtb7SIRb-JomL4/w140-h200/IMG_0064.png" width="140" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Before the next card, I just want to say that today's cards are presented in no particular order of when they arrived, who sent them , what countries they arrived from or anything else except how I take them from the pile on my desk. So next up a card from Spain. </div><div>Here we see the Castle of Loarre , in Aragon, in the north of Spain. It is one of the oldest castles in the country. It's initial construction started in 1020 and continued until 1097. Later more construction took place well into the latter part of the 12th century. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKphDTgsBrbFSESFpDD64rEbYScotz6YUQFOL985dp9esviPRZBnnA3VnKATgnJmHOjpCgtn2auBVU2587dNw56IY-Ml0UEQCVtslOOx3zpLlJdqltxiMvhAQ7xkBvVqTgqdn29_2aGVEbHmle0h1Dn5r2Gx51M47n7Th3FdlkC4GRtwVFYl7uMd1hweo/s1800/IMG_0001.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKphDTgsBrbFSESFpDD64rEbYScotz6YUQFOL985dp9esviPRZBnnA3VnKATgnJmHOjpCgtn2auBVU2587dNw56IY-Ml0UEQCVtslOOx3zpLlJdqltxiMvhAQ7xkBvVqTgqdn29_2aGVEbHmle0h1Dn5r2Gx51M47n7Th3FdlkC4GRtwVFYl7uMd1hweo/w400-h266/IMG_0001.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Sosep ans Assumpta used a longer than usual stamp from 2020. It Commemorated the 200th Anniversary of the Independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOHrqHDaZgbR5vnNx6oAcTpUn1z2UvUwiNyTKftoH5LN0_pmiEthejAGXOCtClnhP9ie8HoteqkW2N8KVdu6VxNjKZUtJRkbGD9Mju3VM3YIO46n9x3XLM3iAr6TykqqjHagXtaQrp1D7xEXzX2YQId9imXKdn9PHfxan-_jafc9ITwJ2LvdAJbS-HWQ/s944/IMG_0002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="944" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOHrqHDaZgbR5vnNx6oAcTpUn1z2UvUwiNyTKftoH5LN0_pmiEthejAGXOCtClnhP9ie8HoteqkW2N8KVdu6VxNjKZUtJRkbGD9Mju3VM3YIO46n9x3XLM3iAr6TykqqjHagXtaQrp1D7xEXzX2YQId9imXKdn9PHfxan-_jafc9ITwJ2LvdAJbS-HWQ/w320-h141/IMG_0002.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Meelis's card from Monaco is the next card up for viewing. It's a great look at the Monaco Oceanographic Museum, located in Monaco-Ville. Built in 1910 , its committed to sharing its knowledge of the oceans. Four thousand species of fish and over 200 families of invertebrates can be seen in the museum. A must see is the shark lagoon - containing 450,000 liters of seawater behind 30cm of glass . Since 1989 it even has its own coral reef. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFk7Sl01mJwIRYhxSwaPsv9oYmNxbAVojckwJwld6pgudC0HRfO9sicIrA9SPrI5vUb4Q7P0Wwx2aQL6RHYu-J9WgaFeJA6sndlxTvjh4XWRDfDLkMLYnq-VuiKJ4ecb2YzbjUOrHVjDq-raowdu8buqsBz58CifcZAtD-HWYuf374NRQcLa0k6eBZYM/s1800/IMG_0007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFk7Sl01mJwIRYhxSwaPsv9oYmNxbAVojckwJwld6pgudC0HRfO9sicIrA9SPrI5vUb4Q7P0Wwx2aQL6RHYu-J9WgaFeJA6sndlxTvjh4XWRDfDLkMLYnq-VuiKJ4ecb2YzbjUOrHVjDq-raowdu8buqsBz58CifcZAtD-HWYuf374NRQcLa0k6eBZYM/w400-h266/IMG_0007.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </div><div>Meelis used a wonderful Aviation themed stamp from 2022. It commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of French Aviator Louis Bleriot. He flew the first flight across the English Channel on 25 July 1909. It took 36.5 minutes. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0JYHg3i5berXNvplHlq23vRIMGKRFRMhHu6sXiTYyvZ8IqIqujv3jv11YrUAxKC98E8qGTJ1rNe0dJksLObVqgUInB3GrmtQ4P2PsFcdxeCLfWkoxu5oa8kgep9kWLUd1z2tS9eMiVKDwhuYpPQqSL71NrmiqTevteH9JSkV8QDfZSV0kroMv1x7gw8/s1299/IMG_0008.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1299" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0JYHg3i5berXNvplHlq23vRIMGKRFRMhHu6sXiTYyvZ8IqIqujv3jv11YrUAxKC98E8qGTJ1rNe0dJksLObVqgUInB3GrmtQ4P2PsFcdxeCLfWkoxu5oa8kgep9kWLUd1z2tS9eMiVKDwhuYpPQqSL71NrmiqTevteH9JSkV8QDfZSV0kroMv1x7gw8/w320-h146/IMG_0008.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next up is Namibia. Here's a card from Bruce that shows us a Baobab tree and some Ju/'Hoansi women in Bushmanland. Over <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> time, the Baobab has adapted to its environment. It is a succulent, which means that during the rainy season it absorbs and stores water in its vast trunk, enabling it to produce a nutrient-dense fruit in the dry season when all around is dry and arid. This is how it became known as "The Tree of Life". </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5E6V5ihIQ1_YwO2LJGYtNTIcG92WG8c5pX1hzEWnse3i9932Jc2waVF3Qeb-jz3EiDvx5V4CJwBs51S1kytiRXKprH9QYrI4GnhJpI0hTmdOLR3Npw-k8MegWkxE2Qvk6Mdkm-yxXe45R04LguYbfuirEdTELn22n9EMW1yEjYzQodCmJXLxCWHtUPc/s1800/IMG_0013.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5E6V5ihIQ1_YwO2LJGYtNTIcG92WG8c5pX1hzEWnse3i9932Jc2waVF3Qeb-jz3EiDvx5V4CJwBs51S1kytiRXKprH9QYrI4GnhJpI0hTmdOLR3Npw-k8MegWkxE2Qvk6Mdkm-yxXe45R04LguYbfuirEdTELn22n9EMW1yEjYzQodCmJXLxCWHtUPc/w400-h266/IMG_0013.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Bruce used 1 of 12 stamps in a Birds of Namibia. The good looking set was issued in 2012.<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: "Google Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9jgmWPjH-nHSQjMsB1gZh-PcTYcJxFaD1I2Um5_ZIIwmiG9Vw6HsVrY-3un78T_XZ_6wCsCBHLxwooU3TBcQH_PMz69RUWiLl8AyMaHpSNVKZeEaQN8EXqz_c5SvKjr8s5xAeZiL91NV4wYrzHfspwCQ3ajs-9iidZxtVLZQiraek41Vc5GxQJjybDE/s1299/IMG_0014.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1299" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO9jgmWPjH-nHSQjMsB1gZh-PcTYcJxFaD1I2Um5_ZIIwmiG9Vw6HsVrY-3un78T_XZ_6wCsCBHLxwooU3TBcQH_PMz69RUWiLl8AyMaHpSNVKZeEaQN8EXqz_c5SvKjr8s5xAeZiL91NV4wYrzHfspwCQ3ajs-9iidZxtVLZQiraek41Vc5GxQJjybDE/s320/IMG_0014.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Time now for the last card of today. It's from Austria and was sent by Yvonne. The card shows a poster called Beach Girls by Paste in Place aka Rodrigo Pinheiro of Brazil. