Roatan, Honduras

Map of Roatan

West Bay, West End Sunset, the View, Punta Gorda, West Bay Beach, Mahogany Bay Center, Coxen Hole and French Harbour

Roatan, Honduras is a 1-2 mile wide island, spanning east-west for 28 miles; with wooded hills as tall as 800 feet the island is a range of ridges and gently sloping valles sloping to marshes, sandy beaches or mangrove forests.

Photos by: Eliab Perez

This postcard is postmarked in 2014.
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I'm Here!
Roatan, Honduras
Greetings from Honduras

This world map postcard is postmarked in 2014.

Both have this stamp ....

Honduras stamp 2005

Pope John Paul II - L 15.00

Liberty of the Seas, Royal Caribbean

Liberty of the Seas

Royal Caribbean International 

Passenger capacity: 3,634 double occupancy

Gross tonnage: 160,000

Length: 1,112'

Max Beam: 184'

Draft 28'

Cruising Speed 21.6 knots

unused postcard from 2013

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Liberty of the Seas

Royal Caribbean International

This postcard is also a magnet!

postmarked in 2013 with a Belize map stamp

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MS Liberty of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean International Freedom class cruise ship which entered regular service in May 2007.  The 15-deck ship accommodates 3,634 passengers served by 1,360 crew. She was built in 18 months at the Aker Finnyards drydock in Turku, Finland, where her sister ship, Freedom of the Seas, was also built. At gross tonnage (GT) of 154,407 tons, she joined her sister ship, Freedom of the Seas, as the largest cruise ships and passenger vessels then ever built. She is 1,111.9 ft (338.91 m) long, 184 ft (56.08 m) wide, and cruises at 21.6-knot (40 km/h; 25 mph).

In 2009, the first in a new Oasis Class of ships measuring 220,000 gross tons displaced the Freedom class as the world's largest passenger ships.

In 2011, Liberty of the Seas underwent renovations in drydock  to include features introduced on Oasis class ships that have proven to be popular.

Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv

Theatre of Opera and ballet after Solomiya Krushelnytska, 1897 - 1900. (It was built between 1897 and 1900)

This is postmarked in 2014 with three Ukraine stamps - one N and two 50. 

The sender writes:

On this card you can see the 3rd most beautiful European Opera House, the architect of which committed suicide after learning the theatre was going to collapse due to his incorrect plan (it had been built on the river).   But fortunately, many tourists have been able to feast their eyes on it for more than a century.  It’s definitely worth visiting so welcome to Lviv! 

West Side Story in French

West Side Story

Natalie Wood, George Chakiris
Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno

Le Film Aux 11 Oscars (The Movie For 11 Oscars)

Sortie le 10 julliet 1996 (Released on 10 july 1996)
(This maybe was released in French in 1996, the actual movie was released in 1961)

unused, from 1996
made in Paris, by K Films

The Eyes of Animals at Night ...

Wildlife at Night

This is postmarked in 2014 and features the moon, and the eyes of an owl, unknown, a lost hunter, a frog, raccoon, cougar, moose, deer and some mice.

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Northern Michigan at Night

This is postmarked in 1991 and features the moon, and the eyes of an owl, unknown, a lost hunter, a frog, raccoon, cougar, moose, deer and some mice.
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Wildlife at night in Wisconsin
Owl, lost tourist, moose, unknown, raccoon, black bear, deer, timber wolf, frog and mice

This one is from 2000.

Large Letter Postcard from Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Greetings from Fond Du Lac
Wisconsin

This Curt Teich postcard is postmarked in 1945 with a one cent stamp.

The sender writes:

Here is a Large Letter - are you really collecting LL’s?  I’ve sent you a few - Did you tell me which ones you needed - I’ve looked at your cards and can’t find a list.

Ostrava, Nova Karolina in Czech Republic

Ostrava
Moravska Ostrava
Nova (New) Karolina 6.3.2012

Foto: Stefan Spic

This postcard is unused.

