Covers from Postcrossing

Above this one from Egypt , My first cover from there.

Covers from Postcrossing Forum Group #2

So sorry to all my philatelic friends, quite busy currently and not update my blog for few weeks.
Actually during the weeks, received lots of covers, especially from the Postcrossing Forum RR.
Now upload those covers for sharing. If you like these nice cover are welcome to join us too!
Thanks to all the friends sending me such nice covers.

These two Italy cover sent by different people , but they choose to use the same series of stamps!






Some friends would like to join the creative cover group, then have to pick up the cryon to draw again! :)

IYA 2009 Astronomy Liechtenstein-Denmark - the Netherland

When I know that this year Europa topic is Astronomy, I already try my best to collect the FDC and stamps / Minisheet from the issuing countries. This is quite big project for me, as collecting Europe items is very costly for me and I also don't have so many friends from Europe. Just try my best to ask around and wish can get more and more help to complete the collections. The best is try to get a real posted FDC / cover on date of issue. If not then a mint FDC also great to me. Luckily, there are lots of friendly people from the Philately world. They are very kind enough to help me get the items. Some even is not the stamps collector!
Now showing a very beautiful and nice issue from Liechtenstein issued on 2 March 2009. You can see the stamps is having the special effect, is a hologram stamps. Very nice! Some of the Astronomy stamps issued this year having special effect, make it very nice. Like the Jersey issue shown previously is embossed with silver. I don't have friends from Liechtenstein, when I saw this stamps on the website, I wish that I can have one too. My wish become true , my friend Paul is helping me to get those items. So great! Thank you Paul.

Then next Astronomy issue to show is From Denmark. Thanks to Thomas and Freddy, both of you are so nice help me on the collection. First cover is posted on date of issue, because is a machine cancellation. Therefore might not able to see the date clearly.


This is the Stamps booklet, I don't get the full stamps booklet. Because it is too expensive. This is my friend who send me the stamps booklet cover and paste the set of stamps inside.
Then this is the set of stamps.

After that is the turn for the Astronomy stamps from the Netherland. This blue cover is sent on day of issue, 07 April 2009. My friend is using blue colour envelope , which just can representing the sky and have Astronomy stamps on it. Thanks Jetske for this nice cover and stamps!
This is a registered letter, using the full sheet of Astronomy stamps. So big surprise to me! As sometimes the Post worker is not allow my friend to use the stamps on registered mail. So lucky this time he met with a good worker allow him to put whatever stamps he want. Thanks to Paul for these nice stamps and FDC.

These are the items I received so far. Still have long journey to go! Hope more friends can help on this. May will be a very busy month, as lots of country plan to issue for the Astronomy in May. Also wish to get more and more and complete the collection!

Covers from Postcrossing RR

After showing those nice covers from the blogger, now would like to share the nice covers from Postcrossing forum's RR. I have join some RR group. These are the nice covers I received.
First is the cover from Bulgaria, sent by Childish, Thank you for this nice cover with the special postmark on it.
Next will have a look on this Green Cover from the Netherland. Really nice green cover, the stamps using is perfectly match the topic "Green". Thanks to Jetske!
Well this is the cover from Brazil. Nice setenant stamps commemorating Missao Centenary 1906-2006. I just try to get info from the stamps. Thanks vbformig !

Next is a Mini sheet cover from the Netherlands. Thanks to Pbesso select this comic M/S which is my topic again! :)
Also this nice M/S cover from Estonia, sent by August4. Thank you!
This Estonian M/S is issued on 11.11.2000 commemorating Centenary Of The Estonian National Bookplate.
Information from Estonian Post:
In 1900 Kristjan Raud, an illustrator of the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg, made a bookplate for his brother Paul Raud, a painter, thus creating the first bookplate by an Estonian artist in Estonia. As a result, the Estonian national bookplate marks its centenary this year. The number of bookplates made by Estonian professional and amateur artists before World War II reached about a thousand, but by today, the figure is close to 40,000. Bookplates, ex libris, have been pictured in postage stamps also before, for example in 1935 in Spain, in 1945 in Brazil and in 1970 in the Soviet Union.

More cover from Postcrossing Forum

After joining some cover round robin group in postcrossing forum. Receive many very nice cover. The first two I get when I join the Miniature Sheet on cover group.
Paul using the Tin Tin Miniature sheet. Really nice and add to my cartoon and comic collection!
Thanks for this nice miniature sheet cover from Netherlands.

This also from the same group of RR. Sent by Kristiina. This sheet issued on 27.03.2006. Centenary of Estonia Theater. Also very nice sheet. Information I can get from EESTI POST:

In 1865, the song and drama society "Estonia" was founded in Tallinn, which in 1906 became the basis for the professional theatre „Estonia”, founded by the directors and actors Paul Pinna and Theodor Altermann. Initially playing mainly drama, the theatre gradually came to its first music productions: „Mam’zelle Nitouche” being the first operetta in 1907 and „Das Nachtlager in Granada” the first opera in 1908. The first ballet, „Coppélia” by Delibes, was staged in 1922. The first Estonian opera – E. Aav’s „Vikerlased” – was staged in 1928. The „Estonia” theatre and concert building was completed in 1913 to drawings by Armas Lindgren and Wivi Lönn. The house was destroyed in an air raid in 1944 and was reopened in 1947. In 1998 the theatre adopted the name Estonian National Opera. It marks its centenary on 16 September 2006. Welcome to the Estonian National Opera! The stamp on the left features costume designs for Evald Aav's opera “Vikerlased” (Vikings), with music of the same opera frorming the background of the souvernir sheet; the ballerina Helmi Puur in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake figures on the right-hand stamp.

This is joining another RR, Creative Cover. We must draw something related to the stamps using on the cover. This is nice drawing cover from Brazil. Thanks vbformig.
How about this one? sent by Kristiina. Just using the white colour can present this very nice light house on the cover. So creative! Thanks
This light house stamps shown here is Keri Lighthouse, issued on 15.01.2003.
Some information from EESTI POST:

Keri, one of the oldest Estonian lighthouses, stands on a small island of the same name at about 11 miles from the North-Estonian coast, roughly 6 miles due north of Prangli Island in the Gulf of Finland. The island’s first, 1724-built lighthouse was of wood. It was reconstructed early in the 19th century, when the light was mounted in a wooden tower erected on a tall stone base. The new lighthouse went into operation in November 1803. Fifty-five years later the wooden tower was dismantled and replaced by a metal structure with a dioptric light. At present the lighthouse consists of a red cylindrical metal tower on a cylindrical “decanter”. The lantern room at the top of the tower has a gallery running all around it. Nowadays the lighthouse is powered by solar cells and controlled by a computer. The light, visible to 11 miles, is mounted at 28 meters from the ground and at 32 metres from sea level.

The most right stamps is Submarine Lembit issued on 29.02.1996.
The other one is Icebreaker Suur Tõll issued on 30.08.1996 .
Estii post really having a very complete and informative website, which we can get all the information about the stamps issued.

Creative cover from Postcrossing Forum!

Recently joining the Postcrossing Forum, cover round robin. I join the creative cover group. Here is the very beautiful and creative covers I received from the members. Thank you very much!
If you are interested can also join the group.
http://forum.postcrossing.com/viewthread.php?tid=29969

Hope to see more people joining the group.