Air Ontario, Bratislava, Letzebuerg, Rio, and a Lady

  Blog # 1601 --- Day  637 of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine

                                                                      GLORY TO UKRAINE      

Howdy folks. Before we get to the cards of today , this :

                                                              Rest In Peace,  J. F. K .

I know where I was and what I was doing when I heard the news, exactly 60 years ago today .

Today I have cards from Luxembourg, Slovakia, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Switzerland and I will show them in that order. 

This first card show a few sights of Luxembourg. 

  Meelis used a stamp from this year, 1 of 4 in a Local Fauna set. The most interesting thing about this stamp is the spelling of Luxembourg . Designs on recent stamps issued by Post Luxembourg bear the Luxembourgish name Letzebuerg rather than the French name Luxembourg.

Luxembourgish, a West Germanic language, is the national language of Luxembourg, while French is the legal language. Luxembourgish, French and German are all considered official languages and can be used for administrative matters in the country.

Card # 2 - It arrived from Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. A great view of the Presidential Palace and a couple other major sights. 

  Bruce used a stamp from 2016. It showcased the Cultural Heritage of Slovakia. The card has a beautiful postmark but one ugly cancellation. No doubt the work of the Great Stamp Defacer. 

Card # 3 - This card showing 2 sights of Rio was sent by my brother Dale who recently spent a couple of months in Rio. Here we see Christ The Redeemer and Guanabara Bay along with Copacabana Beach. Nothing says Rio more than these. 

Now , it has been my experience that Brazil stamps are not that interesting, or at least the ones that have come my way. I think the stamps on this card prove that, they were issued in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2918. Kind of small too. 

Next up is a card showing an aircraft , all be it an old one. It is an Air Ontario Convair 580, registered s C-GDTD. It is kind of strange writing about a Canadian airline that showed up on a card from Sri Lanka. The Convair was manufactured between 1947 and 1954 and Air Ontario  operated between 1987 and 2001. 

 Ravindra used 2 stamps on his card. The small Butterfly stamp is 1 of 4 Endemic Butterflies of Sri Lanka issued in 2023. The right stamp , from 2023, commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Great Debate of Panadura. 

   
Switzerland, it is now your time. This is the last card for today. Here is another photo from the book of photographs by Uwe Ommer published by Benedikt Tashen Verlag.

Michael used a wooden stamp from 2004. It is a self-adhesive made from Swiss wood.

There you have it, the latest update of The Blog. Thanks for the cards this time go out to Bruce, Meelis, Dale, Ravindra and Michael.