Flowers on Stamps

This postcard is part of a five card series featuring stamps of the world, ©1965. The stamps appear to be from the late 1950s to early 1960s. The Luxembourg stamp in the center commemorates a 1959 flower festival. Above and to the left of center is a British stamp commemorating the 1964 International Botanical Congress in Edinburgh.

I looked up the British stamp and found a post about that stamp and its designers: Stamps and plants make for a lasting union. The stamp shown has a "dog rose" and is part of a four stamp set that also includes Spring gentian, Honeysuckle, and Fringed Water Lily. The designers were Michael and Sylvia Goaman, who also designed other stamps featuring plants and flowers, including the Queen's 1953 Coronation stamp with floral emblems of the UK.

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Birthday Cats

This is one of the cards that I bought at a postcard show last weekend. This postcard is for my "cat collection." I have a binder filled with cat tradecards and postcards. Cats are fairly common on Christmas postcards, but I have seen very few on birthday postcards.

Wicker Porch Furniture for Summer

Above is an advertising postcard for Porch Furniture with a May 1914 calendar. This style of postcard was designed to be sent by furniture sellers. This, and other advertising postcards with calendars, typically were published in series, with one card for each month.

The postcard above does not list a publisher. The two postcards below also have pictures of wicker porch furniture. These were published by Grand Rapids Furniture Record Co. © 1912 and have verses on the front and 1913 calendars and advertising messages on the backs. Grand Rapids, Michigan was a major furniture manufacturing center, and the Grand Rapids Furniture Record was a publication of the Grand Rapids Furniture Manufacturers Association.

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Map: Route 66 Kopper Kard

 

Arizona, The Copper State, is a storehouse of the wonders of nature. Mineral wealth, the Grand Canyon and other extraordinary scenery, and a mild climate are atttracting visitors and new residents by the thousands.

"A Card to be Treasured"
© by Kopper Kard Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Paintings on Soviet Postage Stamps

 

This postcard above shows Paintings on Soviet Postage Stamps ( произведения живописи на советских почтовых марках ) from The State Tretyakov Gallery (государственная третьяковская галерея). Starting at top left, the stamps and paintings going clockwise are:

• 1967 The Lace Maker by V. A. Tropinin (1823)
• 1967 The Boyarynya Morozova by  V. I. Surikov (1887)
• 1973 That Is Father's Dinner by A. G. Venitsianov by  (1824)
• 1974 Port in the North by G. G. Nissky (1957)
• 1974 Spring by O. M. Zardaryan (1956)

Here are two of those stamps affixed to postcards of the corresponding paintings. The first psinting is "The Boyarynia Morozova," a historical painting depicting a "boyarynia", or woman of high nobility, being dragged through the narrow streets of Moscow, after having started a rebellion against the ruling czars of Russia in 1671. (source)

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M & M's in Space

© MARS, Inc. 1989
"M & M's ® and "m" ® are licensed trademarks of Mars, Incorporated registered for candies
postcard © Hallmark Cards, Inc.

The first Friday in May is Space Day. Space Day was originally started to get America's youth interested in math and science. Space Day focuses upon creating an interest and awareness of all kinds of topics and issues related to space. (source)

In 1981, "M&M's"® Chocolate Candies were chosen by the first space shuttle astronauts to be included in their food supply. "M&M's"® are now on permanent display at the space food exhibit of the National Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. (source)

Svensk Folkdans, Daldans

 

Daldans, a Swedish folk dance, is pictured on this postcard. In this view, women are kneeling in a row on the ground, and men are lifting their legs over them. It may look like a silly pose on the postcard, but this particular part of the dance is one of the highlights. In the video below, this action occurs at 1:37 to 1:59.

 

This postcard was mailed in 1914 from Sweden to Minnesota, U.S.A. with a message written in Swedish. The card is imprinted with the greeting GLAD PINGST!,  which translates as Happy Pentecost or Whit Sunday. Pentecost means "fiftieth day" and is celebrated fifty days, or seven Sundays, after Easter.

 Whit Sunday, or Pentecost, celebrates the visit of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples.  Whit Sunday is traditionally a day for picnicking.  Swedes also decorate their homes with bouquets and leafy branches, although the custom is not as widespread as at Midsummer. (source).

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