ALGERIA – Cover from Setif, Algeria to Braga, Portugal

Registered first day cover with stamps from the Algeria 2010 FIFA World Cup stamps issue posted on July, 24 2010.
(Special thanks to Khemissi Ouari)

HONG-KONG - Cover from Ma On Shan, Hong-Kong to Braga, Portugal

Cover posted on August, 3 2010.

FAROE ISLANDS – Official cover from Tórshavn, Faroe Islands to Braga, Portugal

Cover with Mythic Places miniature sheet posted on April, 22 2010.

Mythic Places
Date of issue: 27 March 2008
Author: A. E. Petersen
Denominations: 2 stamps of 7.50 Kr (Letter 20g to Europe)
Perforation: 13 x 13
Paper Unwatermarked
Printing Process: Offset
Printer: L. M. Group, Canada

TAIWAN – Cover from Taipei, Taiwan to Braga, Portugal.

Cover posted on April, 19 2010.

HONG-KONG - Cover from Kowloon, Hong-Kong to Braga, Portugal

Registered cover with stamps from the issue “Year of the Tiger 2010” posted on March, 15 2010.

Year of the Tiger
Issue Date: 6th February 2010

The heroic tiger plays a leading role in the eleventh issue of the third Lunar New Year series issued by Hongkong Post. The set of 4 stamps illustrates 4 breeds of tigers in different postures - sprinting, patrolling, gazing and lounging.

GERMANY – Cover from Mülheim / Ruhr, Germany to Braga, Portugal.

Cover with special postmark ‘Oberhausen Local Hero Woche’ commemorative of the 35th Anniversary of German Philatelist Youth over 0.70€ stamp from the ‘650 Städtehanse’ issue, posted on July, 31 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Igor)

650 years Hanseatic Cities

650 years Hanseatic Cities 1356, representatives of several commercial cities in Lübeck in order to agree on a common strategy to enforce their trade interests and regional rulers. This meeting is now regarded as the founding of the League of Hanseatic Cities. Their main trade routes extended from London to Bruges and to Reval (now Tallinn in Estonia) and Novgorod (Russia) over the entire North and Baltic Sea region. But many inland cities such as Cologne and Halle an der Saale were integrated into the trading ring. In its heyday (until about 1400) combined the Hanseatic cities to 200 cities under the leadership of Lübeck.

Design: Joachim Riess, Chemnitz
Image: Drawing Hansekogge: © German Maritime Museum Bremerhaven; background drawing: © Germanic National Museum Nuremberg
Value: 0,70 EUR
Printing: Multi-colored, combined Stichtief/Offset print of the Austrian State GmbH, Vienna
Size: 46.00 x 27.32 mm
Paper: Coated white, fluorescent paper, postage stamps DP 2
Date of issue: 07 September 2006

The stamp is from a joint issue with Sweden.

TURKEY – Cover from Pasaport - Izmir, Turkey to Braga, Portugal

Cover and First Day Cover posted on August, 19 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Ahmet Demir)

SINGAPORE – Cover from Singapore to Braga, Portugal

First Day Cover of the Youth Olympic Games – Singapore 2010 issue posted on August, 14 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Terence Wong)

SINGAPORE 2010 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
14-26 August 2010

On 21 February 2008, Singapore celebrated with Fanfare when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced its decision to hold the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore in 2010. The announcement, broadcast live in front of an enthusiastic crowd, took place at the Padang.

Eighteen months later, thousands gathered once again at the Padang to celebrate the One-Year Countdown Event on 14 August 2009. It also celebrated the progress Singapore had made as well as Its readiness to host the first YOC with the unveiling of a Countdown Clock set against the historic City.

In August 2010, the nation will witness the official opening of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, inking Singapore in history books as the first Host City of the YOG.
The multi-sport event offers an integrated sport, culture and education program, aligned to the Olympic values of Excellence, Friendship and Respect. Depicted in this set of stamps are the official mascots, Lyo and Merly, in different poses, representing the liveliness and youthfulness of the athletes.

The first two designs highlight the World Culture Village and Island Adventure formats of CEP. Athletes will learn about diverse cultures, teamwork and leadership through these two activities. The next two designs feature the mascots in their favourite sports of Aquatics – Swimming and Basketball respectively.

