Tuesday 28 January 2020

SPAIN

A nice UNESCO cover from Spain, celebrating 3 stamps with Unesco sites: Salamanca, Alhambra in Granada and Cordoba Mosque. The site is inscribed at UNESCO's historical sites since 1984.

The Alhambra in Granada (middle stamp) is a fortress and former rural residence of the emirs who ruled this part of Spain in the 13th and 14th centuries.

The Historic Centre of Cordoba (right stamp) is also inscribed at UNESCO's historical sites since 1984. Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, Cordoba's Great Mosque was turned into a cathedral.

The old town of Salamaca (stamp on the left) is inscribed at UNESCO since 1988 and it has important Romanesque, Gothic, Moorsih, Renaissance and Baroque Monuments. The Plaza Mayor, with its galleries and arcades, is particularly impressive.
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Wednesday 22 January 2020

THAILAND

A beautiful WWF cover from Thailand, depicting a complete set issued in 2019 with Protected Marine Animal Species.

POLAND

A nice cover from Poland, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2019 celebrating the "75th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising"

Thursday 16 January 2020

ISRAEL

A very nice cover from Israel, depicting a complete set issued in 2019 on topic "Tourism Promotion".

CHINA


Saturday 11 January 2020

NIUE

My first cover from Niue and another country/territory in my collection.
Niue, internally self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand, it's the westernmost of the Cook islands but is administratively separate from them. Niue lies some 2.160 km northeast of Auckland, New Zealand, and 385 km east of the Vava'u Group of Tonga, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Niue is sometimes called "The Rock of Polynesia", or simply "The Rock". The capital and largest settlement is Alofi, where this cover was posted.
Area 260 square km, population about 1,600.


PHILIPPINES


A beautiful FAUNA cover from Philippines, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2019 on topic "Deep-Sea Shrimps from the Philippines".

FRENCH SOUTHERN and ANTARCTIC LANDS - Europa Island (Scattered Islands)

A beautiful cover from T.A.A.F. (French Southern and Antarctic Lands), with a special cancellation made at Europa Island (Scattered Islands or îles Éparses in french).
Europa island is a28-square-kilometre low-lying tropical atoll in the Mozambique Channel, abouta third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island had never been inhabited until 1820, when the french family Rosier moved to it. The island officially became a possession of France in 1897.
The island has a weather station and is visited by scientists. Though uninhabited, it is part of the "Scattered islands" (Îles Éparses), of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administrative region.

SINGAPORE


Wednesday 8 January 2020

INDIA

A nice cover from India, depicting a complete set issued in 2019 on topic "Fort Gates".

Monday 6 January 2020

FRENCH SOUTHERN and ANTARCTIC LANDS - Europa Island (Scattered Islands)

A beautiful cover from T.A.A.F. (French Southern and Antarctic Lands), with a special cancellation made at Europa Island (Scattered Islands or îles Éparses in french).
Europa island is a28-square-kilometre low-lying tropical atoll in the Mozambique Channel, abouta third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique. The island had never been inhabited until 1820, when the french family Rosier moved to it. The island officially became a possession of France in 1897.
The island has a weather station and is visited by scientists. Though uninhabited, it is part of the "Scattered islands" (Îles Éparses), of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administrative region.
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SINGAPORE

A nice FAUNA cover from Singapore, depicting a Birds joint issue with Poland from year 2019.

Saturday 4 January 2020

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS - Île Juan de Nova (Scattered Islands)

An amazing cover from T.A.A.F. (French Southern and Antarctic Lands). This cover has been cancelled at Juan de Nova Islands (Scattered Islands or Îles Éparses in french), an island in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, about one-third of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique. It is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and it has no permanent population.
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Wednesday 1 January 2020

MALAYSIA

A nice cover from Malaysia, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2019 on topic "Caves in Indonesia".

MALAYSIA

A nice cover from Malaysia, depicting a complete set issued in 2019 on topic "Caves in Indonesia".