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTi4lveDt9MhYZE7x6Tbp0D_ZSs4EiTJ6T1rXQQp1AxbP0t7E77HR8v7pa-r5dehI87Zt1Uoh4klXPwI5bQROEMUeEVBKOHGZ1fKFKZ772p7NjBOcLjYyzoIM9dSSiyjOxg9Zi8xbxruVvgZPmK_7FAOPr2GyMEzrHG6PpcJeq6TwCfV7mzT5rZNNNe8/s1800/IMG_0032.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTi4lveDt9MhYZE7x6Tbp0D_ZSs4EiTJ6T1rXQQp1AxbP0t7E77HR8v7pa-r5dehI87Zt1Uoh4klXPwI5bQROEMUeEVBKOHGZ1fKFKZ772p7NjBOcLjYyzoIM9dSSiyjOxg9Zi8xbxruVvgZPmK_7FAOPr2GyMEzrHG6PpcJeq6TwCfV7mzT5rZNNNe8/w266-h400/IMG_0032.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Yvonne use 2 stamps both of which show Austrian Ladies. The left stamp , showing Hedy Lamarr was issued in 2011 and the right stamp showing Birgit Jurgenssen was issued in 2022. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1azVoHcrC3-lcSA5atvOEqZ7xHNMzzNXlbX2DUm2_q062lIsYI3SDlofQ8mhYJMn97fVVXk70GMCS7BfPCUiGCnI5Xp7OcAlch6Q8nE55cDAxq_P7otfr7WJvt2pYbmRBjbkw2mndJvMwQRd7zyzgthuHHEfevV-w86HC35y02MW3ez4INMKoALuc-LQ/s826/IMG_0033.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="826" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1azVoHcrC3-lcSA5atvOEqZ7xHNMzzNXlbX2DUm2_q062lIsYI3SDlofQ8mhYJMn97fVVXk70GMCS7BfPCUiGCnI5Xp7OcAlch6Q8nE55cDAxq_P7otfr7WJvt2pYbmRBjbkw2mndJvMwQRd7zyzgthuHHEfevV-w86HC35y02MW3ez4INMKoALuc-LQ/w200-h171/IMG_0033.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Well that's it for this time. My first blog update in more than a month. It feels really good to be back. Hope I didn't lose any readers. </div><div>Thanks for today's card go to Ineta, Josep and Assumpta, Meelis, Bruce and Yvonne. </div><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b></b></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-29814797085119736032023-06-12T17:50:00.000-07:002023-06-12T17:51:36.509-07:00Puerto Plata, Saint-Tropez, Villa Belza, Bratislava Castle, Singapore B747 and Chateau de Queribus <p> <b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BLOG # 1588 --- Day 468 of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTd8LI1L6Nzg6sKWLFSiNetraK8A_X-GhwfTU4zGsRgeJWPnm-clD8G_3WL99vbO6Y3oo4mgQG4ieX3hzn7MLY0YDdeKDIAj0QRIPFi8Q2KmKr5iQjxJtpRXHDab6MP4meIMIKMKHgzwwmHXcJQqt1sMtFtrn5Bqz0HacbBkHGUko4A8Ez_44B3R1g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTd8LI1L6Nzg6sKWLFSiNetraK8A_X-GhwfTU4zGsRgeJWPnm-clD8G_3WL99vbO6Y3oo4mgQG4ieX3hzn7MLY0YDdeKDIAj0QRIPFi8Q2KmKr5iQjxJtpRXHDab6MP4meIMIKMKHgzwwmHXcJQqt1sMtFtrn5Bqz0HacbBkHGUko4A8Ez_44B3R1g=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here we go again. If you read my last update , you read that I didn't have a D country card for that day. Well I do today. It arrived a few days ago from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. If you want more on the process of getting this card in the mail system, you need to read Blog 1578 , dated April 20th, of this year. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The card is a multi-view card of Puerto Plata. The top left shows a part of the Central Park in the city and the lower right shows a part of San Felipe Fort , which we toured while there. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2PMyzAIW8M8MghesyvSMRt4m1zm8kehXLxnspff5_84Tad08TcTT84rLwyHWzotxFWY6t9LFlbgsr1tmT_leTPuFOComTcRuvibm6OASwAzVfjIv3UaJmS7U1xPuVGISY-4O1qB47R4y2N_1VAZnyQwcUSp3QfLTZXRVc_R2Tre7iEMbqWA1zZtx/s1800/IMG_0005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2PMyzAIW8M8MghesyvSMRt4m1zm8kehXLxnspff5_84Tad08TcTT84rLwyHWzotxFWY6t9LFlbgsr1tmT_leTPuFOComTcRuvibm6OASwAzVfjIv3UaJmS7U1xPuVGISY-4O1qB47R4y2N_1VAZnyQwcUSp3QfLTZXRVc_R2Tre7iEMbqWA1zZtx/w400-h266/IMG_0005.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My Lovely Teena sent this card. She used one of the Dominican Republic's Undenominated Air Express Stamps. Undenominated is the key word there as I think the sellers of these stamps set the price themselves as I found them at two different prices. And I think there is nothing Express about a stamp on a card that takes over a month to arrive. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9u48C5Q59Z6DYomXJ9i09L8upuBQ1414whWExcnGDAn5YhezCU-MH0C-zqvqr6b6v0vpIDzhwNRd6nYmtPlKpz1lGkT5kPkE_7eKDOVYqDaMVkogKWILnPB2HDo03B4GSLthFstxSjBLXgH5ZgU-ipXswZrN-NPm9r7AtN8hV14qVd6lAeoBPvJ0/s1216/IMG_0006.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1216" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9u48C5Q59Z6DYomXJ9i09L8upuBQ1414whWExcnGDAn5YhezCU-MH0C-zqvqr6b6v0vpIDzhwNRd6nYmtPlKpz1lGkT5kPkE_7eKDOVYqDaMVkogKWILnPB2HDo03B4GSLthFstxSjBLXgH5ZgU-ipXswZrN-NPm9r7AtN8hV14qVd6lAeoBPvJ0/w200-h114/IMG_0006.png" width="200" /></a> </div><div><br /></div>When all is said and done, I guess the main thing is that the card arrived at it destination. <div><br /></div><div>Next up are a few cards from France. This first one is a look at Chateau de Queribus, a ruined castle in the commune of Cucugnan. It has been a historical monumental since 1907. Standing high on a rocky ridge at 728 metres , the castle dates from the 10th or 11th century.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3kiYqFastAV8vq13N1jf9qNAlEMGP2PwUIALIxt9AI_CKxCBpIy6Tn0Vzbnh6-C2q5cFjs0L2zztbkZRFPHi9fNz32YKcSfUSHPNrVX8StaGycxRSirCWUZFAL_mbTqE0xRUkG1h92QFAybYS6A7AdUTGcCVQebS3O3pY3b5f2EhK6Xo4ho_kuZq/s1800/IMG_0003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3kiYqFastAV8vq13N1jf9qNAlEMGP2PwUIALIxt9AI_CKxCBpIy6Tn0Vzbnh6-C2q5cFjs0L2zztbkZRFPHi9fNz32YKcSfUSHPNrVX8StaGycxRSirCWUZFAL_mbTqE0xRUkG1h92QFAybYS6A7AdUTGcCVQebS3O3pY3b5f2EhK6Xo4ho_kuZq/w400-h266/IMG_0003.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Dominique used a stamp from this current year. The subject of the stamp is Artistic Careers - shown on this stamp is Fan Making.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzyVKKJCHRBBoycOxzHVygqXu-leVM7YTHLSjbGtmZVWqX6ChQ4VmEDAzuNhl0vpbstJQIVKffetCguvOAfmA8TME01juvxISItXcRnMHcNMO9XKqx1IBvek6Ksp58mFSN0TIn-Jlik4vBsmexmIPweMnk_RtIiRo3CpBpgyTUQFhlWKWcwvq-TqL/s590/IMG_0004.