Ostrava, Czech Republic

Greetings from Ostrava

Ostrava, Moravskoslezska metropole (Silesian metropolis)
Czech republic
Foto: Pavel Kopec

This postcard is unused and from 2013.

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Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic and is located close to the Polish border.

A Mastiff Dog in a Fireman in Hook and Ladder Toy Car

Souvenir

Restaurant St-Maurice

Tabagie "Soda Fountain" Souvenirs 

The Third Alarm

Photo by Three Lions, Inc. 

This is a 'Dexter Press' postcard and is postmarked in 1962 from Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. 

Canada Stamp 1954

Queen Elizabeth 4c

Moldovita Monastery, Church in Romania - UNESCO

Romani

Biserica Manastirii Moldovita (1532)

This card is postmarked in 2013 with a Romanian goat stamp.

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Stephen the Great, the King (in Romanian Domnitor) of Moldavia from 1457 until his death in 1504, fought 36 battles against the Ottoman Empire, winning 34 of them. He was very religious and built churches after many victories. Stephen's illegitimate son, Petru Rareș, who ruled Moldavia from 1527 to 1538 and again from 1541 to 1546, promoted a new vision for Bukovina churches. He commissioned artists to cover the interiors and exteriors with elaborate frescoes (portraits of saints and prophets, scenes from the life of Jesus).

The best preserved are the monasteries in the towns of Sucevița, Moldovița, Voroneț, Humor, Suceava, Pătrăuți, Arbore and Probota. These eight monasteries, including the Monastery of Moldovița in the postcard above, were placed on UNESCO World Heritage list in 1993.

Romania stamp 2012

Mountain Fauna

Emisiune comuna Romania - Spania 

Joint Issue With Spain

Ibex, Wild Goat 3.10

New Zealand Puzzle Postcard featuring a Kiwi and a Sheep

 

They're a friendly lot in
New Zealand

unused puzzle postcard featuring a Kiwi and a Sheep
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More about Kiwi's...

New Zealand

"Kiwiland"

Great Spotted Kiwi, Brown Kiwi, Anomalopteryx didiformis, a small slender moa (Extinct)

Kiwi Facts:

- The only bird that has external nostrils - which are located at the end of the beak

- Built for strength not flight it has marrow in it's bones and strong muscular legs

- A kiwi's large egg is 20% of the females weight

- All over the world New Zealanders are known as "kiwi's"

- The kiwi is a flightless, nocturnal bird that nests in a burrow in the ground

Kiwi: New Zealand's endangered national symbol is around the size of a chicken and is the smallest of the living 'ratites'.  Flightless, shy, and mostly nocturnal the kiwi consists of five recognised species.  They are omnivorous, mate for life, nesting in burrows, hollow logs, or holes.   

Designed by Rosie Louise and terry Moyle, 2007

(I love the map that shows where you can find the different types of kiwis)

unused, bought in New Zealand for $2.50

Madre India Statue in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Bolivia
Sud America (South America)

Madre India
Santa Cruz
Foto: Federico Arispe R.

This statue / monument is to represent the courage and beauty of indigenous Bolivia.
It is unused and from 2013.

Dude-A-Bunga, Cows! HAHAHA - They are Mootant

Tender-Aged Mootant Hybrid
Cattle
Dude-A-Bunga, COWS!

This is postmarked in 1993 with 19 cent balloon stamp.

A Few Postcards of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil

Rio De Janeiro - Brasil

Cristo Redentor 

The sender writes:

Here we are in Rio - Seems a long way from home.  Rosa Page Welch is singing her way into the hearts of the people.  We san together on the plane yesterday, something to pass the hours away.  We were on the plane all night.  We visited this statue of Christ the Redeemer on a mountain yesterday.  It is very hot here.  Wish you were along.  

This is a real photo postcard is is postmarked in 1956 from Brazil. 

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Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world. It is 30 metres (98 ft) tall, not including its 8 metres (26 ft) pedestal, and the arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide. It is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. The statue is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

Brazil (Brasil) stamp 1953

IV Centenario de Sao Paulo 1554 - 1954

The 400th Anniversary of Sao Paulo

2,80

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Here are a few more postcards of the statue. They are all unused and from 1987 (9teen87) :D

Free Chicago Cubs Tickets during World War II

 We believe that many people who would like to enjoy the great American game of baseball, have, for one reason or another, never had the opportunity to get out to the ball park.  Therefore, we would like to send you two FREE tickets to Wrigley Filed at our expense.  If you are interested, simply fill out the attached return card and drop it in the mail.
- Chicago Cubs

The reply card (the bottom 'tear off' half of the two postcards shown) is pre-addressed to the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois with a one cent Martha Washington printed stamp.

