hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jun 8, 2020 21:22:18 GMT
The gift that keeps on giving, still from Beryllium Guy, a few of his stamps from KUT featured the Jinja Bridge:  |
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Post by salentin on Jun 19, 2020 13:00:54 GMT
Railway-bridge,crossing Lake Templin not far from Potsdam.
stamp issued Sept.21st,1976 from a set of six.
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Post by salentin on Jul 19, 2020 7:45:41 GMT
two more stamps of the same set,issued Sept.21st,1976
The Göltzschtal-Viadukt was also featured on a stamp of the re-united Germany, issued Oct.14th,1999.(see post fromApril 18th,2018)
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jul 22, 2020 1:39:27 GMT
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jul 22, 2020 1:42:35 GMT
DPRK Yes, they too have huge bridges.  |
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jul 22, 2020 14:52:20 GMT
Canada issue, The Peace Bridge.  |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Aug 18, 2020 13:46:38 GMT
Two bridges crossing the river Elbe,issued Sept.21st,1976.
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Post by cursus on Aug 19, 2020 15:22:45 GMT
One of the most famous bridges in Europe: Charles Bridge (Karluv Most) over the Vltava river in Prague (Czech Republic).
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Post by salentin on Aug 21, 2020 8:09:20 GMT
issued Sept.21st,1976,completing the set of 5;
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Post by salentin on Aug 30, 2020 8:18:03 GMT
The Gertrauden-Bridge in the centre of Berlin (East) was built in 1895/96. It was a road-bridge on the Reichs-Strasse no.1,today Bundestrasse 1 (B 1),what was the great west-east connection of Germany, running from Aachen to Eydtkuhnen (on the border with Lithuania).Today it ends at the present border with Poland.
The bridge has a facade of massive basalt lava blocs.
The bonze-statue in the middle is that of St.Gertraude,patron saint against rats and mice.Rats and mice are to be seen at the base of the statue and it is said to bring (financial) luck,to stroke them.
Close to the end of the war,the statue was to be molten in for recovering the bronze for military needs.But the man who was
in charge,hid the sculpture and so it could be brought back to her old location a few years later.
Because of increased traffic a new bridge for the B 1 was built in 1977 close by. The old bridge was declared a national monument and was transformed into a pedestrian bridge.
Stamp issued Oct.8th,1985 in a set of 4 (+ 1). (sorry for the blurred image,taken from a binder)
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Post by cursus on Aug 30, 2020 8:45:19 GMT
Estonia, 2011. Viljandi Castle, suspended bridge. I remember going through this bridge in August 2011.
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Post by salentin on Sept 7, 2020 17:41:54 GMT
The Jungfern-Brücke (virgins-bridge) is the oldest existing bridge in the centre of Berlin. Built in 1688 or 1689 the wooden structure was replaced in 1798 by steel-parts and looks today very much the same. However it was restored several times since then.It is now a pedestrian bridge and the mechanics of a bascule bridge are no longer functioning. The last complete reconstruction was done in 1998/99,when the complete bridge was demolished and later rebuild
with new built parts,so it now resembles again the state of 1798.
The 20 Pfg.-value of this set of 4,issued on Oct.8th,1985 exists in two different prints.The upper stamp is photo-printed, the lower one lithographed.Rather easy to distinguish,as the litho-print looks sharper. The litho-print version was printed in sheetlets of 8.
pints: photo 8 millions,litho 16.8 millions (2.1 millions sheetlets).
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Post by salentin on Sept 17, 2020 15:07:08 GMT
The Weidenammer Bridge is a road-bridge (Friederichstraße) crossing the river Spree. In the present form it was originally from 1896.
Many times overhauled it is now a declared historical monument.
The cast-iron railings,decorated with the imperial coat of arms,make it a major tourist-spot.
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Post by cursus on Sept 18, 2020 7:11:46 GMT
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Sept 25, 2020 20:27:49 GMT
The Garabit railway bridge, design initially used in 1952, and built by Gustave Eiffel, is on the next 2020 philatelic heritage French block:  |
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Post by salentin on Sept 30, 2020 12:32:27 GMT
The top-value of this series,issued Oct.8th,1985,shows the Marx-Engels-Bridge,since 1991 renamed to Schloßbrücke (Palace Bridge).
Opened in 1824 it leads Berlin´s central boulevard "Unter den Linden" across the Spree-Kanal. That explains the size of the bridge,planned by Karl Friederich Schinkel: 56 m long and 32 m wide.
Wide enough to allow six lanes for car traffic,plus generous sidewalks.
Because of the lack of funds,the statues,now of marble,instead of copper,as intended by Schinkel,were added thirty years later. The statues commemorate the "Befreiungskriege" (wars of liberation from Napoleonic rule),show greek goddesses and warriors.
At the time there was some controversy about the statues,as some of the warriors were completely naked,what angered
some of the all-time prudish bigots.
