tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67391358746713320932024-03-13T10:51:44.186+01:00Brane & NinaThis is our blog about postcards and stampsBranislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.comBlogger1365125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-5001109188293842552022-05-30T23:42:00.000+02:002022-05-30T23:42:07.158+02:00Nice postmark on cover from Canoe, Canada<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyq8vvyM4njWoYP_Dr7yOvH0cRTN7XEO7ghLKWDRHypWUvKGDAKb8MTDtFiRfIsEuI2HEgPEfCKk3ZchBtFG2PcfondQcA9ez4icoBcbV7Dhcg4TXaxt3Oz6nbiEJ89iNEda-Sni4rdmU70avNkqE13SZpwlUD_CHkYRhoFkF2li0cXRqc-m3-opm/s1771/0872%20Trevor%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1771" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyq8vvyM4njWoYP_Dr7yOvH0cRTN7XEO7ghLKWDRHypWUvKGDAKb8MTDtFiRfIsEuI2HEgPEfCKk3ZchBtFG2PcfondQcA9ez4icoBcbV7Dhcg4TXaxt3Oz6nbiEJ89iNEda-Sni4rdmU70avNkqE13SZpwlUD_CHkYRhoFkF2li0cXRqc-m3-opm/w407-h299/0872%20Trevor%20a.jpg" title="" width="407" /></a></div>Canoe, British Columbia, is a semi-rural community in British Columbia within the larger City of Salmon Arm. The Secwepemc peoples were known to use the mouth of Canoe Creek as a site to launch dugout canoes for travel around Shuswap Lake. The town at Canoe was established in the late 1800s, as the Canadian Pacific Railway was being completed and British Columbia joined confederation with Canada. The Canoe post office opened in 1909, and Canoe has been marked on official maps since at least 1915.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Trevor!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-119816568292397972022-05-30T22:02:00.000+02:002022-05-30T22:02:24.864+02:00Art mini sheet on registered cover from Serbia<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHiJyRbW0BfwS_1cbGfkka_oYRINnZFfAK0p9Y5rghPaNam1qH1hJVNF0rLru9oUfQAFfwmUfw07h6HNXWBQdDqf8TiTNGj854ytq1L5nMQcdwVXhNiRDnbPd6GA2A1wamhTBhuzHHiE83Pn97mAQv3jqpXrBIM9aDgMd71NxXC186UDOqUUozhTI/s2030/0871%20Antea%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2030" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHiJyRbW0BfwS_1cbGfkka_oYRINnZFfAK0p9Y5rghPaNam1qH1hJVNF0rLru9oUfQAFfwmUfw07h6HNXWBQdDqf8TiTNGj854ytq1L5nMQcdwVXhNiRDnbPd6GA2A1wamhTBhuzHHiE83Pn97mAQv3jqpXrBIM9aDgMd71NxXC186UDOqUUozhTI/w497-h351/0871%20Antea%20a.jpg" title="" width="497" /></a></div>I received this fine registered Serbian cover in March 2022. There's whole Art 2018 mini sheet on cover and also one charity tax stamp. Serbian post decided to celebrate births of famous writers from Serbia and Russia: 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, 175th Anniversary of the Birth of Kosta Trifković, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Maksim Gorky, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Aleksa Šantić, 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Miloš Crnjanski and 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. <p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Antea!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-29883733544466264982022-05-30T09:24:00.005+02:002022-05-30T09:24:58.651+02:00Europa Stories & Myths on cover from Germany<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Pq5MTBxITNGvPNS30g88ac-cs8wY3HLgB2KT7w2QKFapOngqxiNciFbPCgea5Rhml8ZdQVefv9gWsQkPZyprO9lscFt8-lU6Lewv4Hu_Jr0i3bnZv91ocVWe01Km_QFNh9NAByWmTo-KL5-cO_MSof_B2MdfzwnVt3kgG2atiUGn4vy2Htf4Un9H/s1889/cccc%201a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1889" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Pq5MTBxITNGvPNS30g88ac-cs8wY3HLgB2KT7w2QKFapOngqxiNciFbPCgea5Rhml8ZdQVefv9gWsQkPZyprO9lscFt8-lU6Lewv4Hu_Jr0i3bnZv91ocVWe01Km_QFNh9NAByWmTo-KL5-cO_MSof_B2MdfzwnVt3kgG2atiUGn4vy2Htf4Un9H/w486-h344/cccc%201a.jpg" title="" width="486" /></a></div>Wonderful FDC Europa 2022: Stories & Myths from Germany, issued on 5th May.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Holger!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-53667941972379841782022-05-04T23:26:00.006+02:002022-05-04T23:26:59.485+02:00Two nice covers from Italy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-xi93s1VgTw52gabFizBx0ECQJnpqqH6KS_IQiYIAyzTHEnUDVCfFKTmjM9fxYmyj67N90d08uBPg0H3UDvJZC7XgfV2Qb6R1Z1VkdNMI_BTcygEQ0gnbCHHcWr6E374I0F-lPJvn0--4K7977t2zN8JSgXWtFwfkzXJng8pzYtGsL9dlVr6h3vy/s2106/0866%20Alessandra%20Berton%20FTCCa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2106" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-xi93s1VgTw52gabFizBx0ECQJnpqqH6KS_IQiYIAyzTHEnUDVCfFKTmjM9fxYmyj67N90d08uBPg0H3UDvJZC7XgfV2Qb6R1Z1VkdNMI_BTcygEQ0gnbCHHcWr6E374I0F-lPJvn0--4K7977t2zN8JSgXWtFwfkzXJng8pzYtGsL9dlVr6h3vy/w417-h278/0866%20Alessandra%20Berton%20FTCCa.jpg" title="" width="417" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8I8hYfexgnKzKaDKyBLj4YlxT4Gd4YOvyo4VFNziQLgusb6o1QQV_9wMCbAaEBNcC-3EI8jL4FGeMc-QWDyYzQtplv8JMSTw5j2nr17ck8iqW6Ci1CaGMT02OWaeEE66lZ3EPQkxjOIeHo82zRMBYI9jhLYo1fpTGPcYcZg6lfschZjHvsSVOuvDk/s2106/0867%20Alessandra%20Berton%20FTCCa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="2106" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8I8hYfexgnKzKaDKyBLj4YlxT4Gd4YOvyo4VFNziQLgusb6o1QQV_9wMCbAaEBNcC-3EI8jL4FGeMc-QWDyYzQtplv8JMSTw5j2nr17ck8iqW6Ci1CaGMT02OWaeEE66lZ3EPQkxjOIeHo82zRMBYI9jhLYo1fpTGPcYcZg6lfschZjHvsSVOuvDk/w418-h280/0867%20Alessandra%20Berton%20FTCCa.jpg" title="" width="418" /></a></div>I recently received two nice covers from Italy, one with Europa stamp, other with egg shaped stamp dedicated to Gucci.