This was postmarked on May 25, 1942 from Chicago, Illinois with a prepaid one cent Washington stamp.

Below is the other side of these two postcards....

Top Postcard:

An Invitation from
Chicago Cubs

Bottom Postcard: (A questionnaire on a reply postal card that tears off to be returned to the Cubs)

1. About how many major league games have you seen in the last three years?
2. Have you seen any night baseball games
3.  Do you prefer day or night baseball
4. Now and then, can you get away on a week-day afternoon to relax and enjoy yourself?
5. If you were going to a Cub game, what would be the most convent time for the game to start? 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 or 5:00 PM
6. If the Cubs played "Twilight" ball, what time would you want it tot start? 6:00 or 7:00 PM
7. As far as you are concerned, what is the best time for Cub Saturday afternoon games to start? 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 or 5:00 PM

After you have answered the above questions, fill in your name and address below.  You Will Be Mailed 2 Free Tickets for a Cub Game at Wrigley Field.

This card is void unless mailed by May 26, 1942.

**Please note, the day it was sent to them was May 25! So they had to fill this out by the next day to get their free tickets. Also, this is five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Major League Baseball during World War II:

The onset of World War II created a significant shortage of professional baseball players, as more than 500 men left MLB teams to serve in the military.  Also, wartime blackout restrictions, designed to keep outdoor lighting at low levels, caused another problem for baseball. These rules limited traveling and night games to the point that the 1942 season nearly had to be cancelled. On January 14, 1942, MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis wrote a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and pleaded for the continuation of baseball during the war in hopes for a start of a new major league season. President Roosevelt responded, "I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. There will be fewer people unemployed and everybody will work longer hours and harder than ever before. And that means that they ought to have a chance for recreation and for taking their minds off their work even more than before."  So with the approval of President Roosevelt, spring training began in 1942. 

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a growing metropolis that keeps getting better and better.  The city's geography is a picturesque image of cactus forests, rolling hills and awe-inspiring mountains.

Photo by Mike Jones

This postcard is postmarked in 2013 with a USA flag stamp.

USA stamp 2013

From the series: A Flag for All Seasons

Winter

Forever a first class stamp

The Television Show: Our Gang, Little Rascals

Our Gang

Shown is:
William Thomas as Buckwheat
and I think the other child is
Eugene Gordon Lee as Porky
I'm not sure which show had a monkey in it.

On a side note:
Porky originated the catchphrase "O-tay!", though it is commonly attributed to Buckwheat.

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Our Gang (also known as The Little Rascals) is a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures.

Starting in 1922, the Our Gang series includes 220 shorts and one feature film, General Spanky, featuring over forty-one child actors.

Puppet Show in Java (Wayang Kulit), Indonesia

 The shadow play or Wayang Kulit of Java employs delicately carved and painted puppets

Photo: Pitoyo S.

This postcard is postmarked in 2013 with two Indonesia stamps.

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UNESCO designated wayang kulit, a shadow puppet theatre and the best known of the Indonesian wayang, as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003.

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Shadow play or also known as shadow puppetry is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat figures (shadow puppets), a light source and a translucent screen to create the impression of movement.

Various effects can be achieved by moving both the puppets and the light source. A talented puppeteer can make the figures appear to walk, dance, fight, nod and laugh.

Indonesia stamp 2013

From the series: Traditional Music Instruments

Serune Kalee, NAD, 3000 

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Indonesia stamp 2013

Indonesia Postal Service, 5000

Tulsa Oklahoma on a Large Letter Postcard

Greetings from Tulsa, Oklahoma
"The Oil Capital of the World"

This Large Letter postcard is unused.

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Tulsa is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma with a population of 393,987 (2012 US Census estimate).
It was first settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe. For most of the 20th century, the city held the nickname "Oil Capital of the World".

Tunisia Postcard with Matmata

Tunisie (Tunisia) 

The friendship view card

This postcard is postmarked in 2013 with a Tunisia grapes stamp. 

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There is no writing on the postcard to tell what these places are.  However, I think the bottom center is Matmata.

Matmata is a small town in southern Tunisia. The structures typical for the village are created by digging a large pit in the ground. Around the perimeter of this pit artificial caves are then dug to be used as rooms, with some homes comprising multiple pits, connected by trench-like passageways.