Weather Centenary

100th Anniversary Weather Services postal card. A nickel, postage that is. I think candy bars were 7 cents if I remember right and Hostess Fruit Pies were around 13 cents. It's hard to believe I was amazed back then that my Dad told me stories of spending an afternoon at the theater with treats and a bus ride for a quarter. 

 

JimmyB

Steamships

 100th anniversary of steamship service on the Danube for these Austrian stamps from 1937.  My catalogue has it numbered 382-384.

                                       
                                                                  SS. Maria Anna      

                                      

                                                                      S.S. Uranus

                                                                   S.S. Oesterreich



JimmyB

Sinking below the waves

They celebrated the 200th anniversary of Tuvalu, but they have they're own battle being waged as the sea rises. Tuvalu, a set of islands in the South Pacific, is expected to disappear this century as it sits mere feet above sea level and that level is rising. I can't understand why anyone would design a sheet that looks like the stamps are facing sideways from the selvage art.

JimmyB    

Nelson was brilliant and fearless.

The best damn naval battle EVER!! Nothing compares to the story behind this one. Gibraltar and Isle of Man commemorating the 200th anniversary. Epic is what it was. I happen to have a duplicate of this one if anyone is interested in a trade off some type.

JimmyB

Cheap paper

A Nepali 1 rupee note showing the late king Birendra. There's a watermark of a crown in the little shrine spot. Josh keeps posting Buddhist stuff and I just happened across this and I thought I'd slip in this instead of a philatelic photo.

JimmyB

The Sultan

I got this one from the office of where I worked. A pair of 125th Universal Postal Union anniversaries and a mango and an oil palm stamp. Johor the city is where the stamp originated and the palm stamp has Johor just above Malasia on the stamp, not so the Mango stamp. The Sultan is also depicted in the corner of the stamp.

JimmyB

Is that the sun?

I've been hibernating. Just starting to feel some sun. Here's a nice sheet from the USPS's forever stamp depicting the USS Constitution. MMMM, nice.

JimmyB