KARL-MARX-STADT [CHEMNITZ]. Postage stamp commemorating the 65th anniversary of the city's airport (1954-2024)

KARL-MARX-STADT [CHEMINITZ]
Postage stamp commemorating the 65th anniversary of the city's airport, 1959-2024, issued by the Deutsche Post in 2025.

Gràcies a en Josep i l'Assumpta.

M. S. "BEAVERBRAE". Postcard (1950s)

M. S. BEAVERBRAE

Postcard published by Verlag M. Schmidt, Bremen, Nº 75.
Circulated in Germany in March 1954.

The M.S. Beaverbrae ( 9,034 tons) was built as Huascaran by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg (Germany), in 1939, for the Hamburg-America Line. She made his maiden voyage from Hamburg and the West coast of South America. On return taken over by German Navy for conversion to a submarine depot ship. Spent most of WW2 in Norway where she was captured undamaged by the Allies in 1945. Allocated to Canada as war reparation; refit at Liverpool 1947. Purchased by Canadian Pacific and renamed Beaverbrae, she made her first sailing for them 8 February 1948 from St.John NB with cargo to London. She then sailed to Bremen to pick up passengers for Canada. Eventually she made 51 sailings from Bremen carrying 38,000 displaced persons to Canada as refugees whilst carrying cargo eastbound. Her last emigrant voyage to Canada departed on 28 July 1954. Sold to Compagnia Genovese d'Armamento, Genoa 1 November 1954, she was rebuilt at Monfalcone to 10,022 GRT with accommodation for 1,124 tourist class passengers. Renamed Aurelia, she sailed from Trieste on13 May 1955, via Suez to Australia and made later voyages from Genoa. Re-engined in 1958-59 and rebuilt to 10,480 tons, and she started Bremen-Suez-Australia service on 12 June 1959. In 1962 she began a round of 34 voyages between English Channel ports and New York. In 1970 she was sold to Chandris Lines, renamed Romanza and refitted for cruising. Resold to Ambassador Leisure in 1991; renamed Romantica and cruised in the eastern Mediterranean. In 1997 she caught fire returning to Cyprus from Egypt and was abandoned without casualties. The burnt out hulk was towed to Limassol and scrapped the following year.

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TRANVÍA en la Calle San Jacinto in 1959, Triana , Sevilla, Spain. Postcard

TRANVÍA
en la calle San Jacinto, Triana, año 1959
Sevilla

Postcard made by Diseño Gasán, Nº G2064.

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OLYMPISCH STADION, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Entrance ticket (1959)

OLYMPISCH STADION
Amsterdam

Entrance fee tax ticket Nº 436490
06.07.1959
f 2.00

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VIKING LINE (Finland). M/S "Rosella", from Åbo [Turku] to Stockholm. Cabin key (1995)

VIKING LINE
www.vikingline.com

M/S Rosella, from Åbo [Turku] to Stockholm.
Hytt / Cabin 4151
23.09.1995

Hyttnyckel / Cabin key.

Viking Line Abp is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between Finland, the Åland Islands, Sweden and Estonia. The company was founded in the Åland Islands (province of Finland) by Gunnar Eklund in 1959.

The cruiseferry Rosella was built in 1980 in the Wärtsilä Turku Shipyard, Turku. From 1980 to 2023, it belonged to the Finnish company Viking Line. In 2023 it was acquired by the Greek company Aegean Sea Lines and renamed Anemos.

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INTERFLUG. Aircraft "Antonov An-24". Stamp issued by German Democratic Republic post in 1969

INTERFLUG (DDR / German Democratic Republic)
Aircraft Antonov An-24
Stamp issued by German Democratic Republic post in 1969.

The Antonov An-24 (Антонов Ан-24) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by Kyiv, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude Aviation Factories from 1959 to 1979. First flight: 29 October 1959.

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"LENIN" Riverboat Ship on a postage stamp issued by the Soviet Union in 1981

LENIN Riverboat Ship

Postage stamp issued by the Soviet Union in 1981.

