Poland

Both these envelopes are titled :

"4th Anniversary of the death of the Servant of God John Paul II - 02.04.2009"

Both stamps on the up right corner belong to a 2001 series evoquing

"10th anniversary of Radio Mary 08.12.1991 - 08.12.2001"

Thank you very much, Kazimierz!

Dziękuję bardzo!

Canada

Nice envelope on Aviation theme.

The stamp on the lower left corner celebrates the "International Philatelic Youth Exhibition 1982".

Merci beaucoup, Marcel!

Germany

Nice cover with a clear and interesting cancelation:

"Opening of the flight dinosaur exhibition - 12.04.2009"

Thank you, Igor!

Vielen Dank!

Italy

New nice cover from Italy (Milano).

The stamp on the right (€ 0,62) is a 2006 issue, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the cars & motos top magazine "Quattroruote".

The stamp on the left side (L. 50) is a 1974 issue, by the occasion the "14th International Congress of Wine and Vineyard. This stamp reproduces a mural painting of the century 15th on the harvest of wine grapes.

Thank you very much, Lorenzo!

Grazie per questa lezione così vivo, come antichi.

USA

Nice cover from the United States (N. Carolina).

No fewer than 13 stamps with lamps, jewelry, clocks, toleware, chairs, etc., give color to this very special envelope.

Thanks a lot, Jean and Claude!

Estonia

Commemorative FDC (23.04.2009), celebrating the

"90th Anniversary of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu".

April 23, 1919: The first session od the Constituent Assembly - Birthday of the Estonian Parliament.

Another Pirjo's courtesy.

Suur tänu!

Israel

Colourful envelope just arrived from Israel (Jerusalem).

Thank you, Emanuel!

תודה רבה!

P. R. of China

New nice cover from P.R. of China (Fujian Province).

Courtesy of Zhoufan!

非常感謝！

Brazil

New nice cover from Brazil (São Paulo) with clear round cancellation and 5 expressive stamps on:

- National Programe of textbook (R$ 0,31 /2000);

- Otter - Lontra (R$ 1,00 / 2008);

- New high school Education (R$ 0,31 / 1999)

- Joint issue Brazil-China - Brazilian mask (R$ 0,27 / 2000) and

- Tribute to António Carlos Jobim (R$ 0,31 / 1999)

António Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro– December 8, 1994 in New York), also known as Tom Jobim was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist and guitarist. He created the bossa nova style and he is acknowledged as one of the most influential popular composers of the 20th century. Tom Jobim official web site: http://www.tomjobim.com.br/

Yes! This is Brazil!

Muito obrigado, Guilherme!

Canada

"Preserve the polar regions and glaciers"

"Protégeons les régions polaires et les glaciers"

Beautiful FDC coming from Canada, courtesy of Leung. Thank you very much!

Croatia

New cover from Croatia.

Both stamps belong to a recent issues evoquing St. Tripun (Saint Tryphon), the patron and protector of the Kotor city, where a Roman Catholic cathedral was been built on 1166.

Thank you very much, Tomislav! Hvala!

Liechtenstein

Fom Vaduz city this nice cover with 2 stamps.

On the left the theme "Europa 2009 - Astronomy"

Thank you, Vural Oguz!

Poland

Again a new nice cover from Poland.

Courtesy of Kazimierz!

Dziękuję bardzo!

Poland

Nice postcard from Rzeszów.

" Rzeszów is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 171,330 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008. It was granted a town charter in 1354, the capital and largest city of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszów Voivodeship(1945–1998).
Rzeszów is served by an international airport, is a member of Eurocities, and is home to a number of higher education schools, company headquarters, and foreign consulates.ostcard from Rzeslów city.

Rzeszów city is twinned:

Buffalo, New York, United States
Košice, Slovakia
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Bielefeld, Germany
Klagenfurt, Austria
Lamia, Greece
Satu Mare, Romania
Lviv, Ukraine
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Lutsk, Ukraine "

Source: Wikipedia

Thank you very much! Kazimierz! Dziękuję bardzo!

Poland

Nice postcard from Jasło.

"Jasło is a county town in south-eastern Poland with app. 37,343 inhabitants. It is situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is 320 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city. The ‘Patron Saint’ of Jasło is Saint Anthony of Padua."

Source: Wikipedia

Thanks a lot, Kazimierz! Dziękuję bardzo!

Poland

Nice postcard from Bystre village.

Bystre village is located in Podkarpackie province. In the years 1975-1998 this town administratively belonged to the Krosno province. The village is situated on the route of wooden architecture and reflects the region. Bystre powtało at the end of the first half of XVI century. In this picture, the Orthodox church.

Thank you, Kazimierz! Dziękuję!

Poland

Nice postcard with a view of Częstochowa city.

"Częstochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta River with 248,894 inhabitants (2004). It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (administrative division) since 1999, and was previously the capital of Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975-1998). However, Czestochowa historically is part of Lesser Poland, not of Silesia and before 1795, it had belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship.
The town is known for the famous Pauline monasteryof Jasna Góra that is the home of the Black Madonna painting, a shrine to the Virgin Mary. Every year, millions of pilgrims from all over the world come to Częstochowa to see it. There is also a Lusatian culture excavation site and museum in the city and ruins of a medieval castle in Olsztyn, approximately 15 kilometres from the city centre."

Source: Wikipedia

Thank you, Kazimierz! Dziękuję!

Brazil

Nice FDC dated Brasilia, 08.03.2009, on "INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR".

Muito obrigado, Luiz Alberto!

Estonia

Just new FDC, an issue from 14.04.2009

Tittle: "Centenary of the Estonian National Museum".

Thank you, Pirjo!

Tänan!

Slovenia

Beautiful and colorful floral envelope with two stamps from a series of 2009.

On the left (the 23): Centaurea cyanus

On the right (0.27): Papaver rhoeas

Thank you, Daniela!

Slovakia

New nice cover from Slovakia (Trnava*)
* Trnava is a city in western Slovakia, 47 km to the north-east of Bratislava. It was the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishopric (1541-1820 and then again since 1977). The city has a historic center. Because of the many churches within its city walls, Trnava has often been called "parva Roma", i. e. "Little Rome", or more recently, the "Slovak Rome".
Thank you, Róbert!

Malta

New cover from Malta.

Courtesy of Albert.

Banknotes

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In exchange I can offer philatelic items from Portugal.
I thank you for your precious collaboration.

Mongolia

Beautiful cover just received, my second in my collection from Mongolia .

Courtesy o Jigjid!

Brazil

Interesting FDC on " Chinese Lunar Calendar - Year of the Ox".

Muito obrigado, Luiz Alberto!

Belgium

Nice FDC "EUROPA 2009 Astronomy", dated 04.04.2009

Thanks to Chr.

Bangladesh

Beautiful "R" Cover. 7 stamps. 2 Themes.

On the upper right corner, an issues dedicated to the TIGER. One stamp, one message and invitation:

"Save the tiger",

"Our National prowess",

"Stop hunting tiger".

On the lower left corner, an issues on OLYMPIC GAMES BEIJING 2008. Also a message:

"One World One Dream"

Great!

Another courtesy of Muhammad!

Bangladesh

Suggestive "R" Cover.

This envelope and stamps have the following subtitle:

"Cox's Bazar the world's longest unbroken sea-beach".

Thanks a lot, Muhammad!

Russia

New nice "R" cover from Russia. This FDC is a issue dated 23.06.2008.

Thank you, Nikolai!

Спасибо!

Sri Lanka

I must confess that I received today my first envelope from Sri Lanka with particular emotion. Besides being the first, the stamps evoke the dramatic day when the Tsunami decimated hundreds of thousands of lives and left a ballast of destruction around.

The scenes of that tragedy are still vivid in our memory and each of the 3 stamps of this series is an eloquent lament:

LKR 5,00 - Destroyed Post Office of Kalmunai (Eastern Province);

LKR 20,00 - Train disaster in Kahawa when the tsunami waves struck the train, taking more than 1.500 lives (Southern Province);

LKR 33,00 -Tsunami waves entering the Port City of Galle (Southern Province).

Thank you very much, Ravindra!

U.S.A.

Interesting new cover.

2 stamps on the upper right side are in evidence and correspond to a new 2009 series "Abraham Lincoln" (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865), the 16th President of the United States.

Courtesy of Jean and Claude (NC).

Brazil

Nice envelope received today through "Interphila" Circuit.

Brazil is the life, joy, color and movement.

These 3 stamps are an example:

- "Happy Year 2000" (2000 series)

- "Christmas - Igreijinha" with tiles of Bulcão Athos (1998 series)

- "100 Years Itamaraty Palace" (1999 series)

Muito obrigado, José Luiz. Many thanks!

France

Beautiful cover on the series "The protection of polar" (2009).

Courtesy of Emma & Jérome.

Merci beaucoup!

Germany

New cover from Grmany.

Three clear cancellations, Berlin 12.03.2009.

Thanks a lot, Heino!

Poland

Four suggestive postcads (with Churches views) just received.

I enjoyed this pleasant trip to the following Polish cities:

TARNOBRZEG (a town in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,753 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (Polish: Województwo Podkarpackie) since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship (1975–1998).

BACHÓRZEC (a village, with a population about 950 people, in the administrative district of Gmina Dubiecko, within Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Dubiecko, 32 km (20 mi) west of Przemyśl, and 33 km (21 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów).
PRZEMYSL (a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008. In 2006, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship).

Source: Wikipedia.

Thank you very much, Kazimierz!

Dziękuję bardzo!

Turkey

Nice cover on Aviation theme.

This stamp is a part of a recent issues. The plane on the stamp is a "F-86 E Sabre" model.

Thank you, Öncel!

Teşekkürler!