A great card and a recent release by Australia Posts commemoration The Centennary of The RAAF . The Royal Australian Air Force with this geat pic of an FA 35 Lightning of the RAAF.
This maxi card was a first day release in Point Cook Victoria 3030 on the 9th February 2021.
Another truly great card from a good friend whom has sent a wonderful lot of various cards from Many USA destinations and thank you so much John..
This card shows the Battleship USS Massachusettes BB59. in Battleship Cove at Fall River Mass. The USS Massachusettes BB59 was afectionately known as "The Big Mamie " she took part in 35 battles in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in WWII,.logging over 225,000 nautical miles . The main deck measures 680 feet that is two times the length of a football field.Today this mighty Battleship is moored in Fall River Massachusettes.
Top Left card F 35A Lightning. II. Top Right card : a 2-16 SE 5A Bi Plane.
Bottom Left card : Tokyo Olympics card : Bottom Right card : Bathurst Copper Butterfly
Thank you Arnold have been waiting on this card.. A great card and a great Battleship..!! The USS Missouri BB63. Thank you mate for this great swap card. This is now a Museum Shipand can be found in the Naval Yard at Pearl Harbour Hawaii and us well worth the visit..I visited This ship when it was in Sydney for the Naval celebrations and again in Pearl Harbour..
The USS Missouri BB63 is one of four Ioawa class Battleships built during World War II. This is famous in the respect apart from its amazing service during the conflict but This ship took the Surrender of The Japanese Empire in Tokyo Bay on September 2nd. 1945. The reason that this ship known lovingly as " The Mighty MO" was that the then President of The USA President Truman was from the state of Missouri and when asked by General Mc Arthur who was to take the surrender . "Sir "!"What ship will we use for the surrender "?? and of Course the President Truman answered The USS Missouri of course..after all his wife Margaret Truman sponsered The "Mighty Mo "
The USS Missouri BB63 s is one of four huge IOWA Class Battleships . They are USS New Jersey BB62, USS Iowa BB61, and the USS Wisconsin.BB64 All four of these huge ships are now retired from service with The US Navy and are all Museum ships that can be vited today. The USS Missouri BB63 is to be seen at Pearl Harbour. The USS Wisconsin BB64 can be seen in The National Maritme Centre Norfolk Virginia . The USS New Jersey BB62 can be seen In Camden New Jersey, and The USS Iowa BB61 can be seen in retirement dock #87 in The Port of Los Angeles California..
This is a recent realease "first day of issue" entitled "Front Line Heroes."First Responders "released in Canberra ACT 2601 on February 16 2021. What would we do without them ?
TOP LEFT CARD : ADF : (Australian Defence Forces ) and all Police Services.
TOP RIGHT CARD : Postal Delivery and food delivery services.
BOTTOM LEFT CARD : All Healthcare workers
BOTTOM RIGHT CARD : Paramedics and all aged care servuces
This is a card that I recently came across amongst some souvenir cards that I had gotten during my vist to the The Boston National Historical Park with a great mate who tok me there on a day out to originally see the USS Constitution.. also this is a wonderful Naval and Nautical Museum at this same location. This particular ship is the USS Cassin Young ( DD 793 ).a World War II Destroyer and a survivor of many fierce battles in the western Pacific.. She is typical of the modern warships built at The Charleston Navy Yard .. Thank you again Vinnie for this great day out . This was also a great visit to also go aboard The USS Constitution The Oldest fighting vessel in The US Navy.
These are some pics of my visit to The USS Constitution Naval Museum.
A great card has just arrived with two other cards ..This is a " surprise"card and is from the USA and shows a great view of The Pebtagon Building in in Arlington Virginia with Washington DC and The Washington Monument standing in the background... I worked for some time very close by this building while working on (with many workers ) contructing a section of the Metro System to The National Airport.
This five sided giant nerve centre of The United States Defence Department is the largest office building in the world. This simple functional design of the building eliminates considerable walking distances from office to office.
Thank you so much Len for this great card and I beleive this also is my first card of the Pentagon Building..also great stamps. thank you !! So nie to reeive some cards these days as there are much fewer postal deliveries these days with very few postcards du to the International postal systems in slow or lockdown.
Posted Providence . RI. 12 February : Arrived Sydney 23 March " Traveled 28 days..Thanks Len !
A lovely colourful card showing this gun carriage with accompnying honour guard at a burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington Virginia. just outside of Washington D.C. This particular cemetary holds the resting place for over 400,000 active duty service members ,Veterans and family members . This Cemetary originated in The American Civil War and many of its Northern casualties are buried there..Ulyses S Grant was determined to take this particular area of land and use it as a cemetary to bury his Union soldier fatalities as it was the grounds of Robert E Lees mothers home grounds..Robert E Lee being his enemy in the conflict.Thank you Arnold for this swap card .. I visited this National cemetary many times while living in Washington DC.
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