Sunday, October 20, 2013

Cover - Georgia, Country #84

This cover was sent to me from the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Beautiful cover with the stamps on cultural heritage of Georgia 2012. I always like a cover with a complete set of stamps on it. One interesting thing to note, heritage is spelt haritage on these stamps.


A little about the country....Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan.

Georgia was formerly a province of the Russian Empire and later a part of the Transcaucasian Federation of Soviet Republics. Stamps of Georgia were replaced in 1923 by those of Transcaucasian Federated Republics. On Mar. 1, 1994, Georgia joined the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Cover - Suriname, Country #83

Another first. This time it is from Suriname. The cover was sent from the capital city of Paramaribo on 20th Sep. 2013. I received it today, 07th Oct. 2013. Interestingly, the stamps on the cover are also my only and first stamps of the country.

Suriname is a country in northern South America. In 1667 it was captured by the Dutch, who governed Suriname as Dutch Guiana until 1954. The Dutch colony of Suriname became an integral part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the Constitution of 1954. It became an independent state November 25, 1975.

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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Cover - Indonesia

Cover with stamps on Indonesian Traditional Music Instruments.


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Cover - Malaysia



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Cover - Malaysia

Cover from Malaysia with two stamps from 2012 commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The stamps were issued on 13th September 2012 in conjunction of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Malaysia.


The stamps in two designs are bordered with silver ink. One is a “stamp on stamp” design, featuring an older stamp released on June 2, 1953 which was issued in conjunction of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. The other features a photograph of Prince William and Catherine Middleton to commemorate their visit. The stamps are denominated RM 1.50 each.
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Cover - Hong Kong



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Cover - Poland

Complete set of stamps in se-tenant form on this cover from Poland. The stamps were issued in 2009 featuring the characters Tytus, Romek and Atomek from the most popular Polish comic book series, created by Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski (aka Papcio Chmiel) in 1957 and concluded in 2009


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