Canada

Really a very beautiful cover, dated FEB. 20, 2009 (Toronto's First Post Office).

This souvenir sheet is entitled "Canadians in Hollywood". With 4 stamps, with 4 other distinct players:

- John Candy

- Fay Wray

- Lorne Greene

- Mary Pickford

A tribute to the cinema and an ode to beauty.

Thank you very much, Peter!

United Kingdom

Very nice FDC dated 12.02.2009 on "BICENTENARY BIRTHDAY OF CHARLES DARWIN".

Thank you very much, D. Greaves!

Saudi Arabia

This is my first cover from Saudi Arabia.

Thank you so much, Ganesh!

Germany

Nice FDC dated 12.02.2009, evoking the 200 years after the birth of Felix Mendelssohn.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer, pianist and conductor.

Influenced in his childhood by the music of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, he composed symphonies, concert overtures, operas, chamber and choral works, concertos, songs... And, of course, the well-known Wedding March, written in 1843.

Courtesy of Igor!

Danke!

Georgia

Very well decorated envelope! Art and nature mixed.

Three frescoes on the right. A beauiful snowed mountain and a fruit tree (Prunus spinosa), in the middle.

And 3 Europa Cept stamps (2008 and 2005 series).

Thank you, Khatuna!

Russia

Beautiful and expressive "R" cover.

4 stamps belong to "Bridges" series (2008).

On the upper left side we can see Che Guevara, from a recent issue on "Cuban Revolution" theme.

Thank you, Nikolai!

Большое спасибо!

Isle of Man

My first cover from Isle of Man (Douglas City)!

Both stamps on the series "Manx National Heritage" (2004)

Thanks a lot, Lew!

Estonia

New FDC dated 12.02.2009

"GEN. JOHAN LAIDONER, 125th Anniversary of Birth"

"General Johan Laidoner (Feb. 12th, 1884 - March 13th, 1953) - Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian armed forces during the War of Independence".

Thank you, Pirjio!

Suur tänu!

Ukraine

Suggestive cover with souvenir sheet on: "Owls of Ukraine" - 2003 series.

With a nice envelope, of course!

Thanks a lot, Sergey!

Спасибо!

Japan

Beautiful cover from Japan.

I ellect that's in the right side, from the series "International Letter Writing Week 2008". It's a really suggestive landscape.

Thank you, Kelichi Hata!

ありがとうございました！

Poland

New cover from Poland-

Thank you, Kazimierz!

Albania

This is my first cover from Albania. It's so beautiful...

I'm really glad.

Thank you very much, Spiro!

Shumë faleminderit!

Austria

Nice FDC dated 30.01.2009

"Burg Landskron"

Thank you, Andreas! Vielen Dank!

Belgium

Nice cover with 3 beautiful stamps.

Courtesy of Freddy!

Italy

Nice cover, thanks to Lorenzo.

On the right a stamp from the series "Italian Culture Heritage" - Archeological Exhibition, Rimini, 1994;

On the lift side a stamp from the series "Celebrazione Colombiane", 1992. Reference to Christopher Columbus.

Grazie mille!

Poland

Nice postcard received from Kazimierz,

With some different views from Kedzierzyn-Kozle city.

Thank you very much!

Dziękuję bardzo!

Estonia

Evocative FDC, dated 29.01.2009, in honor of Julius Kuperjanov.

Julius Kuperjanov (October 11, 1894 - February 2, 1919, Tartu, Estonia) was an Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence and commanding officer of the Kuperjanov Partisan Battalion. On 14 January 1919, Julius Kuperjanov was among the liberators of Tartu. He died some weeks later of wounds received leading an attack during the decisive Battle of Paju.

Thank you, Pirjo! Tänan!

P. R. CHINA

Nice aerogramme well decorated "China 1999 World Philatelic Exhibition".

Courtesy of Qin Wenpei!

Canada

Nice cover with 3 stamps.

On the left side an evocative souvenir sheet on "Year of the Rabbit", issued on the occasion of the Lunar New Year.

On the lower right side, a stamp from "Art Canada" series - "Coq licorne, 1952", from Jean Dallaire.

Thank you very much, Leung!

Poland

New beautiful cover from Poland.

Courtesy of Kazimierz!

Poland

Nice commemorative FDC dated 04.01.2009

on Louis Braille theme.

Thanks a lot, Kazimierz!

Poland

Postcard with a view of Dynów city and a statue on Pope John Paul II, on the right side.

Many thanks, Kazimierz!

Poland

View card with a nice stamp on Pope John Paul II.

Thank you, Kazimierz!

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!