The Lenin riverboat began construction at Gorky's Krasnoe Sormovo shipyard in 1952, under the name Stalin. Work was stopped between 1953 and 1955, after the death of Stalin, and resumed in 1958. Named Lenin, this elegant ship, powered by diesel and electric engines, was delivered in 1959 to the shipping company VORP (Volzhskoje Obedinjonnye Retchnoje Parochodstvo - Volga United River Shipping Company), and was assigned to the long regular line between Moscow and the Caspian Sea via the Moscow Canal, the Oka River, Nizhny-Novgorod and the Volga River to Astrakhan.

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CUBANA DE AVIACIÓN / AOM. Aircraft DC-10. Advertising postcard issued for Cubana

CUBANA DE AVIACIÓN / AOM
DC-10

Advertising postcard issued by Cubana.

Cubana de Aviación S.A., commonly known as Cubana, is Cuba's flag carrier, as well as the country's largest airline. It was founded in October 1929, becoming one of the earliest airlines to emerge in Latin America.  It has its corporate headquarters in Havana, and its main base is located at José Martí International Airport. Originally a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways and later a private company owned by Cuban investors, Cubana has been wholly owned by the Cuban government since May 1959.

AOM French Airlines (previously Air Outre-Mer) was the second-largest airline in France that operated from 1988 until 25 March 2001. Its head office was in Orly Airport.

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TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA S.A., Poland. Phone card

TELEKOMUNIKACJA POLSKA S.A.

Phone card, 50.

Kampinoski Park Narodowy, 1959-1999.
[Kampinoski National Park]

Thanks to Krystyna (https://pocztowkowezbiory.blogspot.com/).

MANIZALES, Colombia. Railway station

MANIZALES
Railway station

The Manizales railway station building was built between 1926 and 1928 and was abandoned in 1959. After its rehabilitation and restoration, in 1984 it was declared a National Monument of Colombia.

(Source: Revista Credencial.)

KARKONOSKI PARK NARODOWY, W. dolnośląskie, Poland

KARKONOSKI PARK NARODOWY
Wodospad Szklarki
Access card.

The Karkonosze National Park is located in the Karkonosze Mountains in the Sudetes in southwestern Poland, along the border with the Czech Republic. It was created in 1959 to cover an area of 55.10 km2.

Thanks to Kazimierz.

The "BERLIN" ship on the Rhine river in Königswinter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Postcard

BERLIN
Rhine river in Königswinter

Postcard by Rahmel-Verlag, Pulheim, Köw 210.

The Berlin was a passenger ship built in 1959 for the Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft für den Nieder- und Mittelrhein (DGNM), which was used by the Cologne-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt until 2003 in service on the Rhine. After the sale to the Dutch Princess Services B.V. in Dordrecht she was converted into an event ship and used under the name Tourmalijn until 2010 for special and event trips. Shortly after she was resold to RiverZZ Events BV and renamed River ZZ, she burned out completely on September 9, 2011 near the Erasmus Bridge on the Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam, so she had to be scrapped in early 2012.

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[RENFE] Billete Barcelona Término - Sitges (1959)

[RENFE] Billete de 3ª clase Nº 54359 de Barcelona Término a Sitges. 13,00 Pts. (1959)

[RENFE] Bitllet de 3a classe Nº 54359 de Barcelona Término a Sitges. 13,00 Pts. (1959)

[RENFE] 3rd class ticket Nº 54359 from Barcelona Término to Sitges (Catalonia, Spain). 13,00 Pesetas. (1959)

[RENFE] Billet de 3ème classe Nº 54359 de Barcelone Término à Sitges (Catalogne, Espagne). 13,00 pesetas. (1959)

[RENFE] Biglietto di 3ª classe Nº 54359 da Barcellona Término a Sitges (Catalogna, Spagna). 13,00 pesetas. (1959)

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CUEVA DE NERJA, Maro (Málaga, España / Spain)

CUEVA DE NERJA, Maro (Málaga, España). Entrada Nº 559656. 400 Ptas.
[La cueva de Nerja está situada en la localidad de Maro, municipio de Nerja (Málaga). Fue descubierta el 12 
de enero de 1959 por Francisco Navas Montesinos, Miguel Muñoz Zorrilla, Manuel Muñoz Zorrilla, José Luis Barbero 
de Miguel y José Torres Cárdenas. Tras acondicionarse para su visita, fue abierta en 1960. El 15 de junio de 1961 
fue declarada Monumento Histórico-Artístico. La superficie total de la cueva es de 35.484 m² y el volumen total: 64.379 m³.]

