The Chromotop Spittelau is an organic light area of Victoria Coeln for the inhabitants of the city. Each evening, for a few hours, the urban space Spittelau becomes to the canvas for colors of light and textures.
Thanks Edna
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
CCCP - PREPAID POSTCARD OF KALININGRAND
Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec) is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Th
e territory, the northern part of the former East Prussia, borders on NATO and EU members Poland and Lithuania, and is geographically separated from the rest of Russia.
Originally named Königsberg, the Prussian and German town had been founded in 1255, and was then largely destroyed during World War II. Its ruins were occupied by the Soviet Army in 1945 and it was renamed Kaliningrad in 1946 in honour of Mikhail Kalinin. In the meantime, the original German name was briefly Russified as Kyonigsberg (Кёнигсберг).
At the 2002 Census, its population was 430,003, an increase from the 401,280 recorded in the 1989 Census. Its ethnic composition is 77.9% Russians, 8.0% Belarusians, 7.3% Ukrainians, 1.9% Lithuanians[1], 0.6% Germans and 0.5% Poles
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
GREAT BRITAIN - COVER FROM BARBARA INGER
The stamps on the left of this cover are coming from a stamp set of 1978
dedicated to British Architecture.
(Architecture is one of my favorite topics)
Here I present you some info about
the stamps and the castles
Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse
dedicated to British Architecture.
(Architecture is one of my favorite topics)
Here I present you some info about
the stamps and the castles
Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official (government-owned) residence of the Monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland. Founded as a monastery by David I, King of Scots in 1128, it has served as the principal residence of the Kings and Queens of Scots since the 15th century. The Palace stands at the bottom of t
he Royal Mile in Edinburgh, the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle. Queen Elizabeth II spends one week in residence at Holyrood at the beginning of each summer, to host garden parties and official ceremonies. She then continues to Balmoral Castle (which she owns) for her her annual two-month summer hol
iday. Holyrood is an anglicisation of the Scots Haly Ruid (Holy Cross).
Holyrood Abbey is a ruined Augustinian Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey (which is sited in the grounds of the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse, which it predates) was built in 1128 at the order of King David I of Scotland.
http://en.wikipedia.org
Casteli Caernarfon -Caernarfon Castle
Caernarvon is architecturally one of the most impressive of all of the castles in Wales. It's defensive capabilities were not as overt or as powerful as those of Edward I's other castles such as Harlech and Beaumaris (which indicate the pinnacle of castle building and defenses in Britain), but Caernarvon was instead intended as a seat of power - and as a symbol of English dominance over the subdued Welsh. 
Caernarvon is located at the southern end of the Menai Strait between north Wales and Anglesey, 8 miles south west of Bangor. During Edward I's invasions of Wales, this was strategically an excellent place to build a castle; Anglesey was referred to as the garden of Wales, providing agriculturally rich land close to the poorer land on north Wales. The Menai Strait also allowed speedy access between the north Welsh coast and the western coast, and was therefore important for Edward to control for supplying outposts such as Harlech and Aberystwyth.
From: http://www.castlewales.com/caernarf.html
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London; it has not been lived in by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Tham
es. It was originally built for Cardinal Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII, circa 1514; in 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the palace was passed to the King, who enlarged it.
The following century, William III's massive rebuilding and expansion project intended to rival Versailles was begun.[1] Work halted in 1694, leaving the palace in two distinct contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor and Baroque. While the palace's styles are an accident of fate, a unity exists due to the use of pink bricks and an, albeit vague, symmetrical balancing of successive low wings.[2]
Today, the palace is open to the public, and is a major tourist attraction. The palace's Home Park is the site of the annual Hampton Court Palace Festival and Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Along with St. James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by Henry VIII.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Court_PalaceTower of London
The "missing" stamp is dedicated to the Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames. It is located within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.
The Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the original stark square fortress built by William the Conqueror in 1078. However, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat.
The tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). This last use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" (meaning "imprisoned"). It has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London
Thank you Barbara for the very nice cover
DANMARK - COVER FROM OLE KJAERBY
I have received through Cover Collectors Circuits this very intresting cover from Denmark.
As I was trying to write something about the stamps I discover that these stamps have been circulate on Sep. 22, 1988.
