Sunday, December 29, 2019

Two Very Similar Disney Fireworks Postcards...

Walt Disney World

For the millennium celebration, Epcot is introducing IllumiNations 2000: reflections of Earth, an all-new nighttime spectacular filled with the fiery glow of torches, a high-energy soundtrack, sky-piercing lasers and thunderous fireworks.

This unused postcard is from the year 2000.

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Here is a similar postcard..... I bought this card in 2012, it amazes me how similar the fireworks are!  I'm guessing they just added a few more via photoshop for this card.

Walt Disney World
Epcot
9. IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth

This postcard is from a bonus book of 10 postcards.  I bought it in 2012. 


Thursday, December 19, 2019

Meet Me at Ma Fischer's Restaurant in Wisconsin (International Postcard Week)

Meet me at Ma Fischer's
Open 24 Hours

IPCW (International Postcard Week) - 6-12, 2019

Hi,
Ma Fischer's is an iconic restaurant for late nite meals after going out on One East Side.  As you can see, UW-Milw (Wisconsin University - Milwaukee) students frequent this place, as I did when I was at UWM as a student in 1983.  Good times, lots of laughter and memories here.

See ya next year!

Kari - from Wisconsin 

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Greetings From the North Pole - A Wood Postcard

Greetings from the NORTH POLE

This large letter postcard is made of wood and was postmarked in 2018 with two Santa stamps.

The sender writes a punny message:
I 'WOOD' like to wish you a very Merry Christmas.
USA stamp 2018
Christmas, Sparkling Santas
Forever a first class stamp 
USA stamp 2018
Christmas, Sparkling Santas
Forever a first class stamp

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A Christmas Rhyme with Holly Berry

Holly bough and holly berry
Take for me a message merry
Take remembrance and a rhyme
For the Merry Christmas time
Take good wishes and good cheer
That shall last the whole New Year.

M.E.S.
Sandford Card Company, Dansville N.Y.

It took me a few tries to figure out how to read this postcard!  It was postmarked in 1913.
USA stamp 1913
Parcel Post
Post Office Clerk
Red, 1 Cent

Friday, December 6, 2019

The Town Center in Umag, Croatia

Umago
Croatia

The sender writes:
This card is from the place we spent our summer holidays this year.  It is near to where we live (only 1 hour 30 minutes) in Croatia.  It was really nice and the sea was very warm.  

This postcard is from Croatia, however,  it was postmarked in 2019 from Slovenia, from a lady who lives in Italy.  I love it!

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Umag (Italian: Umago) is a coastal town in Istria, Croatia.  It was mentioned for the first time in the 7th century by someone from Ravenna, but it already existed in Roman times. Proof of this is found in the numerous remains of Roman villas uncovered all along the coast.
Slovenia (Slovenija) stamp 2017
Villa Creativa, 
Happy New Year 
Snowman, C

Monday, December 2, 2019

Muskox in Greenland

Kap Kobenhavn (Cape Copenhagen), North Greenland
Photo: Jens Bocher

This postcard features muskox and was postmarked from Greenland in 2017. 
Greenland (Gronland) stamp 2017
SEPAC Issue
(Small European Postal Administration Cooperation)
Local Handicrafts, 15,00 Kr