HONG-KONG – Cover from Ma On Shan Post Office, Hong-Kong to Braga, Portugal.

Registered cover with stamps posted on January, 30 2012.

(Special thanks to Chan Kong)

MALAYSIA – Cover from Penag, Malaysia to Braga, Portugal

Hotel Equatorial cover sent on February, 24 2012.

This was my hotel during my recent business trip to Penang, Malaysia.

http://www.equatorial.com/pen/

Welcome the 24000th 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.

USA – Postcard from Charleston – South Carolina, USA to Braga, Portugal.

 

Postcard sent on May, 07 2011.
(Special thanks to my best friend Joel Castro)

LATVIA – Cover from Riga, Latvia to Braga, Portugal

Postcard

First day cover of the ‘Latvian Coat of Arms’ stamp series issue posted on January, 7 2012.
(Special thanks to my best friend Juris Tarvids)

USA – Cover from Mineola- NY, USA to Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

Cover with stamp posted on December, 03 2011.
(Many thanks to Victor Silva)

GERMANY – Covers from Hildesheim, Germany to Braga, Portugal

 

 

Batch of covers with stamps sent on 2009.
(Special thanks to my best friend Helge Holland)

ALGERIA – Covers from Setif, Algeria to Braga, Portugal

 

 

Batch of three First Day Covers sent on February, 01 2011.
(Special thanks to my friend Ouari Khemissi)

PORTUGAL – Cover from Atouguia da Baleia, Portugal to Braga, Portugal

Commercial cover with stamp of 0,32€ from the issue ‘Aqui Há Selo’ posted on December, 23 2011.

INDIA – Postcard from Jaipur - Rajasthan, India to Braga, Portugal

 

Postcard representing the Amer Fort from Jaipy, state of Rajasthan with stamps from the issue ‘Indian Postage Stamps: Princely States – Princely State of Indore’, posted on January, 10 2012.
(Special thanks to my best friend César Meireles)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amer_Fort

Welcome the 23000th 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.

CHINA – Postcard from Suzhou, China to Braga, Portugal

 

Postcard ‘China & the World, Shanghai & World Expo, World Heritage & Lijiang’ sent on January, 5 2012
(Special Thanks to my friend Wei Xu)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_of_Lijiang

GERMANY – Postcard from Hildesheim, Germany to Braga, Portugal

 

Season Greetings postcard posted on December, 22 2011.
(Special thanks to my best friend Helge Holland)

TURKEY – Cover from Bursa, Turkey to Braga, Portugal

Cover with stamps from the 2009 ‘The Sultan’s Boats’ stamps issue posted on December, 17 2011.
(A very special thanks to my friend Baris Yakar)

The set of stamps shows us the Sultan’s boat an imperial caique used by the Sultan and his family for local travel.
The name used is SALTANAT KAYIGI for this craft.
Each Sultan had one built for his own use, and the last was used till World War I.
The craft is heavily ornamented along the sides and at the stern and bow.
Bow elongated and horizontal or upturned and recurved.

Commonly she carried a figurehead of a golden bird, this craft was known as a bird caique.
An ornate pavilion at the stern provided shelter for the Sultan his family and guests.
She was double banked and rowed by 26 men, steered by a rudder with a tiller.
The early boats were also equipped with double sails.
Length between 30 and 32 meter, beam and depth between 2.5 and 3 meter.

The Sultan’s boats were used by the Sultan on the Bosporus and Golden Horn.
But many of that type were used as ferries across the Bosporus and Golden Horn by local boatmen, only she were smaller and less decorated as the boat from the Sultan.
The Sultan’s boats were always the largest craft of that time.

FRANCE – Cover from Paris, France to Braga, Portugal

 

Cover and Season Greetings postcard posted on December 2011.
(A very special thanks to my best friend Hawa ALI)

LATVIA – Postcard from Riga, Latvia to Braga, Portugal

 

Christmas postcard posted on December, 30 2011.
(Special thanks to my best friend Juris Tarvids)

MONACO – Postcard from Monte Carlo, Monaco to Braga, Portugal

 

Christmas postcard sent by de ‘Office des Emissions de Timbre-Poste’ posted on December, 23 2011.

CANADA – Cover from Otawa, Canada to Braga, Portugal

Cover with flower stamps posted in 2011.
(A very special thanks to my friend Maryam Irwan)

SINGAPORE – Cover from Singapore to Braga, Portugal

 

Cover and Season Greeting card sento n December, 09 2011.
(A very special thanks to my friend Marlene Rodrigues)

HONG-KONG – Cover fron Kowloon, Hong Kong to Braga, Portugal

Cover with stamps posted on October, 20 2011.
(A very special thanks to my best friend José Carlos)