CAVE OF NERJA, Maro (Málaga, Spain). Ticket Nº 559656. 400 Ptas.

COVA DE NERJA, Maro (Màlaga, Espanya). Bitllet d'entrada Nº 559656. 400 Ptas.

GROTTE DE NERJA, Maro (Málaga, Espagne). Bitllet d'entrée Nº 559656. 400 Ptas.

GROTTA DI NERJA, Maro (Málaga, Spagna). Biglietto d'ingresso Nº 559656.
400 Ptas.

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Gracias a Juan Gil

LAUDERVALE HOTEL, West Bay, Dunoon (Scotland)

LAUDERVALE HOTEL

West Bay, Dunoon (Scotland)

Postcard by Valentine's, B.9817, posted on 04.06.1959 at Dunoon to ?, England.

Tarjeta postal de Valentine's, B.9817, circulada el 04.06.1959 de Dunoon a ?, Inglaterra.

Targeta postal de Valentine's, B.9817, circulada el 04.06.1959 de Dunoon a ?, Anglaterra.

Carte postale de Valentine's, B.9817, circulée le 04.06.1959 de Dunoon à ?, Angleterre.

Cartolina di Valentine's, B.9817, viaggiata il 04.06.1959 da Dunoon a ?, Inghilterra.

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LINZ a. d. Donau (Österreich / Austria). Hauptplatz (1959)

LINZ a. d. Donau (Österreich). Hauptplatz. Postkarte v. Adold Winckler, 1529. (1959)

LINZ (Austria). Hauptplatz (with tramways). Postcard by Adold Winckler, 1529. Posted at Linz on 24.04.1959 to Guernsey (Channel Islands, UK).

LINZ (Austria). Hauptplatz (con tranvías). Tarjeta postal de Adold Winckler, 1529. Circulada el 24.04.1959 de Linz a Guernsey (Islas del Canal, Reino Unido).

LINZ (Àustria). Hauptplatz (amb tramvies). Targeta postal d'Adold Winckler, 1529. Circulada el 24.04.1959 de Linz a Guernsey (Illes del Canal, Regne Unit).

LINZ (Autriche). Hauptplatz (avec tramways). Carte postale d'Adold Winckler, 1529. Circulée le 24.04.1959 de Linz à Guernesey (îles Anglo-Normandes, Royaume-Uni).

LINZ (Austria). Hauptplatz (con tram). Cartolina di Adold Winckler, 1529. Viaggiata il 24.04.1959 da Linz a Guernsey (Isole del Canale, Regbo Unito).

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DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA (DDR / GDR). IL 14 aircraft

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA (German Democratic Republic). Ilyushin Il 14 aircraft. Publicitary postcard Nº III/18 6 AG 721/59 DDR (1959).
[The Deutsche Lufthansa GmbH was founded in 1952 in the German Democratic Republic. This airline was 100% property of the Soviet occupation government. The aim was to claim to be the legal successors, and hence the ownership, of the former Deutsche Lufthansa AG created in 1926. Thus a flag for the East German Lufthansa was already adopted in 1952, even though at that time the company had not a single airplane. Legal litigation started in Bern in 1962 between East and West Germany over the trade mark Lufthansa. The court gave this name to the Federal Republic of Germany which implied that the East German airline had to change its name. This is how Interflug assumed also the regular flights and the East German Lufthansa ceased to exist. The Deutsche Lufthansa GmbH der DDR was dismantled in 1963 and its flag was abandoned.]

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA (República Democrática Alemana). Avión Ilyushin Il 14. Tarjeta postal publicitaria Nº III/18 6 AG 721/59 DDR (1959).

