Registered Star Trek cover from Canada

I received huge registered Star Trek cover from Canada! I am big fan of Star Trek and this is fantastic surprise from my friends Lars and Trevor. I received complete set of new Star Trek stamps on cover and inside as well. New Star Trek stamps are issued by Canada Post on 27.04.2017. and they are dedicated to Star Trek captains and you can see their biggest enemies in background. But they issued one Star Trek set on 05.05.2016. I received before old Star Trek set, but without lenticular souvenir sheet which shows  the transporter room and the iconic episode “The City on the Edge of Forever.” I was lucky to receive this time this missing sheet, but it's hard to scan lenticular stamps properly, but i found this nice gif to show you how awesome is this.

Other stamps on cover are two new gummed souvenir sheets from limited edition Prestige stamp booklet, one self-adhesive stamp with Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and one with shuttlecraft. Last stamp is sold only in coil and as a souvenir sheet in Prestige stamp booklet. And now I'll show you items from cover.

This is biggest item of all - 160 x 181 mm. Captains are arranged chronologically by TV shows release dates: Kirk (William Shatner) from The Original Series (1966–69), Picard (Patrick Stewart) from The Next Generation (1987–94), Sisko (Avery Brooks) from Deep Space Nine (1993–99), Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) from Voyager (1995–2001) and Archer (Scott Bakula) from Enterprise (2001–05).

This is self-adhesive version of stamps with captains, and with different face value - P.

As i mentioned before, this stamp is sold in coil, but also as a souvenir sheet in Prestige stamp booklet. This is also the smallest stamp in set.

This is back side of previous sheet with some facts about Starfleet Academy.

This is one more page from Prestige stamp booklet, this time only with captain Captain James T. Kirk from The Original Series and quote from science officer and first officer Spock.

This sheet was biggest surprise for me because i didn't know about it. This sheet you can find only in Prestige stamp booklet! This is famous Borg cube, this stamp with unusual shape is ‚made with holographic foil and multilayered embossing. and is largest stamp in set! All this fantastic stamps are designed by Kosta Tsetsekas and Adrian Horvath.


Thank you very much Lars and Trevor for this beautiful surprise! Live long and prosper!

Åland Islands: SEPAC 2017 Local handcrafts

SEPAC - The Small European Postal Administration Cooperation is an association of 14 European postal authorities. The following criteria are requisites for membership:
The postal administration must be located in Europe.
The postal administration must be independent.
The postal administration must have a small market with more than 50% of its philatelic customers living outside the country.

Theme for this year is Local handcrafts, and i like the most this stamp from Åland Islands. Stamp sis designed by Tiina Tahvanainen and Anna Karlsson, and printed by Cartor Security Printing in 4-Color Offset. Size of stamps is 40 x 30 mm and issued date is 17.08.2017.


Thank you Kimmo!

Perfect cover from Falkland Islands

I received my first cover from Falkland Islands, with perfect selection of stamps. Cover was sent from Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2012 census, the town had a population of 2,121, and the entire population of the Falkland Islands was 2,841.

Stamps on cover: 
Peale's Dolphin, (from set Marine Life) issued on 09.11.2012.
Asperitas, (from set Clouds) issued on 08.12.2015.
Long-tailder Meadowlark, (from set Small Birds), issued on 14.08.2017.
Folkland Pipit, (from set Small Birds), issued on 14.08.2017.
Black-chinned Siskin, (from set Small Birds), issued on 14.08.2017.
Cobb's Wren, (from set Small Birds), issued on 14.08.2017.

There is also one stamp at the back:
Tussacbird, (from set Small Birds), issued on 14.08.2017.

Inside was this postcard with view on Port Stanley and the distant hills of Tumbledown, Two Sisters and Mount Kent.


Thank you very much Wolfgang!

Irish Postcrossing stamp on matching postcard

After i received postcard from Postcrossing meet-up dedicated to first Ireland's Postcrossing stamp, i also received Postcrossing stamp with matching postcard. First Irish Postcrossing stamp was issued on 5th October. It has been designed by Design HQ using an illustration by Cathy Dineen and features a colorful display of postcards being passed from person to person around the world.


Technical Details: 
 
Date of Issue: 05.10.2017.
Value: €1.35
Stamp Size: 51mm x 30mm
Paper: TR PVA
Gum: 102gsm
Colour: Multicolour with phosphor tagging
Make-up: Sheetlets of 16
Perforations: 13.3 x 13.3
Printing Process: Lithography
Printer: Cartor Security Printing


Thank you Amit!

