Multi Aircraft, Mechelen, and the Unimog Museum

BLOG # 1526  --   In the Time of Covid 

Welcome back again. I have lots of cards on hand so let's get right to it. 

I'll start with  this Aviation themed card from Toulouse , France. Toulouse is the centre of the European Aerospace industry. Located just on the outskirts of Toulouse is the Cite de l'Espace, the scientific discovery centre focusing on space flight. What a grand card - 22 aircraft and 3 helicopters. It can't get much better than that. The Concorde on the card is F-BVFC and it had it's final flight on June 27th 2003 after 14,332 hours in the air, 4,358 landings, and 4,200 supersonic flights. 

Jean Pierre used 2 Marianne stamps and a cheese wedge shaped stamp. It was issue this year to showcase the Bel Group. They have been a cheese marketer since 1865. 

Today's second card is from Germany and it arrived here on May 31st. It's a card from the Unimog Museum in Gaggenau. This is a wood and glass museum with the history of Unimog trucks. The card is showcasing the Welten Bummler Treffen. The “Weltenbummlertreffen” is a family get-together, to which around 80 vehicles are expected this year. The participants from all over Germany and other parts of the world travel hundreds of kilometers to be there. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I do believe this event is again cancelled due to covid. 

Dominique used 2 copies of the 2019 Harbor Porpoise Endangered Animal stamp. 

Card # 3 -- Another Aircraft card for my collection. An Air Tahiti ATP52. Registered as F-ODUD It flew for Air Tahiti from Dec of 1986 until Nov of 1999. It last flew with Trip Airline of Brazil until April 2013. At that time it was stored and later scrapped in Dec 2014. 

Jean Pierre used an abundance of stamps, 4 of them Aviation related.  Let's start with the bottom stamp on the right, the one not aviation related. It is 1 of 3 in a set issued in 2020 showing Island Views. Next is the top middle stamp, issued in 2012. It also is from a set of 3 featuring Airports of the Islands. This one shows Bora Bora. The other three stamps are from a set of 4 , issued in 2018 to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Air Tahiti. 

 My next card is from Belgium. It's a look at Mechelen, a city between Brussels and Antwerp in northern Belgium. In the foreground of the picture is a statue of Margaret of Austria. She was Governor of the Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530. 

Johan used a stamp issued on 15March of this year on this card. It is 1 of 5 in a minisheet. THe stamps showcase Places of Mechelen. 

That's all I have for today. Thanks for dropping by , hope you will again soon. 

Thanks for today's card go to Jean Pierre, Dominique, and Johan. 

As always these days, Wear a mask, wash your hands and keep your distance. 

Cheers !