A Mixed Bag

    Blog # 1617--- Day 823 of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of Ukraine 

                                                                      GLORY TO UKRAINE

Hey it's Friday --  time for another update of The Blog. The first card for today is from Taiwan. It shows Yinshan Temple. It is the only fully preserved Hakka temple in Taiwan. The temple opened in 1922 on Denggong Rd , one of the first streets in New Taipei City. 

Yun Ting sent this card and used a stamp of which I couldn't find any info. 

Next up is a card from Switzerland. Deicing at Zurich Airport. Deicing of aircraft is the process of removing surface frost, ice or frozen contaminants on aircraft surfaces before an aircraft takes off.

Meelis used 3 copies of a 2022 River definitive. It is 1 of a set of 5. 

Today's 3rd card arrived from Spain. It's a hillside look at the small village of Aristot, located in Catalonia, Spain. It has about 30 inhabitants and is found at 1,223 metres above sea level. 

 Josep and Assumpta used a stamp from 2023 on this card. The large stamp celebrated Mediterranian Festivals. 

Now it's over to Poland to have a look at Dobczyce, a town of just over 6300 people in Southern Poland. The town is quite old, it obtained its town charter in 1310. The town has a partially rebuilt castle and ruins of a defensive wall, both dating to the 14th century. 

 Ana used a couple of stamps on her card. The left stamp is from 2021 and celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the reactivation of Caritas Poland. The right stamp, from last year, celebrates the Polish town of Garwolin.

Bosnia & Herzegovina is the subject of this next card. Alena's card shows a depiction of the Koski Mehmed Pasa Mosque in the city of Mostar, from where this card was posted. The Ottoman architecture styled mosque was opened in 1618.

Alena's stamp was issued in 2016 and shows Panonska Lake.

Well I haven't profiled an aircraft / airline card in quite some time, so it's time for this one. It's a Condor  Boeing 767, registered as D-ABUY. It was delivered new to Condor, a German airline on 30 July 1991. After leaving Condoe in 1993, this B767 saw service with Air Europe Italy, Air Afrique, Volare Airlines, Sobelair, Dutch Caribbean Airlines and finally El Al Israel Airlines from  March of 2004 until Feb 2019 when it was stored. Then in September 2020 it met its fate, the scrape heap. 

Ravindra used these stamps on his card. The top stamp was issued in 2023. It celebrates Diplomatic Relations between Sri Lanka and Egypt.  The other two stamps ,from 2020 , are 2 in a set of 3 showing Ancient Maps.

This is a good spot to end off this update. Thanks for dropping in. Thanks for cards go out to Yun Ting, Meelis, Josep and Assumpta, Ana, Alena, and Ravindra. 

Cheers !