Build A Bridge And Get Over It...

lets try this again

David(DJD)

Scotland for Bridge Building !

Ryukyu Islands
SG0035 (1952) T19 01y Madanbashi Bridge

Bridge-ette Bardot?

Ooh-la-la!

Steve

Forget what I said about Goya's nude -- these are the stamps I want !

Me too Kirk,
so who's going to Kyrgyzstan? you or me?
You know, John Lennon was besotted with this young Lass
I think all red blooded boys of the 1960's were :)

Perhaps londonbus can arrange a layover on his London trip? Bishkek should be lovely in May.

Hi Steve!

Stamps with bridges seem to be not common at all. Hope this thread will attract some more. Very interesting to us.

We would like a bridge as all transport is by water unless you need urgent medical treatment & then a helicopter takes you to hospital. It happens very quickly when you need it. We even have an ambulance boat now. Family & KGV.

Bulgaria
SG0242 (1921) T0068 10s views: bridge over vardar.mauve
Apologies for out of focus image.

Bridge Gossip:

Intelligence:
Philatelic vignettes:
The Bridge of Spies
—Glienicke Bridge

On January 22, 1998, Germany issued a set of stamps featuring bridges under the motto, "Bridges Bring People Together." One of the bridges, the Glienicke, was also known the "Bridge of Spies." At the northern end (West Berlin) of the bridge a sign warned, "You are leaving the American sector." Under the four-power agreements
dividing up Berlin, it was reserved for Soviet and Allied military traffic.

In 1962, downed U-2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers, walked past Soviet spy Rudolf Ahel while he walked north across the bridge. In 1985, twenty-five Western agents were traded on the bridge for four East Bloc spies imprisoned in the U.S.

Bridge crossings such as these were dramatized in the cinema. The drama was always intensified by having the spies exchanged at night with shadowy Soviet personnel lurking in the background. It seemed to take forever for the Western individual to come "in from the cold" as the Eastern individual went back south to the Iron Curtain.
In fact the "walks" always took several suspenseful minutes even though these exchanges were almost always arranged ahead of time and were usually done in the daytime.

Acknowlegement Author Mr. Mark Somer.
If anyone has a scan of the Glienicke bridge, could they post it please.

Here is a sharpie from Africa...

First Mail across a Bridge:

Some great looking bridge stamps, guys.
Thanks for keeping the thread alive.

The Bridge of Spies, during a spy swap.


Steve

Azerbaycan Phantasy Cinderella

"Bridge"