Vessel "TRANSILVANIA". Postage stamp of Romania, issued in 1974

Vessel TRANSILVANIA

Postage stamp issued by Romanian post on 28.01.1974.

The Transilvania was built in the shipyards Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen in 1938 and was baptized in the port of Constanța on 8 September of the same year. Until the beginning of the II World War, it made regular trips as a cruise ship on the line Constanța - Alexandría - Haifa - Beirut - Piraeus - Istanbul - Constanța, with a capacity of 396 passengers (tourists, mostly foreigners) and a crew of 156 persons. During the war he took refuge in the port of Istanbul, because Turkey was a neutral country, which saved him from being used by Germany to transport troops and weapons, and only in 1944 he returned to Constanța, and for a while he dedicated himself to transports of prisoners from Russia and emigrants to Israel. Then it was sent to the fluvial port of Galaţi, where it sank on 9 September 1979. The remains were not recovered until 2008. The technical data of Transilvania were as follows: 132.44 meters in length, 17.44 meters in maximum width, 5.75 meters of draft and 6,672.31 tons of gross tonnage.

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PARADOR DE TERUEL, Aragón, Spain. ONCE lottery ticket (2003)

PARADOR DE TERUEL
ONCE* lottery ticket, 19.06.2003.
* ONCE, Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles 
[Spanish National Organization of Blind People]

Paradores de Turismo de España, branded as Paradores, is a Spanish state-owned chain of luxury hotels that are usually located in historic buildings or in nature areas with a special appeal. Its first parador was inaugurated on 9 October 1928 in Navarredonda de Gredos (Ávila). As of 2023, it operates ninety-seven paradores in Spain and one in Portugal, with 5,986 rooms in total. Every parador has its own restaurant offering the regional gastronomy of its area.

The ONCE is a Spanish foundation founded on 13 December 1938, to raise funds to provide services for the blind and people with serious visual impairment. Although ONCE now has several gaming products available, their traditional product and one of the most visible aspects of ONCE is the charity lottery ticket known throughout Spain as the Cupón. Sales of this lottery product are the main source of income for ONCE and can carry huge tax-exempt cash prizes. The draw has different tickets for different days of the week, a special weekend ticket as well as special tickets with higher prizes. The basic graphic designs on the cupón is the same every day, but the theme changes to correspond to current events. For example, when the Euro became legal tender, or cultural references such as national or local monuments. 

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TRAMVIA DE L'ARRABASSADA, Barcelona, Spain. Postcard

TRAMVIA DE L'ARRABASSADA
Barcelona

Postcard published by Eurofer - Amics del Ferrocarril, Barcelona, Nº 4055.
Photo: Arxiu Miquel Palou.

On 19 July 1911, the Arrabassada tram line was inaugurated, responding to the need to create easy communication between the city and the luxurious hotel-casino and amusement park of Arrabassada (or La Rabassada), now gone, in the vicinity of Tibidabo (Serra de Collserola), inaugurated on 15 July 1911. Initially the line, which started from Plaza de Catalunya, operated with four trams rented from the French city of Marseille. In the image, one of them (A4). The line was in service until the end of 1938.

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TRANVÍAS DE BARCELONA. Tramway PCC Washington, line 29 (1962)

TRANVÍAS DE BARCELONA
Tram line 29, No. 1663 of the PCC Washington model.

On 23 December 1961, the first units of the PCC Washington trams, imported from the USA for $2,000 each unit, were publicly presented. The PCC model trams were manufactured in the United States between 1935 and 1938 and circulated in the city of Washington from 1937 to 1962. The 101 second-hand units that were incorporated into the Tranvías de Barcelona society arrived in Barcelona by sea between 1961 and 1965.

(Source: Arxiu Fundació TMB.)

СТАНЦИЯ МЕТРО МАЯКОВСКАЯ, Moscow, Russia. Postcard

СТАНЦИЯ МЕТРО МАЯКОВСКАЯ
Moscow Metro
Zamoskvorechye Line
Opened on 11 September 1938.

Postcard published by Moscow Metro.

Thanks to Maili T.

