Norway

New cover from Norway.

Thank you very much, Tonni, for this nice cover (and for the stamps in).!

Mange takk!

Indonesia

Joint Stamp Issue cellebrating "Golden Year of Friendship Indonesia - Japan".

Cancellation from Jakarta on 15.04.2008.

Thank you very much, Kwee!

Croatia

Football is always a bridge to friendship.

In the big competitions, Croatian National Team is being very strong. Here the Croatian Post (HP) evoques the "European Championship 2008".

Greetings to athletes and fans everywhere!

Thanks a lot, Tomislav!

Hong Kong

"YEAR OF THE OX"

Nice FDC cancelled on 17.01.2009

Courtesy of Leung! 非常感谢！

Latvia

Nice and expressive FDC dated 24.01.2009, on the series "National Costumes - Decorations".

Thank you very much, Elmars!

Slovenia

The picnic still goes on.

From Slovenia comes some bread and sausages. Nobody sees, but there are plenty of friends around the table.

Enjoy!

Thank you very much, Cvetko!

Switzerland

"Giornata del Francobollo 2008 Bellinzona"

DAY OF THE STAMP BELLINZONA 2008

The table is ready: bread, ham, sausages, cheese, nuts, grapes, figs, a variety of cakes and, of course, a good red wine...

M a g n i f i c e n t !

Thank you, very much, Vural Oguz!

Estonia

New beautiful "R" FDC, from Estonia, dated and cancelled on 15.01.2009 in Tallinn.

This issue integrates the International Polar Year (2007 - 2009)and it is dedicated to the protection of polar areas and glaciers.

Courtesy of Pirjo!

Ukraine

Beautiful and expressive cover.

Courtesy of Igor!

Russia

Nice envelope on Aviation theme justed received from Russia (Kaliningrad).

Thank you, Vladimir!

Malaysia

Nice cover from Malaysia.

Thanks a lot, Rommy!

Brazil

Interesting cover received from Brazil.

- Both stamps on the right are a joint issues Brazil - China (2000)

- In the middle a commemoative stamp on "50 Years from the Human Rights Declaration" (1998)

- On the left side: A commemorative stamp celebrating "500 Years from the Discovery of Brazil" (2000), by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral - year 1500.

Thank you, José Luiz! Muito Obrigado!

The Netherlands

Nice cover with a special Christmas sheet - "Gift".

Another Piet's courtesy.

Bulgaria

Expressive and beautiful cover on Aviation theme.

Thank you, Hristo!

Taiwan

Nice FDC from Taiwan.

"Orchids of Taiwan Postage Stamps (III)"

Thank you, Wu Wei Yi!

Turkey

Two very beautiful "R"covers just received from Turkey the same day.

Also two interesting topics: Aviation and Olympic Games Beijing 2008.

Kindness of Ibrahim!

Turkey

Again a nice and colourful cover from Turkey:

Thank you very much, Ahmet!

Croatia

Beautiful cover from Croatia.

These beautiful stamps belong to four different series.

However, two among them pay my particular attention: One (1.80) is written in Braille and other (2.80) evokes the anniversary of a Saint.

(By the way, I would be very grateful to whom could give me a further word about the interesting stamps on).

Thank you very much, Tomislav!

Romania

Beautiful and colourful cover from Romania.

Three stamps - Three themes:

- Christmas

- Sport (Rugby) World Cup France 2007

- Cats

Courtesy of Dan!

Georgia

First cover received from Georgia.

Eight stamps on different themes decorate this original sized envelope, such as: Aviation, The King David IV (Frescos), Theatres of Georgia, Ballet Dancer, Torino Winter Games 2006 and Beijing O.G. 2008 (2 stamps).

Really nice "bouquet"!

Thank you very much, Khatuna!

The Philippines

Beautiful Cover.

"Remembering the Pope John Paul II

His Life & Legacy to The Philippines"

- 1st Death Anniversary April 2, 2006

Courtesy of Romy!

P. R. CHINA

Interesting envelope just received, thanks to Wang Jie.

This friend collector from Fujian has two nice blogs, i.e.:

http://chinafdc.blogspot.com

http://atm.world.blogspot.com

Thanks, Wang Jie, and good luck!

Algeria

Nice cover received from Algeria.

Commemorative series "50th Anniversary of the Establishement of the National Freeing Front Football Team".

Thank you, Zine!

Taiwan

New nice cover from Taiwan.

Courtesy of Oliver!

Singapore

Nice cover, my first one received from Singapore.

On the top two commemorative stamps, 2008 series "40 Years of Republic of Singapore Air Force". And down, "Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing 2008" - Table Tennis.

Thank you very much, Bernard!

Croatia

Chistmas is still on the air...

Expressive envelope.

Courtesy of Dragan!

Belgium

Nice Cover from Belgium (Brussels).

Courtesy of Charles!

Malta

Beautiful cover received from Malta.

Thanks a lot, Albert!

Turkey

Beautiful envelope.

Here the king is the sea...

Many thanks, Öncel!

Romania

Expressive cover with a commemorative stamp entitled "10 Ani, 1998 - 2008 NUCLEARELECTRICA".

Courtesy of Adriana.

Brazil

Beautiful envelope. Both stamps make us travel to the huge sanctuary of wildlife that is Brazil.

The birds represented: Pica-pau (Celeus obrieni) and Coruja-do-mato (Strix virgata).

Thank you very much, Paulo! Muito obrigado!

Chile

New nice cover from Chile.

Courtesy of Raúl. Muchas Gracias!

Slovakia

Interesting FDC dated 14.9.2000 recently received.

This issue is named "Historické mosty - drevený most v Kluknave", i.e., "Technical Monuments - Historical bridges - Wooden bridge in Kluknava".

Two other beautiful stamps complete this cover.

Thank you very much, Milos!

Belgium

Nice cover from Belgium.

Sculpture is the artistic expression common to these three stamps.

These reproduced sculptures are due to the sculptors Emile Desmedt and George Grard.

Courtesy of Holger.

Aland

Beautiful cover received from Aland.

This souvenir sheet is entittled "NORDISK MYTOLOGI".

Thanks a lot, Arne!

Turkey

Nice cover on "Europa 2008" theme - Writen Letters.

Thank you very much, Ibrahim!

Bangladesh

First "R" FDC received from Bangladesh.

It's dated 24.12.2008 and is entitled "International Year of Sanitation 2008". Really very nice!

Courtesy of Husain.