Two English Mastiff Dogs and Flat Stanley

This was a postcard from Costa Rica that my sister taped a picture of two of my English Mastiff dogs to that were posing with Flat Stanly.   When her daughter did Flat Stanly for school, she sent it to me to take on my trip to Costa Rica.  I sent Stanly back with many great pictures, and a bunch of bookmarks and coins from my trip for her classmates.  I am pretty sure I had more fun taking the pics and gathering the items than she had bringing them to her school!

This postcard was postmarked in 2019.

USA stamp 2018

The 100th Anniversary of the 

Beginning of Regular Airmail Service

Est. 1918

Forever a first class stamp

Stockholm, Sweden

 Stockholm, Kaknastornet med (with) Djurgardsbrunnsviken.

The sender writes:
We had a wonderful time in Sweden!  The Vasa Museum was amazing.

This postcard was postmarked from Sweden in 2017.

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The Kaknäs tower (Swedish: Kaknästornet) is a TV tower in Gärdet in Stockholm, Sweden. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. The tower height is 155 metres (509 ft), or 170 metres (560 ft) with the antenna included.

Djurgårdsbrunnsviken is a bay in central Stockholm, Sweden.  It was used for the diving, swimming, water polo and rowing competitions during the 1912 Summer Olympics, and during the Swedish championship 1930.

Sweden (Sverige) stamp 2017

Queen Silvia, 21 Kr

A Postcard Made from a LEGO Star Wars Set Box Featuring General Grievous

Star Wars

LEGO

Set number 75199

General Grievous' Combat Speeder

This is a handmade postcard from a cut box of a LEGO set.  It features the minifigures of General Grievous and Mace Windu.

It was postmarked in 2020. 

USA stamp 2019

Healing PTSD

Forever a First-Class Stamp

After Marriage It is ME Who Speaks!

A Partir de Maintenant, C'est moi qui parle! 

The sender wrote the translation:

From now on, it is me who speaks!

He also wrote:

Dear Brenda and Jack,

I send you my best wishes of happiness for your union with this humorous postcard.  My wife and I just celebrated our 57th year of marriage!

Best regards,

Roland 

This funny postcard was made by 'les animaux de Barberousse' (Barbarossa's animals).  It was postmarked in 2018 from France.  

France (Republique Francaise) stamp 1982

Anti-racism Campaign, 2,30 Fr

Vintage Coins from Finland

Vintage Coins from Finland

This is a Postcrossing Meet-up postcard signed by five members.  It is postmarked in 2017 from Finland with two stamps. 

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The markka. Markka banknotes and coins ceased to be legal tender on 28 February 2002. Finland's monetary unit was the markka from 1860 until the introduction of the euro. 

The markka was divided into 100 pennies (penniä).

Finland stamp 2017

Birds, Arktika

Clangula hyemalis

Long-tailed duck

0,10

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Finland stamp 2017

The Face of Finland, 1.20

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Posti ran a campaign in fall 2016 to collect photos of faces from the public for a special stamp publication to mark Finland's centenary of independence. The thousands of photos come together like a mosaic to form different stamps, which are positioned on the sheet in the form of the map of Finland. Each stamp and booklet will be unique.

"These stamps are worth a close look, as receivers and senders might spot their own face or the faces of acquaintances on them," says Tommi Kantola, Design Manager at Posti.

Ames Research Center, VMS Flight Simulation

NASA - Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California.  The VMS Flight Simulation Facility.

This vintage postcard is unused.

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This flight simulator has the greatest motion range of any flight simulator in the world. When the pilots are sitting inside they have 'Out-the-Window' Graphics that are computer-generated so it is very realistic. It has also been programed to generate various weather and light conditions.

An Alien Surfing in Florida, A 3-D Postcard

Pensacola Beach

Florida

Alien Surfer by impact 3D Designs

This is truly a great 3-D postcard!  It was postmarked in 2020. 

USA stamp 2017

Marine Life, Sharks

Whale Shark

Forever a first class stamp

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Ни́жний Но́вгород 

(Nizhny Novgorod)

The sender writes:  On this postcard you can see The Cathedral of The Blessed Virgin.

This postcard was postmarked in 2017 from Russia. 

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Nizhny Novgorod is a city in Russia. From 1932 to 1990, it was known as Gorky after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there.

The city was founded in 4 February 1221 by Prince Yuri II of Vladimir. 

Russia stamp 2015

The 50th Anniversary of the 

First Spacewalk by Alexey Leonov

17 R 

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Russia stamp 2015

The 150th Anniversary of the Russian 

State Agricultural University - Moscow

17 R

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Russia stamp 2009

Kremlins

Pskov Kremlin

6.00

Stone Carvings of Owls from Zimbabwe, Africa

Zimbabwe

Stone Carvings

Photo: D. Allen 

This postcard was postmarked in 1993 with two Zimbabwe stamps.  

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These African stone sculptures are known as Shona sculpture or Zimbabwe Shona sculpture because they are hand carved by the Shona of Zimbabwe. The Shona people of Zimbabwe have been hand sculpting stone into works of art for nearly a thousand years.

Zimbabwe stamp 1990

Wildlife

Black Rhinoceros, 9 c

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Zimbabwe stamp 1985

National Infrastructure

Mbira, A Musical Instrument

$ 1

 

Batman Bridge, Tasmania

Batman Bridge, Tamar Valley - Tasmania

Batman Bridge spans the Tamar River in the Tamar Valley which is situated in northern Tasmania.  It was built between 1966 and 1968 and was the first cable-stayed bridge in Australia.  The main span is 206 metrers long and A-frame tower 91 metres high.

Photography by Shayne Howe Smith

This unused postcard was given to me in 2018.

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I was hoping the bridge got its amazing name from the Batman comics or something cool... however, it is named after John Batman, (21 January 1801 – 6 May 1839) an Australian farmer, entrepreneur and explorer. 

A Big Heart and a Teddy Bear for Our Friendship

Vår Vänskap ar ingen småsak

The sender translated this from Swedish:
Our friendship is no small thing.  

This is a pre-printed stamped postcard that was mailed from Finland in 2017.  It was signed by four people. 

Mickey Kissing Minnie on New Years Eve

Dong Dong

Disney

The sender writes:
I found this great vintage Disney card.  I've never seen such a New Year Card.

This postcard features Mickey Mouse kissing Minnie Mouse at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve.  It was postmarked from Finland in 2017.

Finland stamp 2011

Mailboxes, 2 LK KL

Aplomado Falcon

Aplomado Falcons (Falco femoralis)  were once common in open grasslands and deserts from southern Texas to southern Arizona, the northernmost boundary of their range.  Today they are listed as endangered and vary rare in the U.S. and northern Mexico, but efforts are underway to reintroduce them to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. 

Photographer - Larry R. Ditto

This postcard was postmarked in 1995.  

USA stamp 1988

Great Americans

Mary Cassatt, 23 c

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Mary Stevenson Cassatt

(May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) 

was an American painter and printmaker.