Three Postcards from The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama

U.S. Space and Rocket Center 

Huntsville, Alabama

All three postcards are unused and from 2012.

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This is Saturn V Replica at the Museum with Fireworks.

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The Space Shot, Saturn V Replica and Saturn 1B at the Space Center

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The SR-71 Blackbird Aircraft

 

The Passat Windjammer Ship from The Aland Maritime Museum

Segel beslias pa Passat under sista resan runt

Kap Horn ar 1949

Alands sjofartsmuseum

Translation from Swedish:

Sails being set on the Passat during the last voyage around Cape Horn in 1949

Aland Maritime Museum

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This postcard was postmarked in 2026 with an Aland Sailing stamp. 

The Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota

Spam Museum, Austin, Minnesota

(They even have a Spam gift shop... haha!) 

This postcard was postmarked in 2026.

Maritime Museum of Finland located in Kotka

Merikeskus Vellamo - Kotka

Kotkansaaren korleukisidda

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Maritime Centre Vellamo (Merikeskus Vellamo) is located in Kotkansaari, Kotka, Finland.  

It houses the Maritime Museum of Finland. 

This postcard was postmarked in 2020. 

A Statue of John Wayne in his Birthplace of Winterset, Iowa

A Statue of John Wayne in his birthplace of Winterset, Iowa

This postcard was postmarked in 2022. 

 

The Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Marley-Davidson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The Harley-Davidson Museum opened in July 2008 and displays a large collection of Motorcycles along with history about Harley-Davidson.  The Iron Horse Hotel, a boutique hotel catering to motorcycle enthusiasts, is located one block south of the museum.

Photos by William H. Jacobs

This unused postcard is from 2016.

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The Harley-Davidson Museum opened on July 12, 2008 and is a celebration of the more than 110-year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) three building complex on 20 acres (81,000 m2) contains more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Company's history.
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Here is one more similar postcard from Milwaukee . . .

Milwaukee

Wisconsin

Harley Davidson Motorcycle

With the corporate headquarters of Harley Davidson Motorcycles in Milwaukee, 

it is not surprising to see a number of these cycles cruising the streets.

Photo by Steve Gibson

This unused postcard is from 2016. 

Hospices de Beaune in Beaune, France

Beaune
Au Pays Des Grands Crus
Beaune (Cote-d'Or).

Le toit de tuiles vernissees de la cour d'honneur de l'Hotel-Diu, de l'Hotel-Dieu, fonde en 1443 par Nicolas Rolin

translated:
The roof of glazed tiles of the courtyard of Hotel-Diu, Hotel-Dieu, founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin


This postcard is postmarked in 2017 from France with a 'Proud as a Peacock' stamp.
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Here is one more postcard . . .

Beaune
Sise en bons murs
entoures de vignoble
Beaune je suis,
la premiere cite
ou le duc de Bourgogne
ait habite;
Si me voyez tant belle,
riche et noble.

Au Pays des Grands Crus ...
Beaune (Cote-d'Or)
La cour d'honneur de l'Hotel-Diu fonde en 1443 par Nicolas Rolin - Le tournebroche de las cuisine - L'eglise Notre-Dame
La Salle des Povres

From an on-line translator:

Beaune
Seated in good walls
Surrounded by vineyards
Beaune I am,
The first cite
Or the Duke of Burgundy
Has lived;
If I see so beautiful,
Rich and noble.

In the Land of Grands Crus ...
Beaune (Cote-d'Or)
-The court of honor of the Hotel-Diu founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin
- The rotisserie of the kitchen
- Notre-Dame church
- The Salle des Povres

This is postmarked in 2011 from France with a labrador retriever dog stamp.

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The Hospices de Beaune or Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune is a former charitable almshouse in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, as a hospital for the poor and needy. The original hospital building, the Hôtel-Dieu, is one of the finest examples of French fifteenth-century architecture and is now a museum.

An important charity wine auction is held here in November each year.

France stamp 2015

Take the Bull by the Horns

Fier Comme un Paon

(Proud As a Peacock)

20 g

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France stamp 2011

Purebred Dogs

Labrador 0,58

Route Industriekultur (Industrial Heritage Trail) in Germany

Route Industriekultur  (Industrial Heritage Trail)

(1) Henrichshutte Hattingen 

(2) Deutsches Bergbau - Museum Bochum

(3) Gasometer Oberhausen

(4) Aquarius Mulheim

(5) Zeche Zollern Dortmund

(6) Tetraeder Bottrop

(7) Zeche Zollverein Essen

This postcard is postmarked in 2017 from Germany.

