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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 1, 2018 7:47:29 GMT
UN 2006 FDI with Roman aqueduct stamp The multiple arches of the Pont du Gard in Roman Gaul (modern-day southern France). The upper tier encloses an aqueduct that carried water to Nimes in Roman times; its lower tier was expanded in the 1740s to carry a wide road across the river.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Apr 1, 2018 11:57:52 GMT
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was named after Giovanni da Verrazano, the first European explorer who sailed into New York Harbor in 1524. When it opened in 1964, it was the world's longest suspension span. The bridge, located at the mouth of upper New York Bay, connects Brooklyn with Staten Island and is a key part of the U.S. interstate highway system. On November 21, 1964, the U.S. issued a 5 cent blue green, perf. 10.5x11 stamp depicting the bridge and a map of New York Bay (Scott 1258). Shown below is a cover with a Staten Island, NY first day of issue postmark and an Art Craft cachet commemorating the opening of the bridge. |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Apr 4, 2018 21:56:08 GMT
Scotland's Forth Road Bridge, opened on September 4, 1964, was commemorated on two perf. 14.5x14 stamps issued on the same date: one a 3p black, lilac & blue featuring a depiction of the underside of the bridge looking upward through one of the main towers (Scott 418) and a 6p violet black, greenish blue and carmine lake stamp showing a side view of the bridge with its two main towers with the Forth Bridge (railroad) in the distance (Scott 419). Queen Elizabeth presided over the opening ceremony. When the bridge opened it was the fourth longest in the world and the longest outside the United States.
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judith
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Post by judith on Apr 5, 2018 3:47:42 GMT
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 5, 2018 7:33:05 GMT
judith I have a cover with the Thatcher Bridge - misspelling on the rubber cachet (Thacher) 
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 5, 2018 7:35:00 GMT
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 5, 2018 7:36:02 GMT
Brooklyn Bridge 1983
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Apr 5, 2018 13:36:05 GMT
1934 That is one of the best sets of Bridges I know !! |
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Post by dgdecker on Apr 5, 2018 16:33:59 GMT
Four well known Canadian Bridges issued 2 April 2005 Scott # 2100-2103  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 6, 2018 2:33:59 GMT
From my set of 4 Maxicards - 1984 South African Bridges The Umfolozi Rail Bridge  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 6, 2018 2:37:18 GMT
From my set of 4 Maxicards - 1984 South African Bridges Bloukrans Bridge  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 6, 2018 2:38:24 GMT
Great Britain, 2000, - the Gateshead Millenium Bridge on a PHQ card  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 6, 2018 8:29:50 GMT
Heres a bridge Maxicard I picked up from Buckacover - 2006 Europa 1.20 Euro - Ponte Romano Switzerland   Close up of the stamp  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Apr 6, 2018 11:32:25 GMT
Set of four bi-color poster stamps depicting the Brooklyn Bridge that were issued for the Brooklyn and Long Island Stamp Exhibition Association's third Annual Stamp Exhibition. The exhibition was held in conjunction with the centennial celebration of the chartering of the city of Brooklyn, New York which occurred on April 7, 1834. The exhibition was conducted in Brooklyn April 5-8, 1934. At the time it opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge. |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 6, 2018 21:35:25 GMT
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 7, 2018 2:13:46 GMT
Set of four bi-color poster stamps depicting the Brooklyn Bridge that were issued for the Brooklyn and Long Island Stamp Exhibition Association's third Annual Stamp Exhibition. The exhibition was held in conjunction with the centennial celebration of the chartering of the city of Brooklyn, New York which occurred on April 7, 1834. The exhibition was conducted in Brooklyn April 5-8, 1934. At the time it opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge. These are so nice I might have to buy a set  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 7, 2018 2:23:51 GMT
Heres a PHQ card that has been made into a FDI maxicard. Its from a set British Engineering Achievements. 16p stamp When I lived in England this bridge was local to me and I remember it being built. Prior to that there was a car ferry across the Humber.  |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Apr 7, 2018 2:33:08 GMT
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Post by salentin on Apr 7, 2018 16:43:29 GMT
 issued April 7th,2005 |
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Post by salentin on Apr 8, 2018 17:00:46 GMT
 issued Sept.11th,2003 A railway-bridge,built 1851-53.Blown up by german troops at the end of WW II,it was rebuilt in 1949. Later electrified,it is part of a busy railtrack today. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 9, 2018 17:06:27 GMT
 issued June 12th,2003 a) water-activated gum in sheets of ten, b) self-adhesive with punched perforation from booklets A border-road-bridge,connecting Bavaria and Salzburg (Land). Remarkable are the decorated pylons: one showing the coat of arms of Imperial Austria, the other the coat of arms of the kingdom of Bavaria.(pictures on Wikipedia) |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Apr 10, 2018 17:20:59 GMT
