Vieques, ANA, Santa and Little Sistine Chapel

 Blog # 1637--- Day 1060 ( One Thousand and Sixty ) of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of                                                                                       Ukraine   

                                                                      GLORY TO UKRAINE

Here I am again with a few recent cards . I will start with a card from a place I had not ever heard of before. Vieques , Puerto Rico. Vieques is a Caribbean island off Puerto Rico's eastern coast. It's known for boat tours of Bioluminescent Bay (or Mosquito Bay), where microorganisms give the water a blue-green glow. It also offers secluded beaches and snorkeling , Matthew's card shows us Playa Negra, or Black Sand Beach. 

Matthew used a couple of U.S. stamps on his card. The left stamp was issued in 2021 and is 1 of 4 in a set showing Barns. These stamps are self-adhesive Postcard Rate stamps. The right stamp is a 2024 stamp celebrating American writer Saul Bellow. 

This is my first card from Matthew. He wrote that he is a fan of my Blog. Well thank you Matthew and welcome. Stay tuned, I need all the readers I can get. If you are a postcard collector, let me know your address and I'll pop a nice card in the mail for you. 

Here's today's second card. Here we see some of the interior of Saint-Martin church in Sillegny, Moselle,  France. The church is famous for its 16th century frescoes, which cover most of the interior walls. Because of the frescoes the church is nicknamed the Little Sistine Chapel of Lorraine. 

 

Dominique used a 56 year old stamp showing a Van der Weyden painting of Philip the Good.

Next is a Christmas themed card from Greece, dated 2018.  The card says Santa is reading Children's letters. It kinda looks more like the list that he supposedly checks twice. 

Anna sent this maxi-card with the 2018 Christmas stamp with the 2018 Christmas stamp. It is from a set of 4. 

 

 Last card for today. It arrived from Japan. A favourite theme of mine - Airlines and Airplanes. This time we have an All Nippon Airways B777-300, actually the first one in Japan. It was delivered to ANA back on August 28th , 1998. The photo was taken at Haneda in Nov of 1997. This aircraft was stored for 8 months in 2022 but is still in service with All Nippon today. 

Jean Pierre used a definitive from 1962 on this card. 

That does it for this time. Thanks for these cards go to Matthew, Dominique, Ana and Jean Pierre. Big thanks to all.

Mont Popa, Eiffel Tower, Sri Lanka Flag and a card of Viet Nam

  Blog # 1636--- Day 1053 ( One Thousand and Fifty Three ) of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of                                                                                       Ukraine   

                                                                      GLORY TO UKRAINE

Hello again. Today I have a selection of cards to have a look at. The first one arrived this year and the others are left from 2024. 

Card # 1 -- Arriving from beautiful Myanmar. t is a look at Mont Popa,  a dormant volcano 1518 metres above sea level, and located in central Myanmar in the region of Mandalay about 50 km southeast of Bagan in the Pegu Range. It can be seen from the Ayeyarwady River as far away as 60 km in clear weather. The volcano last erupted in 6050 BCE. It s now a nature reserve and a national park. 

Jobbo used a Myanmar stamp from 2017 showing a Xylophone. 

Card # 2 --- Arrived from Viet Nam. Here we see a local bringing some goods to market. 

Alena used 3 copies of a 2023 stamp showing trees. It is from a set of 3.

Card # 3 --- This next card needs no introduction. It is quite self-explanatory. The Eiffel Tower . 

Jean Pierre used a 2024 stamp celebrating 700 Years of Poetry.

Card # 4 --- From the Flags of the World Series of Postcards. This is Sri Lanka. Another self-explanatory card, but this time with an abundance of information. 

Ravindra used 3 stamps on this card. The top left stamp is from 2021. It is from a set of 10 showing Gems of Sri Lanka. The top right stamp was issued in 2023, 1 of 2 in a set marking Diplomatic Relations with France. The 3rd stamp is a definitive issued in 2007. A set of 16 all showed Signs of the Zodiac. 

 

So ends another edition of My Blog. Thanks for today's cards go to Jobbo, Ravindra, Jean Pierre and Alena. 

In With The New

 Blog # 1635--- Day 1050 ( One Thousand and Fifty ) of the Current  ( Second ) Russian Invasion of                                                                                       Ukraine   

                                                                      GLORY TO UKRAINE

Well this is the first Blog update for 2025. So Happy New Year to all. I titled the last Blog of 2024 -  Out With The Old - , so this one is  - In With The New. The two cards showcased today are the first two cards that have showed up in my mailbox so far this year. 

The first one is from St Maarten and of course shows the most famous view of an aircraft flying low on landing , crossing over Maho Beach.  The beach is famous for being adjacent to the Princess Juliana Airport and is a popular site for tourists and plane watchers, who visit the beach to watch aircraft on final approach land at the airport right at the edge of the water. Maho Beach is unusually close to the threshold of a runway and is directly under the flight path, resulting in aircraft on their final approach flying over the beach at altitudes of less than 100 feet (30 m) above ground level.

My lovely Teena sent this card , back home to me , from our last cruise in November of 2024. The two stamps are from a set of four issued in 2012 for Carnival.

I said that this was our last cruise, meaning our most recent , however it might be our last cruise, but I truly hope it will not be our last and final cruise. 

Cryptic and ominous !!

My second card arrived from Japan. It is a card from the Yushukan, a Japanese military and war museum which opened in 1882. It is located in Chiyodai, Tokyo. 

Jobbo used two stamps on his card. Once again I have zero information on them. 

I guess you were right Jobbo. I have no time or desire for Japanese stamps. I do not think I would put any other country in that category. I have collected stamps for well over fifty years and still enjoy the hobby immensely . Japanese stamps are just not my thing. 

This is how 2025 started on The Blog. I hope you enjoyed your read here and hope you will return. Thanks for todayès cards go to My Lovely Teena and Jobbo.