Cover from Hong Kong

I received a cover from Hong Kong with interesting cancellation from city Tsuen Wan. I am not sure what is on postmark, maybe historical Western Monastery. There are 3 nice stamps on cover:

Basalt Island (from set Landscapes of Hong Kong), issued on 24.07.2014.
North Ninepin Island (also from set Landscapes of Hong Kong), issued on 24.07.2014.
Traditional Costume - Qipao (from set of sic stamps) issued on 17.10.2017. 


Thank you Ste Wan!

Falkland Islands: Setllement at Carcass Island

This is my first postcard from Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. It's a British overseas territory, and United Kingdom and Argentina both claim the Falkland Islands. On this postcard you can settlement at island with very interesting name - Carcass Island. Name comes from the ship HMS Carcass, which surveyed the island in 1766. Because neither cats nor rodents live on this island, there is an abundance o small birds, both in number and variety.

This beautiful stamps are:

Southern Right Whale Dolphin, from set Marine Life, issued on 09.11.2012.

Magellanic Penguin, from set Penguins, issued on 21.11.2013.

Thank you very much Wolfgang!

Flags of the World Series: Hong Kong

Hong Kong is Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, an autonomous territory on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia, south of the mainland Chinese province of Guangdong, and east of the former Portuguese colony and fellow special administrative region of Macau. With around 7.3 million Hong Kongers of various nationalities in a territory of 1,104 km2, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world.

Stamps on postcard:
North Ninepin Island (from set Landscapes of Hong Kong), issued on 24.07.2014.
Traditional Costume - Qipao (from set of sic stamps) issued on 17.10.2017.


Thank you Ste Wan!

Liechtenstein: Vaduz Castle with matching cancellation and Europa stamp

I received another postcard with famous Vaduz Castle in Liechtenstein, but this time with matching cancellation and Europa stamp. Vaduz Castle is the palace and official residence of the Prince of Liechtenstein. The castle gave its name to the town of Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, which it overlooks from an adjacent hilltop. The Princely Family of Liechtenstein acquired Vaduz Castle in 1712 when it purchased the countship of Vaduz. At this time, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, combined the countship with the Lordship of Schellenberg, purchased by the Liechtensteins in 1699, to form the present Principality of Liechtenstein.

 Nice clear cancellation and beautiful Europa stamp issued on 06.03.2017. 

Thank you Wolfgang for this nice surprise!

The Rise of the Indonesian Defence Industry

I received a cover from Indonesia with stamp set The Rise of the Indonesian Defence Industry, issued on 05.10.2015. On first stamp is CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engined transport aircraft that was jointly developed by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA of Spain and Indonesian manufacturer IPTN, as a regional airliner and military transport. Its primary military roles include maritime patrol, surveillance, and air transport.

On second stamp is Battleship KRI Banda Aceh 593. Serves primarily as a command and multirole vessel able to transport approx. 500 troops or 13 tanks, plus two 23m LCUs.

On third stamp is Anoa, a 6x6 armoured personnel carrier developed by PT Pindad of Indonesia. The vehicle is named after the Anoa, which is a type of buffalo indigenous to Indonesia.


Thank you Siti!

Registered cover from Germany

I received registered cover from Germany. Cover was prepaid, but three stamps are added for additional postage. Prepaid stamps are from series Germany's Most Beautiful Panoramas, issued on 01.07.2015. Chiemsee lake is on stamps. Below that is three real stamps: First is definitive stamp Common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), issued on 08.06.2017. Second is Art glass by Theo Baumann, from set of two stamps German Designs, issued on 08.12.2016. And last stamp is Vitamin C, from set Microworld, issued on 13.07.2017. Inside cover was two beautiful Austrian stamps, and you can see them in my previous post.

Thank you very much Lars!

Austria: The Willendorf Venus 3D stamp and Edelweiss

The Willendorf Venus is Austria´s most famous and valuable find from the later Palaeolithic age. When i was in Vienna i saw this ancient figure in Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural History Museum). Later i try to find this stamp in Philatelic center, but they didn't have it. But i got help from my friend Lars Brehm from Germany. He sent me this stamp and one embroidered flower stamp. Because is very hard to scan properly this kind of material, i found this nice gif image to show you 3D effect.

