Leonard Cohen on registered jumbo cover from Canada

Born in 1934, Cohen was an award-winning poet during his days at McGill University. More poetry and two novels followed after he graduated, including Beautiful Losers in 1966. The following year, Cohen launched a new career in music with an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival and the release of his debut album, Songs of Leonard Cohen. In 1984, Cohen released the album Various Positions. It features “Hallelujah,” his most popular and most covered song. A member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Cohen has also been honoured with multiple JUNO awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Canada Post decided to issue set of stamps in his honor on 21.9.2019. There is also many other stamps, including five Star Trek stamps, English queen, Christmas stamps, white tailed deer, set Mail delivery...

Thank you so much, Trevor!

Defence Day Golden Jubilee Celebrations on Leap year cover from Pakistan

I received cover sent on Leap day from Pakistan with stamp set dedicated to Defence Day golden jubilee celebrations, day when country pays tribute to all those who laid down their lives and lost loved ones in the 1965 and 1971 wars and in the ongoing war against terrorism.There's few nice cancellations on this cover, round one from Rawalpindi post office and square cancellation from International mail office in Islamabad. This beautiful stamps set is issued on 7.9.2015.

Thank you, Faisal!

Leap year on cover from Canada

On February 29th 2020 many cover collectors celebrated this event by sending out many covers on exact day, by some of them did more and designed commemorative covers, like this one, designed ans sent by my friend Trevor Ashman. A leap year is a calendar year that contains an additional day added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year. Because astronomical events and seasons do not repeat in a whole number of days, calendars that have the same number of days in each year drift over time with respect to the event that the year is supposed to track. By inserting an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected.

Thank you, Trevor!

Soviet Winnie-the-Pooh with matching stamp!

Winnie-the-Pooh is a 1969 Soviet animated film trilogy by Soyuzmultfilm directed by Fyodor Khitruk. The film is based on chapter one in the book series by A. A. Milne. Khitruk studied the original book by Milne first in English and only later in Russian, translated by Boris Zakhoder who became a co-writer of the first two parts of the trilogy. Khitruk had not seen the Disney adaptations while working on his own. He created the prototype drawings of the characters together with Vladimir Zuikov.

There's four beautiful stamps on this postcard, but most important for me is matching Winnie-the-Pooh stamp, from set Characters of Domestic Cartoons, issued on 3.12.2012.

Thank you so much, Natalia!

USA: Cactus Flowers sent from Cactus, Texas!

Last year USPS issued set of ten stamps dedicated to cactus flowers. Cactus flowers generally occur singly, although many separate blossoms might appear on a plant at the same time. Flowering occurs at different times of the year and even different times of the day or night. Most cactus flowers are large and flamboyant, with colors of white, red, pink, orange or yellow. This cover is sent from small American city Cactus in Texas, nice matching with stamps!

Thank you, Ria!

Historic land vehicles on cover from Canada

This wonderful souvenir sheet is first from Historic land vehicles series, which represents cars and other land vehicles from various eras. First set is issued on 23.9.1993.On this sheet you can see six legendary cars: Henry Seth Taylor Steam Buggy, Ford Model T, McLaughlin-Buick Model 28-496, Russell Model L, Studebaker Champion Deluxe, and Gray-Dort 25 SM.

Thank you, Marie!

Ferari's World title in year 2000 on cover from Modena!

The 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 54th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Michael Schumacher became Ferrari's first World Drivers' Champion for 21 years having clinched the Drivers' title at the penultimate race of the season. Ferrari successfully defended its Constructors' title.

Inside cover was this beautiful old postcard from Modena  Modena is, along with Turin, one of Italy's main centers of the automotive industry, with a rich history and tradition in this field. The iconic Ferrari brand was founded in Modena by Modenese legendary car tycoon Enzo Ferrari, and today is headquartered just outside the city, in the suburb of Maranello. Several other Italian luxury automobile manufacturers such as Pagani, Lamborghini, and Maserati are headquartered in the Modena area.