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="590" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzyVKKJCHRBBoycOxzHVygqXu-leVM7YTHLSjbGtmZVWqX6ChQ4VmEDAzuNhl0vpbstJQIVKffetCguvOAfmA8TME01juvxISItXcRnMHcNMO9XKqx1IBvek6Ksp58mFSN0TIn-Jlik4vBsmexmIPweMnk_RtIiRo3CpBpgyTUQFhlWKWcwvq-TqL/w200-h180/IMG_0004.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Another French card. This one is from and shows Saint-Tropez. It's a coastal town on the French Riviera, known for its beaches and nightlife. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_crOdXZeYoVsDylqp4lIgNozf08HjEib8u1lJOtS8sjPOBagMngkDlxaeb6uM4um4Y2XcqZNvfIXJwkhAlUHSCuuaBEoZ28NyZnh1NY0WLOIPb9p30Qy3C9q4xsaORPVmkBmy_7LgQAYjsoFsgZXUM0fqsFs1J8cnLNs-w9V_oErWt-20_AynfmKG/s1800/IMG_0009.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_crOdXZeYoVsDylqp4lIgNozf08HjEib8u1lJOtS8sjPOBagMngkDlxaeb6uM4um4Y2XcqZNvfIXJwkhAlUHSCuuaBEoZ28NyZnh1NY0WLOIPb9p30Qy3C9q4xsaORPVmkBmy_7LgQAYjsoFsgZXUM0fqsFs1J8cnLNs-w9V_oErWt-20_AynfmKG/w400-h266/IMG_0009.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Meelis used 2 stamps on his card. On the left, from 2017, is a stamp showcasing the Spring Philatelic Fair of 2017 in Montmatre. On the right , from 2021, a stamp Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of The Little Prince. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlZgcj_gf3Fij3rjw8EYXJ1JFub8VPYEVZbdKsG3W35R5eEW2-nX7HaAjAk-k7Bc2wCTZb_WW_L-oWiC9H2LiDKIEw04JjWXDAU-MIwbfKOqLQSru3SB0nvnZ6954q69U_-1etPa8C1Ut_1xpnOhZ4HA7HtKC_IMY5ZILny5ln3hwa20p-1N6nvkS/s1122/IMG_0010.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="1122" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlZgcj_gf3Fij3rjw8EYXJ1JFub8VPYEVZbdKsG3W35R5eEW2-nX7HaAjAk-k7Bc2wCTZb_WW_L-oWiC9H2LiDKIEw04JjWXDAU-MIwbfKOqLQSru3SB0nvnZ6954q69U_-1etPa8C1Ut_1xpnOhZ4HA7HtKC_IMY5ZILny5ln3hwa20p-1N6nvkS/w320-h150/IMG_0010.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the last French card for this time. On this one we see the Villa Belza in Biarritz. This seaside town on the Bay of Biscay, on the southwest Basque coast is a surfer's paradise. With its sandy beaches Biarritz is a world famous surfing destination , with its surfing schools. Dominique's card shows the beautiful location of Villa Belza. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Villa Belza was built in the late 19th century, between 1880 and 1895. It has been the setting for films and also a Russian Cabret. The villa has survived two fires and subsequent restorations. It has now been converted into apartments. In 2020 and apartment there was selling for 20,000 euros per sq meter. A tad pricy me thinks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwQrzY1VBRoCXUh2PK5H2Gjp2xy-eEq5NxwarOFLFJWwDzqAQxq_gDXTxzMdND48587eFwFIudwFl4pyFqrQV1cOWCyiaTKzeOtN_YQrmghRDqGLhD1VreSDJ8W9j99Lg09WPFldA9KIv0ZYRR6MV1xuMKgw2GJWoY219uMUfskEpa5s1lFNXhk6F/s1800/IMG_0001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwQrzY1VBRoCXUh2PK5H2Gjp2xy-eEq5NxwarOFLFJWwDzqAQxq_gDXTxzMdND48587eFwFIudwFl4pyFqrQV1cOWCyiaTKzeOtN_YQrmghRDqGLhD1VreSDJ8W9j99Lg09WPFldA9KIv0ZYRR6MV1xuMKgw2GJWoY219uMUfskEpa5s1lFNXhk6F/w400-h266/IMG_0001.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </div><br /> <p></p></div><div>Dominique used a 2023 Nelson Mandela stamp. Mandela passed away in 2013. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YzfzvSQYUWostIifFhQtKNGGtZ9KstSqiUEIEG-0mK74nzTsCFVC6kTiBxfWBvA0GY3caj6c1lz_vG8ZfRz5xJ_CfLCgZH9IxL52NZx3vgtJFe8pVZLpqDPggOZugID1ryzEt-NJE1WwEfkfP576DhwTre-Ewd58CCzY-rJP1KaQYpHpe0MNTaJh/s531/IMG_0002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="531" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0YzfzvSQYUWostIifFhQtKNGGtZ9KstSqiUEIEG-0mK74nzTsCFVC6kTiBxfWBvA0GY3caj6c1lz_vG8ZfRz5xJ_CfLCgZH9IxL52NZx3vgtJFe8pVZLpqDPggOZugID1ryzEt-NJE1WwEfkfP576DhwTre-Ewd58CCzY-rJP1KaQYpHpe0MNTaJh/w200-h200/IMG_0002.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next is my first Aircraft/Airline card since the last one! Here we have a beautiful B747 from Singapore Airlines. It is either 9V-SPK or 9V-SPL. I can't make out which for sure. Both aircraft were painted in the special " Tropical " livery . Aircraft 9V-SPK had a major accident at Singapore on 31 Oct 2000 with 83 fatalities. 9V-SPL was immediately repainted in the standard Singapore Airlines livery after the accident. The accident happened when the aircraft attempted to take off from a closed runway under reconstruction during a typhoon. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7YU8KT75CCGuGavTo303gNN1K3bms-r8BclfosMMrjB_6xyL-nqqcUnSBELQVx99Oj65OPtgBjiA5Gj191_NYpml27sxbQaiGZk4yyL4kY2z2IT8hQ6w4Xy3MBv-jlU_kcR2C1s7b7hwVewzB8kg4p3yHR_5B1TOSLP8xZRiDSpsu-r0WUJTcqHx/s1800/IMG_0001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7YU8KT75CCGuGavTo303gNN1K3bms-r8BclfosMMrjB_6xyL-nqqcUnSBELQVx99Oj65OPtgBjiA5Gj191_NYpml27sxbQaiGZk4yyL4kY2z2IT8hQ6w4Xy3MBv-jlU_kcR2C1s7b7hwVewzB8kg4p3yHR_5B1TOSLP8xZRiDSpsu-r0WUJTcqHx/w400-h266/IMG_0001.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Jean Pierre used 2 stamps from a number of years ago. On the left, 1 of 10 in a set of Trees. On the right, 1 of 2 in a mini-sheet, of Birds. It is part of a Joint Issue with Poland. <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ruc--WpAHdL3QsLlIfnETum8I3FPJLv3nEntDCkI3S23QmdR-N-EXwGFf_VcWt35ABy_eoYIxjVm2AtpdPcKy1n6WgQbpyS-x5AqmRv0AmNx89bcSmw33ZLxkIRdAIh59LVphrCavxF9GvY3-Xlu_A6j0lOfg-b8ZQJv-pwKWsFk_qU-BATG0-4S/s1063/IMG_0002.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1063" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ruc--WpAHdL3QsLlIfnETum8I3FPJLv3nEntDCkI3S23QmdR-N-EXwGFf_VcWt35ABy_eoYIxjVm2AtpdPcKy1n6WgQbpyS-x5AqmRv0AmNx89bcSmw33ZLxkIRdAIh59LVphrCavxF9GvY3-Xlu_A6j0lOfg-b8ZQJv-pwKWsFk_qU-BATG0-4S/w200-h124/IMG_0002.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Nice cancellation/postmark from Changi Airport. