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)

BRAZIL – Covers from São Paulo, Brazil to Fafe, Portugal

 

 

 

Batch of four letters sent on different dates offered by my good friend Tó Barros.

CHINA – Postcard from Lhasa - Tibete, China to Braga, Portugal

 

Postcard of the Potala Palace complex (UNESCO World Heritage Site) with special red cancellation at the back posted on December, 13 2011.

(A very special thanks to my best friend Terence Wong)

Lhasa (Tibetan ལྷ་ས་, Traditional Chinese拉薩) literally means "place of the gods".

At an altitude of 3,490 metres, Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world. It contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang temple and Norbulingka palaces.

2012 Stamps Issue Plan (without dates)

 

The ‘Escola do Exército’ – 175 years

Guimarães – European Capital of Culture 2012

“Aqui Há Selo”

Traditional Portuguese Festivities (Definitives 2^nd group)

The Word and the Image

Major Characters of Portuguese History and Culture

Projects and Engineers

The Douro River

Fajãs – Azores

Levadas – Madeira

Europa 2012 – Visit…

1st Humorists Exhibition – Centenary

European Football Championship

The Instituto de Ciências Sociais – 50 years

Olympic and Paralympic Games

The Venus Transit 2012

Fado (2^nd group)

Portuguese Cathedrals (1^st group)

Erasmus – 25 years

Communicate with colors

Flavors of the Air and the Fire

Joint issue Portugal – Brazil

School Mail

ATM labels

2012 International Year of Cooperatives

2012 Year of the Sustainable Energy for All

SPAIN – Postcard from Maiorca, Spain to Braga Portugal

 

Postcard posted on September, 27 2011.

(Special thanks to my best friend Sini Linnanmäki)