Well the Christmas rush is over, the gifts have been opened, the turkey tasted great and the carols were sang. Now we're in the doldrums leading up to the new year. But there's still time for a few postcards.
My first card for today arrived from Estonia. A nice looking card - a great way to exercise your dog while enjoying the great outdoors yourself.
Dina used 1 of 2 stamps from a nice minisheet commemorating 100 Years of Estonian Firefighting.
Next is this Airbus A380 card. Registered as F-WWOW, it is the prototype A380. It is 14.7 years old and is owned by Airbus. This aircraft , the world's largest passenger airliner, is flying over Paris Le Bourget , on the card, in June of 2005.
Jean Pierre used a large ATM stamp with an Air France Concorde having just taken off.
Here's another card with another large aircraft, 2 in fact. Two Delta Airlines B 747s on the ramp at Narita International Airport. Not a sight one will see anymore, at least not with any U.S. airlines. On January 3, 2018 Delta flew the final B747 flight among U.S. airlines. It carried just 48 passengers - employees, media and other family members of Delta. It was a celebration - free champagne, even free markers for passengers to write on the seats and walls of the aircraft. There was even a wedding on board for a pilot and flight attendant. They had met on a 747 nine years earlier. Delta flew the 747 to an airplane salvage yard or boneyard in Arizona.
Junko used 2 stamps on this card. The stamp on the right was issued in 2018, 1 of 10 in a Tourism set. The other stamp is a mystery to me, as stamps from Japan often are. They issue so many I just get lost !
Today , it's a shorter than normal update. Here is the last card for this time. It's from France and is a new addition to my Aircraft and Airlines card collection. It's a Euralair B737witha FRAM and palm tree tail livery. F-GRNC first flew in Nov of 1998. Euralair was a charter airline in France. It operated from 1964 until 2003. FRAM was a big tour operator over that way. After Euralair,
F-GRNC flew with Air Horizons, Air Berlin, Calima, Air Algerie and Jet2.
Jean Pierre used a couple of stamps on this card. On the left is 1 of 6 in a set issued in 2006 to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Quite an attractive set in my opinion. The right stamp, from 2002 is 1 of 6 in a set Showing Jazz Musicians.
There you have it. Another one in the books. Thanks for cards this time going out to Dina, Jean Pierre and Junko. Drop by again, should get one more , maybe two , updates in before 2019 ends.
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