Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sport. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Layla Plays Netball


Postcard US-3971361 to Taiwan is one of the Skypixel series that features Australian drone operator Alex Coppel's daughter Layla playing netball.

Alex Coppel explained on a Facebook post: "My daughter Layla plays netball whilst patiently waiting for me to finish playing with my Phantom drone, in the last of the light on a perfect day."

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

13th Winter Olympic Games, Lake Placid, NY


Outgoing postcard US-2814046 to the United Kingdom was a 14-cent stamped postal postcard, issued by USPS, for the 13th Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY from February 13 to February 24, 1980. A FDC on sale at SportStamps shows the first-day-of-issue date as January 15, 1980.

According to Wikepedia and Akdart.COM, the domestic postcard rate was 10 cents between May 29, 1978 and March 22, 1981. Therefore, I am curious why the postage on the card was 14 cents rather than 10 cents. Yet, there was indeed a 10-cent stamped postal postcard for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games in Moscow during the same period. If you know the reason, please leave your comments below.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Kids Yoga from Germany


Postcard DE-2968396 from Germany shows an image of a kid (or a monkey?) doing yoga and a link to the Children's Yoga Academy. The website has a lot of information and offers for education and training of children's yoga in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2014. The first edition "Yoga for Kids" was a best-selling book on the subject. Now, with a brand new edition,  it even comes with a DVD! Of course, you can purchase 26 children's yoga themed postcards including this one from the book's website.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Go ATOM Trefl Sopot!


ATOM Trefl Sopot is a professional volleyball team from Poland that won double-champion. The team is currently playing in Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV) European Champions League in 2014 for the third consecutive time.

Postcard US-2615864 sent via TouchNote to Poland shows billboards featuring the team in New York City, a composite image made by PhotoFunia with team photos from their Facebook page. Good luck ATOM Trefl Sopot! Maybe we will see you on billboards in New York City for real in the future.