Tuesday, 21 February 2017

BHUTAN

A nice Fauna cover from Bhutan, depicting a miniature sheet that celebrates the chinese Sheep Year of 2015.

BULGARIA

A nice UNESCO cover from Bulgaria, depicting a miniature sheet with Surova folk feast  in Pernik region, inscribed on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity since 2015.
The Surova folk feast, a masquerade ritual dating back to pagan times, is held in villages of Pernik region, south of Sofia. It takes place on 13 and 14th of January to celebrate the New Year according to the Julian calendar.

 Resultado de imagem para pernik feast

Saturday, 18 February 2017

TAIWAN

A very nice Fauna cover with a miniature sheet from Taiwan, depicting 4 stamps with the Koala (Phascolartcos cimenensis). The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native from Austrália and its the only extant representative of his family (Phascolarctidae).

TAIWAN

A nice Fauna cover from Taiwan, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2007 with the Red Panda, also called Lesser panda, a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and the southwestern China.

ITALY

A WWF cover from Italy, depicting a Giant panda with a panda baby. The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world's most threatened animals. Pandas live mainly in bamboo forests in the big mountains of westerm China.

Resultado de imagem para Giant panda Resultado de imagem para Giant panda

Thursday, 16 February 2017

FAROE ISLANDS

A nice cover from Faroe Islands that I've prepared to myself, depicting a complete set issued in 2014 on topic "Jellyfish".

MALAYSIA

An amazing Bird cover from Malaysia, depicting a peculiar miniature sheet issued in 2015 with the Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus).

MALAYSIA

A nice Bird cover from Malaysia, depicting a complete set issued in 2015 with 3 different bird species: the Black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), the Striated heron (Butórides striatus) and the Grey heron (Ardea cinerea).

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

SLOVAKIA

A beautiful Fauna cover from Slovakia, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2015 on topic "Nature protection - protected landscape área Pol'Ana". Two species are represented in this nice miniature sheet: the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) and the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra).

FAROE ISLANDS

A Birds cover from Faroe Islands, depicting a single stamp issued in 2016 on topic "SEPAC".

MALAYSIA

A Fauna cover from Malaysia, depicting a complete set of 2 stamps on topic "Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Conservation Project".

Sunday, 12 February 2017

MALAYSIA

Another colourful Fauna cover from Malaysia on topic "Marine life" or "Underwater life". The cover shows a beautiful miniature sheet with one stamp, depicting 3 different species: the Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) on the left, the Robust Ghostpipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) in the middle and finally the Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) on the right.