Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Post Offices, appointments II

Corvos, Mértola, Alentejo.

Post Offices, appointments I

This is a detail of a Post Office in Mina São Domingos, Mértola, where we are spending some vacation days.
The woman who is painting the walls, is the same who's sells the stamps in the post. A multi task women...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Monday, September 20, 2010

MALAYSIA – Cover from Kedah, Malaysia to Braga, Portugal

Cover with first day postmark over stamps of 70sen and 80sen from the ‘Grand Knight of Valour’ stamps issue, posted on July, 31 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Kow Siew Kan)

Technical data:
Date of issue: 31-Jul-2010
Stamp Value: 60sen; 70sen; 80sen
Sheet Content: 20 Stamps
Paper: SPM Watermarked, Phosphor Coated
Printing Process: Lithography
Printer: Percetakan Keselamatan Sdn Bhd
Stamp Designer: Hazel Design Sdn Bhd

Sunday, September 19, 2010

TAIWAN – Cover from Taipei, Taiwan to Braga, Portugal

Cover with special postmark to mark the Bangkok 2010 International Stamps Exhibition, posted on August, 12 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend George Wu)

Saturday, September 18, 2010

TURKEY – Cover from Bursa, Turkey to Braga, Portugal

Cover with special postmark to mark the first flight of the route Bursa-Munich on the Lufthansa LH3257 Airbus A319 aircraft, over stamps of the 2009’s Turkey-Portugal joint issue, posted on August, 2 2010.
(Many thanks to my friend Baris Yakar)

Friday, September 17, 2010

INDONESIA – Cover from Ambarawa – Central Java, Indonesia to Braga, Portugal

Cover with stamps from the Indonesia 2010 FIFA World Cup stamps issue posted on July, 21 2010.
(Special thanks to Penny Sari)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

AUSTRALIA – Cover from Tamborint, Australia to Braga, Portugal

Cover with commemorative stamps of the Australian participation in the World Expo EXPO2010 Shanghai China issue posted on July, 26 2010.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

MALAYSIA – Cover from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Braga, Portugal

Registered cover with stamps of the ‘Threatened habitats’, posted on August, 5 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Saravanan Govindasany)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Welcome the 10000th Visitors

Aqui ficam as melhores saudações Filatélicas, para os visitantes de todo o mundo, que diariamente visitam o meu blog.

(English version)
Here are the best Philatelic greetings to visitors from all over the world who daily visit my blog.