The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's
The Nightmare Before Christmas

This postcard is unused.

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The Nightmare Before Christmas, released on October 29, 1993, is a stop-motion animated dark fantasy musical film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a resident from "Halloween Town" who stumbles through a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the holiday, with some dastardly and comical consequences.

Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. 

A Dear Doctor Postcard from Taranaki, New Zealand

New Zealand:

Mt. Egmont and the pasture lands of Taranaki

Dear Doctor:

From makers of the PENTOTHAL family of intravenous anesthetics, Holiday Greetings! We've chosen this New Zealand stamp depicting Rembrandt's "Adoration of the Shepherds" as especially appropriate to the Christmas Season.

Abbott

This "Dear Doctor" postcard is postmarked in 1961.

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Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active volcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.

New Zealand stamp 1960

Christmas

Rembrandt Nativity, 2 D 

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New Zealand stamp 1960 - 1963

Local Motifs 

Corynocarpus laevigatus

Karaka Flowers, 1 

Cartoon Icebreaker Ships from Finland

Onnea
Ja Iloa!

(Congratulations
and Joy!)

This postcard features three icebreaker ships and a snowmobile.  It is postmarked from Finlandia 2017 with two stamps.

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In 2016 Finland developed the first icebreaker in the world (named Polaris) to feature environmentally friendly dual-fuel engines capable of using both low-sulfur marine diesel oil and liquefied natural gas.

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 (Finland's Postal System) 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.

!!!!!!! 

On a side note, I was in Finland for Finlandia 100 in Tampere.  I was staying with a friend (Kati) and we found one of these stamps with her face on it!  Everyone was very excited for her.  

Paddington Bear

Please Look after this Bear
Thank You.

Paddington Bear
Paddington and Company 1994

This postcard is unused.

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Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on October 13, 1958 and has been featured in more than twenty books written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists.

Paddington is a friendly bear from deepest, darkest Peru. He has an old hat, battered suitcase (complete with a secret compartment, enabling it to hold more items than it would at first appear), duffel coat and a love of marmalade.

Paddington books have been translated into 30 languages across 70 titles and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. 

Apollo 7 - Launched 50 Year Ago Today . . .

John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A.
The Apollo 7 spacecraft, atop a Saturn IB rocket, lifts off from Complex 34.  The spacecraft achieved orbit to begin an 11-day mission.   The flight is intended to qualify Apollo for a manned flight to the moon.

This unused postcard is from 1968. (The launch was on October 11, 1968.)
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Here is another postcard...

John F. Kennedy Space Center
N.A.S.A.
Saturn IB space vehicle carrying Apollo 7 Astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham lifts off from Launch Complex 34.  Camera captures rocket clearing its 240-foot-high umbilical tower.

This postcard is unused. 

A Painted Apple for International Postcard Week

International Postcard Week
October 1-7, 2017

Hello from Deborah Ashley and Happy International Postcard Week!

This is a first for me on multiple accounts:  my first time participating in International Postcard Week and my first time sharing my art!  I painted the apple on this post card just weeks ago and now declare myself an artist sharing my art with the world!

Thank you for sharing both of these firsts with me!

All the best, indeed!

Deborah Ashley
Limited edition # 11 of 100

This is postmarked in 2017 with a shell stamp.

Thank you Deborah for sharing your beautiful apple!  For sure you are a true artist.

USA stamp 2017

Seashells

Zebra Nerite

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