Bridges, Manhole Covers and L`Aude

BLOG # 1589      Day 327 of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

                                                                 GLORY TO UKRAINE

Hey there, it's time for another blog update, so I just pulled a few cards from the pile on my desk. I'll start with a card from Almaty, Kazakhstan. It's a night time view of Ramstore  Arch Bridge looking towards Almaty. This bridge crosses the Ishim River. It was built between 2007 and 2008 , is 180 m long and 60 m high and cost 472 million US dollars.  

Murga used 3 copies of a definitive from 2022. The set showed Insects of Kazakhstan.

Today's second card arrived from France. It's a look at a part of Aude, a department of France in the Occitaine region of southern France on the Mediterranean coast. 

Dominique used a 2021 stamp here. It commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Highway Code. 

My next card arrived from the Netherlands. It shows a silkscreen of a Manhattan manhole cover. 

It is one of a series of 12 silkscreens by Paul Baars from 1981. Others in the series were manhole covers from Amsterdam, Anchorage, Cairo, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Dammam, Lisbon, Mexico City, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. 

Heleen used an International Rate of 1 Train stamp.

M first card was a bridge card, so let's look at another. This time it's the Bridge on the Artuby. This concrete arch bridge is perched between the cliffs of the Artuby River in the Provence- Alpes- Cote d`Azur region of France. The bridge was built in 1940, and is 125 m high with a main span of 107 m. If you happen to be in the area and if you have the nerve, you can bungee off this bridge. 

Jacques used a number of stamps on his card. The left stamp and the middle stamp were issued se-tenant in 1970 - why I don`t know. The right stamp is a Marianne definitive from the 1970s. The larger stamp on the bottom is from 1977 and commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the French Table Tennis Federation. 

Well that`s all for today folks. Thanks for the cards this time go out to Murga, Jacques, Dominique and Heleen. Take care now.