CROATIA - Cover from Nedelišće, Croatia to Braga, Portugal

(2008 issue)

(2010 issue)

Registered cover with stamps from the 2008 and 2010 Croatian Ethnographic Heritage issues posted on July, 17 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Tomislav)

POLAND – FDC from Nowy Sacz, Poland to Braga, Portugal.

Registered First Day Cover posted on July, 15 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Andrzej)

600 YEARS OF GRUNWALD BATTLE
The Battle of Grunwald was the decisive battle of the Great War 1409-1411 ranged by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland against the knights of the Teutonic Order. It took place on July 15, 1410 near Grunwald and Tannenberg on the territory of the Order (now a province in Poland).

author: Marzanna Dąbrowska
number of stamps: 1 in block
denomination: PLN 8,30
print run: 400.000
printing technique: rotogravure
stamp size: 60 x 43 mm
block size: 116 x 82 mm
paper: fluorescent
circulation date: 15 July 2010

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

First Day Cover with stamp of the ‘Characteristic Streets’ stamps issue posted on June, 24 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Brian Kam)

The set of special stamps features six characteristic streets in Hong Kong, namely Pottinger Street, Nathan Road, Hollywood Road, Temple Street, Des Voeux Road West and Stanley Market. To Hong Kong people the snapshots on the stamps would convey a sense of nostalgia. (Extract from the Hong-Kong Post announcing bulletin)

CHINA – Postcard from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China to Braga, Portugal.

Postcard posted on July, 7 2010.

(Special thanks to my friend Ms. Chai from Malaysia)

Tiger Hill (Chinese: 虎丘; pinyin: Hŭqiū) is a hill in Suzhou, in China. It is a popular tourist destination and is known for its natural beauty as well as historical sites. The hill is so named because it is said to look like a crouching tiger. Another legend states that a white tiger appeared on the hill to guard it following the burial of King Helü. The hill is sometimes referred to in parallel with "Lion Mountain", another hill near Suzhou which clearly resembles a sitting lion.

The hill has been a tourist destination for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, as is evident from the poetry and calligraphy carved into rocks on the hill.
(Source Wikipedia – Suzhou, Tiger Hill)

Definitive stamps - Chinese Birds (1st set)

Technical Details:

Values in set: 3

Denomination: 180 yuan

Date of issue: 1st February 2002

Designer Huang Huaqiang

Size of stamp: 27 * 38 mm

Perforation: 115 * 13

Sheet composition: 30

Printing process: photogravure

Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

Protecting the common homeland of mankind

Technical details:
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: April 1, 2003
Denomination: 265 fen
Designer: Zhang Sen, Yang Bo Size of stamps: 25*20mm
Perforation: 13*13.5
Sheet composition: 40(10*4)
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

Definitive stamps - Chinese Birds (2nd set)

Technical Details:

Values in set: 2

Denomination: 180 yuan

Date of issue: 15 November 2006

Designer Huang Huaqiang

Size of stamp: 27 * 38 mm

Perforation: 13.5

Sheet composition: 30

Printing process: photogravure

Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

AUSTRIA - Cover from Wien, Austria to Braga, Portugal

(Austria Europa 2010 'Children's Books', date of issue: 11 June 2010)

(Europe Day postcard)

Cover with Austrian Europa 2010 – Children’s Books stamp posted on June, 11 2010.
(Special thanks to my friend Edna)

Sent yesterday 23 of July 2010

Registered Covers with stamps posted to friends in Denmark and Malaysia.