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Philately, writing, occasionally quite profane. Canadian who's family fought fascists, not voted for them. I've been called nasty by better people than MAGATS. See https://bittergrounds.com stamp content.

A 1919 Bell phone in need of repair
Evening photo of Toronto, with CN tower. Sky is hazy yellow because of the smoke.
A screen shot of the month of July's stamps - one subject for each day. SHows 18 stamps and links to explore what each is about.
4 stamps - Canada Special Deliver -Expres - one 16 c stamp and three 17c stamps showing 1940s prop airplanes
SHB 98 Motorett moped from the 1930s. Bicycle adapted with an engine and gas tank adapted.
Titan 350 vintage Austrian motorbike on a yellow stamp
NovaRed mining stock shown on a graph taking a significant plunge shortly after they announced Noem was joining them. It looks like the stock has fallen off a cliff.
Writing on stamp: The Incadescent Light BULB by Joseph Swan 1880. Founder of the Swan Electric Light Company. Has Queen's profile in top left and a sketch of his light bulb on the right.
Bitter Grounds stamps, espresso & conversation http://bittergrounds.com
Screen shot from Logitech software upgrade showing Logi AI Prompt Builder that access ChatGPT while using the mouse.
Bright pink crabapple blossom.
Cocktails in Paradise Issued by Vanuatu in 2014 Designed by New Zealand artist Denise Durkin 4 cocktail glasses with relaxing beach scenes inside the glasses
Poster for Italian movie The last Shark. Shows a big ass shark leaping up, mouth wide open, and knocking over all sorts of windsurfers.
Wreckage & diagram of HMS Erebus on a souvenir sheet with a single stamp.
Inside page showing photo of a rocket taking off
Bookshelves covering lower half of wall filled with stamp albums, reference books, shoe boxes full of covers and stamps and supplies
Photo of Armin Shimerman in the role of Principal Snyder in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Text from newspaper clipping Readers are advised to be careful of covers offered them bearing first flight cachet of Rolling Portage-Red Lake or Gold Pines, flown either way during 1927. The first flight was on May lOth, 1927, and we have seen two covers which are postmarked June 1927, having first flight cachet, which are obviously fakes. Every first flight cover has the dates of May lOth, 1927 either front or back and are very easily indentified. Covers are also being offered with first flight cachet of Gold Pines, Red Lake, Woman Lake or Jackson Manion, and Narrow Lake dated January 25th, 1928
Article Reads: BROOKINS FLIES 12 MILES WITH MAIL Time and Distance Records Broken in Flight from Kinlock Field. FEAT IS SEEN BY 2 5,000 Trip Will Be Made To-Day Across Field-Aerial Post Box for Public Oct. 5-Walter Brookins, flying in a Wright biplane, carried 6000 pieces of mail from Kinloch Field to Fairground Park yesterday afternoon. The distance, twelve miles, is the greatest mail has ever been carried in an aeroplane. Brookins left Kinloch Field at 4:18 p.m. and alighted at Fairground park at 4:32:40 p.m., twenty seconds ahead of his schedule. The time was the best ever made by an aeroplane carrying mail and the flight was the first west of the Alleghany mountains on which mail was carried. A crowd estimated at 25,000 cheered the av.iator as he landed at the park with the 'two sacks of mail. Aero Club officials rushed up to him, eager to congratulate him, shake his hand and hear what he had to say about the flight.
Hungarian stamp - diamond shape in red and pink. With spectacular 1963 cancel 200 Yr. Anniversary of Janos Batsanyi
A stack of 5 stamp albums sitting on a chair.
A black and white engraved poster featuring Yseult YZ's interpretation of the iconic French image Marianne. Engraved by Elsa Catelin.
Dutch post mail bag repurposed as an ipad case. tan canvas with veritcal red white blue stripes in the middle of hte case.
Notebook with cover made of old Dutch mailbags
A notebook with a red cover that looks like a post box. Has a loop for a pen.
6 panel comic abt Canadian Billy Bishop: 1. Born in Owen Sound, Ont., in 1894, William A. Bishop entered the Royal Military College in 1912. In 1914 he enlisted in the 4th Canadian Rifles, and in 1915, he transferred to the Flying Corps and spent four months in France as an observer. Injured when his pilot made a poor landing, Bishop returned to England, then he took pilot training. 2. On March 31, 1917, Bishop was ordered to destroy a par- ticular German observation balloon five miles behind the enemy lines. While engaged in that duty he was attacked by an enemy scout, which he forced down in short order. He then destroyed the balloon with incendiary bullets. For this job “Billy” Bishop received his first decoration—the Military Cross. 3 - Не attacked three balloons on April 24, just three weeks later, sending two down in flames. Next day, Bishop received his notice of having been awarded the Military Cross And on the 30th “Billy” engaged in nine fights 4 - Bishop returned to France in May, after being on leave in England, and on June 2 he carried out a long-cherished plan of attacking a German airdrome. Passing over an enemy field, he saw seven machines preparing to take-off. Bishop dived, raked the drome with bullets. He destroyed two planes on the ground and got another in the air. 5 - Air Marshal Bishop advocates wooden military airplanes & definitely believes that they are superior to metal craft. For years he has argued that spruce ships are easier to build, need less expert repair, and have all the desirable qualities of the metal jobs. & he is now active in putting over a new R.C.A.F, wooden bomber. 6 - Canada is rightfully proud of her Air Marshal, who was the fourth greatest Ace produced by the First World War, having a record of 72 confirmed victories. And at the present Bishop is still fighting—this time to rebuild the Royal Canadian Air Force to help England stave off the threat of Germany’s formidable sky horde.
