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

Monday, March 25, 2013

CANADA – Cover from Ottawa, Canada to Braga, Portugal



 
Cover with special season’s cancellation and Christmas card posted on December 14, 2012.
(A very special thanks to my friend Maryam Irwan)

Monday, March 11, 2013

CHINA – Cover from Suzhou, China to Braga, Portugal



Cover with stamps set from the joint issue China – Turkey stamps posted on January 09, 2013.
(A very special thanks to my best friend Xu Wei)

Technical Details
Joint issue with Turkey - Taizhou Bridge and Bosporus Bridge
Date of Issue: November 26, 2012
Values: two stamps of120 fen
Designer: Hu Zhenyuan, Ma Lihang
Printer:             Liaoning Provincal Shenyang Postage Stamp Printing Works
Process: offset
Size: 50 x 30 mm
Perforation: 13 x 13
Paper:
Watermark:
Sheet: sheets with twelve stamps