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now it's time for the last card for today. It arrived from Bratislava, Slovakia. It's a great view of the four towered Bratislava Castle, which overlooks the Danube river. The original was destroyed in a fire in 1811. It was finally reconstructed in the 1960's. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUffeemHi2g7dW5RMVghb5DImNcPDcSMPNBitRvD60RHMRJlnyDLETDMjiGtmP2TOvRDBaMpFNidRU1B6raSe1oGvfDqkN0bl4arfpDoat208OUX4KHGzn_r92xwE2oDHg6O0F-rSYk5PofPcjoxrZWfRVidK5ewNCo1HsLKa2Icl2w3T_Pi0U6wG/s1800/IMG_0003.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUffeemHi2g7dW5RMVghb5DImNcPDcSMPNBitRvD60RHMRJlnyDLETDMjiGtmP2TOvRDBaMpFNidRU1B6raSe1oGvfDqkN0bl4arfpDoat208OUX4KHGzn_r92xwE2oDHg6O0F-rSYk5PofPcjoxrZWfRVidK5ewNCo1HsLKa2Icl2w3T_Pi0U6wG/w400-h266/IMG_0003.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Ana used 2 stamps here. The left one was issued in 2010, showcasing Cultural Heritage of Slovakia. The right stamp, from 2023, is 1 of 2 in a Religious Architecture set. </div><div>It was part of a Joint Issue with Armenia. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR3MUZXdgKcDB8TqTtTkIVBuB9kncYeX1_Ym_nxQhMLFv9yrNFuWQtg1azVmUcWxvtlCl1bZNA08udB3Lbns7mAVwxvsOjMsCx94PWvlqpy_jRoF4BMmAHw69o55fRflUxgrfTnlhGl7cauVV5UHy1yRr6DhvG2Ku5a6trD3T8psVyoLWEczyQJ-V/s885/IMG_0004.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="885" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZR3MUZXdgKcDB8TqTtTkIVBuB9kncYeX1_Ym_nxQhMLFv9yrNFuWQtg1azVmUcWxvtlCl1bZNA08udB3Lbns7mAVwxvsOjMsCx94PWvlqpy_jRoF4BMmAHw69o55fRflUxgrfTnlhGl7cauVV5UHy1yRr6DhvG2Ku5a6trD3T8psVyoLWEczyQJ-V/w200-h120/IMG_0004.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>That's all for this time folks. Thanks for cards today go out to My Lovely Teena, Dominique, Meelis, Jean Pierre and Ana. Great cards from great people. </div><div><br /></div>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-6435452066724278862023-06-01T22:14:00.001-07:002023-10-11T15:03:41.400-07:00Great Cards From Great People<p> <b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BLOG # 1587 --- Day 457 of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyaxiDIGLVogruIEsQ7bQATxP8t41Q9B2ERhgKiBgK1iRGgQOBwbmYofVOtC3ZriZ_KdFZM8fqTISrh2jBg0anjywlWtoMuY2n8R1qrUghgSGbYIKVLwA9x4272cdKLAawqi8AmfFsRxQipXkb21C7c0A706Lqo9Dx5sjFMAsPYeo8DftJKkiulZd8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyaxiDIGLVogruIEsQ7bQATxP8t41Q9B2ERhgKiBgK1iRGgQOBwbmYofVOtC3ZriZ_KdFZM8fqTISrh2jBg0anjywlWtoMuY2n8R1qrUghgSGbYIKVLwA9x4272cdKLAawqi8AmfFsRxQipXkb21C7c0A706Lqo9Dx5sjFMAsPYeo8DftJKkiulZd8=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey, how goes the battle ?<b> </b>If you are looking to see some great postcards, this is the place. I have some wonderful cards, great stamps and pretty good postmarks/cancellations for your perusal. Today I am highlighting the cards alphabetically by country. So here's an A card from Armenia. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It is a nice view of Saghmosavang Monastery, a 13th century monastery situated atop the gorge carved by the Kasagh River. The monastery was constructed between 1215 and 1221 on the order of Prince Vache Vachutyan. That's Mt. Ararat in the background, Little Ararat on the left and Greater Ararat on the right. Even though located in the extreme east of Turkey, the mountain is the principal national symbol of Armenia and considered sacred by Armenians. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzNs4PuWwEtZ4O1soJEsXrFL3viDz31QWkWm2KPHfX8Lek88gAFNEeV0mR76vfPIDFn0nLk9I7c64DLrrtzoM_K1JCzJa_IwOQJyDrSVgkBUlY0kGS4sGkqip0N5_ohTfMdyAbyeZ21Ibr18FbF3lIvKywnuSZuyV-oPyIZMDV6mycrS3K_AHIp0v/s1844/IMG_0007.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1844" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzNs4PuWwEtZ4O1soJEsXrFL3viDz31QWkWm2KPHfX8Lek88gAFNEeV0mR76vfPIDFn0nLk9I7c64DLrrtzoM_K1JCzJa_IwOQJyDrSVgkBUlY0kGS4sGkqip0N5_ohTfMdyAbyeZ21Ibr18FbF3lIvKywnuSZuyV-oPyIZMDV6mycrS3K_AHIp0v/w400-h286/IMG_0007.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Jobbo sent this card and used a definitive showing a throne decoration. It was issued in 2021. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DxXB3NbFJulWbR8cWF-zAafoKbazDuvHl5dUID4y8t-APDTV4nbpy3t30CbMXJDjbpsmct7Mf1Z-yzoxXVwcPi6taIh8It85zA_N4K5258FqDszMK4S62HUXEfCqt-4BLHr1uEaxoh-1q9IF2DaPpHo039hLr63kGVbyMpNW1ONQUPxKgrIOePew/s685/IMG_0008.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="685" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DxXB3NbFJulWbR8cWF-zAafoKbazDuvHl5dUID4y8t-APDTV4nbpy3t30CbMXJDjbpsmct7Mf1Z-yzoxXVwcPi6taIh8It85zA_N4K5258FqDszMK4S62HUXEfCqt-4BLHr1uEaxoh-1q9IF2DaPpHo039hLr63kGVbyMpNW1ONQUPxKgrIOePew/w200-h183/IMG_0008.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Good to hear from you again Jobbo. I thought maybe you had given up travelling. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Next is a B card from Botswana. Lots of information on this card. The country's Flag, map, size, population , official languages and currency. Now I don't need to go there, just kidding . I'd love to go there. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GM-qePqoo9TSouPIS3u91GzVK6nrBMhyg4cKPjo9tAl0eON1rz0-_vzBUaiR1lvtXzgd-c0HawabxMCoApoWCBDAvyqtYSh0jCP-GjNefVVeDjxqwZLIAgqbiUJdGDD6iwSEf7iIISteOuwrxo0oQND_e2OASkhi4bXNjtuO8TNITvr0dcwQ8EoS/s1800/IMG_0003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GM-qePqoo9TSouPIS3u91GzVK6nrBMhyg4cKPjo9tAl0eON1rz0-_vzBUaiR1lvtXzgd-c0HawabxMCoApoWCBDAvyqtYSh0jCP-GjNefVVeDjxqwZLIAgqbiUJdGDD6iwSEf7iIISteOuwrxo0oQND_e2OASkhi4bXNjtuO8TNITvr0dcwQ8EoS/w400-h266/IMG_0003.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Jean Pierre used a World Post Day stamp from 2021. It is 1 of 4 in a set showing Bridges of Botswana. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsNECQEGukAIsP9DRDWmItYNgseB-f8HIrCLogBvJyu_qhKVnHOC2wx9PZ3vz6PaEnjK7_90S-Gtick05raXYHZ8KNOQPt4bjK7X3V2ZvHCEqASKkrGshGlUz_h7Lx4bZRamQlGrD4GD6P9H0l_XMP-qxhdLGmP5PLqruUc4WJHgTS9tXkwq0H5kR/s1086/IMG_0004.