PALAIS DE LA DÉCOUVERTE, Paris, France

PALAIS DE LA DÉCOUVERTE
SALLES D'EXPÉRIENCES

Ticket Nº 016865.
10 F

The Palais de la Découverte ('Discovery Palace') is a science museum located in the Grand Palais, in the 8th arrondissement on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris. The museum was created in 1937 by Jean Baptiste Perrin during an international exhibition on "Arts and techniques in modern life". In 1938, the French government decided to convert the facility into a new museum. The museum contains permanent exhibits for mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, geology, and biology, featuring interactive experiments with commentaries by lecturers. It includes a Zeiss planetarium with 15-metre dome.

Merci à Gilles K.

SCHAFBERGBAHN, Sankt Wolfgang-Schafbergspitze, Oberösterreich-Salzburg, Austria. Postcard

SCHAFBERGBAHN
Sankt Wolfgang-Schafbergspitze

Postcard published by Verlag Alfred Gründler, Salzburg, S 469.
Foto Cosy.

The Schafbergbahn is a meter gauge rack railway in Austria. It runs between St. Wolfgang am Wolfgangsee in the Salzkammergut (542 m above sea level) and Schafberg (1782 m above sea level). The valley station is located in Upper Austria, the mountain station in the state of Salzburg. On 1 August 1893, the first section was inaugurated as a local railway, conceived as a “cog train.” Due to financial difficulties, the Schafbergbahn was sold in 1932 to the Austrian Transport Office. In 1938 he moved to the Deutsche Reichsbahn and, after World War II, to the ÖBB.

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ÖBB, Austria. Electric locomotive series 1245.509-451. Postcard (1978)

OESTERREICHISCHE BUNDESBAHNEN (ÖBB)
Electric locomotive series 1245.509-451, built in 1938, in Vordernberg, 23.03.1978.

Postcard published by Edicions Ferroviàries, Barcelona, Nº 29 (1979).

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COMPAGNIE DU MIDI (France). Automotrice série Z 23002 à 23015 (carte postale ancienne)

COMPAGNIE DU MIDI (France). Automotrice type B'o B'o, série Z 23002 à 23015. Construction: De Dietrich - Constructions Éléctriques de France, 1923. Carte postale ancienne. Série "Les Locomotives Éléctriques" (France), E 34.

[La Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi et du Canal latéral à la Garonne (dite aussi Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi ou Midi), créee le 06.11.1852, est l'une des anciennes grandes compagnies privées de chemin de fer française. Son réseau desservait la partie du sud-ouest de la France comprise entre la Garonne et les Pyrénées. En 1934 l' exploitation fût confiée à la structure PO-Midi, et en 1938 le réseau fût nationalisé.]

COMPAGNIE DU MIDI (France). Railway electric railcar type B'o B'o, series Z 23002 to 23015. Construction: De Dietrich - Constructions Éléctriques de France, 1923. Vintage postcard by "Les Locomotives Éléctriques" (France), E 34.

COMPAGNIE DU MIDI (Francia). Automotor eléctrico tipo Bo Bo, serie Z 23002 à 23015. Construcción: De Dietrich - Constructions Éléctriques de France, 1923. Trajeta postal antigua de "Les Locomotives Éléctriques" (France), E 34.

COMPAGNIE DU MIDI (França). Automotor elèctric tipus Bo Bo, sèrie Z 23002 à 23015. Construcció: De Dietrich - Constructions Éléctriques de France, 1923. Trageta postal antiga de "Les Locomotives Éléctriques" (France), E 34.

COMPAGNIE DU MIDI (Francia). Automotrice elettrica tipo Bo Bo, serie Z 23002 à 23015. Construzione: De Dietrich - Constructions Éléctriques de France, 1923. Cartolina antica di "Les Locomotives Éléctriques" (France), E 34.

