Marshall Islands

Very beautiful Cover "In Memoriam" of Pope John Paul II (1920 - 2005).

A special place is reserved in my collection for this very special cover.

Thank you so much, A.W. Welch, for This smile!

Switzerland

PLUS VITE, PLUS HAUT, PLUS FORT !

Cette Lettre Prioritaire reçue de la Suisse porte trois timbres différents, 2 "Pro Patria" et un 3ème consacré aux Jeux Olympiques de Pékin 2008 (le timbre à droite -Special Stamp Olympic Games in Beijing 2008).

Merci, Vural Oguz!

Russia

CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS !

Nice "R" FDC "Olympic Games Beijing 2008", dated 15.04.2008.
Apart these 3 stamps on the Olympic theme, we have more 19 stamps and 14 cancellations in total on the cover...
It isn't ablosutely so common.
Thank you, Nikolai!

Gibraltar

Very original FDC with the theme "EUROPA 2008 " - Writing Letters - , from Gibraltar.

Four stamps with 4 Personalities fullfil this interesting Official First Day Cover, dated 1.6.2008:

- Winston Churchil

- Horatio Nelson

- John F. Kennedy

- Mahatma Ghandi

Yes, sometimes, writen words are absolutely necessary...

Austria

Beautiful cover with the theme "Writing Letters Europa 2008".
Thanks, Andreas!

Liechtenstein

SCHNELLER, HÖHER, STÄRKER !

Nice cover from Liechtenstein with three beautiful stamps, including " Olympic Games Beijing 2008".

Thank you, Vural Oguz!

Poland

Nice cover from Poland.

Courtesy of Kazimierz!

Russia

New nice cover from Russia.

Thank you, Nikolai!

Chile

Nuevo sobre recibido de Chile.

En evidéncia una mini-hoja de cuatro sellos ($ 280 x 4) , evocativa del "Mundial de Futbol Femenino Sub 20" - "Chillan sede Mundialista".

Muchas gracias, Humberto!

New cover from Chile.

A souvenir sheet composed with four stamps ( $ 280 x 4) is in evidence. It evoques the "Women world football under 20" - "Chillan sede Mundialista".

Thanks a lot, Humberto!

Hong Kong

MAIS RÁPIDO, MAIS ALTO, MAIS FORTE !

Beautiful Official FDC about "Olympic Games Beijing 2008", dated 9.8.2008. The sub-theme of the souvenir sheet illustrates the "Equestrian Events".

Thank you, T.P. AU!

Croatia

New nice cover from Croatia, courtesy of Dragan.

It's really interesting: it represents an intentinal partnership between Dragan's city - RIJEKA (Croatia) - and my home town - S. MARIA DA FEIRA (Portugal).

Good idea, Dragan! let's work hardly on it. Certainly we will find a lot of things common to our both cities to justify such partnership...

Republic of Korea

FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER !

Beautiful "R" FDC about "Olympic Games Beijing 2008", dated 08.08.2008.

Thank you, Ahn Jung Min!

Taiwan

This Commemorative Issue FDC evoques the R.O.C and the Holy See Relations - 60 years of Diplomacy (1942 - 2002).

Thank you very much, Wu Wei Yi!

Estonia

Again a nice FDC from Estonia, with the theme "EUROPA 2008 - writen letters".

One cover more to join my collection with this topic.

Thanks a lot, Pirjo, for your kind contribution!

Estonia

CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS !

Beautiful FDC about Olympic Games Beijing 2008, come from Tallinn, courtesy of Pirjo.

Thank you!

USA

The stamp on the left evoques the Black Cinema (2008 issue),
DUKE ELLINGTON and his COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA.
Nice cover, courtesy of Donald!

Russia

Beautiful cover received from Russia (Moscow).

It's decorated with a nice souvenir sheet issued on March 28, 2005 - "History of Russian State. Emperor Alexander II (1811 - 1881)".

Illustrator: A. Povarihin

Engraver: V. Starikovsky

Thanks a lot, Malanov!

Ecuador

Wonderful cover received from Ecuador.

This envelope is illustrated with geographical map of the Galapagos and decorated with "alive" three stamps:

-- $ 0.40 Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) - 2008

-- $ 0.80 Mantaraya (Aetobatus narinari) - 2008

-- $ 1.20 map of the Galapagos - 2006

About Galapagos Islands:

"... In 1986 the surrounding 70,000 square kilometres (43,496 sq mi.) of ocean was declared a marine reserve, second only in size to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In 1990 the archipelago became a whale sanctuary. In 1978 UNESCO recognised the islands as a World Heritage Site, and in 1985 a Biosphere Reserve. This was later extended in December 2001 to include the marine reserve..." - Wikipedia

Thank you very much, John!

Slovenia

Again a beautiful cover with "Olympic Games Beijing 2008".

Courtesy of Jernej!

Poland

Four stamps decorate this envelope.

In the upper right corner we have a stamp (2.20 Zl.) dedicated to Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849), great Polish composer and pianist. His compositions (mazurkas, valses, night, preludes, sonatas, ballads, barcarolas, etc.) are tender and romantic, passionate and sometimes melancolic.

A composer and pianist of exception.

Thank you very much, Kazimierz!

Slovenia

Nice cover stamped with "Olympic Games Beijing 2008".

Thank you very much, Cvetko!

Algeria

Courtesy of Ouari, this beautiful registered cover from Algeria.

Poland

New nice cover from Poland.

Thank you, Piotr!