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1086" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsNECQEGukAIsP9DRDWmItYNgseB-f8HIrCLogBvJyu_qhKVnHOC2wx9PZ3vz6PaEnjK7_90S-Gtick05raXYHZ8KNOQPt4bjK7X3V2ZvHCEqASKkrGshGlUz_h7Lx4bZRamQlGrD4GD6P9H0l_XMP-qxhdLGmP5PLqruUc4WJHgTS9tXkwq0H5kR/w200-h135/IMG_0004.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here is another B card , again from Botswana and again sent by Jean Pierre. This card shows the some of the local residents of Botswana -- an Elephant, a Giraffe, a Puku, a Lion, a Hippopotamus and a Zebra. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQefJamioufbqRqgr7APQuUAuGDDPho-tIWjcTzv8dLSBCJaKIEZZJJYE_z8kvmn-FFEplKrQFLCKU8erKw5NseWQRhC2PlVbw0w2MWe1QDvVimHmZjQP_rKdZSs2AHkrJCcmbfGXGfKExYLdDw07Pmz3C0bz9MZJ8c3FtZ5by5JRobjK7JhdhRAB/s1816/IMG_0009.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1816" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQefJamioufbqRqgr7APQuUAuGDDPho-tIWjcTzv8dLSBCJaKIEZZJJYE_z8kvmn-FFEplKrQFLCKU8erKw5NseWQRhC2PlVbw0w2MWe1QDvVimHmZjQP_rKdZSs2AHkrJCcmbfGXGfKExYLdDw07Pmz3C0bz9MZJ8c3FtZ5by5JRobjK7JhdhRAB/w400-h291/IMG_0009.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Jean Pierre used 2 stamps this time. The left stamp was issued in 2014 and is 1 of 14 in a set , all showing Birds. The right stamp is from a set of 4 issued in 2022, showing Baobad trees of Botswana. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDc37KFGyvyEPxRbi52YwDBpwifBaoW1Tg6lxP_HkaKi45676Z3ODybMDKLiYYa-iDBTPNKv-_5OdumwZqVFxV1_zDLPDscKsjFldj0p3HuHUcuOnpWvHo5bf69PGkd-4OKDk0InlGIfDPfrv86voQZVvny24oTu-_w_yBllxsTiTRqYZ9veYWyHV1/s826/IMG_0010.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="826" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDc37KFGyvyEPxRbi52YwDBpwifBaoW1Tg6lxP_HkaKi45676Z3ODybMDKLiYYa-iDBTPNKv-_5OdumwZqVFxV1_zDLPDscKsjFldj0p3HuHUcuOnpWvHo5bf69PGkd-4OKDk0InlGIfDPfrv86voQZVvny24oTu-_w_yBllxsTiTRqYZ9veYWyHV1/w200-h143/IMG_0010.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That's A and B taken care of, now it's on to C. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">How about Curacao. The card shows the colorful Handelskade. It's the harborfront street lined with brightly painted 18th century buildings that today house boutiques, art galleries and sidewalk cafes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0adkZjx3_auCAtIud5I3IrlQhiRqGhXwmHO9uyWpYaSmLHhCKsFqDwDsLtfUY9G_6cDGVdq5kvQUhbBKotyqYR-fjJGKFv7JE0NZ5z9fPQbGoZBmfMU9KZLUPIEkJmCcQ9d1yOS-_Uq8nIxPmoI92if7PI022dMYqJFF2OF9AC6mDcDw6NbxMH1U/s1800/IMG_0019.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0adkZjx3_auCAtIud5I3IrlQhiRqGhXwmHO9uyWpYaSmLHhCKsFqDwDsLtfUY9G_6cDGVdq5kvQUhbBKotyqYR-fjJGKFv7JE0NZ5z9fPQbGoZBmfMU9KZLUPIEkJmCcQ9d1yOS-_Uq8nIxPmoI92if7PI022dMYqJFF2OF9AC6mDcDw6NbxMH1U/w400-h266/IMG_0019.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This card has a story , and here it is. My Lovely Teena posted this back in November last year. We were on a cruise at the time and stopped at Willemstad. We love it there , Willemstad is a lovely place. Teena used a great Bird stamp. Here it is, not postmarked , no cancellation either. Needless to say, I don't like that at all. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq21RKD8zb9NYKj3wMrTsfgesx3UIjbODCok_Vm37IBSsmzbBohX4PwKhsl1hhzFQsgRJRqUGa6tAZJ60u4xNu0r10Erf8l6Uo0NrGsD2JTaRJuIQtQ8vrnkEeGTLopa2DHXbNa5VrNcM5jWPxfSgD1nNq1Wb9eTHmcrOIgLeX1_IZbnsOD2Sy6H5O/s531/IMG_0020.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="531" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq21RKD8zb9NYKj3wMrTsfgesx3UIjbODCok_Vm37IBSsmzbBohX4PwKhsl1hhzFQsgRJRqUGa6tAZJ60u4xNu0r10Erf8l6Uo0NrGsD2JTaRJuIQtQ8vrnkEeGTLopa2DHXbNa5VrNcM5jWPxfSgD1nNq1Wb9eTHmcrOIgLeX1_IZbnsOD2Sy6H5O/w200-h200/IMG_0020.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The card was posted on November 17th and went where ? I have no idea. But on May 23rd I received the postcard in a cover envelope. See it below. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzpbdxav2rHwiLnS3gHNBnyY7lyIPU42eTueLbpFRswWk9xvu2ESalRBE8UfUFipY-iyPrxFs9OqaTUh0F1_pYAWLpcpXvKXnmQi0XSjUfXSK7bWX7bdZuSGmeRZCW4kNt-yDsB0ozUmlnGEHMMg-ozHAZMMGQkXGdGIHtIU-D_3SrgkvlezQAfNF/s1884/IMG_0021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1672" data-original-width="1884" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzpbdxav2rHwiLnS3gHNBnyY7lyIPU42eTueLbpFRswWk9xvu2ESalRBE8UfUFipY-iyPrxFs9OqaTUh0F1_pYAWLpcpXvKXnmQi0XSjUfXSK7bWX7bdZuSGmeRZCW4kNt-yDsB0ozUmlnGEHMMg-ozHAZMMGQkXGdGIHtIU-D_3SrgkvlezQAfNF/s320/IMG_0021.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Another mystery in the postcard world. I've now seen quite a few over the years. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well I guess a D country is next. Not happening - I don't have a Denmark , Djibouti, Dominica or a Dominican Republic card at this time. Moving on to an E country - Estonia. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sent from Tallinn, this card shows Catherine's Alley. Arguably Tallinn's best arched street, it is thought to have been built more than 700 years ago. The southern side is lined with 15th - 17th century buildings. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKllT35y3imf8vXpkbJ0Cqwho5tyul-qUZRWxDjG_1aoZIi9TEXjiBNIFIE-jQwU6o1IjO3ttr26vhida-qjdYrlID8qnZ9uGauGHFo6Flvy6rSw4zh4e9zBd2ZLl60UGo_cR7pl6FT77w653KdhTv4NjBzXuydCRLKgJwjQubhUHnMzq6TJfRfmJ/s1800/IMG_0005.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKllT35y3imf8vXpkbJ0Cqwho5tyul-qUZRWxDjG_1aoZIi9TEXjiBNIFIE-jQwU6o1IjO3ttr26vhida-qjdYrlID8qnZ9uGauGHFo6Flvy6rSw4zh4e9zBd2ZLl60UGo_cR7pl6FT77w653KdhTv4NjBzXuydCRLKgJwjQubhUHnMzq6TJfRfmJ/w400-h266/IMG_0005.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Meelis used a nice assortment of stamps on this one. The top left stamp was issued in 2020 to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of actor and director Voldemar Panso. The right stamp is from 2022 and celebrates The Estonian Piano. The two smaller stamps are definitives from 2007.