I have a few cards to show today, nothing around the Labour Day theme though, but good cards just the same. Hopefully they were printed in a unionized printing shop.
Today`s first card comes from Seville, Spain. The city is the capital of the Andalusia region and famous for Flamenco dancing. The city`s Old Town contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites and one is the subject of this card. Made a World Heritage Site in 1987 , it`s the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, or as it`s often called - Seville Cathedral. Constructed between 1501 and 1528 ,it ranks near the top of the largest cathedral or churches in the world.
David used a recent stamp on this card. It was issued on July 25th and is made of wood pulp paper. It actually feels and looks like thin wood. It celebrates Alvaro de Mendanay Neira, explorer of Oceania.
Surprise, surprise ! My second card is also from Spain, this time it`s Cordoba. The Historic Centre of the city was added to the existing UNESCO WHS listing in 1994. The original listing from 1984 was for the Mosque - Cathedral of Cordoba, which you can see on the card . It was built between 784 and the 16th century.
This is another card from David and this time he used a 2018 stamp celebrating the National Intelligence Centre.
Card number three is from Alsace, France. It`s a look at the House of Tanners - an Alsace restaurant on the banks of the Ill, a tributary of the Rhine. The typical , half-timbered house dates from 1572.
Dominique used a nice aviation stamp from 1973. It commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aviation pioneer . He was one of the few people to have contributed to the development of both lighter than air and heavier than air aircraft.
My next card arrived from `s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Barbara`s card shows a Nico Vrielink print of a lady in a swimsuit. Vrielink is a Dutch artist, born in 1956 in Reuse. He paints as he lives - intensely and extravagantly. After I received this card I looked up Vrielink`s art and I can say I definitely like it.
Barbara used 2 stamps from this year. On the left is 1 of 5 in a set of Money - The Dutch Guilder. On the right is 1 of 10 in a set of Insects and Spiders.
I always learn something from just about every card I receive and this next one is no exception. It's from Melilla, Spain. The city is a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa, sharing a border with Morocco. Melilla is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish cities on mainland Africa, the other being Ceuta. That is my lesson learned for today.
David's card shows the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , located in the center of Melilla. It was built between 1900 and 1918.
This time David used a stamp commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Madrid Protocol - Environmental Protection for the Antarctic. It covers the years 1998-2018.
Now it's time for the last card of the day and it comes from Malaysia. Jobbo's card shows one truly beautiful building. It's the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur. Designed by British architect, it features a 41 metre clock tower with a copper dome. This magnificent building was built between 1894 and 1897. It now houses both the offices of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
Jobbo used 2 stamps on his card. On the left , from 2017, is 1 of 3 stamps commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Chung Ling High School. The other stamp was issued in 2015 and is 1 of 3 featuring Farm Animals.
A word to Jobbo - Not to worry about duplicate cards. Don't even think about it. Even if a duplicate shows up, it'll have new and different stamps I'm sure. Of the more than 5,000 cards I have received , you can count duplicates on on one hand. So don't worry. I'm not.
I'm just about finished for today, I have a little something to show from 1969. It's an envelope posted in my hometown from that year. What's most interesting about it is the cost of postage back then. In 1969 a domestic stamp for mailing anywhere in Canada cost just 5 cents. Today , 2018 it costs 85 cents.
That's the update for this time. Thanks for cards go out to David, Barbara, Dominique and Jobbo. .
Enjoy your Labour Day.
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