<p></p><p> </p><p>Thank you, Alessandra! <br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-9334519236943929882022-04-29T22:23:00.002+02:002022-04-29T22:23:20.982+02:0030 years since winning European Champions Cup on cover from Serbia<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ2snoaflhHJ2EST50PKH6TMe7WDMfUc__1SEuonlZltnMgkuVZyKRaQdp0szP_6DJbqy1fS_FEDX7x31-RAwYoHXO4cfvHyfjUZh77i69PHyuoXKYM52--JsOWubYGRCudSUXvvmderhPTm4j3Q0QVnF4Ww-4ePO52thkgBowivEmfVMaX7HxNGw/s1883/0865%20Antea%20FTCC%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="1883" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQ2snoaflhHJ2EST50PKH6TMe7WDMfUc__1SEuonlZltnMgkuVZyKRaQdp0szP_6DJbqy1fS_FEDX7x31-RAwYoHXO4cfvHyfjUZh77i69PHyuoXKYM52--JsOWubYGRCudSUXvvmderhPTm4j3Q0QVnF4Ww-4ePO52thkgBowivEmfVMaX7HxNGw/w496-h352/0865%20Antea%20FTCC%20a.jpg" title="" width="496" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>BC “Partizan” won the European Champions Cup in 1992, with Aleksandar
Đorđević scoring three points in the last second of the game against
Juventud from Badalona. This April, three decades after the greatest
success of Serbian club basketball, the best coach of Europe, Željko
Obradović, returned to the position of coach of BC “Partizan”, who
already conquer Europe in his first season on the Partizan bench. In
addition to that success in European competitions, BC “Partizan” won the
Radivoje Korać Cup three times (1978, 1979 and 1989) and participated
in the final four of the Euroleague.</p>
<p>In the sports calendar of all Partizan fans, 16 April 1992 is a very
important, if not the most important date - the day when the Basketball
Club “Partizan” conquered Europe. Everyone who has black and white in
their hearts with the deepest emotions remembers the match against
Juventud and the famous three points of Đorđević, thus engraving the
name of our club in eternity. The team that then reached the “roof of
Europe” was led by coach Željko Obradović. And now, 30 years later, the
black and white crew is again led by Obradović - the most trophy-winning
coach in Europe and the pride of the Partizan family.</p>
<p>Motifs on the stamps: Željko Obradović and Aleksandar Đorđević, motifs on the envelope: Predrag Danilović and Aleksandar Nikolić</p>
<p>Drawings by Dino Stevanović</p>
<p>Expert collaboration: BC Partizan NIS Belgrade</p>
<p>Graphic realisation of the issue: MA Jakša Vlahović, academic graphic artist</p><p> </p><p>Thank you, Antea! <br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-66410752995069160982022-04-24T21:13:00.001+02:002022-04-24T21:13:38.215+02:00Unusual blank canvas stamps on cover from Switzerland<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cvEt9eCtIA-R0A_Sg5-R4R2L5dpyF2RaZaxsdrm-QH3ik0x826bE2J8Z2n2GLb0QkqX4fnbUIHrWPvxMQgQHrDQ4sL1Z_IGx3psthuMrYpcUyyXVNb3ktHB-wZVfqJbJtcL4BTJIV7iICmDfxiZUsJ1VyD1mCL7hULYAL_bsXG5_Xm5-c4r7dD7c/s2538/0864%20Rosmarie%20FTCC%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="2538" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cvEt9eCtIA-R0A_Sg5-R4R2L5dpyF2RaZaxsdrm-QH3ik0x826bE2J8Z2n2GLb0QkqX4fnbUIHrWPvxMQgQHrDQ4sL1Z_IGx3psthuMrYpcUyyXVNb3ktHB-wZVfqJbJtcL4BTJIV7iICmDfxiZUsJ1VyD1mCL7hULYAL_bsXG5_Xm5-c4r7dD7c/w465-h330/0864%20Rosmarie%20FTCC%20a.jpg" title="" width="465" /></a></div>What is Swiss Post trying to tell us with this special stamp – which is undoubtedly the right name for it? The answer to the puzzle is as striking as it is obvious. Canvas is the classic backcloth for paintings and, as such, has come to symbolize art in general. Because it’s blank, it represents art not yet created – perhaps due to a lack of funding. Swiss Post has been promoting and collecting contemporary art since 1924. The collection that it has put together comprises around 400 works and a nationwide portfolio of art in architecture pieces. In 2020, a new art strategy was devised. The new commitment to art is based on three spheres: the art collection, art in architecture and a partnership with art events in the periphery. Swiss Post plays a pioneering role when it comes to corporate art collections and promoting culture in Switzerland – and that’s exactly what the new special stamp set aims to raise awareness of.