On this stamp you can see winning car Ferrari F1-2000. The chassis was designed by Rory Byrne, Aldo Costa and Nikolas Tombazis with Ross Brawn playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Technical Director and Paolo Martinelli leading the engine design. The car was a direct development of the F300 and F399 from the previous two seasons, using the same basic gearbox and a new engine with a wider V-angle (90 degrees vs. 75 degrees in the 048 engine); this new wider angle improved and lowered the centre of gravity of the car. It also featured improved aerodynamics over the F399 most noticeably a flatter underside of the nose area, which put it on par with that year's McLaren MP4/15.

Thank you so much, Gabriele!

Postcard from Côte landaise, France

Côte des Landes or Côte landaise is a touristic name given to a section of the French seashore.
In the southwest of France along the Atlantic Ocean, "la Côte des Landes" begins in the north at Arcachon Bay and continues south to the mouth of the Adour River. The area is famous for surfing and beach acivities.

A lot of nice stamps on postcard, but postcard is cancelled by machine, and I'm not big fan of this.


Thank you, Pascal!

Star pufferfish on cover from Palau

I received cover from Palau with star pufferfish on stamp, from souvenir sheet issued on 1.1.2019. Star pufferfish (Arothron stellatus) is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical waters from the Indian Ocean and Red Sea as far as Polynesia, southern Japan, the western, northern and eastern coasts of Australia and Lord Howe Island. It is a relatively uncommon species and lives close to external reef slopes and sheltered lagoons with clear water, but mainly in close proximity to sandy areas, at depths from the surface down to about 58 m.


Thank you, Li Ming!

Map of Texas on big shaped postcard

I received inside cover this nice nice big shaped postcard with map of Texas, a state in the South Central Region of the United States. It is the second largest U.S. state by area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas is nicknamed the "Lone Star State" for its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The origin of Texas's name is from the word taysha, which means "friends" in the Caddo language.The term "six flags over Texas", refers to several nations that have ruled over the territory.

Postcard arrived in this cover with souvenir sheet The Art of magic, printed in lenticular technique. This wonderful minisheet is issued on 7.8.2018.


Thank you, Ria!

Hummingbirds as a endangered species on cover from Dominica

Dominica issued in 2005 WWF stamp set with endangered hummingbirds. On this two stamps you can see green-throated carib (Eulampis holosericeus) and purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis).

The green-throated carib is a species of hummingbird in the genus Eulampis, which contains one other species. It is found in the Caribbean islands and Lesser Antilles, locations including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

The purple-throated carib is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It breeds on Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Sint Eustatius. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and open spaces.


Thank you, Jinesh!

The 200th Anniversary of the Discovery of Antarctica on cover from Ukraine

I received in March this cover from Ukraine dedicated to The 200th Anniversary of the Discovery of Antarctica. On 27 January 1820, a Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered an ice shelf at Princess Martha Coast that later became known as the Fimbul Ice Shelf. Bellingshausen and Lazarev became the first explorers to see and officially discover the land of the continent of Antarctica. Three days later, on 30 January 1820, a British expedition captained by Irishman Edward Bransfield sighted Trinity Peninsula, and ten months later an American sealer Nathaniel Palmer sighted Antarctica on 17 November 1820. The first landing was probably just over a year later when American Captain John Davis, a sealer, set foot on the ice. Ukrainian Post issued this beautiful stamp on 28.1.2020.


Thank you, Roman!

Under the uplifted banner of self-reliance on FDC from North Korea

Finally i received my first cover from North Korea after two unsuccessful attempts. This is first day cover Under the uplifted banner of self-reliance, issued on 1.1.2020.  Designer is Choe Kuk Chol and print run is 20.000.

There's a three stamps at the back of the cover for additional postage:
National Flag, issued on 9.9.2008.
Paektu Mountain, issued on 20.11.2002.
Hormotoma fossil, issued on 10.11.2013.


Thank you so much, Li Ming!

Bay Islands on postcard from Honduras

The Bay Islands is a group of islands off the coast of Honduras. Collectively, the islands form one of the 18 Departments of Honduras. The departmental capital is Roatan, on the island of Roatán. The total surface area of the islands is 250 km2. The Bay Islands consist of eight islands and 53 small cays lying 15 kilometers to 60 kilometers off the northern coast of Honduras.

Both stamps are from Animals, issued on 24.5.2004. Left one is Tawny Treefrog (Rana arboricola) and right stamp is Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus).


Thank you, Cesar!