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So...obviously the helicopter would eventually surpass in Autogiro in efficiency and utility... And, eventually, USPS would even issue a helicopter stamp. But, the era of innovation, design, and art that were the '30's was truly remarkable....(for the helicopter too 🙂)

First flight helicopter air mail service (Route A.M. 84) in the Los Angeles area, inaugurated in October 1947.

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 19h

The 1930s were a golden age for aircraft design. Style seemed to have been a selling point.

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚋 @stamplab.bsky.social · 17h

One day, perhaps, USPS will feel nostalgic enough to create a stamp of the Autogiro. I know, it was rather experimental...but still. Fun fact...On April 8, 1931, at Pitcairn Field, Amelia Earhart piloted a Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogyro to an altitude of 18,415 feet.

A 1940 U.S. Air Mail first flight postal cover of an autogiro flight from Bolling Field.

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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 6h

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 11h

PHOTO OF THE DAY. An East London “knocker-up” whose job was to wake up workers in the morning (1929). 📷 J Gaiger

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There is a Slide Rule Museum, with many images of the old giants: www.sliderulemuseum.com/DemoSR.shtml

An engraving showing two men, one apparently very tall, holding a giant teaching slide rule. Behind them, three other men, better dressed and apparently teachers or scientists, seem to be comparing results from a small slide rule and from the giant.

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Cartonaut @cartonaut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey Seattle 👋

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 7h

Java time☕

A Finnish word from the past, depicting long gone generations.
Not to be mixed with sissies of today.

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Elena Wicker @elenawicker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My first print from last night next to one I just made…. Gel gettin blobby after 24 hours…

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 7h

HONEST ABE – THE LINCOLN TO REMEMBER “Destroy this spirit of liberty and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your doors. --- You have lost the genius of your own independence and become fit subjects of a cunning tyrant.” #AbrahamLincoln

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 7h

"I was born in Kentucky, raised in Indiana, reside in Illinois, and now here, it is my duty to care equally for the good people of all the States." - Abraham Lincoln, 03/17/1865

Map of U.S. military districts during the Civil War.

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Will or Bill @will-historysnoop.bsky.social · 7h

GOOD MORNING! #photography

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 14h

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Tim Wilson @timwilson-uk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not train related but an interesting addition to my collections. Issued Latvia on December 18 1918. Due to paper shortages after WW1 it was printed on the back of printed on the back of leftover German military maps. medium.com/@bytes4free/... #philately #stamps #stampcollecting

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When the internet finally grinds to a halt I’ll remember this shop.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15h

Half an hour ago I stepped into the garden and found the most magical early morning: a sliver of moonlight hung in an ink-black sky, jewelled with diamond-bright stars. It was the first time this autumn that it has looked quite so magical.

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 15h

Ain't no party like a Spanish American War cover party cause a Spanish American War cover don't stop!

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Open Art @open-art.bsky.social · 21h

Sesson Shūkei's "Bamboo and Plum" is a hanging scroll from the 1500s. Ink on paper. It belongs to the Muromachi period in Japan. Cleveland Museum of Art.

A Japanese ink painting on a hanging scroll showing bamboo and plum branches. The artwork is monochromatic, using various shades of black and gray to depict the plants with delicate brushwork typical of the Muromachi period.

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 22h

Today is Septidi the 17th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate pumpkins. #JacobinDay See today's page

An old time-y illustration of a Pumpkins.

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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

VenetiaJane's Garden: “But in October what a feast to the eye our woods and groves present! The whole body of the air seems enriched by their calm, slow radiance. They are giving back the light they have been absorbing from the sun all summer.” – from ‘Falling Leaves’ by John Burroughs (1837-1921).

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Mika Paananen @painmike1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 of Major Erich Rudorffer, commander of II/JG 54, part of Detachment Kuhlmey having just arrived at Immola Airbase, Finland, 17 June 1944. The Ju 88 in the background seems to be JK-266 described in the quoted post below, missing part of its canopy. (153571/SA-Kuva, War Museum)

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 07/10/2026

Houses that survived the great fire of London in a photo of Wych Street from c. 1880. All demolished in 1901.