 definitive self-adhesive booklet stamp,issued May 25th,2001 The oldest still existing bridge in Germany: Steinerne Brücke (stone-bridge) of Regensburg. The construction started in 1135 and was finished in 1146.At the time Regensburg was one of the most populous and richest cities in Germany. After a long changeable history (again a bridge what was partially blown up in the last days of WWII, to hamper enemy-forces advancing),it was closed for motorized traffic around 2000. Since then a total,very costly,overhaul takes place. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 11, 2018 17:48:05 GMT
 issued April 5th,2001 The Eisenbahnhochbrücke (railway-high-bridge) Rendsburg,built 1911-13 crosses the Nor-Ostsee-Kanal (before Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) in the northernmost german state of Schleswig-Holstein. As the landscape is completely flat,ramps,each about 2.5 km long,had to be built to reach the bridge hight of 42 m.The bridge itself has a length of 2486 m. The costruction costs were 13.4 Mill. Mark in 1913.To fit the bridge for modern railway-traffic it was overhauled from 1993-2014, (with ongoing railway-traffic) at a cost of € 170 Mill. The most extraordinary part of the bridge however is (or at the moment was) the cableway-ferry.It crossed every 15 minutes in daylight hours,carrying up to four motorcars and sixty passengers,free of charge. However the ferry colided with a dutch freighter in 2017,with little harm to passengers and crew,but was damaged beyound repair. A new ferry is going to be built,what should go into service in 2020. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 12, 2018 17:57:31 GMT
 issued April 13th,2000 The "Blaues Wunder" (blue miracle) is a road-bridge in Dresden,crossing the river Elbe. Built 1891-93 it also had tram-way tracks. Because of "old age",the bridge was closed for trams and heavy vehicles in 1985. More than 20.000 cars cross the bridge every day,but it is uncertain for how much longer. In the next few years a decision has to be made either to close the bridge or to undertake a likely very expensive overhaul. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 13, 2018 17:15:31 GMT
 issued Oct.14th,1999 The Göltzschtal-Bridge in Saxony is a two-lane railway-bridge. Built in 1846-1851 it is said to be tallest (78 m above ground) brick-built bridge worldwide. |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Apr 14, 2018 8:15:57 GMT
I have these 1985 Transkei Bridges on Maxi Cards  |
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Post by salentin on Apr 14, 2018 17:52:43 GMT
 issued Jan.22nd,1998 The Glienicker-Bridge is a road-bridge across the river Havel,built in 1907. It connects Potsdam (state of Brandenburg) with Berlin. The design shows a map with the state-border marked in red. The bridge made history during the "Cold War",when exchanges of prisoners took place on the bridge,what at this time was the border between the GDR and West-Berlin. The most spectacular exchange happend in 1962,when the US and Russia exchanged the Russian top spy R.I.Abel against F.G.Powers,an american pilot,who was shot down over the Soviet Union while on a spy-mission with an high-altitude going U-2 plane. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 15, 2018 17:09:49 GMT
 issued June 20th,1997 The Müngstener Bridge (till 1918 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke),built 1894-97 is Germany´s highest railway bridge (107 m over Ground). A thorough overhaul is taking place since 2010 and should make the bridge fitted for many years to come. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 16, 2018 17:25:44 GMT
 issued Oct.20th,1972  issued July 18th,1996 The "Alte Brücke" (Old Bridge) is not really old at all.Built 1786-88 it got her name when a second bridge (New Bridge) was built in 1877.The correct name of the Alte Brücke is Karl-Theodor-Brücke. Karl Theodor was the Kurfürst (Prince Elector) of the Pfalz (Palatine),who ordered the building of the bridge. In the same location was a wooden roman bridge.After it was destroyed there was no bridge for about a thousand years.Eight further bridges were build later,all,one after the next were destroyed by drifting ice. The Alte Brücke was built on the foundations of previous bridges. However the bridge gate is from one of the earliar bridges,built in the 15th century,but was later altered several times. Partially blown up at the end of WW II by german forces,in order to hold up the approaching enemy-forces (to no avail),it was rebuild soon after the war,to be reopened 1947. Today it is open for use by pedestrians and cyclists. |
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Post by salentin on Apr 17, 2018 17:24:20 GMT
 Stamp issued January 9th,1992.Of the 31.076.000 printed stamps,by error about 100.000 were printed on paper without fluorescence. The brige most in the foreground ist the Balduin-Bridge.Named after the prince-elector Balduin of Luxemburg,who ordered the edification around 1342/3.It took 85 years to be built. Since it´s opening in 1429 countless reconstructions an alterations were done. Like so many bridges,it was also blown up near the end of WW II by german forces,but rebuilt soon afterwards. Today it is a heavily used road-bridge with pedestrian- and bicycle lanes. |
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