Tortas - A Postcard from Mexico

This Yummy Yummy postcard was sent in 2023 to me from Mexico!  

It is an official Postcrossing Postcard.  I added a copy of the back incase anyone wanted to see the recipe... 

Mae West, Two Postcards

Mae West, Hollywood 1969
Photograph by Roddy Mcdowell

This unused postcard was printed in 1980.

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Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.  The American Film Institute named her 15th among the greatest female stars of classic American cinema.

West often used a husky low voice and was one of the more controversial movie stars of her day; she encountered many problems, especially censorship. She once quipped, "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."
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When I'm good, I'm very good, but when i'm bad, I'm better. ~Mae West

This postcard features probably the most well known quote of hers and was postmarked in 2011 from Germany.

Germany (Deutschland)  stamp 2005

'Tagetes' (African Marigold flower) 20

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Germany (Deutschland) stamp 2011

Inventions

In Deutschland Zu Hause Einfallsreichtum Deutsche Erfindungen - 55

(At home in Germany, German ingenuity inventions)

Technology:

Gramophone by Emile Berliner in 1887

Tape by Fritz Pfleumer 1928

mp3 from the Fraunhofer Institute in 1987

History of the Pentagon

 History of the Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.  Located in Arlington, Virginia it sits on 34 acres of land including the five acre center court.

Construction began on September 11, 1941 and was completed on January 15, 1943.

The sender writes: Greetings from inside the Pentagon!  Some of the highlights of today were  seeing the 9/11 memorial chapel, the chiefs of staff offices and standing inside one of the offices that took a direct hit on 9/11 and was re-built.  What an amazing experience it was!

This was postmarked in 2023.  

A Map Postcard of West Virginia

Greetings From
West Virginia

Mountain State
Capitol: Charleston
Area: 24,181 square miles
Population: 1,860,421 *
Motto: Montani Semper Libera-dendron. **
Flower: Rosebay Rhododendron
Bird: Cardinal
Tree: Sugar Maple
Animal: Black Bear
35th state admitted to the Union ***

* This was the population in the mid-1970's when this postcard was probably printed.  It has actually gone down a bit and is now 1,815,857

** Montani Semper Liberi is Latin for "Mountaineers are Always Free"

*** It was admitted on June 20, 1863.

This is an unused 'Dexter Press' postcard.

A Map Postcard of South Carolina

South Carolina Fun Facts

Capital: Columbia
Area: 30,207 square miles
Statehood: May 23, 1788 (8th state admitted)
Mottos: Animis opibusque parate (Prepared in mind and resources), and Dum spiro  spero    (While I breathe, I hope)
Song: "South Carolina on My Mind"
State Bird: Carolina Wren
State Tree: Palmetto
State Flower: Yellow Jessamine

This unused postcard was bought in 2009.

Law and Order Movie Poster Postcard with Ronald Reagan

Cinq Jours de Terreur
(In French this translates to: Five Days of Terror - The name of the movie in English is 'Law and Order'.)

Starring Ronald Reagan, Dorothy Malone, and Preston Foster

VIJF DAGEN SCHRIKBEWIND
(I put this in a translator and it came out as DUTCH for: Five Day Scraper)

This vintage postcard is unused.

Law and Order: Released on May 13, 1953

Plot:
Having cleaned up Tombstone, Arizona, marshal Frame Johnson (Ronald Reagan) quits after an attempted lynching. He hopes to settle down on a ranch near Cottonwood with his sweetheart Jeannie (Dorothy Malone). Before he can do so, he may have to clean up Cottonwood, too, making a great sacrifice to restore law and order.

2001: a space odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

An epic drama of adventure and exploration

Man's colony of the Moon ... a whole new generation has been born and is living here ... a quarter-million miles from Earth. 

Director Stanly Kubrick

Stars: Kier Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester

This movie poster postcard was printed in 1985, however, it was mailed in 2018 from Belgium. 

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2001: A Space Odyssey is a science fiction film that was inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel".  It was first released on April 2, 1968.

Belgium (Belgique Belgie) stamp 2015

This is Belgium, Beer

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Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107

STS - 107
Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th flight on January 16, 2003 with a crew of seven astronauts.  On February 1, 2003, Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas, 16 minutes before it was supposed to land in Florida.  All seven crew members were lost.

photo credit: NASA

This postcard is unused.

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The seven crew members aboard were:
Rick Husband, Commander;
William C. McCool, Pilot;
Michael P. Anderson, Payload Commander/Mission Specialist 3; David M. Brown, Mission Specialist 1;
Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist 2;
Laurel Clark, Mission Specialist 4;
and
Ilan Ramon, Payload Specialist 1

A Christmas Benefit Postcard for Little City

Happy Holidays

Best Wishes for the Holidays and Happiness Throughout the New Year

Proceeds from this postcard, drawn in our Art Center by children and adults with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Challenges, will benefit Little City programs. 

The sender wrote:

Found this cute card cleaning my house.  I have no idea where I picked it up but probably had my sister in mind...

Have a most wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year

Love (my sister) Cheryl. 

Postmarked in December of 2022. 

 

Apollo 17 Liftoff on December 7th, 1972

John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A

The Apollo 17 space vehicle lifted off from Launch Complex 39 A, at 12:33 EST Dec. 7th 1972.

Color photo by NASA

This vintage postcard is unused.

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Apollo 17 was the final mission of NASA's Apollo program. The astronaut crew was made up of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt.

Apollo 17 was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V rocket.

Francisco Alvarado Park Topiaries in Zarcero, Costa Rica

Zarcero (Provincia De Alajuela)
Zarcero (Alajuela Provence)

Foto Jean Mercier

This unused postcard was bought in 2009.

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Zarcero is the capital city of the canton of Alfaro Ruiz in the province of Alajuela in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the district that includes the city.

Parque Francisco Alvarado: The park sits in front of the church at the town center. It is known for its topiary garden produced and maintained by Evangelisto Blanco since the 1960s. Shrubs in the park have been trimmed into the shapes of various animals, including some that are quite abstract and bizarre.

Disney's The Rescuers

Jag / vi kommer tillbaka den /  kl._____

Translation from Swedish:
I / we will return / at._____

This unused postcard features Orville from Albatross Airlines with Bernard and Miss Bianca from the Disney movie The Rescuers.

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The Rescuers, released on June 22, 1977, was Disney's 23 animated movie.

The film is about two mice, Bernard and his co-agent Miss Bianca, and how they rescue Penny, an orphan girl being held prisoner by Madame Medusa.

The film is based on a series of books by Margery Sharp.

Postcrossing Meet-up Postcard from Bruxelles, Belgium

Postcrossing
Meeting Bruxelles
20 Mai (May) 2017

The cartoon mural on the top left is Tintin, the one on the right is Lucky Luke.

This postcard is postmarked from Belgium with the signatures of 20 members.

Belgium stamp 2016

Belgie Belgique 

King Philippe

A Prior, 1 World