<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Rosmarie!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-67367480465689162172022-01-17T21:49:00.002+01:002022-01-17T21:49:24.944+01:00The Age of the Vikings on cover from Sweden<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOCZrj7OBuL19Yq29ysRjfRxufKCciGnTV6CFI0tqbsjAXnidA59C2GzuRM6E_MqQ-4ooEGZgvgcePVS1suyt18h1r_EY5sC9eg8gP7fcULJCbUM106ooZSlIU8qbPrMTsjo0eeZe9zlp-3CjnJ90fICj8UWQkKHCiYkhwtDG2y-FuglsYuiiNAvl8=s2484" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="2484" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOCZrj7OBuL19Yq29ysRjfRxufKCciGnTV6CFI0tqbsjAXnidA59C2GzuRM6E_MqQ-4ooEGZgvgcePVS1suyt18h1r_EY5sC9eg8gP7fcULJCbUM106ooZSlIU8qbPrMTsjo0eeZe9zlp-3CjnJ90fICj8UWQkKHCiYkhwtDG2y-FuglsYuiiNAvl8=w442-h319" width="442" /></a></div>I received this nice cover from Sweden with stamps from set The Age of the Vikings issued in 2015. <p></p><p> </p><p>Thank you so much, Henrik!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-41043248196803341282022-01-03T22:54:00.003+01:002022-09-08T18:01:21.171+02:00Europa CEPT 2021 on cover from Montenegro<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnlnz0FXUlupU1UZt4m7EJKk7d6EY51Do__Wc2oKJXx9-tpWc9NXGDEsgTxlaKTY7h58nfNDOIFkpDbwg1JpEj9OCYn5kMWns-rLt2HVYdYCBEnOODeNaVwR-z9gZvgZRhhX16Y-Y0RIYzHvFmpFRbmMj7d9ZlnP0d0OKbw3PZ-kyNzxVXIld7B4Bo=s2522" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1774" data-original-width="2522" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnlnz0FXUlupU1UZt4m7EJKk7d6EY51Do__Wc2oKJXx9-tpWc9NXGDEsgTxlaKTY7h58nfNDOIFkpDbwg1JpEj9OCYn5kMWns-rLt2HVYdYCBEnOODeNaVwR-z9gZvgZRhhX16Y-Y0RIYzHvFmpFRbmMj7d9ZlnP0d0OKbw3PZ-kyNzxVXIld7B4Bo=w475-h334" width="475" /></a></div>Fantastic cover from Montegro, Europa CEPT 2021! Thank you, Antea!<br /><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-61532496395296938212021-12-10T23:29:00.000+01:002021-12-10T23:29:15.979+01:00Two delayed postcards from Malaysia!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieOZ8Q42T0jmoli1omVv_v6rRJODACpl_bPwMA76AqBP1OM_ScBfcFYmr5YzScpmwalYcv9jqfHvXFv0pb9hFYDKfI4rtrittwlnFDD5xx6k9iVg-7mMl_morsjniJGpBwUVUx8I-i8QN5QTePYakZ5W-f5yKiACzu407Y5NQ4cd-ZHc4hsO79B2-5=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2048" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieOZ8Q42T0jmoli1omVv_v6rRJODACpl_bPwMA76AqBP1OM_ScBfcFYmr5YzScpmwalYcv9jqfHvXFv0pb9hFYDKfI4rtrittwlnFDD5xx6k9iVg-7mMl_morsjniJGpBwUVUx8I-i8QN5QTePYakZ5W-f5yKiACzu407Y5NQ4cd-ZHc4hsO79B2-5=s320" width="320" /></a></div>I received two postcards from Malaysia sent by random senders from Postcard United. It's astonishing how much time these two cards have traveled thanks to many obstacles caused by <span>COVID-19. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="2048" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7Qr_qwBMwsvHZtZkQkJ1Oxddq5PeOiutHJoZLSv-_CUTIsBV9jF5sscJaMkrlrWrkQbvTFUe9Y4sUBURqh5bJ3fH5g1PK4ErjfJMxH6X6UHFoqHariI0-lyclSULmKMOivIfkDRwUbfwciHon_lKn1wwoPvhHsExTES3Yb5ZNeS_13iboi3-w1Gyx=s320" width="320" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdTPkm5yAy_ka9tpSowYBCM57KgkzUO0qG0_yrRTeBK_YrBivae9Jrw5HpRoeRMNtShouSrqdPyclANFvuZ7acaywE_7oH6xyoHH6zHtAMmDtfIJ40Y9zgRsw2oLLu6L9YiNrouGcRyv4QLT6zO7wzM66tGTaKNtNmciMZce-va0gakpBonpaEtOWj=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdTPkm5yAy_ka9tpSowYBCM57KgkzUO0qG0_yrRTeBK_YrBivae9Jrw5HpRoeRMNtShouSrqdPyclANFvuZ7acaywE_7oH6xyoHH6zHtAMmDtfIJ40Y9zgRsw2oLLu6L9YiNrouGcRyv4QLT6zO7wzM66tGTaKNtNmciMZce-va0gakpBonpaEtOWj=s320" width="320" /></a><br /></div>If you look at the dates on these postcards, you can see they've been sent in May and June 2020 - year and a half ago! Also both senders are writing about COVID-19, so these cards truly reflects this awful worldwide pandemic. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitGEvhUgPntj1HiszBDShUMoNkf0H6kMGpkK0kCiO6TyYJmqSQm3xiwI0I7nMUL4T2Wzln8DchwcDQiWityrCzgYfgbCf5J8BjWHmNhw5QL1QWxwFCFyKtIxkzz_M-yt21N6HnNvhrj_3XZLJxYNLza5eVsdbOEvhbDLMkji-VoXOkpBfQm6CSVhrX=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="2048" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitGEvhUgPntj1HiszBDShUMoNkf0H6kMGpkK0kCiO6TyYJmqSQm3xiwI0I7nMUL4T2Wzln8DchwcDQiWityrCzgYfgbCf5J8BjWHmNhw5QL1QWxwFCFyKtIxkzz_M-yt21N6HnNvhrj_3XZLJxYNLza5eVsdbOEvhbDLMkji-VoXOkpBfQm6CSVhrX=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />Thank you so much SookFun and Ally!<br /><br /><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-49269053877066651322021-11-05T00:26:00.000+01:002021-11-05T00:26:00.132+01:00Cover from The British Indian Ocean Territory!