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Karolina is the name of an area approximately 30 hectares in size situated 500 m (1,600 ft) from the city's historic square. The Karolina area was originally used for heavy industry.

In late June 2006, the Dutch firm Multi Development won the contract to develop the grounds of the former Karolina site. Multi Development plans to invest 13 billion CZK (EUR 450 million).

Many new apartment buildings, offices and shops are planned for this new city district. There will also be a new church, a high-rise building, a large park by the Ostravice River and a university campus.

The Beatles, Real Photo Postcard from A Hard Day's Night

The back of this postcard reads:
Real Photo Post Card by Kowalak, River Edge, NJ.

The movie slate on the front reads: Proscenium, Dir. Dick Lester (standing next to John Lenon in the above postcard), Gil Taylor.
The man standing in the far left corner is producer Walter Shenson.

So this must be when they were filming  A Hard Day's Night.

A Hard Day's Night, released on July 6,1964, is a British black-and-white comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays a couple of days in the lives of the group. Gilbert Taylor did the Cinematography. 

A Traditional Food Storage in Togo, Africa

Togo
Silo de mais (the corn silo in the Afrikaans language)

This postcard is unused.

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Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It covers an area of approximately 57,000 square kilometres (22,000 sq mi) with a population of approximately 6.7 million.

The American Bicentennial 1776 - 1976

1776 - 1976
The American Bicentennial

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of The United States of America 1776-1976

An American Bicentennial Commemorative Card
Heirloom Collector Series

unused

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During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4.

A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.

Adams's prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2.

State Capitol Building in Raleigh, North Carolina

State Capitol
North Carolina
Raleigh

This historic landmark built in the 1830s represents North Carolina's rich history and is considered one of the best-preserved examples of a civic building featuring Greek-Revival architecture.

postmarked in 2013 with a USA 'Building a Nation' stamp
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Here is a postcard from 1952.

North Carolina
State Capitol, Raleigh, N.C.

Completed in 1840, the State Capitol was pronounced by experts to be one of the most beautiful buildings in America.  The columns and entablature (superstructure of moldings and bands which lie horizontally above columns) are Grecian Doric.

Postmarked in 1952 with a 2 cent 'John Adams' stamp

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The North Carolina State Capitol is the main house of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The cornerstone of the Greek Revival building was laid on July 4, 1833. Construction was completed in 1840.

The Capitol was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.

Factory of C.G. Conn Music Instruments in Elkhart, Indiana

Aerial view of factory, C.G. Conn Ltd., Elkhart, Indiana, world’s largest manufacturer of band and orchestra instruments.  Occupies more than 225,000 square feet of floor space and employs over 900 skilled craftsmen.  Capacity output of 7,000 complete instruments per month.

This real photo postcard is postmarked in 1957 with a machine stamp.

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C.G. Conn Ltd. was a United States manufacturer of musical instruments, especially brass instruments.

Assets of C.G. Conn were bought by Steinway Musical Instruments in 2000 and in January 2003 were merged with other Steinway properties into a subsidiary called Conn-Selmer. 

Marlon Brando in The Wild One

Marlon Brando, the Wild One, 1954.
Photograph by Phil Stern

unused, bought in 2011

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Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor who performed for over half a century.
He was perhaps best known for his role as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).  During the 1970s, he was most famous for his Academy Award-winning performance as Vito Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972), also playing Colonel Walter Kurtz in another Coppola film, Apocalypse Now (1979).

Brando had a significant impact on film acting, and was the foremost example of the "method" acting style. While he became notorious for his "mumbling" diction his performances were nonetheless highly regarded, and he is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of the 20th century. Director Martin Scorsese said of him, "He is the marker. There's 'before Brando' and 'after Brando'."

Brando was also an activist, supporting many issues, notably the African-American Civil Rights Movement and various American Indian Movements.