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsLi-MWnd8dbkPGlhnKqeiQtoO7r3aGHbHucf-f0TZN5jwzVVMpEWvoLcXgav28eVsGfBP3CltVtT4aL4iC3sVdtLl2fwJwEva42xIXs2lHFQx5-rIZ_ySFCjC5HM5pzPv-nMtAyhfC6LaZ1tR_Fok9lGE7cX1--9wn75r-MWcI91eyZYIYDGZwxq/s1535/IMG_0006.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1535" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsLi-MWnd8dbkPGlhnKqeiQtoO7r3aGHbHucf-f0TZN5jwzVVMpEWvoLcXgav28eVsGfBP3CltVtT4aL4iC3sVdtLl2fwJwEva42xIXs2lHFQx5-rIZ_ySFCjC5HM5pzPv-nMtAyhfC6LaZ1tR_Fok9lGE7cX1--9wn75r-MWcI91eyZYIYDGZwxq/w320-h198/IMG_0006.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Next up is this G country card, since I don't have any F country cards right now. G for Germany. Here we have a look at Koblenz, a German city on the banks of the Rhine and Moselle. The city was founded as a Roman military post around 8 B.C.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6UUbtWODsE6BO2aLaWAEmGonBP50IPAuFpAhlXWP1hViuisriJutPZ7vYSjX6X7q0eVFMXvJAiRRNPvVigLPWaYJyVqGNfrjOAW97o0-WLrdjYIGxcMnA1Imd3B3-zDBVV_PXGv60QDRwq3cCVBNn0w7QJ2JQjFVXHBCYNL6bTOhIK25X8z9G_kT/s1800/IMG_0015.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6UUbtWODsE6BO2aLaWAEmGonBP50IPAuFpAhlXWP1hViuisriJutPZ7vYSjX6X7q0eVFMXvJAiRRNPvVigLPWaYJyVqGNfrjOAW97o0-WLrdjYIGxcMnA1Imd3B3-zDBVV_PXGv60QDRwq3cCVBNn0w7QJ2JQjFVXHBCYNL6bTOhIK25X8z9G_kT/w400-h266/IMG_0015.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dominique used a stamp from this year on this card. It is a EUROPA issue celebrating PEACE - The Highest Value of Humanity.</p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOU6biXqQzB4hMV6hJ0Cfc8hDHcLwam1Gx5xvzWO8mhNwlKX1zLWkCDcYPPhAkdRG6JAR3YrsafpqU1RIx9IbwK8ho4Gm_Ij0HL2_TdSLRgq-u3QStB8CGGCZ9N4HhUtDTxWHNqV0EYs-8a0Nl6S82oI8Bh7-IDOkA4xoXOJlUgoJqJx6CrhZDZl_/s708/IMG_0016.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="708" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNOU6biXqQzB4hMV6hJ0Cfc8hDHcLwam1Gx5xvzWO8mhNwlKX1zLWkCDcYPPhAkdRG6JAR3YrsafpqU1RIx9IbwK8ho4Gm_Ij0HL2_TdSLRgq-u3QStB8CGGCZ9N4HhUtDTxWHNqV0EYs-8a0Nl6S82oI8Bh7-IDOkA4xoXOJlUgoJqJx6CrhZDZl_/w200-h133/IMG_0016.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I think that's it for this time. I guess I'll have to do the rest of the alphabet the next time. Or at least some part of it. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Today I want to thank Jean Pierre, Jobbo, Meelis Dominique and My Lovely Teena for these these great cards today, </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-77212064501285964882023-05-22T18:10:00.004-07:002023-10-11T15:05:04.555-07:00Wicked Woman, LH B747-400, The Mermaid and You Call It<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BLOG # 1586 --- Day 447 of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> <b> </b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjva8FgPivTGskpZzpFXv0igJOaBQ6fbF4thO3E9uACJKR9F6bLQ4699bvSXcosq_Dv87uH2USX4WyXz6z40I7pDuJ3AqO9F60Q1gkHVn4oy7fIkilQbEM5u06ime-2UcG-Dejj4ZaaNpo-OMOUv-f7_3dOApsiRsXM3x4TODvQCVRS1mz3-8W2Xwdq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjva8FgPivTGskpZzpFXv0igJOaBQ6fbF4thO3E9uACJKR9F6bLQ4699bvSXcosq_Dv87uH2USX4WyXz6z40I7pDuJ3AqO9F60Q1gkHVn4oy7fIkilQbEM5u06ime-2UcG-Dejj4ZaaNpo-OMOUv-f7_3dOApsiRsXM3x4TODvQCVRS1mz3-8W2Xwdq=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hello again. Here's a few more cards that arrived in the last while. This first one arrived from Montana, U.S.A. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's an illustration by German cartoonist, painter and author Rudi Hurzlmeier. I leave it to you readers for the analysis of said art. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbt87H5kGDq_Y-Nni9TqC9ZYgag95ixX31kvFQeJXPVM5kRS9equ9YOZOvr3TVRtJ8yUXzS15p1hFZptoAWrUiM-fN3oOdzO7yUwmvpE50VPxCqQX_mTr1TsOm34XSCd8oxJg5hXZGUKJ_RZIlBcfO0fYzPsQua0vZsnetVFx_Io_6k3QSTSnHwyie/s1800/IMG_0049.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbt87H5kGDq_Y-Nni9TqC9ZYgag95ixX31kvFQeJXPVM5kRS9equ9YOZOvr3TVRtJ8yUXzS15p1hFZptoAWrUiM-fN3oOdzO7yUwmvpE50VPxCqQX_mTr1TsOm34XSCd8oxJg5hXZGUKJ_RZIlBcfO0fYzPsQua0vZsnetVFx_Io_6k3QSTSnHwyie/w266-h400/IMG_0049.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Greg used 3 stamps on this card. The left and middle stamps are 2 of the 3 in a set issued in 2019 for the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. The 3rd stamp , from 2022, is 1 of 5 issued in a strip for Pony Cars. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">For those that don't know, Pony is an American car classification for affordable , compact, highly styled coupes or convertibles with a sporty performance oriented image . Emamples from the 1960s include the Mustang, Camaro, Trans Am and Barracuda. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqIVUfo1WU27lNItoMc0fYluQT69NKNKXiABJmBst_uF7mKBw6irxfeRqAz1CBJs1PnNQuWxxltzy3MRiexRbrWMSgwNCuG4LLTe9fYjHo5aRz4F_JYm3qJIeOj39xXTi08GKGRbfS50jB34ew7P9TIPFgSd3MmITHfrlDTw8lRObKAeMS2TLOQtb/s1476/IMG_0050.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1476" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqIVUfo1WU27lNItoMc0fYluQT69NKNKXiABJmBst_uF7mKBw6irxfeRqAz1CBJs1PnNQuWxxltzy3MRiexRbrWMSgwNCuG4LLTe9fYjHo5aRz4F_JYm3qJIeOj39xXTi08GKGRbfS50jB34ew7P9TIPFgSd3MmITHfrlDTw8lRObKAeMS2TLOQtb/w320-h102/IMG_0050.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Card 2 arrived from Brazil. It shows a World War II airplane with its Wicked Woman art on the side. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqlgdr0t3YFbpbsU32xzYadquEBpmmvImeHa2UBiO9awpS7zlNUAnWy_jlh6_dGNsjo_djuTS04pOCM32Fn87gZEKsmTbHCLnbPE_tEt0mVgBz5EzJYlzWea5I59tk3AC77jHqbq0ZfEsUmnBVljR0aSD-vXucCrIBMbJYMAnZSxVdfjubvvVy3w-/s1800/IMG_0061.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqlgdr0t3YFbpbsU32xzYadquEBpmmvImeHa2UBiO9awpS7zlNUAnWy_jlh6_dGNsjo_djuTS04pOCM32Fn87gZEKsmTbHCLnbPE_tEt0mVgBz5EzJYlzWea5I59tk3AC77jHqbq0ZfEsUmnBVljR0aSD-vXucCrIBMbJYMAnZSxVdfjubvvVy3w-/w400-h266/IMG_0061.