IYA-2009 France

Have been long long time not update the blog. So sorry to my friends. Therefore today would like to show you the International Year of Astronomy from France. The sheet of France is quite nice.
This is the cover posted by my friend,so great cover I have. What make me more happy is the cover posted on my day of birth..Yeah! That is very very meaningful and nice cover for me.
Thank you Eric!

IYA 2009 Astronomy - Belarus

Next is the turn of the Astronomy items from Belarus. Also receive it quite long time ago.
This is the real posted FDC on date of issue. Is a registered mail from Minsk. Thanks Vladimir.

Front of the Stamp booklet

Stamps inside the stamp booklet

Block of 4 stamps

Thank you to Nargiza who willing to help me get those nice items. Stamp booklet and stamps really nice.
Here is some information from the Belarus Post newsletter:
Belarus Post Website newsletter

On April 15, 2009 the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus will issue 2 stamps “Astronomy” bearing the EUROPA logo prepared by the Publishing Centre “Marka” of the EUR “Belpochta”.

Designer: Tamara Stasevich.
Printing: offset.
Colour: multicoloured.
Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed.
Perforation: comb 13½: 13¾.
Size of the stamps: 37x26 mm.
Sheet composition: 7 stamps & 1 coupon.
Print quantity: 70.000 each.

IYA 2009 Astronomy-Italy

So sorry, quite busy and not update my blog so often. Sure my friends looking forward to see their items on the screen now. First of all showing the Astronomy covers from Italy. Great! Have few friends so great to send me the cover on day of issue. I can get the FDC and cover posted.
What a great collection to me.
Thanks my friends Matteo, Luciana and Fabio! All is very great people from Postcrossing Forum.

This is the set of two stamps

This is the cover posted on day of issue

This is the FDC posted on day of issue

Date of issue: 7th May 2009
Try to get more information, but I can't understand the language at their website. :(

IYA 2009 Astronomy - Serbia

Europa 2009 Astronomy is one of my main topic collection this year. Currently receive quite lots of covers and stamps for this. Really Thanks a lots my friends who are helping me to complete my collection. Will show all of those nice Astronomy items to you these day.

First of all continue to show a nice Astronomy FDC posted on day of issue from Serbia! My first cover from Serbia too. This is a registered mail and received in very good condition.
Quite obvious my friend is sending via registered, but a very weird thing happen, Malaysia Post is not treat it as registered mail as it is dropped directly into my mail box, and I don't sign for it.
Maybe they miss out this letter??
And also not sure what does it means by "AV2 Checked" ? That is from Serbia Post or Malaysia Post?? Anyone has any idea?

Then showing the Maxicard, yeah! That is too beautiful, fantastic Maxicard! So great to have them.

And this is the stamps. My friend Marina also send me two set stamps with labels. So happy to see this stamps.
Thanks a lots Marina for those so nice and beautiful items!

IYA 2009 Astronomy Jersey

FDC
Stamp set
Now would like to share the awesome Astronomy issue from Jersey. Look at the stamps carefully you will notice that there is special effect on the stamps. The stamps are printed in four colour process offset lithography plus embossed simili silver. Really nice set.
Information from Jersey Post:
On 10th February 2009, Jersey Post issue a set of stamps to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first telescopic observatory. This set of stamps interprets PostEurop's theme for the Europa 2009 stamps issue - Astronomy - by featuring the satellites of Jupiter (which was just one of the galactic discoveries made by Galileo using a telescope) and various constellations which may be seen from Jersey at different times of the year. The stars within the constellations have been embossed and are highlighted in simili silver. The Europa logo will appear on two stamps only.
A short narrative by Sir Patrick Moore regarding Galileo and his telescopic discoveries appears on the First Day Cover envelope and Presentation Pack.

35p lo, Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
39p Europa, Bootes and Coran Borealis
43p Ganymede, Cygnus and Peganus
76p Callisto, Perseus and Orion