Saturday, March 31, 2018

Ingle Look's Grannies Celebrates Easter

Design: Inge Look / 38

The sender writes:
Have a Brilliant Easter Time!

She also had this postcard, featuring her famous little old ladies, rabbits and eggs,  autographed by Inge Look!  It is postmarked in 2015 with a cute stamp from Finland.
Valentine's Day 
Friends Together
Birds and a Mole? Krtek? 
1 Lk KL

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.

2017

National Cherry Blossom Festival
Each year Washington, D.C. celebrates the gift of ornamental cherry trees from Tokyo, Japan.  In a ceremony on March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese Ambassador planted a pair of trees, the first of thousands which were shipped to the city.  

The sender writes:
Though this year's blooms were a little "whimpy" compared to the average year, they were still beautiful and even magical!  Spring certainly is gorgeous here in our nation's capital!

This postcard is postmarked on March 29, 2017. 
USA stamp 2016
Colorful Celebrations
Forever First Class

Saturday, March 17, 2018

The Vanguard Rocket and the 'Baby Moon'

Baby Moon

Air Force Missile Test Center
Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
U.S. Navy Vanguard - Satellite Vehicle

The Vanguard blasts off from its launching stand at Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying in its nose a small earth satellite.  This "baby moon" is now circling the earth as part of United States participation in the International Geo-physical Year.  The Vanguard, undertaken by the Naval Research Laboratory, is one of the rockets now being tested at the Air Force Missile Test Center.

This is an unused vintage 'Curteich Color' postcard.

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I believe this was on March 17, 1958. 

Monday, March 12, 2018

A Mauritius Postcard Featuring The Colors of their Flag

Mauritius
Ile Maurice

This is postmarked in 2016.

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The national flag of Mauritius, also known as the Four Bands, was adopted upon independence on March 12, 1968. It consists of four horizontal bands of equal width with the colors red, blue, yellow, and green.
Mauritius stamp 2013
Bras D'Eau National Park
Mascarene Swallow (or Martin Bird)
Phedina borbonica, Rs 18