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The Industrial Heritage Trail links tourist attractions related to the industrial heritage in the Ruhr area in Germany. It is a part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

(1) The Henrichshütte is a former hut factory in Hattingen and is now operated as a museum .

(2) The German Mining Museum in Bochum is the largest mining museum in the world.

(3) The Gasometer Oberhausen is a former gas holder in Oberhausen, Germany, which has been converted into an exhibition space.

(4) The Aquarius Water Museum is a water tower that has been shut down.  In 1989 it was renovated and converted into a museum.

(5) The Zeche Zollern II/IV Colliery (Coal Mining) is located in Dortmund, Germany. In 1969 it was recognized as Germany's first technical building and a monument of international importance. Since 1981, it has been the headquarters of the Westphalian Industrial Museum.

(6) The Tetrahedron in Bottrop is a walkable steel structure in the form of a tetrahedron with a side length of 60m, resting on four 9m tall concrete pillars. 

(7) The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001.

Germany (Deutschland) stamp 2016

Tourism

Germany's Most Beautiful Panoramas

90

New Mexico's Ice Age, Museum of Natural History and Science

New Mexico's Ice Age
Twelve thousand years ago, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves hunted bison and mammoths in a wetter, cooler southern New Mexico.  Glaciers sculpted mountain peaks as far south as Sierra Blanca (mural by Kent Pendleton).

New Mexico Museum of Natural History

This postcard is unused.

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The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founded in 1986.

The Museum's permanent exhibit halls are as follows:

Origins
Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Jurassic Super Giants
New Mexico's Seacoast
Age of Volcanoes
Evolving Grasslands
Cave Experience
New Mexico's Ice Age

Other permanent exhibits include a planetarium and two floors of exhibit galleries dedicated to astronomy and space exploration. 

Two Postcards of the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico

The International UFO Museum
Roswell, New Mexico

Many reports have been made about UFO crashes all over the world.  If you doubt that come to 400 N. Main, Roswell, New Mexico where one crashed into the corner of the building.

This postcard is unused.
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Roswell, New Mexico
Independence Day celebrations in 1947 were marked by events of cosmic magnitude.  On that infamous day, intense thunderstorms demonstrated the power of the heavens.  Amidst a blinding rain and an electric-filled sky, radar tracked an object fall towards Earth.  Rumors of debris-strewn fields and a military cover up suggested a UFO had crashed in the Roswell area.  The mystery of the "Roswell incident" attracts a host of visitors annually.  Is Earth the target of galactic probes or is New Mexico simply an out of this world place to vacation?  Discover Roswell!

Digital Imaging: Terrell Creative

This is postmarked in 2007 with a 41 cent, Star Wars, Yoda stamp.

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The International UFO Museum And Research Center is focused largely on the 1947 Roswell Crash and later supposed UFO incidents in the United States and elsewhere. It was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit educational organization. The museum contains an extensive library and exhibits all focused on the history of UFO encounters.

USA stamp 2007

Star Wars

Yoda

41 cent Yoda

Village des Bories, A Museum in France

Bories dans le Luberon
La Provence
bories dans le Luberon

Photo: A. Levy

This postcard is postmarked in 2014 from France with the signatures of around 18 Postcrossing members who attended a Postcrossing meet-up.

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Village des Bories is an open-air museum of 20 or so dry stone huts located in the Vaucluse department of France.

France stamp 2013

Red Cross

Champtoceaux (former commune in France)

Design: Isy Ochoa

0,63 + 20 g

Milwaukee Wisconsin Art Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum

Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava of Spain, the museum structure is known for its "Burke Brise Soleil", or sunshade which greatly and silently rolls up against the backdrop of Lake Michigan

Photos by: William H. Jacobs

This unused postcard is from 2016.

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This art museum is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and houses more than 35,000 works of art housed on four floors, with works from antiquity to the present.

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Brise soleil is an architectural feature of a building that reduces heat gain within that building by deflecting sunlight.

Smithsonian National Postal Museum, Mailboxes in Washington D.C.

Smithsonian
National Postal Museum

Beginning in the 1950s, many cities offered separate mailboxes for local and out-of-town mail to speed processing.  Marketing photo's like this promoted their use to increase efficiency.

