Aston Manor, South Africa

I got a bit of a history lesson from this one from South Africa. On it are stamps not only from the RSA but also "Venda" and "Transkei". These were known as Bantustans: territories that were reserved for black Africans in South and South West Africa during apartheid. These were two of four that were established in the 1970's and declared as independent, but only recognised as such within South Africa. All Bantustans were re-integrated with South Africa in 1994.

Aston Manor is a neighbourhood within the city of Kempton Park which is north-east of Johannesburg.

Wriezen, Germany

Yokohama, Japan: Lions Club International Centennial

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Lions Club International.  The Lions Club is a non-profit services organisation whose goal is to help local communities. It is a secular, non-political organization with over 1.4 million members in 200 countries. It was founded in Chicago in 1917 and became international when a branch was opened in Canada in 1920.

Canada - France Joint Issue : Vimy Ridge

Reykjavik, Iceland

Handlová, Slovakia

Israel-Canada Relations FDC

This is an Israeli FDC for a stamp that commemorates Israel-Canada relations. It was a joint issue with Canada Post, issued in April 2010. The "make-up" value stamp on the left commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Koren Jerusalem Bible. The bible was published in 1962 by Koren Publishers Jerusalem and it was the first Hebrew bible to be completely published and produced by Jews in almost 500 years.

Interesting how the hand-stamped postmark was added to the older stamps that was already cancelled, instead of the newer stamp on the left. I have a joint issue FDC for the Israel-Canada stamp, with both Canadian and Israeli stamps on it. It uses the same Israeli postmark.

Algiers, Algeria

The stamps on this cover, from left to right:

• A stamp commemorating the first anniversary of Tamazight (berber) as an official language in Algeria.
• A sugar shear from the "Copperware from the XIX Century" set issued in 2014.
• A stamp form a recent set commemorating Turkish baths.

Schiphol Airport 100th Anniversary

A pair of stamps from a sheet that commemorates the 100th anniversary of Schiphol airport. It first opened on 16 September 1916 as a military airbase. Today it is the third busiest passenger airport in Europe.

Canadian Kiosk Stamps

Canadian ATM stamps are not that common in Canada. There are only a few self-serve kiosks in major cities that dispense them. These were produced in 2016 and feature paintings from the collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Clockwise from top-right:

• In The Northland by Tom Thomson
• Little Haven, Nova Scotia by Arthur Lismer
• Indian War Canoe (Alert Bay) by Emily Carr
• Winter, Baie-Saint-Paul by Albert Henry Robinson
• The Front of Winter by James Edward Hervey MacDonald

Villa La Angostura, Argentina

Villa La Angostura is an alpine village in Pategonia. It's up in the Andes, sitting inside the Nahuel Huapi National Park, surrounded by mountains and lakes. A beautiful tourist town.

Alavus, Finland