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tiY5ymhwXWc/YYRpyePV6oI/AAAAAAAATnk/jDQvVwwJGas97nxxxEVQb36sykekvfUUACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tiY5ymhwXWc/YYRpyePV6oI/AAAAAAAATnk/jDQvVwwJGas97nxxxEVQb36sykekvfUUACNcBGAsYHQ/w457-h320/IMG_0001a.jpg" title="" width="457" /></a></div>This cover is one best surprises in my mailbox this year, sent by my dear friend Wolfgang from Austria. BIOT is a British Overseas Territory of the UK situated in the Indian Ocean halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia, with total land area of just 60 square kilometres. The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 km2, the site of a Joint Military Facility of the UK and the USA.<br /><br />The only inhabitants are British and U.S. military personnel and associated contractors, who collectively number around 3,000. The forced removal of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago occurred between 1968 and 1973. Today, the exiled Chagossians are still trying to return, saying that the forced expulsion and dispossession was unlawful, but the UK government has repeatedly denied them the right of return.<br /><br />Since the 1980s, the Government of Mauritius has sought to regain control over the Chagos Archipelago. A February 2019 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice called for the islands to be given to Mauritius. Since this, the United Nations General Assembly and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea have reached similar decisions. <p></p><div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86" data-component="text-block"><div class="ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The
Universal Postal Union (UPU), a UN agency in charge of the world's
postal policies, voted to block the use of UK stamps from the remote
archipelago. All post from the Chagos Islands must now bear stamps from Mauritius, so i was lucky to receive this cover, cause this maybe not possible anymore in the future. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"> On this cover you can see stamp with beautiful reef manta ray and very clear blue postmark from post office in Diego Garcia, and big black postmark of BIOT post office with BIOT coat of arms. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><br /></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Thank you so much Wolfgang for this beautiful surprise!<br /></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"> </p></div></div>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-85590815701063995212021-10-14T04:56:00.002+02:002021-10-14T04:56:33.698+02:00Postcard from French city Béziers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AoZNJNn3OzE/YWdUk2pegiI/AAAAAAAAThs/0Z8FU8Yp2m86zmty6NsXgthZ3lBh2Yb0QCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="2048" height="329" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AoZNJNn3OzE/YWdUk2pegiI/AAAAAAAAThs/0Z8FU8Yp2m86zmty6NsXgthZ3lBh2Yb0QCNcBGAsYHQ/w470-h329/IMG_0004.jpg" title="" width="470" /></a></div><p>Béziers is one of the oldest cities in France. Research published in March 2013 shows that Béziers dates from 575 BC, making it older than Agde (Greek Agathe Tyche, founded in 525 BC) and a bit younger than Marseille (Greek Massalia, founded in 600 BC). </p><p>Béziers was a Languedoc stronghold of Catharism, which the Catholic Church condemned as heretical and which Catholic forces exterminated in the Albigensian Crusade. Béziers was the first place to be attacked. The crusaders reached the town on 21 July 1209. Béziers' Catholics were given an ultimatum to hand over the heretics or leave before the crusaders besieged the city and to "avoid sharing their fate and perishing with them". However, many refused and resisted with the Cathars. The town was sacked the following day and in the bloody massacre no one was spared, not even Catholic priests and those who took refuge in the churches. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Nxy8ICNc-0/YWdWGRybcAI/AAAAAAAATh4/q-8nygt0TgwEE_OAoe1Bc5AML-gZKRtMACNcBGAsYHQ/s1348/IMG_0005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1348" height="194" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Nxy8ICNc-0/YWdWGRybcAI/AAAAAAAATh4/q-8nygt0TgwEE_OAoe1Bc5AML-gZKRtMACNcBGAsYHQ/w388-h194/IMG_0005a.jpg" title="" width="388" /></a></div><p>Two lovely stamps from set Vacations 2020 are used on this postcard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Lidija!