jueves, 26 de marzo de 2026

MV "SPIRIT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA", British Columbia, Canada. Postage stamp issued by the Canada Post in 2023


MV SPIRIT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
BCFerries

Victoria, British Columbia

Postage stamp issued by the Canada Post in 2023.

MV Spirit of British Columbia is an S-class ferry, part of the BC Ferries fleet active along the British Columbia coast. The ship was completed in 1993 and serves the Tsawwassen–Swartz Bay. In late 2017, Spirit of British Columbia departed for Poland to undergo its mid-life refit. The refit included conversion to dual-fuel propulsion. The $140 million refit was completed by Remontowa Ship Repair Yard in Gdańsk. The ferry returned to service in June 2018.

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Railway ferry "KONUNG GUSTAV V" (Sweden). Postcard


KONUNG GUSTAV V
Railway ferry

Postcard published by Verlag Schöning & Co, Lübeck.

The Konung Gustav V was a Swedish railway ferry that operated in the Baltic Sea from 1910 to 1968. It was launched in June 1909 at the Lindholmens Verkstad shipyard in Gothenburg for the Swedish State Railways (Statens Järnvägar). The ferry could accommodate up to 18 passenger cars on two tracks totaling 165 meters in length and had space for up to 975 passengers. It began regular service on 14 March 1910, on the so-called "King's Line" between Trelleborg (Sweden) and Sassnitz (Rügen, Germany), which had been inaugurated on 6 July 1909. From November 1945, the Konung Gustav V operated a ferry service from Trelleborg (Sweden) to Gdańsk (Poland), and from April 25, 1946, to the Polish port of Gdynia. During this service, more than 1,300 railway cars were transported to Poland, provided by Sweden as a contribution to postwar reconstruction. In July 1959 the Konung Gustav V was withdrawn from regular service, and in 1968 it was sold for scrap and scrapped in Ystad (southern Sweden).

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LIMADET - Lignes Maritimes du Detroit, Tangier, Morocco. Ferry "Ibn Batouta". Postcard (1966)


Ferry IBN BATOUTA
LIMADET - Lignes Maritimes du Detroit
Tangier

Postcard published by Pergamino (1966).

The ferry Ibn Batouta was launched at the Seine-Maritime shipyards (France) on 10 March 1966, and entered service on 15 July of that year on the Tangier-Málaga route. Later, it was transferred to the Tangier-Algeciras route, from which it occasionally departed to make pilgrimage trips to Mecca. In June 1998, the Ibn Batouta was sold to the Bright Eclipse company and registered in São Tomé under the new name Valentina. In September of the same year, the vessel was detained in the Greek port of Piraeus on charges of human smuggling and was eventually sold for scrap. In November 2001, it arrived in Aliaga (Turkey), where it was dismantled.

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miércoles, 25 de marzo de 2026

LA CLARA. Bar - Tapes - Restaurant. Barcelona


LA CLARA
Bar - Tapes - Restaurant

Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 442
08015 Barcelona
www.laclararestaurant.es

Gracias a M. Teresa.

ESCAIRON RESTAURANT. Barcelona


ESCAIRON RESTAURANT
C/ Fontrodona, 5
08004 Barcelona
www.escairon.es

Gracias a M. Teresa.

URBAN BURGER & BAR. Barcelona


URBAN BURGER & BAR
C/ Rosselló, 172
08036 Barcelona

Gracias a M. Teresa.

STAMMERSDORFER LOKALBAHN, Austria. Commemorative postage stamp issued by Austrian Post in 2011


STAMMERSDORFER LOKALBAHN

Postage stamp issued by the Österreichische Post (Austrian Post Office) in 2011
to commemorate the centenary of this railway line.

The Stammersdorf Local Railway, also known today as the Weinviertel Regional Railway (Weinviertel-Landesbahn), is a non-electrified, single-track secondary line in the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria. Operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), the line originally connected Stammersdorf with Groß-Schweinbarth. Construction took place between 1901 and 1903, and it was opened on April 26, 1903.

Merci à Daniel.

SOUTH STATION, Boston, Massachussetts, USA. Postcard sent in 1905


SOUTH STATION
Boston

Postcard published by National Art Views, New York City, Nº 699, sent to Spain in 1905.

South Station is a railroad terminal located at Dewey Square in downtown Boston. It is the busiest railroad station in Greater Boston. South Station was constructed in 1899 and rebuilt in 1985.

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martes, 24 de marzo de 2026

EUROPA PARK. Rust, Baden-Württemberg. Germany (2026)


EUROPA PARK
Un voyage. Mille émotions
[A journey. A thousand emotions]
Europa-Park-Strasse 2
77977 Rust

Information brochure (in French), 2026

Merci à Gilles K.

REISELAND [Travel Agency]. Erfurt, Germany. Calendar 2000


REISELAND
Nordhäuser Strasse 73
"Thüringen Park"
99091 Erfurt

Calendar 2000.
Schulferientermine
[School holiday dates]

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SNCF. One way railway ticket from Strasbourg to Reichshoffen, Bas-Rhin, France

SNCF - Société nationale des chemins de fer français

One way railway ticket from Strasbourg to Reichshoffen
Titulaire Carte Fluo
53 km
04.03.2026
€ 6,60

Merci à Gilles K.

SNCF. Return railway ticket from Strasbourg to Dachstein, Bas-Rhin, France

SNCF - Société nationale des chemins de fer français

Return railway ticket from Strasbourg to Dachstein
With Carte Solidaire TER Grand Est
16 km
05.03.2026
€ 2,40

Merci à Gilles K.

lunes, 23 de marzo de 2026

HÔTEL DE LA CROIX ST JEAN. Pont-Évêque, Isère, France. Advertising postcard


HÔTEL DE LA CROIX ST JEAN **
4 route de Cancane
38780 Pont-Évêque

Advertising postcard published by Eliophot, Aix-en-Provence.

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ALBERGO RISTORANTE LEON D'ORO. Castel Frentano, Chieti, Italy


ALBERGO RISTORANTE LEON D'ORO
Via G. Matteotti, 3
66032 Castel Frentano (CH)
www.ristoranteleondoro.info

Grazie a Marcello A.

THEOXENIA HOTEL. Fira / Φηρά, Thira/Santorini, Greece


THEOXENIA HOTEL
Via d'Oro
84700 Fira / Φηρά
www.theoxenia.net

Grazie a Marcello A.

THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM. Malibu, California. Postcard


THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
Malibu

Postcard published by Museum Reproductions, Malibu, Nº C-2.

The Getty Museum in Malibu is a dedicated educational center focused on the art and culture of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. It is one of two J. Paul Getty Museum locations, featuring over 44,000 antiquities in a setting modeled after an ancient Roman country house.

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SJÖFARTSMUSEET [The Maritime Museum]. Göteborg, Sweden. Postcard


SJÖFARTSMUSEET
[The Maritime Museum]
Göteborg

Postcard published by AB Grafisk Konst, Nº 37/41.

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