The sender writes:
How adorable is this postcard displaying the old Post Boxes here in D.C.?!  I might just frame this one, I love it so much!

This is postmarked in 2016 from Washington D.C. 

USA stamp 2015

Coastal Birds

Spoonbill

Postcard Rate

Radom Village Museum, Muzeum Wsi Radomskiej in Poland

Muzeum

Wsi

Radomskiej 

(Random Village Museum)

fot: (photo) A. Porochnenko 

This is postmarked in 2016 from Czech Republic. 

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This open-air museum was founded in 1977 and features the culture and architecture of the region of Radom in Poland.

Czech Republic (Ceska Republika) stamp 2010

The Beauty of Flowers

Tulpan, Tulip Flower 30 Kc

Pier Wisconsin, Discovery World, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Pier Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Located on the shoreline of Lake Michigan, this new facility is home to Discovery World, which as many exciting exhibits and programs.

Photo Credit: William H. Jacobs

This unused postcard is from 2016.

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Discovery World is a museum that focuses on innovation and technology, as well as Great Lakes education and conservation. It contains interactive exhibits, the Reiman Aquarium, and two theaters.

Tellus Scince Museum in Cartersville, Georgia

National Postcard Week
May 3 - 9, 2015

Tellus Science Museum
A world-class 120,000 square foot museum located in Cartersville, Georgia just off I-75 at exit 293.  The museum's exhibits open minds and ignite a passion for science. Tellus features 4 main galleries: Weinman Mineral Gallery, Fossil Gallery, Science in Motion and The Collins Family My Big Backyard.  A 120-seat digital planetarium and an observatory with a state-of-the-art 20-inch telescope is also located at Tellus. Eye-popping exhibits like an 80 foot-long Apatosaurus and a replica Wright flyer excite and amaze visitors of all ages.  Children will have a blast conducting hands-on experiments with light, sound, magnets and more.  Dazzling gems and minerals sparkle and glow alongside interactive exhibits demonstrating how the Earth moves and changes.

Happy National Postcard Week!

This unused postcard was made by Sherry G. and is number 3 in a limited edition of 80.

The Albion Printing Press from the MOTAT Museum in New Zealand

 MOTAT

The Albion press is an early iron hand printing press manufactured in London from around 1820 - 1930

Printed Letterpress by Volunteers in The Print Shop

The sender writes:

This card is from MOTAT, The Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. 

This postcard was mailed from New Zealand in 2016. 

New Zealand stamp 2016

Year of the Monkey, 2.00

Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Chicago, Illinois

Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum
Chicago Park District

Demonstration of the Planetarium instrument.  It projects into the dome a miniature universe.  So perfectly is this portrayed that one has the feeling of looking into the true heaven.  Here one can see the celestial host in its daily journey across the sky, can see the Sun, Moon and planets threading their ways among the stars, and can see the changing aspect of the sky due to change of position on the Earth or due to precessional motion.  The day, the year, and the precessional cycle can be shortened into minutes or even seconds.

This vintage postcard is unused.

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The Adler Planetarium opened to the public on May 12, 1930. It is America's first planetarium and part of Chicago's Museum Campus, which includes the John G. Shedd Aquarium and The Field Museum. 

The Saginaw CycleCar - National Postcard Week

Saginaw Cyclecar
1914 - 2014

National Postcard Week
May 4-10, 2014

Several attempts to manufacture cars in Saginaw took place in the era moving from lumber to the automobile age; The Valley Boat and Engine Co., being one of them.
In 1914, the only year of production, 35 of the two-seat Saginaw Cyclecar were built.  It was of wood frame with carbide lights and it promised 50 MPG from it's one gallon fuel tank, and sold for $395.00.
This beauty presently resides in The Saginaw Castle Museum. (In Michigan)

This postcard was drawn by artist Rick Geary for Lois Powell and is # 25 in a limited edition of 125. 

The Royal Pavilion in Brighton, England

City of Brighton
East Sussex
The Royal Pavilion

Photography by Graham Thornton

This postcard is postmarked in 2015 from England.

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The Royal Pavilion also known as the Brighton Pavilion is a former royal residence. It was built in three stages, beginning in 1787, as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815.

Today it is a museum to visit and tour or you can rent it for weddings and events.

Great Britain stamp 2013

Queen Elizabeth II

Brown, 1.00