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-49152164070709307922021-08-19T23:17:00.000+02:002021-08-19T23:17:13.579+02:00Nice registered cover from Kyrgyzstan with my stamp order from KEP<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MGrVJ5cHwFg/YR7JTbvqZeI/AAAAAAAATew/MxLZYclIrYQE84b3ZgBYmndYipolHXm8wCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/po%25C5%25A1ta%2B16.8._0002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="2048" height="326" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MGrVJ5cHwFg/YR7JTbvqZeI/AAAAAAAATew/MxLZYclIrYQE84b3ZgBYmndYipolHXm8wCNcBGAsYHQ/w474-h326/po%25C5%25A1ta%2B16.8._0002a.jpg" title="" width="474" /></a></div><p>Most of postal operators don't use stamps when you order something. Fortunately, KEP (Kyrgyz Express Post) isn't one of them. They've sent cover with 5 nice stamps from different sets and with nice hand cancellations. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1lD1hm3hAho/YR7J6GG0hwI/AAAAAAAATe4/jxABiUl6QZcv7TaLjysOWCnZVQWFefkkwCNcBGAsYHQ/s592/Kirgistan_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="592" height="117" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1lD1hm3hAho/YR7J6GG0hwI/AAAAAAAATe4/jxABiUl6QZcv7TaLjysOWCnZVQWFefkkwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Kirgistan_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-taGDdwhkl4o/YR7J6IvVBtI/AAAAAAAATfA/cmxJMcjDaH0xqwHAbRNhPIUf9sZKCRh1QCNcBGAsYHQ/s687/Kirgistan_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="687" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-taGDdwhkl4o/YR7J6IvVBtI/AAAAAAAATfA/cmxJMcjDaH0xqwHAbRNhPIUf9sZKCRh1QCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Kirgistan_0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PIiTnePD4Q/YR7J6KpAUsI/AAAAAAAATe8/i_1Yv694NzgTsoTmH5EjK3XTVoJovtkiQCNcBGAsYHQ/s581/Kirgistan_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="581" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PIiTnePD4Q/YR7J6KpAUsI/AAAAAAAATe8/i_1Yv694NzgTsoTmH5EjK3XTVoJovtkiQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Kirgistan_0003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BpZbhgaUB4/YR7J6wXLBGI/AAAAAAAATfE/VcldFC8nQaA9IF7xOGTx47QE7XKUezxHACNcBGAsYHQ/s786/Kirgistan_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="786" height="319" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BpZbhgaUB4/YR7J6wXLBGI/AAAAAAAATfE/VcldFC8nQaA9IF7xOGTx47QE7XKUezxHACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Kirgistan_0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fpG4sMGihJ4/YR7J6_9pWyI/AAAAAAAATfI/mMal0MjPu-8nMwfNXLNFpnBpXfi8_v1FQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1038/Kirgistan_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="1038" height="167" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fpG4sMGihJ4/YR7J6_9pWyI/AAAAAAAATfI/mMal0MjPu-8nMwfNXLNFpnBpXfi8_v1FQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Kirgistan_0005.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><p>Beside my ordered stamps, they've also sent these nice set of 4 mini sheets with Cinderellas as a gift (last scan).</p><p> </p><p>Thank you KEP! <br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-47970961237972398752021-06-18T23:15:00.005+02:002021-06-18T23:15:32.085+02:00Local police on FDC from Åland Islands<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tpAdNo5t9tc/YM0MukWovXI/AAAAAAAATYY/5EsPW2yFEeMtWrPIDkCpnnlyHX62MbDlwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/novoooooo_0002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="2048" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tpAdNo5t9tc/YM0MukWovXI/AAAAAAAATYY/5EsPW2yFEeMtWrPIDkCpnnlyHX62MbDlwCNcBGAsYHQ/w508-h334/novoooooo_0002a.jpg" title="" width="508" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, Kimmo!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-56267659042812166562021-06-18T21:53:00.004+02:002021-06-18T21:53:32.100+02:00Europa CEPT 2020 Ancient Postal Routes on cover from Switzerland<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkl4zUop3sw/YMz4dIpzHRI/AAAAAAAATYM/3kFNYedPBuU77MRHFcMvTZGrkMW28OPEwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1904/novoooooo_0001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1904" height="319" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkl4zUop3sw/YMz4dIpzHRI/AAAAAAAATYM/3kFNYedPBuU77MRHFcMvTZGrkMW28OPEwCNcBGAsYHQ/w448-h319/novoooooo_0001a.jpg" title="" width="448" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Thank you, Rosmarie!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-45422393909358923222021-06-13T21:38:00.002+02:002021-06-13T21:42:28.797+02:00Canadian cover with personalized stamps<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e340vEfnRrY/YMZeA8RuYII/AAAAAAAATVo/2hx7FitVOQIKr1BQfgR7IO7-5cI_YAZDgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/0_0005a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e340vEfnRrY/YMZeA8RuYII/AAAAAAAATVo/2hx7FitVOQIKr1BQfgR7IO7-5cI_YAZDgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h297/0_0005a.jpg" title="" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Another fine Canadian jumbo cover received last year, but this time with 12 personalized stamps on front. There is also rare sticker "flip over", which means there's additional postage on backside, which you can see on second picture. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yAxX6LsjDwI/YMZfh2aZtXI/AAAAAAAATV0/Lv7PLxfjD4cr5U7EiwP3l3kSpdkOmqsyACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/0_0006a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yAxX6LsjDwI/YMZfh2aZtXI/AAAAAAAATV0/Lv7PLxfjD4cr5U7EiwP3l3kSpdkOmqsyACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/0_0006a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you, Trevor! <br /></div><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-26855599812208066862021-06-10T22:21:00.002+02:002021-06-10T22:21:53.588+02:00Mars 2020 launch on cover from Cape Canaveral, USA<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppgzpiV4ApI/YGi0BAU9lxI/AAAAAAAATSE/DsmcH-pmT24rYiulpP70qiKmOdIroFXVQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1707/0_0002a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1707" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppgzpiV4ApI/YGi0BAU9lxI/AAAAAAAATSE/DsmcH-pmT24rYiulpP70qiKmOdIroFXVQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h299/0_0002a.jpg" style="outline: red dashed 1px;" title="" width="400" /></a></div><p>My friend Trevor Ashman designed this cover dedicated to Mars 2020 launch, when rocket Atlas V carried rover Perseverance and the small robotic coaxial helicopter Ingenuity to their mission to Mars. USPS made this awesome postmark to celebrate this event in Cape Canaveral. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Thank you, Trevor!<br /></p><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-9700382631655372692021-03-25T01:22:00.001+01:002021-04-03T19:27:21.045+02:00Successful docking of the Crew Dragon Endeavour with the ISS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xOQOQ84uV6U/YFvTYV1HYuI/AAAAAAAATRU/9MA_2AyUJNYi1X_AKOVEFdkKAwZ-XCr_QCNcBGAsYHQ/s1764/0_0003a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1764" height="296" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xOQOQ84uV6U/YFvTYV1HYuI/AAAAAAAATRU/9MA_2AyUJNYi1X_AKOVEFdkKAwZ-XCr_QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h296/0_0003a.jpg" title="" width="400" /></a></div><p>Crew Dragon Endeavour is a Crew Dragon spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX and used by NASA's Commercial Crew Program. It was launched into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket on 30 May 2020 and successfully docked to the International Space Station on 31 May 2020 as part of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission; this was the first crewed flight test of a Dragon capsule, carrying Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. It is the spacecraft used in the first crewed orbital spaceflight from the United States since STS-135 in July 2011 and the first crewed orbital spaceflight by a private company. On 2 August 2020 it returned to Earth.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JofipE6OBw4/YGilWubnM4I/AAAAAAAATR8/yiYPhWTDa98BHa47-NmimtRh-f23hVkzgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1749/0_0004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1749" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JofipE6OBw4/YGilWubnM4I/AAAAAAAATR8/yiYPhWTDa98BHa47-NmimtRh-f23hVkzgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h299/0_0004a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>This nice cover is designed by Trevor Ashman to commemorate this unique event. He sent his covers to Houston cause of this awesome special postmark. Thank you very much, mate!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-8229400603705770812021-03-24T00:53:00.000+01:002021-03-24T00:53:19.698+01:00Europa CEPT 2020 Ancient Postal Routes on cover from Poland<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDVPLIh0jtA/YFp7w9eKS5I/AAAAAAAATRE/ys-Tal-KEscZYgKJvmOVv0EXy0Y4nfT4gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1919/0_0001a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1919" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDVPLIh0jtA/YFp7w9eKS5I/AAAAAAAATRE/ys-Tal-KEscZYgKJvmOVv0EXy0Y4nfT4gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h279/0_0001a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Like all European postal administrations, Polish post issued common Europa CEPT theme Ancient Postal Routes. They issued one stamp with unusual dimensions, so this one is tallest Europa CEPT 2020 stamp. Stamp is issued on 29.4.2020.<p></p><p></p><p>Thank you, Olga!