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Elena Wicker @elenawicker.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Apparently in 1779, there were these things called message balls or message shells. You hollowed out a howitzer shell, put your letter inside, and then SHOT IT AT YOUR INTENDED RECIPIENT.

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Moonbat - 🇺🇦🌻 @moonbat.bsky.social · 22h

The theoretical precursor to Missile Mail: postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/f...

postalmuseum.si.edu

Missile Mail

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Breaking ICE

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is the scene where the polar bear shows up right?

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Drew @drewavery.bsky.social · 16h

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Upper Canada, Lake Ontario, New York State, and Lake Erie, ca. 1812

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚋 @stamplab.bsky.social · 17h

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚋 @stamplab.bsky.social · 17h

My parents used to drag me to these types of concerts...thanks for the nostalgic memory boost. 🙂

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Map Myths @mapmyths.com · 23h

A remarkable tale of survival lies behind these inconspicuous islands of Santi and Rustene, which occupy the seas north of Norway and south of the ‘land of pygmies' on Mercator's 1569 world map. It's a story so powerful that it is still celebrated in Norway and Italy today.

Map: Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendate accomodata (Gerardus Mercator, 1569). Source: BNF

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Son of Sandor @sonofsandor.bsky.social · 20h

This would be horrible. Six Rivers, which borders Oregon, has some of the wildest roads in the lower 48 and should be experienced that way. Smith River was one of Dad's favorite to fish, Mom loved the Redwoods and giant ferns. A local resident was also spotted in the forest. youtu.be/Q60mSMmhTZU?...

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Bigfoot | Patterson–Gimlin Film | Stabilized | 10/20/1967

YouTube video by MojoPin1983

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Hupple’s Cat @hupplescat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Beautiful photo! Looking at the fuselage codes, I believe these are the two DH-4B aircraft assigned to Marine Observation Squadron Two. They flew out of Port au Prince, Haiti starting in 1920.

USMC recruiting poster.
"Aviation"
"Fly With the U.S. Marines."

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Brian Dunn@briandunn.bsky.social‬ @briandunn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wachusett's commander, Napoleon Collins, was court-martialed for violating Brazilian neutrality, but nothing happened to him. The Florida's return to Brazil had been demanded by that government, but Florida was sunk in a collision with a US Army transport in November 1864. (2/2) #NavalHistory

USS Wachusett, a screw sloop of war commissioned in March 1862. Carried three Parrot rifled guns, two 11" smoothbore Dalghren guns and four 32 pounders.

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚋 @stamplab.bsky.social · 17h

Spent a couple years in Visalia. I miss driving by the browning vineyards and the tule fog telling everyone that winter has arrived. It's been decades...but there was a magic to winter...and it's most of what remains in memory.

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Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 01/10/2026

Lighthouses of the BC South Coast. Cool. mapped.earth/lighthouses/...

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Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The movement of the magnetic North Pole over 400 years www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/s...

A map titled 'Heading North' showing the movement of Earth's north magnetic pole from 1590 to 2019. The map displays the Arctic region, including parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Svalbard. A blue line traces the magnetic pole's path from southern Canada in 1590, meandering northward through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago until 1900, then continuing as a dotted line toward Russia through 2019. The geographic North Pole is marked with a black square. The map illustrates that the magnetic pole is moving about 35 miles closer to Russia each year.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026

You ever think about Barbara Mundy’s theories on the 1524 Nuremberg Map of Tenochtitlan? latinamericanstudies.org/aztecs/tenoc...

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𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚋 @stamplab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So many posts of genius to read through today. Have a great day!!

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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER ENGLISH,(1775–1851) ROCKETS AND BLUE LIGHTS (CLOSE AT HAND) TO WARN STEAMBOATS OF SHOAL WATER 1840 Oil on canvas Clark Art Institute Williamstown, Massachusetts

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