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ana from Curitiba used 2 stamps on her card. The left stamp, issued in 2021, celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Anita Garibaldi. The smaller stamp is 1 of 2 issued in 2006 showing Professions. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsm-Y1Vl30WXTOjbOWJBIIwvdNi8wAxWn_odPVQX-YyRkxFoyLKqD5dX2lQobFBkMyWegWr4k0lry_7eIK6s90MLpClAj-JdfPxPXlGX8HdR4xeAvny2dm5x-P-pOxt34f1zgz0SrFYCoACm8Jx9RMWyhqXgamm74Y0ZGTePZLWIpaDl_Z9Uy7RccM/s1098/IMG_0062.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1098" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsm-Y1Vl30WXTOjbOWJBIIwvdNi8wAxWn_odPVQX-YyRkxFoyLKqD5dX2lQobFBkMyWegWr4k0lry_7eIK6s90MLpClAj-JdfPxPXlGX8HdR4xeAvny2dm5x-P-pOxt34f1zgz0SrFYCoACm8Jx9RMWyhqXgamm74Y0ZGTePZLWIpaDl_Z9Uy7RccM/w320-h138/IMG_0062.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well here's another art card. Photography this time by Manolis Tsantakis of Crete, Greece. This one is called The Mermaid. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6QCH2uQBepv6zpy7au7OuNcfeDKRYzsxG8MZ0QbyuneqSi5AlNnuNAkNIoQEQPxil_cCPmYbE4zitJ6LE49Pp8pHaJl-gF0L0lWgS6Ym7VSrt-HMEgc6KvDCFXBz2udxBZNM3-nBNo-DwO8sCMHlZrN-YnwqbeWmx9Im1uiyERq7f28BqhEFC3tX/s1800/IMG_0057.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6QCH2uQBepv6zpy7au7OuNcfeDKRYzsxG8MZ0QbyuneqSi5AlNnuNAkNIoQEQPxil_cCPmYbE4zitJ6LE49Pp8pHaJl-gF0L0lWgS6Ym7VSrt-HMEgc6KvDCFXBz2udxBZNM3-nBNo-DwO8sCMHlZrN-YnwqbeWmx9Im1uiyERq7f28BqhEFC3tX/w400-h266/IMG_0057.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> This card was sent by Tina, not My Teena though. It is Tina from Attendorn, Germany , so it arrived with a German stamp from 2019. It Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution.</b></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHi_dryFqjzWLO6qBpf0Ga7VMSEqW_1dmSniCIbXHfy0jn7s2ztkNfeOZHw0Xif2Uhs5-ZrwA6HMCPldU8avMPJ0fSmUto34pfcua8IfBK76VT9kuvohTguA3mQuH4BDU7l_kbf68r6TL5ZfRg6ziyhd_ZSTb0XI1NG5MVDzt01b5L2_Sn02_7G-6/s472/IMG_0058.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="472" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHi_dryFqjzWLO6qBpf0Ga7VMSEqW_1dmSniCIbXHfy0jn7s2ztkNfeOZHw0Xif2Uhs5-ZrwA6HMCPldU8avMPJ0fSmUto34pfcua8IfBK76VT9kuvohTguA3mQuH4BDU7l_kbf68r6TL5ZfRg6ziyhd_ZSTb0XI1NG5MVDzt01b5L2_Sn02_7G-6/w200-h200/IMG_0058.png" width="200" /></a></b></div><b><br /> </b><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">A Lufthansa B77-400 is the focus of this next card. On the right side of the card you can see the Star Alliance logo, of which Lufthansa was a founding member in 1997. The alliance now includes 26 airlines. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAgB_Zq08h00ACP7R-lzYqo1B6WFcCalD4W4fH7XOiag5EIifmMhd9ssqp7fvlFhWQjNsg8R2i1v71N1S8wArDLFiwdfLK5MHoHeDfD-COGo1zv_1g9buONPWFjEJyOe3jGqE8cMJeRYGhIFBBvvKO67_b_2gvgbW-7ITDd6svqj-xGJF5wlW5va-/s1800/IMG_0037.png" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAgB_Zq08h00ACP7R-lzYqo1B6WFcCalD4W4fH7XOiag5EIifmMhd9ssqp7fvlFhWQjNsg8R2i1v71N1S8wArDLFiwdfLK5MHoHeDfD-COGo1zv_1g9buONPWFjEJyOe3jGqE8cMJeRYGhIFBBvvKO67_b_2gvgbW-7ITDd6svqj-xGJF5wlW5va-/w400-h266/IMG_0037.png" width="400" /></a></p><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Meelis used 2 stamps. On the left is some sort of ATM stamp or Computer Vended stamp. The right stamp was issued in 2021 under the title Treasures of Philately. It shows a part of the Mauritius 1847 Post Office Bordeaux Cover. A classic for sure. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisac5WEPxcFiXCGmYI-Iklr0c4T310Ng_mTC18U9S4uVWnqs8FvlOUu7SGRaRU_P_t5uTK0EXx5n2YsJ0R3cLaJc4t51KLAbNqgc2WL8ZRLdjKrThs1Dv4OS44XKSSJCeb2CWuvV9c2VoGJQiv30QzLJaSfDlrLJrBuqwySfvyADKBVzM7e38bXMib/s1181/IMG_0038.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="1181" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisac5WEPxcFiXCGmYI-Iklr0c4T310Ng_mTC18U9S4uVWnqs8FvlOUu7SGRaRU_P_t5uTK0EXx5n2YsJ0R3cLaJc4t51KLAbNqgc2WL8ZRLdjKrThs1Dv4OS44XKSSJCeb2CWuvV9c2VoGJQiv30QzLJaSfDlrLJrBuqwySfvyADKBVzM7e38bXMib/w200-h140/IMG_0038.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So ends another blog update. Thanks for visiting. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thanks for today's cards go to Meelis, Tina, Ana and Greg. </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460246710303239265.post-23546223419092505812023-05-21T15:01:00.003-07:002023-05-22T09:31:57.515-07:00The Rock, Marilyn and a Nationair B747-100<p> <span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">BLOG # 1585 --- Day 446 of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine</b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> GLORY TO UKRAINE</b> </p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Tu-iQzNLa7oB3FU-ozXMJn8nyx8ZJHBKcjnC3MZ9KxLfobTD3roqexFpfqppgLFM7HIxooEp_WejMzvlnztpbdoUSe4hWPnV42wg8k0_wW3pLKwEngklVQkLkc6RheQne0JDmQl50Vhiyvme-eMJTdFniQ6F1Cyi2sfkvIIq7QQz3Wn9_Xw7tiuQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Tu-iQzNLa7oB3FU-ozXMJn8nyx8ZJHBKcjnC3MZ9KxLfobTD3roqexFpfqppgLFM7HIxooEp_WejMzvlnztpbdoUSe4hWPnV42wg8k0_wW3pLKwEngklVQkLkc6RheQne0JDmQl50Vhiyvme-eMJTdFniQ6F1Cyi2sfkvIIq7QQz3Wn9_Xw7tiuQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well it's Sunday afternoon and I am inside <b>starting this blog. It 26 C and smokey as hell. Alberta currently has 98 or so wild fires burning in the province with 26 or so out of control. There are more than 12,000 Albertans presently evacuated from their homes. M</b>any of them have been out for 2 weeks today. There are at present 2,500 fire fighters working the fires, including <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040; font-size: 18px;">support from across Canada, the Canadian Armed Forces and firefighters from the United States. There are no fires near Airdrie or Calgary but smoke from up north is certainly here. The air quality index is presently at 11 - which indicates Very High Health Risk. So not a great day to be outdoors.