To welcome the coming of the inaugural YOG. the Youth Olympic Flame made its way across the world to one city in each of the five continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame (JYOF) will connect people from all over the world to the Olympic Movement, uniting them in celebration of the spirit of Olympism.
(extract from the stamps issue brochure)

Date of issue: 14 August 2010
Denominations: 1st Local, 65C, $1.10, $2
Stamp Size: 48mm a 30.45mm
Perforation: 13¼ x 13¾
Paper: Unwatermarked Printing
Process: Offset Lithography
Printer: Joh Enschede Security Print
Sheet Content: 10
Designed by: Cubix international Pte Ltd

MALAYSIA – Cover from Malaysia to Braga, Portugal

Cover with the souvenir sheet of the 2006 'National Costumes of Various Races' stamps issue featuring different Malaysian traditional costumes, posted on July, 27 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Edna Chin)

Date of Issue: 29 August 2006
Designer: Hazel Design
Miniature sheet: 70 mm x 100 mm
Denomination: Stamps 50 sen x 3; souvenir sheet: RM1.00 x 2
Perforation: 14
Paper: SPM Watermarked, Phosphor Coated
Printing: Lithography Stamp
Printer: Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional Sdn Bhd

HONG-KONG - Cover from Ma On Shan, Hong-Kong to Braga, Portugal

Cover with two stamps of 2$40 from the 2010 ‘Characteristic Streets’ stamps issue, one stamp of 2$50 from the 1998’s ‘Year of the Tiger’ stamps issue and two stamps from the 2006 definitive issue, posted on July, 22 2010.

(2010 Characteristic Streets)

(2006 Definitives)

(1998 Year of the Tiger)

MALAYSIA - Cover from Ipoh, Malaysia to Braga, Portugal.

First Day Cover of the ‘Threatened habitats’ stamps issue posted on July, 15 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Khor Kok Keong)

Date of Issue: 15. 07. 2010
Face value: 60sen; 70sen; 80sen
Dimensions: 22 x 32 mm
Perforation: Layout/Format: Sheets
Stamps per Sheet: 20
Number in set:
Stamp designer: World Communications Network Resources (M) Sdn Bhd
Stamp engraver:
Printer: Percetakan Keselamatan Sdn Bhd
Print technology: Lithography

SINGAPORE – Cover from Singapore to Braga, Portugal

Cover with 5 stamps of the Sing post 26 of May 2010 'Known 10 Trees' stamps issue featuring various essential trees of Singapore, posted on July, 27 2010.
(A very special thanks to my friend Edna Chin)

(The ten stamps)

GERMANY - Cover from Hildesheim, Deutschland to Braga, Portugal

Cover with stamp of 2$20 from the 2010 ‘1000 Jahre St. Michaelis Hildesheim’ stamps issue, posted on August, 14 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Manuel Correia)

1000 Jahre St. Michaelis Hildesheim

St. Michael at Hildesheim was founded in 1010 by Bishop Bernward (960-1022) as his burial place.
Bernward was an influential cleric, close contact with the rulers of his day was. It was shortly after his death, canonized by Pope Celestine III. (Term 1191-1198).
The Church of St. Michael is one of the most important pre-Romanesque religious buildings at the north of the Alps and involves a number of outstanding art treasures. Since 1985 it belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage.
After the Reformation was agreed that the area of the tomb of Bishop Bernward reports to the Catholic Church and the rest of the structure to the Lutheran Church.
On 22 March 1945 razed to the ground, St. Michael's has quickly built up an admirable way again.
(text extracted from the Deutsch Post Philately web page)

Design: Bianca Becker and Peter Kohl, Hamburg
Image: Illustration church St. Michaelis in Hildesheim
Photo: Eckhard Jordens, Hildesheim
Value: 2.20 €
Printing: multicolor offset
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
Securities printing Leipzig
Size: 35.00 x 35.00 mm
Paper: Coated white, fluorescent paper, postage stamps DP 2
Issue date: 02 January 2010

GREENLAND - Cover from Tasiilaq, Greenland to Braga, Portugal

Official Greenland postal administration cover with stamp from the ‘Air Greenland 50th anniversary’ stamp issue posted on April, 20 2010.

During its lifetime, Air Greenland has facilitated in transporting people around Greenland and, in 2010, it is celebrating its 50 anniversary since the company first operated aircraft in Greenland. The jubilee year commences on 18th January 2010 when POST Greenland will issue a commemorative postage stamp and Air Greenland will, at the same time, launch its commemorative website www.airgreenland.gl this will be followed up with celebrations around the coast during the jubilee year, and of course, aboard the aircraft.
(text extracted from the Greenland Collector Magazine)

Air Greenland 50th anniversary
Value: DKK 16.50
Date of issue: 18th January 2010
40 stamps per sheet
Size: F - Vertical
Artist: Ina Rosing
Outer measurements: 33.44mm x 28.84mm
Typography: Dorit Olsen Printing method: Offset
Paper: Sopal