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LINHAS AÉREAS DE ANGOLA. Lockheed L-1011, Tristar 500 aircraft

LINHAS AÉREAS DE ANGOLA (TAAG Angola Airlines). Lockheed L-1011, Tristar 500 aircraft. Photo: Michael Lindhof. Postcard by Aviaton Center Postcard, Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen, 9.
[TAAG Angola Airlines (Portuguese: Linhas Aéreas de Angola) is the national flag carrier of Angola. Founded in September 1938 as Divisão dos Transportes Aéreos, commenced operations in July 17, 1940. Originally TAAG is an acronym for Transportes Aéreos Angolanos. The airline is based in Luanda.]

LINHAS AÉREAS DE ANGOLA (TAAG Angola Airlines). Avión Lockheed L-1011, Tristar 500. Foto: Michael Lindhof. Tarjeta postal de Aviaton Center Postcard, Berlín-Schönefeld Flughafen, 9.

LINHAS AÉREAS DE ANGOLA (TAAG Angola Airlines). Avió Lockheed L-1011, Tristar 500. Foto: Michael Lindhof. Targeta postal d'Aviaton Center Postcard, Berlín-Schönefeld Flughafen, 9.

LINHAS AÉREAS DE ANGOLA (TAAG Angola Airlines). Avion Lockheed L-1011, Tristar 500. Photo: Michael Lindhof. Carte postale d'Aviaton Center Postcard, Berlin-Schönefeld Flughafen, 9.

LINHAS AÉREAS DE ANGOLA (TAAG Angola Airlines). Aereo Lockheed L-1011, Tristar 500. Foto: Michael Lindhof. Cartolina di Aviaton Center Postcard, Berlino-Schönefeld Flughafen, 9.

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LONDON (England). Imperial War Museum, HMS "Belfast" (2011)

LONDON (England). Imperial War Museum, HMS "Belfast". Ticket Nº 100650420, 2 persons, Group A, 24.07.2011.
[Imperial War Museum is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. The museum was founded during the First World War in 1917 and intended as a record of the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and her Empire. Originally housed in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham Hill, the museum opened to the public in 1920. In 1924 the museum moved to space in the Imperial Institute in South Kensington, and finally in 1936 the museum acquired a permanent home which was previously the Bethlem Royal Hospital in Southwark.
Construction of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS "Belfast", one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, "Belfast" was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939 "Belfast" struck a German mine and spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs. Returning to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment and armour, "Belfast" was the largest and arguably most powerful cruiser in the Royal Navy at the time. "Belfast" saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union during 1943 and in December 1943 played an important role in the Battle of North Cape, assisting in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944 Belfast took part in Operation Overlord supporting the Normandy landings. In June 1945 "Belfast" was redeployed to the Far East to join the British Pacific Fleet, arriving shortly before the end of the Second World War. "Belfast" saw further combat action in 1950-52 during the Korean War and underwent an extensive modernisation between 1956 and 1959. A number of further overseas commissions followed before Belfast entered reserve in 1963. In 1978 the "Belfast" became a branch of the Imperial War Museum, having previously been preserved for the nation by a private trust.]

LONDRES (Inglaterra). Museo Imperial de la Guerra, HMS "Belfast". Billete Nº 100650420, 2 personas, Grupo A, 24.07.2011.

LONDRES (Anglaterra). Museu Imperial de la Guerra, HMS "Belfast". Bitllet Nº 100650420, 2 persones, Grup A, 24.07.2011.

LONDRES (Angleterre). Musée Impérial de la Guerre, HMS "Belfast". Billet Nº 100650420, 2 personnes, Groupe A, 24.07.2011.

LONDRA (Inghilterra). Museo Imperiale della Guerra, HMS "Belfast". Biglietto Nº 100650420, 2 persone, Gruppo A, 24.07.2011.