Al-Jazari - Father of Cybernetics souvenir sheet. Stamp shows portrait of al-Jazari, On the sheet is a beautiful drawing of his mechanical elephant water clock. Elephant on the bottom supporting richly decorated waterworks
Jingshen Six-Sided Seal - Ding Jing -  敬身六面印·丁敬 This seal is currently in the Shanghai Museum Collection.  Seal Carver: Ding Jing (1695-1765) from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Made of stone. Small square with carvings on each side
Two stamps shaped like cans of sugar with traditional 1940s artwork of Quebec families making maple syrup and around a table eating.
Blossoms on a bare tree branch.
Daily Mirror's front page featuring photos of ALcock and Brown, their flight route across the Atlantic and photos of the Vickers biplane they flew. June 16, 1919. Alcock and Brown's flight across the Atlantic
A mounted cover of an old Captain Canuck comic. Shows Captain Canuck pulling an American pilot out of a biplane, flying over snowy woods, with mountains in the background.
Canada Post's 2026 Spring flowers - pink cherry blossoms prunus Kanzan
At the Grenoble Airshow. — A flight by Busson (in a Deperdussin) at 1,500 meters above the Drac and Tsere rivers: in the background, the high Alps (Photo Odduu.v, in Grenoble). — The Grenoble airshow, very successful, especially thanks to the flights by LegagnMIX and Busson, was organized in May by a committee chaired by the Marquis de Virieu, the distinguished president of the Aero Club of the Alps. The committee was composed of the Aero Club of the Alps, the Avio-Club, the Automobile Club, and the Tourist Office. The excellent results of the airshow particularly highlight Grenoble as a center for advanced aviation training where pilots will come to obtain their advanced pilot's license and become familiar with mountain flying.
Ad from L'Aérophile, September 1, 1913 Copy reads: In 1910 at the Eastern Circuit In 1911 at the European Circuit English Circuit Belgian Circuit Races: Paris-Rome, Saint Petersburg-Moscow, Venice, Bolosna-Rimini, Milan-Turin, etc. And again in 1912 at the First Grand Prix of the Aero Club of France Grand Prix of Speed ​​- (Garros, Angers, June 16-17) English Air Derby (Hamel, London, June 8) The Blériot Monoplanes first ready at the start, whatever the weather, are Always First at the finish Blériot Aeronautics, 39, Koule de la Révalte, Levallois (near Paris) London Bramel Belfas Chambers 133. Regent Streetw. AERODROMES Ferry near Versailles. Étampes (S-&-O.): Pau (Busses-P): Rendon (England)
Another ad from the same L'Aerophile May 1912 newspaper. Ad for Renault engines Showing a mono plane and biplane and a Renault engine. Text reads: 'Aerophile of May 1, 1913 AVIATION ENGINES RENAULT LOUIS RENAULT, MANUFACTURER BILLANCOURT (Seine) World Record for Duration 11 hours 2 minutes World Record for Distance Non-Stop, for Biplane 720 kilometers World Record for Altitude with Passenger, for Biplane 2460 meters
L'Aerophile May 1912 for Louis Breguet A#viation Workshops : "SUPPLIER TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT and the English, Russian, Italian, Swedish and Balandal Governments" Advertising Flexible, adjustable and folding wings. Shows a biplane in flight in small photo middle of the page.
An ad for a Voisin Canard biplane. from L'Aerophile magazine, an early 20th century aviation newspaper. Shows a Voisin in flight.
An interesting airmail for the Intl. Cong. of the Light Metal Industry. A silver and blue aluminum foil stamp showing an airplane flying over Budapest. On the left is a sketched image of a pedestal with a book and quill pens leaning against it. A diamond shaped cachet on top left and a post mark on the right, some on the bottom of the stamp
Stamp showing piece of folk art titled: Two Vaishnavas Shows tow women in Bengali dress. by Bengali artist Jamini Roy
Fluffy bird strutting among the rocks.
Remains of the crashed and burned Imperial Airways aircraft "City of liverpool". Shows bits of metal, scorched and a lot of metal framing, and not much else
Paprika Designs cover for EID. with 3 stamps in red, blue and green on a stunning bright yellow envelope.
Canada Post stamp featuring portrait of Mary Ann Shadd issued in 2024
First day cover from Canada Post. Shows Eleanor Collins photo singing on stage and a stamp with Collins' profile.
A post by Donald the ass Trump claiming to be Acting President of Venezuela.
Canada Post stamp showing Mary Ann Shadd's portrait
3 bound books American Flights in the Andes, World Flights and From Arctic to Antarctic flights published 1932
Cover of Sanabria's Air Post Catalogue, blue cover, with tape holding the binding together
French stamp from 2024 featuring a drawing of a fierce, fanged beast charging towards the viewer.
package of 3 pork loin roasts for $13. At Farm Boy
Stamp showing Elsie MacGill in front of hurricane airplane silhouettes
Kyle Langford—Republican candidate for governor of California posting a selfie in front of the Work Makes you Free sign at Auschwitz. He has a smug, shit eating grin on his face with the caption "My 0% Employment Plan".
Front of fold out poster of NHL Oldtimers sitting in group on ice.