tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355062179909971442024-03-16T03:10:21.142+02:00WORLD PHILATELIACOVERS AND STAMPS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. GREEK AND UNIVERSAL PHILATELIC INFO.
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.comBlogger632125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-20684088978866456722015-04-03T17:33:00.002+03:002015-04-03T17:34:35.976+03:00BELGIUM - COVER FROM MARCEL G. BOURGUIGNON
A very nice cover was sent to me through "Cover
Collectors Circuit Club" by Marcel G. Bourguignon who had the kindness to
send me some beautiful Belgian stamps for my collection.
Thanks a lot Marcel
THE COVER
The cover bears a very
clear stamp of the Mechelen post office in Belgium as well as well as an air-mail
sticker and three beautiful stamps.
On&kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-1120993607708903582015-04-02T00:39:00.000+03:002015-04-02T00:39:06.255+03:00BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - COVER FROM ZORAN CUBELA
Many thanks to Zoran Cubela for his nice cover from
Bosna Hercegovina. Zoran is administrator of a philatelic blog which you can
find it here :
http://www.svijet-filatelije.blogspot.com
Now about the cover..
There are five stamps on the cover. Two issued in 2007
and two issued on 2008 by Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatian Administration (Mostar Post Office)
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-6103692603217229952015-03-31T23:05:00.000+03:002015-03-31T23:11:02.067+03:00How to successfully soak and clean OLD and NEW stamps!
How to
successfully soak and clean OLD and NEW stamps!
Published by pltolomy
Cleaning stamps is perhaps one of
the most critical parts of stamp collecting. Unless you buy or swap for only
"off paper" stamps, there will come a time when you will have to
clean an amount of stamps. There are lots of different ways to approach this
task, and hopefully this guide (and a few years of my kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-48843605308568952762015-03-25T21:01:00.001+02:002015-03-25T21:05:39.448+02:00GREAT BRITAIN - COVER FROM SYLVIA SANCHEZ OLLER
Many thanks
to Sylvia Sanchez Oller for the nice cover and the stamps that were offered to
our blog
The cover has
on it a stamp from the eight stamps Country definitives - England stamp set referred
to England National symbols. The stamp set was issued on March 3, 2011. The stamp on the cover is dedicated to "The Royal Oak"
National
symbols of England
The national
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-89136850544893780772015-03-25T19:43:00.001+02:002015-03-25T19:43:29.490+02:00So You Think You Know the Basics ?
Stamp Collecting
So why
shouldn't you chop up stamps, stick them together with
sellotape, and store them in a partially cleaned jam
jar ? Existing collectors will tell you all
sorts of reasons; all their own opinions. I don't
expect you'd find any collector who'd agree with the
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07481077464948452190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-13534491053419998842015-03-20T22:52:00.000+02:002015-03-20T22:52:03.248+02:00POLAND - COVER FROM ANONYMOUS PHILATELIST
Many thanks to the anonymous friend who offered the
above cover from Poland to WORLD PHILATELIA.
There are four stamps on the registered envelope. One (in pair) from the three stamp set Polish Cities (issued 1 March 2002), one from
the two stamp set Polish Farmhouses (issued
21 June 2001) and one from the stamp set
Beatification of Pope John Paul
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-5136408710930229902015-03-19T00:12:00.001+02:002015-03-20T22:52:34.844+02:00CANADA - COVER FROM Mme RITA NORMANDEAU
A nice cover from Canada through Cover Collectors
Circuit Club was sent by Mme Rita
Normandeau.
There are seven "old" stamps on the cover.
Two se-tenant stamps from the commemorative set "Peacemakers of the Frontier"
(issued on September 5, 1986), one from the four stamp set "Canadian
Eskimos (Inuits) - Travel" (issued on September 27,1978) and four se-tenant
commemorativekgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-47936912296266702382015-03-17T21:36:00.001+02:002015-03-17T21:36:47.136+02:00NEW ZEALAND - TWO FIRST DAY COVERS FROM LIESBETH OWERKERK
Two nice first day
covers (FDC) from New Zealand sent to World Philatelia from our Dutch friend Liesbeth
Owerkerk living in New Zealand. The
covers were issued on 1.11.2012
under the title "The hobbit - An unexpected journey" and are
dedicated to a movie with the same title. Thank you a lot Liesbeth.
The Hobbit: An Unexpectedkgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-83487080630284590742015-03-09T22:23:00.000+02:002015-03-17T20:25:33.434+02:00CHINA P. R. - COVER FROM Mr. ZHOU FAN
Many thanks to Zhou fan (a Chibese stamp-collecting enthusiast who collect FDC, stamps, poststamps and postcards from all over the world )
for his nice cover and the pre paid postcards he kindly sent to World Philatelia
The cover is a pre paid envelope with two stamps coming from the 2006 "Birds" stamp set issued on 15.11.2006
Yuhina brunneiceps
The kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-56932599073970893822015-03-07T20:10:00.001+02:002015-03-07T20:10:16.520+02:00MALAYSIA - COVER FROM THUM KOK TIN
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kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07481077464948452190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-54386488062516351232015-03-04T01:29:00.000+02:002015-03-04T01:34:21.756+02:00GERMANY - COVER FROM JORG HEGNER
Many thanks to J. Hegner
for the nice cover and the beautiful postcard
he kindly sent to
World Philatelia
There are two stamps on the cover. The first, on the
left, is coming from the three post stamps Definitive Issue "Flowers"
(issued 7.7.2005). The second is coming from the three stamps sets "Sports
- Charity stamps" (issued 12.04.2012).
