Sunday, April 8, 2018

H is for Half Pipe

H is for Half Pipe, as in the snowboarding sports event.

 A bit late, given that the Winter Olympics has been over for weeks now. Although yesterday we had snow on the ground - getting a bit ridiculous to still be having winter in April :)

 Here the winter sport event is featured on a stamp celebrating the Salt Lake City winter games held in 2002.

 34c was the first class rate back then, last year 34c was the domestic postcard rate (this year it went up 1c to 35c).


To see more stamps with an H theme, check out the links at Sunday Stamps.
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11 comments:

  1. Mail AdventuresApril 8, 2018 at 8:42 AM

    We went today for almost the same word! :)

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  2. violet sApril 8, 2018 at 4:49 PM

    That is a cool design, the half-pipe!
    (I am oh so envious of your .35¢ postcard rate)

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    1. FinnBadgerApril 8, 2018 at 7:11 PM

      I am surprised the post office hasn't scrapped it - I don't see how it is profitable.

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  3. AnaApril 8, 2018 at 6:26 PM

    embarrassed to admit, didn't now till now this was referred to as half-pipe... every day we learn something new :)

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    1. FinnBadgerApril 8, 2018 at 7:11 PM

      And fun to learn something through stamps, for sure.

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  4. big mamabirdApril 8, 2018 at 7:38 PM

    The running joke here seems to be "what a nice winter we're having this spring"!

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  5. agiApril 9, 2018 at 9:03 AM

    now I know what half-pipe is, thank you :D

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  6. Bob ScotneyApril 9, 2018 at 9:33 AM

    Another half-pipe novice here.

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  7. JoyApril 10, 2018 at 4:41 PM

    Interesting view. I imagine these sportspeople have amazing spatial awareness.

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  8. FinnBadgerApril 11, 2018 at 6:05 PM

    Happy to be of half-pipe service :)

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