Hey there again. I'm back with another selection of cards from the top of the desk. Once again no particular order, only as they lay on my desk.
Let's start with a card from the Kingdom of Lesotho. Bruce's card shows Sehlaba-Thebe Arches , part of the rock formations in Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho's first national park.
Bruce used a couple of the Flower Definitives from 1997 along with a stamp celebrating Lesotho Postal History. It is one of a set of six issued in 2016.
My second card shows a 2009 oil on canvas by Liz Maw called Venus From Hell. It can be found in the Auckland Art Gallery.
Kitty used a 2019 commemorative stamp showing a Colin McCahon painting. It is 1 in a set of 5.
Time now for a card from Thailand. Jobbo's card shows the Democracy Monument , located in the centre of Bangkok. It was commissioned in 1939 and stands 24 m high. It commemorates the 1932 Siamese coup d'etat which led to the establishment of constitutional monarchy.
Jobbo used a great selection of stamps as he always does. My Thailand stamp collection has increased immensely since Jobbo started sending cards. Of course they remain on the cards, not in my album. Let's look at these 4 stamps, from left to right. The current King is shown on this 2018 definitive, 1 of 12 in the set. Next, from 1994, 1 of 4 highlighting Thai Heritage Conservation Day. Then a Bird stamp from a set of 4 Water Birds issued in 1997. Lastly, from 2004 , 1 of a set of 4 Boats.
Here's a new addition to my Aircraft / Airlines on Postcards Collection. A Condor Airbus A 300 B 4. The A 300 is / was a wide-body medium range twin engine jet. It was introduced in 1974. A total of 561 were built , however very few remain flying. Only Iran Air and Mahan Air currently operate them for a total of 11. The aircraf t on this card, D-AIBF was operated by Condor, starting in 1979. It also saw service with Orion Airways, Britannia Airways, and Iberia. It was finally scrapped in 1999.
I never flew on an A 300, and I guess I never will now. Too Bad !
Ilona used a couple of stamps on her card. On the left, from 2012, a stamp commemorating the 1100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kaiser Otto the Great in 912. The top right stamp is from 2011, showing a Glider over the Wasserkuppe. And of course, the proverbial Flower definitive from Germany.
What's this ? Another Aviation themed card, Who would have thought ? This card shows the history of Airbus at Toulouse, Airbus Headquarters. There's a couple of early aircraft, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, The Concorde, An Airbus A 300-600ST and the big one the Airbus A380.
Jean Pierre secured a Toulouse cancellation on his card and used a 2019 Flower stamp.
There you have it. Another blog in the books, so to speak. Thanks for these cards go out to Jobbo, Bruce, Kitty, Ilona and Jean Pierre.
As always , great cards and great stamps. It doesn't get much better than that.
Take care, thanks for showing up and we'll get back here soon.
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