The Venus sculpture was created before 25,000 years. It was found in Willendorf in the Wachau on 7 August 1908. The figure is 11 cm high, made of fine limestone and has survived almost undamaged.  Stamp is issued 350.000 copies on 08.08.2008.

Other stamp he sent me embroidered stamp with flower Edelweiss, issued on 19.07.2005.


Thank you very much Lars!

Postcard from Oman

I received my first postcard from Oman, an Arab country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Holding a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the country shares land borders with the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest, and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan.

Postcard was sent from Nizwa, the largest city in the Ad Dakhiliyah Region in Oman and was the capital of Oman proper. Nice clear cancellation and three stamps: First and third stamps are Al Khanjar A'suri - Traditional Omani Dagger. First one is issued on 19.03.2001, and third on 07.12.2005. Second one is most important stamp - GCC Stamp Exhibition held in Nizwa in October 2015. Date of issue is 15.10.2015.






Thank you very much Wolfgang!

Tourism Destinations of Indonesia

I received complete set of stamps Tourism Destinations of Indonesia on covers and postcard from Indonesia. This mail traveled 4 months and it's not even cancelled! Set of one mini sheet and four individual stamps is issued on 10.02.2017.

Destinations featured on stamps: Danau Toba, Bromo, Mandalika and Labuan Bajo.

Very nice postcard with butterfly Papilio ascalaphus - the Ascalaphus swallowtail. This butterfly is from family Papilionidae. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. The wingspan is 140–160 mm. The larvae feed on Citrus species.

 And the same mini sheet on postcard.

Thank you Muhammad!

Indonesia: The 100th Anniversary of Bogoriense Zoological Museum

I received a cover from Indonesia with five mini sheets, four inside and one on cover - The 100th Anniversary of Bogoriense Zoological Museum, issued on 20.08.1994. On this mini sheet you can see a skeleton of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus). There is also one stamp from set Indonesia Postal Service, issued on 29.08.2013.

Other mini sheets are:
Traditional Textiles of Indonesia, issued on 18.06.2012.
The Sumatran Rhinoceros and the Javan Rhinoceros, issued on 02.10.1996.
Year of the Rooster, issued on 21.01.2017.

And the last one is National Flora and Fauna Day, issued on 05.11.1997.


Thank you Juan!

Flags of the World Series: Slovakia

Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5 million and comprises mostly ethnic Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava.

Stamps on postcard:
Cultural Heritage of Slovakia - Pominovce, issued on 02.01.2009.
Europa 2017 - Castles, issued on 05.05.2017.


Thank you Juraj!

Flags of the World Series: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the UK's population.

 Stamp on postcard is Queen Elizabeth II, issued on 21.03.2017.

Thank you Jen!

Flags of the World Series: Lithuania

Lithuania is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russian exclave Kaliningrad to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2017, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

Stamp on postcard is The 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Michał Kleofas Ogiński, issued on 26.09.2015.

Thank you Nina Klemetti!

Flags of the World Series: Latvia

Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe, one of the three Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, and Belarus to the southeast, as well as sharing a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia has 1,957,200 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km2.

Both stamps are definitive stamps with flowers. First one is issued on 29.01.2016, and second on 09.01.2015.


Thank you Nina Klemetti!

Flags of the World Series: Estonia

Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). Across the Baltic Sea lies Sweden in the west and Finland in the north. Ethnic Estonians are a Finnic people, sharing close cultural ties with their northern neighbour, Finland, and the official language, Estonian, is a Finno-Ugric language closely related to Finnish and the Sami languages, and distantly to Hungarian.

This is definitive stamp from set Post horn, issued on 18.01.2017.

Thank you Nina Klemetti!

Postcard from Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 617 km2 and with population of 165,595. Its capital is Castries.

On this stamps you can see parrot Amazona versicolor, from set Flora and Fauna, issued on 19.01.1981.


Thank you Trupti!

Serbia: Children's Stamps - Baby Zoo

Every Year Serbian Post issue stamp set Children's Stamps. Theme for this year is Baby Zoo, which is part of The Belgrade Good Hope garden zoo. Zoo was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. We have four beautiful baby animals on stamps:greater rhea, dorcas gazelle, serval and hippopotamus.

There are also two nice First Day Covers.

Issue date is 09.11.2017.