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-38650806678340951422015-03-03T22:40:00.001+02:002015-03-03T22:45:10.523+02:00CUBA - COVER FROM SANDRA IZQUIERDO CAPOTE
A nice cover from Cuba through Cover Collectors
Circuit Club. It is a first day cover dated 4.5.2010. It is dedicated to "Feria Internacional
de Turismo FITCuba'2010" (International Tourism Fair Cuba 2010)
Thanks
to Sandra Izquierdo Capote
International Tourism Fair Cuba 2010
The
XXX International Tourism Fair FITCuba 2010 was devoted to Russia askgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-3654553059619164122015-03-03T02:26:00.001+02:002015-03-03T02:26:31.976+02:00MALAYSIA - COVER FROM KHANG TSUNG FEI
Many thanks to Khang Tsung Fei who
had the kindness to send me the above nice cover. The cover has four stamps
from the eight post stamps set called "The Malaysia local
markets" issued on March 23, 2010.
Malaysian Markets
Visiting the local market in any state in Malaysia is
a good way to discover the way of life of the people from that state. Each
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-46471199074451745792015-03-02T23:59:00.003+02:002015-03-03T00:09:40.602+02:00HONG KONG - COVER FROM Mr. WILSON YEUNG
A nice cover from Hong Kong through Cover Collectors
Circuit Club. There are four stamps on the cover. One from a five stamp set "Lighthouses
of Hong Kong" (issued on December
29, 2010), one from the 16 stamp set "2006 Hong Kong Definitive Stamps" (issued on December 31, 2006) and one from the four stamp set "Children Stamps - Hong Kong in My Eyes"
(issued on October 21, 2010).
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-49941695926002392402015-03-01T21:57:00.003+02:002015-03-01T22:53:25.989+02:00MALAYSIA - COVER FROM MELANIE C S WONG
A nice cover from Malaysia through Cover Collectors
Circuit Club. There are four stamps on the cover. Two (2) from a three stamp
set the "Treasures of the Nation's
Visual Arts Series" (issued on Sep. 19, 2011), one from the eight stamp
set "Birds" (issued on May
14, 2005) and one from the three stamp set "Southern Serow" (issued
on January 25, 2003).
Thanks to Melanie S C Wong
"kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-76694130427536308582015-02-28T01:55:00.002+02:002015-02-28T01:55:51.891+02:00SINGAPORE - COVER FROM TERENCE TAN
A nice cover fromSingapore through Cover Collectors Circuit Club. There are three stamps from Singapore and Philippines 40 Years of Diplomatic
Relations (Bridges)
Thanks to Terence Tan
Stamp - Singapore
and Philippines 40 Years
of Diplomatic Relations (Bridges)
Miniature sheet of
the joint stamp issue with the theme ''Bridges''
Top-left: ''Bamban
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-55055414834254444312015-02-28T00:48:00.000+02:002015-02-28T00:48:28.830+02:00INDONESIA - COVER FROM IRENE CHAN
A nice cover from Indonesia through Cover Collectors Circuit Club. There are three stamps from a 24 stamps Souvenir sheet dedicated to Traditional Indonesian Textile (Circulated October 3, 2011)
Many thanks to Irene Chen
If you wish to have more information on Indonesian traditional textile please visit the web page
http://www.expat.or.id/info/traditionaltextiles.html
kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-11506373755178712532015-02-26T13:53:00.002+02:002015-02-26T13:53:42.907+02:00HONDURAS - COVER FROM SONIA ANDRADE LEE
Many thanks to
Sonia Andrade Lee for her nice cover and all other goodies she send me.
Sonia is philatelist
and the owner of the blog : http://mimundofilatelico.blogspot.com
About the two stamp
cover :
THE FIRST STAMP
The first stamp is
a 2005 one from a three stamp set 2005 Airmail - Japanese-Central American
Year, and 70 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Japan kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-44373808523805260282015-02-24T21:01:00.001+02:002015-02-24T22:15:59.404+02:00ONLINE FREE STAMP CATALOGUES
As I try to write
my information in this blog about the post stamps
existing on my covers I need to get an advice from philatelic resources. Mainly
my information is coming from online stamp catalogues and the worldwide
philatelic services. As an eager philatelist I know that this search is common
problem for newbie as well as eager collectors and I think that is a good idea kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-35362022471250009922015-02-23T21:41:00.000+02:002015-02-27T10:31:34.461+02:00TAIWAN R.O.C - COVER FROM GEORGE WU
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TOP 5 FREE ONLINE STAMP CATALOGUES REVIEWED
The post was withdrawn from WORLD PHILATELIA due to
the following e-mail received by the owner of the blog SCB
Hi Kon,
and many thanks for visiting my blog. Regarding your
question at http://www.stampcollectingblog.com/best-free-stamp-catalogs.php
Like I wrote on my public response to You, I'm going to have
to ask you to kgrekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08730865766249588849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-835506217990997144.post-73199197683838132182015-02-22T13:39:00.002+02:002015-02-22T19:14:23.788+02:00RUSSIA - COVER FROM DARBINIAN GEVORG
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