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-36905085641281662892021-03-19T01:46:00.002+01:002021-03-19T01:46:37.927+01:00San Juan de Dios Market on postcard from Guadalajara<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xCBGvf17ae0/YFPu4NPRqFI/AAAAAAAATQw/pHzF-9dF-vkYnJS4jwP5MDkjGeB_uiqFACNcBGAsYHQ/s2010/z_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2010" height="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xCBGvf17ae0/YFPu4NPRqFI/AAAAAAAATQw/pHzF-9dF-vkYnJS4jwP5MDkjGeB_uiqFACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h280/z_0004.jpg" title="" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-11l5-yH9F9g/YFPu328Um2I/AAAAAAAATQs/kzjsKfF5zcEgNALYatenQHgP-ikCuqwRwCNcBGAsYHQ/s555/z_0006a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="518" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-11l5-yH9F9g/YFPu328Um2I/AAAAAAAATQs/kzjsKfF5zcEgNALYatenQHgP-ikCuqwRwCNcBGAsYHQ/w187-h200/z_0006a.jpg" title="" width="187" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I received this wonderful card last year with top view of fruit vendors in San Juan de Dios Market in Guadalajara in Mexico. It is the largest indoor market in Latin America with an area of 40,000 m². On the back there is, you can say, matching stamp, even if its part of Folk Art set issued in 2019.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you, Isaac!<br /></div><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-25491001020236523942021-03-16T23:47:00.000+01:002021-03-16T23:47:02.287+01:00Land camera on postcard from UK<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b3q8YiMt7tg/YFE0NCE1lwI/AAAAAAAATQg/4tHX_vJIrxktqVOwYdoOye1IA39JHqO2wCNcBGAsYHQ/s1705/z_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1705" height="289" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b3q8YiMt7tg/YFE0NCE1lwI/AAAAAAAATQg/4tHX_vJIrxktqVOwYdoOye1IA39JHqO2wCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h289/z_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1l_HU_1TAXg/YFE0MwX0TcI/AAAAAAAATQc/qhvyN8V45pYA8xGkcTfCEwcYISoXS2IcwCNcBGAsYHQ/s979/z_0005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="979" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1l_HU_1TAXg/YFE0MwX0TcI/AAAAAAAATQc/qhvyN8V45pYA8xGkcTfCEwcYISoXS2IcwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/z_0005a.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We received this postcard randomly sent from Postcard united several months ago. It shows Land camera from 1947. The camera, which became better known by the name of Land's company, Polaroid, was the first so-called instant camera. Using developer and fixer contained in sacs with the film and photographic paper in a layered packet, the first Polaroid camera could produce a black-and-white photo in 60 seconds. After the exposure was made, the packet was pulled out of the camera, which squeezed the chemicals from their sacs and began the developing process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you, Rasa!<br /></div><p></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-8364249822778477012021-03-15T04:43:00.002+01:002021-03-15T04:43:55.948+01:00Cover from Australia<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1tsLfOOPGM/YE7WUQeBSGI/AAAAAAAATQU/dW4vsE1eCKIFT44BGqhLLj0V7UJhAsHaACNcBGAsYHQ/s1890/z_0002a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1890" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1tsLfOOPGM/YE7WUQeBSGI/AAAAAAAATQU/dW4vsE1eCKIFT44BGqhLLj0V7UJhAsHaACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/z_0002a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I didn't received cover from Australia for a very long time, so it was pleasant surprise to find this one in my mailbox several months ago. It was sent in April 2020, but COVID-19 lock downs slowed this cover on way to me and it's a CCCC circuit cover which will not be continued until Serbia reopens postal traffic with Cuba, unfortunately. On this cover you can see two stamps: Kincumber Jetty, from set Australian Jetties, issued on 21.2.2017, and Cliefden Caves from Caves set issued on 2.5.2017. And on them is beautiful and very clear postmark from Fairfield in New South Wales. <p></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you so much, Krešimir!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-12206435696704975212021-03-12T04:33:00.000+01:002021-03-12T04:33:31.507+01:00Two German prepaid covers with ATM labels and special postmark<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WW_4p114ylk/YEqnLK7oCZI/AAAAAAAATPs/2aN9Qs3ASMkarXtjqbHAKvbj39BZ2xQLgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1885/atm%2B%25282%2529b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="1885" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WW_4p114ylk/YEqnLK7oCZI/AAAAAAAATPs/2aN9Qs3ASMkarXtjqbHAKvbj39BZ2xQLgCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/atm%2B%25282%2529b.