SINGAPORE – Cover from Singapore to Braga, Portugal

Registered cover with stamps posted on May, 18 2011.

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

LATVIA – Cover from Riga, Latvia to Braga, Portugal

Commemorative envelope and cancellation of the LITENE 70 posted on June, 14 2011.

(Special thanks to my best friend Juris Tarvids)

On 14 June 1941 in Litene, officers of the former army of the Republic of Latvia (which by then became the 24th Territorial Corps) were arrested and killed by the Soviet occupation authorities.

More information about the Litene massacre here.

Welcome the 17000th 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.

FINLAND – Cover from Kälviä, Finland to Braga, Portugal

First Day Cover of the ‘Two Centuries of Government Buildings’ stamps issue, posted on April, 1 2011.

(Special thanks to my best friend Sini Linnanmäki)

2nd Class stamps booklet

Self adhesive stamps

AUSTRALIA – Postcard from Melbourne, Australia to Braga, Portugal.

Postcard posted on May 2011.

(Special thanks to my friend Ruben Loureiro)

UKRAINE – Postcard from Odessa, Ukraine to Braga, Portugal.

Postcard posted on May, 18 2011.

(Special thanks to my friend V. Sulyma)

FRANCE – Cover from Lyon, France to Braga, Portugal

Cover with stamps from the stamp issues ‘Europa 2011 – Les Forêts’, ‘ Europa 2010 – Les Livres pour Enfants’, and ‘250º Anniversaire de la Premiere École Vétérinaire - École Vétérinaire de Lyon’ posted on May, 23 2011.

(Special thanks to my best friend Eric Contesse)

EUROPA stamps are focused on one theme common to each member of the issuing country PostEurop. In 2011, the theme of forests, France chose to illustrate the diversity of its forests - temperate, Mediterranean and mountains, but also overseas - symbolizing the trees by their leaves - a beech, a tree fern, an oak, larch and oak harbor flora and fauna of our forests.

Technical Details

Date of Issue: 9 May 2011

Values: 0.75€

Subject: Europa – Les Forêts

Designer: Christian Broutin

Printer:

Process: Gravure

Size: 40 mm x 30 mm

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Sheet: 42 stamp

2011 is the year of 250th anniversary of the creation of the world's first veterinary school in Lyon, Claude Bourgelat, and consequently that of the veterinary profession. That's why 2011 was declared "World Veterinary Year."

Technical Details

Date of Issue: 16 May 2011

Values: 0.58€

Subject: Ecole vétérinaire de Lyon

Designer: Sophie Beaujard

Printer:

Process: Taille-douce

Size: 40 mm x 30 mm

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Sheet: 42 stamp