Science Museum Cards, Europe Airlines, Beaune, Phnom Penh and London

BLOG # 1448

 Well howdy again, I'm back with a bunch of cards and by the look of the title above, it's a fine bunch.

Let's start with those Science Museum cards. They are from the Science Museum in South Kensington, London. It was opened in 1857. Both are Space related cards. The first one shows the Principia Mission Logo patch. It's ESA astronaut Tim Peake's Principia mission patch. Tim  is a European Space Agency astronaut and former International Space Station crew member. He spent 185 days, 22 hours and 11 minutes in space.

Ron used 2 of the 8 Christmas stamps issued in 2019.

Here's the 2nd card from the Science Museum. This one shows Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut and the first woman in space. She flew on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963 and completed 48 Earth orbits in 71 hours.

Ron again used another Christmas stamp from 2019 on this card.

Now , I don't know Ron but I want to thank him and welcome him aboard. I guess he's a new reader of this blog, I only hope he stays for the long haul. Hopefully he'll always find something of interest , enough to keep him coming back.


Here we go again - another plane card. I know , I know but I just love them. This time it's Europe Airlines - B737 registered as F-GKTB. It was photographed at Paris Orly in 1995. This aircraft only had a 20 year life, it first flew in 1990 and was scrapped in 2010. During those 20 years it flew for TEA France, Europe Airlines, TEA Europe and finally Air One.

Jean Pierre used a new 2020 Year of the Rat stamp from France.

I recently highlighted a card from Beaune, France. Well now here's a second one. The first card was an inside view of Hotel- Dieu , now here's an outside top view from Hotel-Dieu. That's a pretty fancy looking roof we're looking at.

Dominique used a stamp from a 2005 minisheet of 4. It is from the European Capitals issue - this one is Berlin.

Here's a card from the Kingdom of Cambodia. It's a look at the National Museum in Phonom Penh. The museum was built between 1917 and 1924.

Jobbo used 1 of 2 stamps in a 2014 minisheet commemorating the 55th Anniversary of Cambodian-Chinese Diplomatic Relations. The issue is a Joint Issue with China.

My last card for today is a little different in that it highlights the Changing of the Guard in London, but the card arrived from Finland. This is something that doesn't happen often, but what the heck, I like the card. It reminded me of when I saw the Changing of the Guard way back in the late 1970s.

Anja used a stamp from a Flowers set of 3, issued in 2019.

Well  my friends  that's the end of another update. Thanks for cards go out to Ron W, Anja, Jobbo, Jean Pierre and Dominique. Take care.