In 1912,when the commercial shipping on the Spreekanal had ended,the central part of the bridge,what had been rectangular, with a folding-mechanism to allow ship to pass,was replaced by a round arch,like originally planned by Schinkel.
A copy of the ironcast railings was given by the King (of Prussia) as a present to the Tsar of Russia and was installed on the "Antishkov-Bridge" in St.Petersburg in 1843.
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Post by cursus on Oct 1, 2020 14:41:48 GMT
Carles III bridge in Molins de Rei (Catalonia, 35 km SW of Barcelona) on the Llobregat river. Built in 1769, it was destryed by high water in 1971.
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Post by salentin on Oct 13, 2020 16:36:35 GMT
The Magdeburg liftbridge was originally built as a swingbridge in 1848.It is (was) a railway-bridge,crossing the river Elbe.
Rebuilt several times,the swingbridge was replaced by a liftbridge in 1895.The final reconstruction was done in 1934.
Blown up in the last days of the war by german troops,it was rebuilt soon after,in 1946.
In 1998 the railway-line was closed and the bridge,a technical monument,now serves as a foot-bridge.
The central part of the bridge is a lift bridge,with a width of 86 m,what can be lifted by 2,87 meters.This allows ships at the high-water-limit to pass through with a height of 5.05 m.
That is no longer sufficient for modern ships,to pass at high-water.
Originally (1895) the lift was done by a hydraulic system,but that was replaced by an elektro-mechanical one. In case of an emergency,that allows the bridge to be lifted by hand (!).
Stamp issued Oct.18th,1988,from a set of 5.
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Post by cursus on Oct 13, 2020 18:07:20 GMT
London's Tower Bridge. One of the most famous in the whole world.
I've just realised that this is my 555 post. I'm glad that it shows landmarks of one of my two favourite cities.
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Post by salentin on Oct 22, 2020 15:40:02 GMT
Located in the village of Altfriesack,north-west of Berlin in Brandenburg,the drawbridge was built,after dutch models,in 1787. In 1927 the wooden original brigde,was replaced by a steel-construction.It serves as a road- and pedestrian-bridge.
Stamp issued Oct.18th,1988,from a set of 5.
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Post by salentin on Oct 27, 2020 6:32:46 GMT
The Ziegelgraben-Drawbridge is part of the Rügendamm,a road- and railway connection between Stralsund and Germany´s largest island,Rügen. Buit in the 1930th it is a double-drawbridge.One for road-traffic and beside that one for railway-traffic. The bridge opens six times for 20 minutes every day,to let ships pass. Closed only ships not exceeding six meters in hight (over water) can pass.
In 2007 parallel to the old bridge a high-bridge for road-traffic only was opened.
Stamp issued Oct.18th,1989 (from a set of 5).
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Post by salentin on Oct 31, 2020 14:48:57 GMT
Viaduct on the "Tauern-Railway-Line",issued Aug.16th,1935. (from a set of 15)
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Post by cursus on Nov 1, 2020 10:20:11 GMT
Pont Abermaw / Barmouth Bridge in Cymru/Wales (on a 2004 British stamp) is a single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the River Mawddach near Barmouth, Wales. It is 699 metres (764 yd) long and carries the Cambrian Line. It is the longest timber viaduct in Wales and one of the oldest in regular use in Britain.
For me, it's curious to see how the Welsh word for bridge, "pont" is exactly the same that we use in French and Catalan and very close to the Italian, Portuguese/Galician and Spanish ("ponte" and "puente") for that meaning. Obvioulsly, coming from the Latin word "pontus".
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Post by cursus on Nov 8, 2020 11:42:16 GMT
Old and Modern bridges on this 2018 Europa Liechtenstein issue
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Post by salentin on Nov 22, 2020 9:03:17 GMT
The roadbridge named after Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma (1706 -1758),known as the "Maker of the modern Travancore", was opened in 1940.It crosses the Periyar river in Aluva (Alwaye),a suburb of Kochi.
Due to the increased road traffic,a very similar looking new bridge was build parallel to the old one,opened in 2002.
Stamp issued Oct.28th,1941,commemorating the 29th birthday of the ruling Maharadja. (from a set of 2)
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Post by cursus on Nov 23, 2020 7:21:03 GMT
1947 Swiss viaduct:
Simplon bridge, 1903.
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Post by cursus on Nov 30, 2020 9:01:17 GMT
Chappel's Bridge, Luzern (Switzerland).
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 30, 2021 18:02:08 GMT
The inauguration of the Tibet Highway in China led to the issue of two stamps. The first one from the series features one of the impressive bridges along the route:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Mar 6, 2021 17:28:07 GMT
So, in addition to the trade with renden , I also had one going with Beryllium Guy which arrived today and will keep me busy for a while... Let's start by showing this Liberia issue from 1989 of a "monkey bridge":  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Apr 4, 2021 4:44:20 GMT
From two Chinese series, the 2017 set for the 20 years of the retrocession of Hong Kong to China, and a 2018 set for infrastructure development, featuring bridges among many other design elements:  |
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