Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Netherlands: King Alexander and Queen Maxima


Position/
Color
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Top Left
2006
December Stamp
0.29
Eurocent
10V
Snowflake
Blue
2002
Birth stamp
(Self Adhesive)
0.39

1V
Bird
Light Blue
 2002
The Sky
(Self Adhesive)
0.39
 2V

 Top Right 
 2002
Introduction of Euro 
 0.39
 2V

 Bottom Left
 2001
December Stamp 
 0.27
 20V

 Orange
 2002
 Address Change Stamp
 0.39
 1V

 Bottom Right
 2002
Wedding Anv of King Alexander and Maxima Zorregerieta. 
 0.39

 2V
(Se-Tenant)
King and Queen 


Willem-Alexander is the King of the Netherlands, having ascended the throne following his mother's abdication in 2013. He married Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in 2002 and they have three daughters: Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange(born 2003), Princess Alexia (born 2005), and Princess Ariane (born 2007).

Total Postage: 2.51 Euros
Posted: Nov 2019. Arrived 12.11.2019
Postmark: double ring with 5 waves.

Italy: Up-rated cover


Position/color
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Top Left
1976
Regions of France
0.6F
1V
Equitaine
Center

Definitive
1.4
Self Adhesive
Marianne
Top Right

Regions of France
0.53
 Mini Sheet (10V)
Seine Pier


Cover with 0.46 euros indium, with cachet showing Christmas celebrations.
Total Postage: 1.25 euros
Post Mark: 4 Wave Cancellation
Posted on:4.11.19. Arrived on: 13.11.19

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

USA: Self Adhesives


Position
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Top Left
2015
Penguins 
Add Ounce 0.15c -self Adhesive
1V
Penguine
Bottom Left
2004
Chippendale Chair
4c -Self Adhesive
1V
Chair
 Right
 2016
 Colorful celebrations
 Forever (0.55c)
 10V


Total Postage: $2.75

Latvia: Registered Cover


Position
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Left
2014
Flowers
0.07 euro
4V
Samtene (Marigold)
Right
2014
Fowers
0.5 euro
4V
Maijpukite (Lilly)


Total Postage: 2.28 Euros
Posted on 9.03.2014. Arrived 28.03.2019

Germany: Saffron


Position
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Top Left
2015
The 200th Anniversary of Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
70
1V
Gemstone
Center
2013
The 100th Anniversary of the Awarding of the Title of Professor to Rahel Hirsch, (1870-1953)
1.45
1V
Rahel Hirsch
Top Right
 2014
UNESCO World Heritage 
1.45
 1V
Buchenwald Forrest
 Bottom

Flower Definitive 
 1V
 Crocus

* The spice saffron is obtained from the stigmas of Crocus sativus, an autumn-blooming species.
* Rahel Hirsch  was a German doctor and professor at the Charité medical school in Berlin. In 1913 she became the first woman in the Kingdom of Prussia to be appointed a professor in medicine.

Total Postage Used: 3.7 euros

Thailand: Brown Cover


Position
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Right 
1993
 Unveiling of Queen Suriyothai's Monument
2 Bhat
1V
Monument
Center
1993
 The 110th Anniversary of Post and Telegraph Department
2 Bhat
1V

Top Left
 1992
 The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Prince Wan Waithayakon, 1891-1976
2 Bhat
 1V
Wan Waithayakon, 
 Center


1 Bhat 




Wan Waithayakon, known in the West as Wan Waithayakon (1891–1976), was a Thai royal prince and diplomat. He was President of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly(1956–1957), while serving as Thailand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was a grandson of King Mongkut (Rama IV).
Total Postage: 25 Bhat
Posted on 21.07.2018. Arrived on 15.08.2018

China: Pre Paid Covers.

Cover 1: 2016

Cover 2: 2013

Cover 3: 2012

Argentina: Air mail Cover


Position
Year
Theme
Set of
Features
Top Right (Block)
2004
Aromatic Plants (75c)
4V
Lemon Beebrush
Blue
Top Left
2002
50th Anv of the Argentine
Antarctic Program (75c)
2V 
Base Esperenza
Bottom Left
2000
Argentina culture (50c)
8V 
Andean Vertical Loom

Total Postage Used: 7.25
Posted on 12.04.2010. Arrived on 1.5.2010

Belgium: Block of Stamps


Position/color
Year
Theme
Set of
Features
Top Left
1971
50th Anv of discovery of Insulin (10F)
1V
Insulin
Left Bottom
1965
100th Anv of death of Leopold 1 (6F)
1V
Leopold 1
Center (Block)
1976
400th Birth Anv of Peter Paul Rubens (10f+5F)
5V
Painting
Top Left (Block)
1967
In Memorial of Robert Schuman (10F+5F)
3V
Coat of Arms

Leopold I was a German prince who became the first King of the Belgians following the country's        independence in 1830.
* Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist. He is considered the most influential artist of Flemish Baroque tradition.
* Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman  was a Luxembourg-born German-French statesman. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in building post-war European and trans-Atlantic institutions and was one of the founders of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO.
Total Postage used: 222 F
Posted on 10.04.2012
Arrived on 28.04.12
Five wave cancellation used.

Italy: Registered Cover


Position/color
Year
Theme
Value
Set of
Features
Top Left
2002
100th Anniversary of formation of Italian chamber of commerce for Switzerland
0.60
1V
Flags
Top Left
2002
Women in Art
0.10
1V

Center/Black
2009
130th Anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Italy and Bulgaria.
0.65
1V
Heritage Buildings
Top Right
2009
Italia 2009
0.60
1V with Vignette
Painting
Bottom Left
2008
Writing Letters
0.60
2V
Post Boxes
Bottom Center
2006
Italian participation to the program of Mars exploration.
0.60
1V

Bottom Right
2009
13th FINA world championships, Roma 2009.
0.50
1V
Swimming


Total postage used: 7.3 euros.
Posted on 7.11.09
Arrived: 22.11.09