Sunday, March 31, 2013

FRANCE – Cover from Lyon, France to Braga, Portugal



Cover with miniature sheet ‘Year of the Snake‘, posted on January 14, 2013.
(A very special thanks to my best friend Eric Contesse)

Miniature sheet

Saturday, March 30, 2013

TURKEY – Cover from Bursa, Turkey to Braga, Portugal



Cover with stamps from the ‘150th Anniversary of the Turkish Stamp‘ stamp issue, posted on February 27, 2013.
(A very special thanks to my best friend Baris Yakar)

Souvenir sheet

Thursday, March 28, 2013

MALAYSIA – Cover from Pulau Pinang, Malaysia to Braga, Portugal





Stamps brochure
 First Day cover of the ’Postal History of Kedah‘ stamps issue, posted on December 20, 2012.
(A very special thanks to my best friend Maryam Muhammad Irwan)

Technical Details
Postal History of Kedah
Date of Issue: December 20, 2012
Values: three stamps of 90 sen and one miniature sheet with one stamp of 3RM
Designer:
Printer: Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Sdn. Bhd.
Process: lithography
Size: stamps - 34mm x 29mm
Size: miniature sheet - 120mm x 75mm
Perforation: 14 x 14
Paper: Phosphor coated
Watermark: SPM watermarked
Sheet:

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

GERMANY – Cover from Ruhr, Germany to Braga, Portugal




Old Portuguese Portcards
Cover with first day cancellation over stamp of 0.75€ from the Germany-France joint issue ’50 Jahre Élysée-Vertrag‘, posted on January 2, 2013.
(A very special thanks to my best friend Igor Adolph)

Tuesday, March 26, 2013