Hi Alexey, That is a most unusual find on the lovely jug on the lovely stamp! The Laxey "aqueduct" and wheel are absolutely sensational and deserve special photos because the "aqueduct" doesn't carry water, it carries the piston of the mechanism. The waterwheel is the largest in Europe (22 m in diameter) and pumps up water from the deep mines which then moves the wheel! An engineering marvel by Robert Casement built in the mid 1800s, now a national industrial monument.
Hello Nells, Nice to see these two American bridges again (see bottom of page 18), and thanks for the links. Maybe you could give us a bit of information on the interchange pictured in the 2012 stamp? Where and when? Greetings, K.
Hi Alexey, Did you know that Bellini's Sonnambula just played at the Staatsoper in Vienna this year? I don't know if there was a bridge in the set, but old drawings of past sets I found on the web do have one and even a waterwheel! I wonder what the Pegasus in your stamp of 1935 means? The Pegasus in the constellation is actually upside down - maybe because so much of the opera is as well? K.
The stamp of Italy shows a scene from the opera, where the heroine crosses the mountain stream through a thin bridge in a state of somnambulistic sleep. A Pegasus can be related to airmail. (Alas, I am rarely visiting in Vienna... in last years!)
The fortress/castle of Pernstejn, close to Brünn, in today's Czech Republic dates back to the 13th century. It has changed hands a few times and been altered or added to. The stone bridge seen in the German occupation stamp of 1940 crosses a dry moat and the wooden bridge connects the tower to the main building. It is open to tourists nowadays.
Hello Don, What an absolutely beautiful idea! One of my favorite songs from way back then, and the waters are still troubled. Thanks ever so much. Kris
Found the Bosporus Bridge among the hand topics. It is the first of several huge suspension bridges crossing the Bosporus in Istanbul. It dwarfs the Ortoköy Mosque which dates from the mid 19th century. The bridge was opened in 1973; the stamp is part of a set promoting tourism.
Hello Alexey, Maybe it is the old Clopton Bridge of Stratford crossing the Avon which is in the theater stamps. It dates from the 1480s and is still in full use. Is it on a stamp by itself? I found this old post card on the web.
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