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040; font-size: 18px;">Well here's the reason you arrived here - postcards.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040; font-size: 18px;">Let's start with The Rock of Gibraltar</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;">. The Rock is a monolithic limestone promontory near the southwestern tip of Europeon the iberian peninsula but solidly located in the British Territory of Gibraltar. Its elevation is 426m. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyn0A1co5pAfss67JdSMH-3yhHSAzWMcNyi7TuHtPa0XtHEyeof7zH5Fh9V_wPt8uAe1ZY8gRJmmHghJf2_jPNN-KZ45sQ-bgB072hkCR9eEo7InGJ5ItR3YLVreBLtwgHydwY2ruRmhPuCTp-0tfg3-c4Ln3zs_IMMUFkPCKtTdy7hNxGCkTgIN6-/s1800/IMG_0035.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyn0A1co5pAfss67JdSMH-3yhHSAzWMcNyi7TuHtPa0XtHEyeof7zH5Fh9V_wPt8uAe1ZY8gRJmmHghJf2_jPNN-KZ45sQ-bgB072hkCR9eEo7InGJ5ItR3YLVreBLtwgHydwY2ruRmhPuCTp-0tfg3-c4Ln3zs_IMMUFkPCKtTdy7hNxGCkTgIN6-/w400-h266/IMG_0035.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;">Jean Pierre used a nice selection of stamps, including an aviation themed stamp from 1982. It is 1 of a set of 15 Airplanes. The middle stamp , from 2009, is 1 of 5 in a set of Old Views of Gibraltar. The stamp on the righty, from 2017, is 1 of 4 in a minisheet commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Gibraltar Sovereignty Referendum of 1967.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSWAmmHb3_1PyRIPzKjnHqt-ORtJlFYxrnjjCuFsEGsNm8-7hM315sdmm7Vg01n3TXTuqplZlHxnmbaDUdtdzEXfZKQ1NM6HaLUbdUSi69WmymaesgqqfJveRlfI_IzC82WJuWnUUpcQKK9N-8orKY21o7k6UBDnmXwAh2ItfijVLIzCwrtDcpf1J/s1771/IMG_0036.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1771" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSWAmmHb3_1PyRIPzKjnHqt-ORtJlFYxrnjjCuFsEGsNm8-7hM315sdmm7Vg01n3TXTuqplZlHxnmbaDUdtdzEXfZKQ1NM6HaLUbdUSi69WmymaesgqqfJveRlfI_IzC82WJuWnUUpcQKK9N-8orKY21o7k6UBDnmXwAh2ItfijVLIzCwrtDcpf1J/w320-h130/IMG_0036.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;">Card 2 today shows us Marilyn Monroe as a ballerina. Marilyn cards may not be high on my collecting habits but a postcard is a postcard none the less. I know a postcard friend in the Netherlands who loves Marilyn cards.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7rdAVq-PlDLLflOMWqWK1GWsxbKa_QQfWACx-eZbwnQCmRGgitdmcktJ3wlErEMOVad3SeGzzOatWZasxzEoNgUSH1PdfgyA1XgCcYQY7e2C9YktXm4WS4owNeknYNpg4CeakXjBmzkwItA1WexqHo_xfWF7HVTgGxPyIjOcvRaMB8am-GuGhWaz/s1800/IMG_0053.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7rdAVq-PlDLLflOMWqWK1GWsxbKa_QQfWACx-eZbwnQCmRGgitdmcktJ3wlErEMOVad3SeGzzOatWZasxzEoNgUSH1PdfgyA1XgCcYQY7e2C9YktXm4WS4owNeknYNpg4CeakXjBmzkwItA1WexqHo_xfWF7HVTgGxPyIjOcvRaMB8am-GuGhWaz/w266-h400/IMG_0053.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;">A Postcrosser named Linda used a King Tut stamp and a Royal Marine Uniform stamp . Both were issued in 2022.The King Tut stamp is from a set of 8 and the Royal Marine stamp from a set of 4.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBKRsYL2YyCPZVd9rs6mSfTqzzzD26YD3zfbaKJoiU-x6qYYevYjYAhZWYNxzcWjXwgP9NRiwfXgTbXb7KSmswvoHUJLR_mTQwcWsQ0yjbIYInnHbbGexieOsaMSsrF33vf9hoLQAYAx84NsUvlOuDMuw8NgtreofBgttxN8QOqgW0lvkcBtajhem/s767/IMG_0054.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="767" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBKRsYL2YyCPZVd9rs6mSfTqzzzD26YD3zfbaKJoiU-x6qYYevYjYAhZWYNxzcWjXwgP9NRiwfXgTbXb7KSmswvoHUJLR_mTQwcWsQ0yjbIYInnHbbGexieOsaMSsrF33vf9hoLQAYAx84NsUvlOuDMuw8NgtreofBgttxN8QOqgW0lvkcBtajhem/w200-h129/IMG_0054.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;">I can't let the day end without at least one airline / aircraft card, so here goes.</span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #404040;">Here we have a Nationair B747-100 on the ground in Paris CDG. Nationair's registration was C-FFUN. It first saw service with Continental Airlines in 1971. Then it flew for Wardair in 1974, Nationair 1990, FSBU 1993, Air Atlanta Icelandic 1994 and lastly Willis Air Services in 1997. It has since been scrapped. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTYl0Y-GQwDaqzib_wvF6vxQqtdkIx6fyizExytumBf6IfuvSNOJbfzqEwcHTLmpSMpfRNBudbEuzomTTNPqBv3-JAMAKHT7x6N5VGSwCTTZvwM1XU1WXmj7rsyRm8Bek0WknOCbSg3qKabBzXKtw6lX4U1_chQfkojYpmbXyW63XeJtFfY9YL8c0/s1800/IMG_0033.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTYl0Y-GQwDaqzib_wvF6vxQqtdkIx6fyizExytumBf6IfuvSNOJbfzqEwcHTLmpSMpfRNBudbEuzomTTNPqBv3-JAMAKHT7x6N5VGSwCTTZvwM1XU1WXmj7rsyRm8Bek0WknOCbSg3qKabBzXKtw6lX4U1_chQfkojYpmbXyW63XeJtFfY9YL8c0/w400-h266/IMG_0033.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #404040;">Jean Pierre used a Marianne definitive stamp and a stamp from 2022 showing Jean Antoine Watteau.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX__UNYT5PbGUrV9_CT4jGNilRpRA1M-xs4f4dyY0gYOr1-PHe7KgLLvr67KqPElKnRXmifGfpA0J5EW7iX6_blQFDEcPyZ8mVNiamMBKTfTGWrXqHCAboqMy7toCMdZ5lLlqaund18yx3adbj9GetKGwm1INXLj6z2etcM9-O4FppFsY2OtxFwbfu/s885/IMG_0034.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="885" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX__UNYT5PbGUrV9_CT4jGNilRpRA1M-xs4f4dyY0gYOr1-PHe7KgLLvr67KqPElKnRXmifGfpA0J5EW7iX6_blQFDEcPyZ8mVNiamMBKTfTGWrXqHCAboqMy7toCMdZ5lLlqaund18yx3adbj9GetKGwm1INXLj6z2etcM9-O4FppFsY2OtxFwbfu/w200-h80/IMG_0034.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #404040;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040;">That my friends is all for today. Thanks this day go to Jean Pierre and Linda. Take care. I will return and I hope you will too. </span></p><p style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #404040;"><br /></span></p>Gem from Airdriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027760046762122971noreply@blogger.com0