The Postcard Thread

[anniem]

Bastion and Harbor, Nanaimo, B.C.

Built by the Hudson Bay Company in 1855, the Bastion protected their coal mining operations around Nanaimo - on the east side of Vancouver Island.  Here is one ship being loaded, and three more waiting.

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What Nanaimo Bay looks like today
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Very cool

[PB]

Looking closely, there's a man standing next to a pole, and a horse tied to it.  They're looking straight into the camera

Looking very closely, the Bastion has been moved.  Across the street from it's original location, and then again when the roads were widened (per Wiki)

[Rikki Gins]

Looking closely, there's a man standing next to a pole, and a horse tied to it.  They're looking straight into the camera

Looking very closely, the Bastion has been moved.  Across the street from it's original location, and then again when the roads were widened (per Wiki)

Very interesting!  I'd like to visit that place.

[Rikki Gins]

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Stamp cancellation date: March 26, 1973, 1 PM.
                         3-24-73
Dear Mary Lou,
  Hello from Raleigh.
We have the whole family
here for the wedding of a
niece.  It's been a fun
time.  Thanks for your
card.  Love
          Edna

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[PB]

I bought this set of postcards in China in 1986.  I believe they commemorate China's 1970 space program, when they first launched a satellite into orbit.  The Dongfanghong 1 (the east is red) was launched April 24, 1970.

The back of the postcards are all the same, except for the descriptions.

Launching a Submarine-based Carrier Rocket
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Flying to the Synchronous Orbit
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Ground Receiving Station
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Synchronous Communication Satellite
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''Dongfanghong 1'' Artificial Satellite
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Retrieving the Instrument Capsule
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[PB]

These postcards were printed by the Beijing Post Office to be part of the First Day of Issue commemoration of the following stamps (1986 T-106).  The postcards I have may have been leftovers and don't have the stamp and cancellation.

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Here's an example:

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[Rikki Gins]

Great postcards from China, PB!  I especially like the synchronous orbit one.

[anniem]

I think I like the stamps best for some reason.

[PB]

I think I like the stamps best for some reason.

No argument from me, it's cool they made the postcards to go along with them.  I think every country offers First Day of Issue cancellations, but China offers other First Day products in addition, like postcards and other picture cards (not sure if they still do).

I like the helicopter scene, I wonder if the locals had any idea what was going on - first with the capsule falling to earth, then all the excitement retrieving it. 

[PB]

I think someone posted one similar to this early on, but this is the one I got when I was a kid.  8 3/4'' x 5 1/2''

1969, the year before China sent their satellite into orbit we were on the moon

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[PB]

I think I like the stamps best for some reason.

I did some further research, and it turns out China launched their second satellite in 1986, so that's why they issued these.
 

Another China space stamp from 1986, Halley's Comet

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[PB]

I think these are a couple of the picture postcards Rik mentioned.  Aunt Nina and Mrs Hyde

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[Rikki Gins]

I think these are a couple of the picture postcards Rik mentioned.  Aunt Nina and Mrs Hyde

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I love that bottom real photo postcard.  A long ago photo and I bet that fence was way long ago at the time the picture was taken.  So much going on there.  Judging by their clothes, I read it as being a breaktime of sorts, from some type of field or farm work.  At first I thought that brawny youth in the center was holding a lantern, but it was actually another man's head. 

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In the same vein as PB's postcards, only this field scene was portrayed by actors and actresses.  The guy in the middle looks vaguely like Groucho Marx.

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                                      Fargo ND, May 3 - 08

  Dear Regina  Will drop you a
card, will leave for the good
old farm to morrow.  How are
you,?  Kinder lonesome here
don't you know.
                                     Yours,
                                     W.E.N.