Imperial War Museum, Vienna, and a Couple of Aircrafts

BLOG # 1576 --- Day 365 of the Latest Russian Invasion of Ukraine ,

                              Now Year 1 of the Latest Russian Invasion of Ukraine  has arrived. 

                                                             GLORY TO UKRAINE   

Well as you might remember , in my last update I mentioned that I had run out of postcards. I received four this past week, so I'm back in business. 

First up today is a card from the Imperial War Museum, London, England. It's a look at the Atrium of the IWM as it looked to mark the Centenary of the First World War, July 2014. 

Ron used one of the Universal Mail International Postcard stamps. This one features the late Queen and a portion of the Union Jack.

My next card is an aircraft card. It is a SaaB 2000 of Regional Airlines , operated by Air France. The Saab is a twin engine , high speed turboprop airliner built by the Swedish aircraft company Saab. The first Saab 2000 flew in 1992 and the last one was built in 1999. Only 63 were built and were operated by 248 operators in 22 countries. The aircraft on this card, F-GMVC was delivered to Regional Airlines in 1995 and was there until 2007. From 2008 until 2015 it was owned and operated by Joe Gibbs Racing. PenAir operated it from 2016 until 2020. Sterling Airways and Aleutian Airways flew it from 2022 and . It is still active with Aleutian. 

  Jean Pierre used a 2022 stamp, 1 of 12 in a booklet of Masterpieces of Art set.

Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral is the subject of card # 3. The cathedral was constructed between 1137 and 1578. It has a combined Gothic and Romanesque style. 

Meelis used 2 stamps from the United Nations in Vienna on this card. I have been collecting stamps for a very long time but these are the first for me from there. The left stamp is a definitive from 2003 showing the Belvedere Palace. The right stamp , another definitive from 2018 , was issued on the subject of  Non-Violence. 

Now here's the last card for today and the week. Yes , another airliner card. It's a Lufthansa   Airlines        Airbus  A-340  in a Star Alliance livery. Six of the alliance members are noted on the aircraft registered as D-AIBA.  This particular aircraft is 20.2 years old. It's first flight was in Dec2mber 1992. It entered service with Lufthansa January 28, 1993 and continued there until January 12, 2003. South African Airways received this A340 on April 8, 2003 and it was there until June of 2011. It was then stored at JNB and later used as a cabin trainer. 

Jean Pierre used a Flower definitive and a Black Panther stamp from 2022. 

  

That's 4 cards  and that's all for this time. Thanks go out to Ron, Meelis and Jean Pierre for their contributions today. 

Take care now and    GLORY TO UKRAINE  on this 1 year of war anniversary.