Things That Are No Longer There

Dinosaurs? Sure, but don't go crazy.

Here, I am stretching the rules a bit myself. Pluto is NO LONGER a planet. It is now a Dwarf Planet. Technically, still there but defined differently.

Scott 2577 from 1991.

Pluto is a planet as long as I'm alive.

The various Shakespeare theatres -



and the notorious Bastille of Paris, France

This is a great thread. Keep 'em coming!

Originally Fort Vincennes (1731), it was built-up and renamed Fort Sackville in 1766. It is no longer there (it is now a downtown intersection).

US Scott 651 from 1929.



It was later renamed Fort Patrick Henry, then moved and called Fort Knox, then later Fort Knox II. Right now there are just markers of Fort Knox II, but nothing remains of Fort Vincennes / Sackville.

Looking further in the US collection, I found the Atlantic Cable Centennial stamp, Scott 1112 issued in 1958.

I found several articles on the internet. Starting with http://www.douginthedark.com/stamp-...tt-1112.html you can get the basics.

For a lot of fun, go to http://www.submarinecablemap.com/ and find the Atlantic Crossing link http://www.submarinecablemap.com/#/...ssing-1-ac-1 to see exactly where it laid. It is amazing how many cables are laid out in the world!

The last article http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive...bles/viewall details how slow it really was, and how it failed in 1858 after the voltage was raised to try and boost the signal.



Please note ... there are lots and lots of unused copper under the ocean waiting for you! Good hunting!

Echo 1 Communications Satellite was launched in 1960. It was actually a gigantic balloon, so was dubbed a "satelloon". It survived until 1968. For more info, see http://www.space.com/8973-1st-commu...0-years.html




US Scott 1173

I call this my saddest stamp. It's a local post from the village of Luiboml on the far western edge of Ukraine. In the 1930s it had a population of more than 3,300 and nearly 95% of the townspeople were Jewish. In 1942, during a three-year Nazi occupation, the entire Jewish population was exterminated. The buildings still stand and the town was repopulated after the war, but the original community is no longer there.

American Baseball has begun a new season! Ebbets Field, from 1913 to 1960. (US Scott 3510)

I saw the ikeyPikey thread today on US Picture Postcards forum.

London Bridge Is Falling Down!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londo...Down#Origins

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Since the late nineteenth century the rhyme has been seen as one of the most popular and well known in the English-speaking world.[1] It has also been referenced in both literature and popular culture.


There is a comical link to images at
https://www.google.com/search?q=lon...1346&bih=802



There must be London Bridge stamps and postcards??

edit; here are some.

https://www.google.com/search?q=lon...1393&bih=682

My Dad never forgave the Dodgers for leaving Brooklyn and never fully got over it. He morphed into a Met fan when Gil Hodges became the manager in 1968, but he said many times over the years that it just wasn't the same.

He passed away many years before the US issued the pictured stamp. It would have broken his heart if ever saw it.

rimstamps - Lots of the images, including the second one in your post, are of Tower Bridge! The rhyme is about an earlier bridge, not the one now resident in Arizona.

GeoffHa, Thanks for verification, my second image was for comic relief. The first image was early. That illustrated bridge shows commerce and more existed on it. I am sure, if it did "come falling down" it would have been a sad day for all.

shermae, Seeing you are from the east, you can imagine the folks that have similar stories regarding the Boston Garden. Home of "The Boston Bruins".

"Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, United States. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928 as "Boston Madison Square Garden" (later shortened to just "Boston Garden") and outlived its original namesake by 30 years. It was above North Station, a train station which was originally a hub for the Boston and Maine Railroad and is now a hub for MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak trains". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Garden

edit; I did try to find a stamp??

Germany
German Architecture after 1945
March 6, 1997
The modern-style Germany Pavilion was built for the Montreal EXPO 67 World Fair. The structure was dismantled after the event.

Back to baseball, Jarry ParK Stadium, home of the Montreal Expos, 1969 to 1976. There is a tennis stadium in its place.