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA (República Democràtica Alemanya). Avió Ilyushin Il 14. Targeta postal publicitària Nº III/18 6 AG 721/59 DDR (1959).

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA (République Démocratique Allemande). Avion Ilyushin Il 14. Carte postale publicitaire Nº III/18 6 AG 721/59 DDR (1959). 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA (Repubblica Democratica Tedesca). Aereo Ilyushin Il 14. Cartolina pubblicitaria Nº III/18 6 AG 721/59 DDR (1959).

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WÜRZBURG (Deutschland). Fahrgastschiff "Undine" (1959)

WÜRZBURG (Deutschland). Fahrgastschiff "Undine". Postkarte geschickt aus Volkach, 10.08.1959.

WÜRZBURG (Germany). Vessel "Undine". Publicitary postcard sent by Volkach on 10.08.1959.

WÜRZBURG (Alemania). Barco "Undine". Tarjeta postal publicitaria enviada desde Volkach el 10.08.1959.

WÜRZBURG (Alemanya). Vaixell "Undine". Targeta postal publicitària enviada des de Volkach el 10.08.1959.

WÜRZBURG (Allemagne). Bâteau "Undine". Carte postale publicitaire envoyée depuis Volkach le 10.08.1959.

WÜRZBURG (Germania). Battello "Undine". Cartolina pubblicitaria spedita da Volkach il 10.08.1959.

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VIGO (Galiza). Tranvía de la línea 2, coche núm. 36 (1959)

VIGO (Galiza). Tranvía de la línea 2, coche núm. 36 (diseñado por Vénissieux, Lyon, con motores y controles fabricados por Dick Kerr / English Electric). Foto: J. H. Price, 9.10.1959.

VIGO (Spain). Tramway used motors and controllers made to Dick Kerr/English Electric dessigns by Vénissieux, Lyon. Photo: J. H. Price, 9.10.1959.

VIGO (Galícia). Tramvia amb motors i controls fabricats per Dick Kerr/English Electric i dissenyat per Vénissieux, Lió. Foto: J. H. Price, 9.10.1959.

VIGO (Spain). Tramway avec moteurs et contrôles fabriqués par Dick Kerr/English Electric, dessigné par Vénissieux, Lyon. Photo: J. H. Price, 9.10.1959.

VIGO (Spagna). Tram con motori e controlli fabbricati da Dick Kerr/English Electric, disegnato da Vénissieux, Lione. Foto: J. H. Price, 9.10.1959.

From Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, London, Vol. 51, No. 602 (February 1988), p. 50.
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AIR FRANCE. Avion Super Starliner

AIR FRANCE. Avion Super Starliner [Lockheed Constellation]. Carte postale publicitaire Réf. 21178 / P-I-58, Déchaux, Paris (1958), circulée le 26.04.1959 de Barcelone Aéroport (Catalogne, Espagne) à Paris (France).

AIR FRANCE. Super Starliner [Lockheed Constellation] aircraft. Publicitary postcard Ref. 21178 / P-I-58, Déchaux, Paris (1958), posted on 26.04.1959 in Barcelona Airport (Catalonia, Spain) to Paris (France).

AIR FRANCE. Avión Super Starliner [Lockheed Constellation]. Tarjeta postal publicitaria Ref. 21178 / P-I-58, Déchaux, París (1958), circulada el 26.04.1959 desde el Aeropuerto de Barcelona (Cataluña, España) a París (Francia).

AIR FRANCE. Avió Super Starliner [Lockheed Constellation]. Targeta postal publicitària Ref. 21178 / P-I-58, Déchaux, París (1958), circulada el 26.04.1959 des de l'Aeroport de Barcelona (Catalunya, Espanya) a París (França).

AIR FRANCE. Aereo Super Starliner [Lockheed Constellation]. Cartolina pubblicitaria Rif. 21178 / P-I-58, Déchaux, Parigi (1958), viaggiata il 26.04.1959 dall'Aeroporto di Barcellona (Catalogna, Spagna) a Parigi (Francia).

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