The Foucault Pendulum, Roger Raveel, Lunar New Year Stamps and More

 BLOG # 1505  -- Still in The Time of Covid

Here we go with update # 2 for March. My first card today is from Lithuania and it shows an old locomotive, that has reached the end of the line according to the track. 

 Rita used 3 stamps on her card. The top left stamp is 1 of 3 Historic Banknotes stamps issued in 2020. The bottom left stamp is 1 of 3 in a set showing Lithuanian State Symbols issued in 2019. The stamp on the right is 1 of 2 Europa stamps issued in 2016 showcasing the theme Think Green. 

My second card arrived from France. It shows a famous house in Collonges-la-Rouge, a red stone house, similar in color and material to other structures in town. Built in the 16th century the house featured on the card owes its name to a decorative detail in its stonework - a mermaid holding a comb in one hand and mirror in the other.  

I know it's difficult to see the decorative detail in my scan, but it is located just to the top right of that steel door, partly behind the leaves. 

Dominique used a stamp from 1970 which showcased the W.H.O.'s Fight Cancer Day. 

Now for a bit of art. This card , from Belgium, shows a  color lithograph from 1990 by Belgian artist Roger Raveel titled ' Zelfportret in tegenlicht ' .  Raveel's work is often associated with pop art. 

Johan sent this card and secured a First Day of Issue cancellation on the stamp. The stamp Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Roger Raveel.  A minisheet was issued with 5 different stamps.

Johan has a great postcard blog called ' johan postcards ' and you can view it  right here .

Now here's today's last card.    It's a card from the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  It shows a Foucault Pendulum, a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault and conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. The pendulum was introduced in 1851 and was the first experiment to give simple, direct evidence of the Earth's rotation.

Eve used a Oct , 2020 stamp on her card. The Drug Free USA Forever stamp was unveiled by the USPS with help from the DEA. 

That just about does it for this update . Thanks for today's card go to Rita, Dominique, Johan and Eve.

 Now before I sign off I just want to add a little something that I left off my last rant in the March 2nd update. I mentioned that I had sent out a bunch of postcards . These cards I adorned with some of the latest stamps from Canada Post. I wanted my postcard friends to see the 2021 Lunar New Year issues from Canada. This year Canada brought together the designs of all 12 Lunar New Year International rate stamps issued from 2009 to 2020. The 12 stamps issued this January,  with the International rate design, are only domestic rate stamps. To use them on international mail as I did required multiple stamps.  So even though they may look exactly like some stamp you may have received over the last 12 years, they are indeed a brand new stamp issue. 

Here's a group shot of the 12 Lunar New Year stamps issued this year. 

Now I'm done. Take care and stay safe. Vaccines are on the way, but until you get one, wear a mask, wash your hands and keep your distance.