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Thanks to Johan (http://johanpostcards.blogspot.com/)

BRITISH RAILWAYS. The "Golden Arrow" [1938]

BRITISH RAILWAYS. The "Golden Arrow". Photo courtesy Southern Railway. Image by Senior Service Cigarettes, A series of 48, No. 45. [1938]
[The "Golden Arrow" (French: "Flèche d’Or") was a luxury boat train of the Southern Railway and later British Railways. It linked London with Dover, where passengers took the ferry to Calais to join the Flèche d’Or of the Chemin de Fer du Nord and later SNCF which took them on to Paris. It was introduced in 1926 as an all-first-class Pullman service between Paris and Calais. On 15 May 1929, the Southern Railway introduced the equivalent between London and Dover. In 1961, with the Kent Coast electrification scheme, the train became electric-hauled. This allowed an acceleration to 80 minutes for the down service and 82 minutes for the up service. A decline in demand for rail travel between London and Paris saw the last "Golden Arrow" run on 30 September 1972, and in its later years only the first class section was advertised as a Pullman service.]

BRITISH RAILWAYS. El "Golden Arrow". Foto cortesía de Southern Railway. Cromo de Senior Service Cigarettes, Nº 45. [1938]

BRITISH RAILWAYS. El "Golden Arrow". Foto cortesia de Southern Railway. Cromo de Senior Service Cigarettes, Nº 45. [1938]

BRITISH RAILWAYS. Le "Golden Arrow" ('Flèche d'Or'). Photo courtesie de Southern Railway. Image de Senior Service Cigarettes, Nº 45. [1938]

BRITISH RAILWAYS. Il "Golden Arrow". Foto cortesia della Southern Railway. Immagine di Senior Service Cigarettes, Nº 45. [1938]

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Mailboat "Prins Albert" (Belgium) in Ostende

Mailboat "Prins Albert" (Belgium) in Ostend. Postcard by Thill, Brussels, nº 3.
["Prins Albert" was a Belgian steamer to Ostend-Dover service line maintained. It was built in 1937 in Ostend and commissioned in 1938. The ship was already lined modern for that time and had a chimney, with the traditional beige color, bordered with black top. It had two masts and had four lifeboats on each side. Before the German invasion in May 1940, the Belgian mail boats fled to Britain where they were later used for troop transports and the Allies.]

Buque correo "Prins Albert" (Bélgica), que cubría la línia Ostende-Dover (Inglaterra) en Ostende. Tarjeta postal de Thill, Bruselas, nº 3.

Vaixell correu "Prins Albert" (Bèlgica), que cobria la línia Ostende-Dover (Anglaterra) a Ostende. Targeta postal de Thill, Brussel·les, nº 3.

La Malle "Prins Albert" (Belgique), qui faisait la ligne Ostende-Dover (Angleterre), à Ostende. Carte postale de Thill, Bruxelles, nº 3.

Il battello postale "Prins Albert" (Belgio), que faceva la linea Ostenda-Dover (Inghilterra) a Ostenda. Cartolina di Thill, Bruxelles, nº 3.

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Triebwagen - VT 137 322 im Bhf. Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Deutschland) (2000)

Triebwagen - VT 137 322, Firma: Busch / Bautzen, Baujahr 1938, im Bhf. Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Deutschland). Foto: Frank Heilmann, 30.09.2000. Postkart FHC - Bildarchiv, Cottbus, 302.

Railcar VT 137 322, built by Busch / Bautzen on 1938, in the station of Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Germany). Photo: Frank Heilmann, 30.09.2000. Postcard by FHC - Bildarchiv, Cottbus, 302.

Automotor VT 137 322, construido por Busch / Bautzen en 1938, en la estación de Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Alemania). Foto: Frank Heilmann, 30.09.2000. Tarjeta postal de FHC - Bildarchiv, Cottbus, 302.

Automotor VT 137 322, construït per Busch / Bautzen en 1938, a l'estació de Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Alemanya). Foto: Frank Heilmann, 30.09.2000. Targeta postal de FHC - Bildarchiv, Cottbus, 302.

Automotrice VT 137 322, construit par Busch / Bautzen en 1938, à la gare de Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Allemagne). Photo: Frank Heilmann, 30.09.2000. Carte postale de FHC - Bildarchiv, Cottbus, 302.

Automotrice VT 137 322, costruita da Busch / Bautzen nel 1938, nella stazione di Bertsdorf (Görlitz, Germania). Foto: Frank Heilmann, 30.09.2000. Cartolina di FHC - Bildarchiv, Cottbus, 302.

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