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMBvsSjlhLA/YEqnRxGkh8I/AAAAAAAATPw/wFuvGTK8CW8YOqyApLIGArzxLHti1fW1ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1885/atm%2B%25281%2529a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1885" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMBvsSjlhLA/YEqnRxGkh8I/AAAAAAAATPw/wFuvGTK8CW8YOqyApLIGArzxLHti1fW1ACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/atm%2B%25281%2529a.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><p>Last year i received these two fantastic prepaid ATM covers, with special postmark dedicated to 200 years of discovery of Antarctica by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. Both covers are prepaid covers with printed design of ATM labels issued in 2008 and 2010. There's also additional labels from 2017. Both covers have beautiful special postmark dedicated to Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian naval officer, and his discovery of Antarctica 200 years ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you so much, Holger! <br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-58103532821699431182021-03-10T15:17:00.002+01:002021-03-10T15:17:27.748+01:00 Anti-COVID-19 campaign on cover from Canada<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E7fjprDB6FM/YEjT4RR-J2I/AAAAAAAATPg/mAGPqSwrqig2fSeXsGstsUB53-CfcaG1wCNcBGAsYHQ/s1760/novo_0004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1760" height="297" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E7fjprDB6FM/YEjT4RR-J2I/AAAAAAAATPg/mAGPqSwrqig2fSeXsGstsUB53-CfcaG1wCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h297/novo_0004a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Last year i received this cover with personalized stamp and cover design dedicated to medical workers on the front line fight with COVID-19 virus. Anti-COVID-19 theme became very popular in philately and many people issued personalized stamps and this one is the far the best of all designs. Cover and stamp are designed by Trevor Ashman.<p></p><p></p><p>Thank you, Trevor!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-1772653955843481202021-03-08T19:06:00.002+01:002021-03-08T19:06:35.470+01:00The national minorities of Ukraine - Germans<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8OH3SKj0bmA/YEYAkVhsmII/AAAAAAAATPM/oZbYXAGhTIQ-FPILKY17p8xIEC_ctTuigCNcBGAsYHQ/s1914/novo_0005a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1914" height="278" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8OH3SKj0bmA/YEYAkVhsmII/AAAAAAAATPM/oZbYXAGhTIQ-FPILKY17p8xIEC_ctTuigCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h278/novo_0005a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZSPJBLku30/YEYZDLzFF4I/AAAAAAAATPY/lTS7kpmLZwQNzUkMJZAUqBUCRhJLq3JwgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1906/novo_0006a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1906" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZSPJBLku30/YEYZDLzFF4I/AAAAAAAATPY/lTS7kpmLZwQNzUkMJZAUqBUCRhJLq3JwgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h275/novo_0006a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Several months ago i received this wonderful stamp set The national minorities of Ukraine - Germans, used on two covers. Ukrainian post issued in previous yours two stamp sets in same series, dedicated to Gypsies and Jews. This set is issued on 28th August 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you so much, Roman!<br /></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739135874671332093.post-80582009186988011142021-03-04T05:40:00.007+01:002021-03-24T00:36:05.160+01:00Europa 2020 - Ancient Postal Routes on cover from Åland Islands<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YNQpBGtu_jk/YEBj1h2FcOI/AAAAAAAATO8/vFMRXUJNRVI-w8X98dc1eraToLRHqkOaQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1901/novo_0003a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="1901" height="281" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YNQpBGtu_jk/YEBj1h2FcOI/AAAAAAAATO8/vFMRXUJNRVI-w8X98dc1eraToLRHqkOaQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h281/novo_0003a.jpg" style="outline: red dashed 1px;" title="" width="400" /></a></div><span class="value">The 2020 Europa
stamp theme was ancient postal routes, and the Åland contribution shows
the Postal Boat Race across the Sea of Åland. Following the ancient
postal route between Åland and Sweden, the Race is arranged in June
every year in remembrance of the Åland and Swedish postal-farmers’
obligation to convey mail as well as passengers in all kinds of weather.
Starting in 1638, the conveyance of mail continued for almost 400 years
until early 1900s.Stamp is issued on 8th May 2020.</span><p></p><p><span class="value"></span></p><p><span class="value">Thank you, Kimmo!<br /></span></p>Branislav Ignjatovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811140483034114070noreply@blogger.com0