Well I only posted 4 blog updates last month. Not my best effort , especially since February had an extra day this time. But it is what it is .
Let's start today with a card from Ulyanovsk, Russia - the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin. This city of just over 610,000 people is located east of Moscow.
I hope you have had your lunch as I wouldn't want you to fill up on these doughnuts. They're not Tim's , but they do look delicious. Anyone familiar with Tim's will know what I mean here.
Evgeniia used 2 of the new Eagle definitives on this card. They were issued in 2019.
How about another card from Russia. This time it's Vologda, an old city in the northwest of the country. This is where you can find the World of Forgotten Things, a museum displaying vintage household objects. Perhaps this is where our rotary telephone ended up.
Of course all of this has nothing to do with Daria's card. Her card is a picture of Daenerys Targaryen of Games of Thrones. While not my most favourite character on the show, she did amass a lot of power right up to her death at the hands of Jon Snow.
Daria used a great selection of Bridge stamps from 2008 and 2009. Also on the card is one of the Eagle definitives.
From Russia , let's swing on over to America, the Nevada Arizona area. It's Hoover Dam . The dam , located 30 miles South East of Las Vegas was completed in 1936. Construction cost $49 million dollars and 112 lives. The bridge in the foreground is the Colorado River Bridge. It is 900 feet above the river and a quarter of a mile from the Dam. The bridge's official name is the Mike O'Callaghan - Mike Tillman Memorial Bridge. It was built between 2005 and 2010.
O'Callaghan was Governor of Nevada from 1971-1979 and Tillman was an American football player who left his career with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the United States Army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by friendly fire.
I have had the pleasure of walking across the top of the dam and then across the bridge. An experience for sure.
Bruce used the green U.S. Global Forever stamp from 2017. It features the Green Succulent.
My next card is one from Belgium showing King Albert I , King of the Belgians from 1909-1934. He led the Belgian Army during the First World War.
Johan used a King Albert stamp very much like the picture on the card. He received a First Day of Issue cancellation on the stamp.
Be sure to give a look to " johanpostcards " , just click right here .
My last card for today is also from Belgium and also sent by Johan. It's a view of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul , located in Ostend, a city in West Flanders. This neo- Gothic style church was built between 1899 and 1908.
Johan again used a recent stamp and secured a First Day of Issue cancellation. The stamp is 1 of 5 in a mini-sheet featuring Pentagons in Nature.
Actually that wasn't really the last card. I have one more from Johan. Here it is . It's the Seamen's Memorial, erected in 1953 for sailors and fishermen lost at Ostend over the years.
And the stamp :
Now that was the last, the end. Thanks for cards this time go out to Johan, Daria, Evgeniia, and Bruce.
Take care, see you soon.
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