The first stamp belongs to the category of semi -postal stamps and is dedicated to the 5th Anniversary of unwed mothers.For your information:
A semi-postal stamp or semipostal stamp is a postage stamp issued to raise money for some purpose (such as a charitable cause) and thus sold over and above the cost of postage. Typically the stamp shows two denominations separated by a plus sign, but in many cases the only denomination shown is for the postage rate, and the postal customer simply pays the higher price when purchasing the stamps.
The first semi-postal was actually a postal card; to commemorate the Uniform Penny Post in 1890, the United Kingdom issued a card with a face value of one penny, but sold it for sixpence, with the difference given to a fund for postal workers. The first semi-postal stamps were issued by the Australian colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, who both marked the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897 with stamps denominated in pennies, but sold for shillings, a 12x increase over the face value.
Semi-postals became widespread in European countries at the beginning of the 20th century. In many cases they have become standard annual issues, such as the pro juventute series of Switzerland started in 1913. Many 
countries issued semi-postal stamps to raise money for the Red Cross in World War I. The surcharges are typically a fraction of the face value; at one points the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie was officially boycotting stamps with surcharges greater than 50 percent of face value, saying that such issues were exploitive of stamp collectors.
By contrast, the United States is a relative newcomer to semi-postals, with its first semi-postal being the breast cancer research stamp issued in July 1998.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-postal
DEGAND (Frédéric Noël, called Léon)
The third stamp is dedicated to Leon Degand for the 10 th anniversary of the Danish-French cultural program. On the same day the French Post Office have issued a stamp with the same presentation.
Léon Degand was born in 1907 in Ghent and died in 1958 in Paris. As soon as the end of 1944, he worked as an art critic for the weekly Les Lettres Françaises but he stopped contributing, when the French Communist Party fully took over the paper. His last article was published in the issue of the 1st August 1947. After participating in the setting up of the Museum of Modem Art of Sao Paulo for more than a year, he came back to France, in the late summer of 1949 and becames a member of the steering committee of the magazine Art d'aujourd'hui, to which he contributed regularly until his death. He continued writing in André Bloc's magazine - the new version - which took the name of Aujourd'hui in 1955. Degand published several texts on J.D. (see Biblio).
From : http://deyrolle.ifrance.com/en/degand_l-en.htmThanks Ole
AB PHILEA - AUCTION MAY 16
I received this morning the beautiful official catalog for the Auction of May 16. If you wish some more info please take a look in Auctions in this blog and visit the AB PHILEA official site at http://www.philea.se
OR
just give a double click on the title
OR
just give a double click on the title
The QUALITY AUCTION (No. 276) on May 16th, 2009. It will take place simultaneously at Sjöfartshotellet, Katarinavägen 26, Stockholm as well as in our Gothenburg office (Nordostpassagen 61B, Gothenburg). Floor bidders can submit bids in both places.
Viewing takes place in Gothenburg on May 6-7 and in Stockholm on May 13-15, all days from 10am to 6pm. Also auction day viewing in Stockholm from 9am.
The auction is fully presented at http://www.philea.se
The mail bidding deadline is the day before the first auction day.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
MyPhilately.com
Today I am glad to present you an intresting philatelic social networking called MyPhilately.
You can find MyPhilately at ; http://www.myphilately.com
In order to give you some more information about it I have asked my friend Dan Brown to present us Myphilately and here is what he is telling us :
You can find MyPhilately at ; http://www.myphilately.com
In order to give you some more information about it I have asked my friend Dan Brown to present us Myphilately and here is what he is telling us :
MyPhilately was formed from an idea nearly three years ago when social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook started to take off and I noticed a niche in social networking for stamp collectors. We then developed the software for around 8 months, released it to a few users and then fully released the website to the rest of the public late August 2007. The website was noticed straight away by the philatelic media outlets and was featured in Stamp Magazine UK, ASDA magazine USA and Canadian Stamp News.
Our goal - pure and simple is to improve communication for stamp collectors using the internet.
The Major areas of the website are-
* You can build a network of philatelic friends online. Once you start building your network, it makes it very easy to gain and share information amongst your network.
* Create stamp groups which relate to specific themes or collecting areas. Each group is given a domain name for example http://www.myphilately.com/canada which allows users to easily spread the location to their friends outside of philately. The creator of the group can then maintain their group using an administration function.
* The MyGallery feature where users can upload images directly to MyPhilately, add information such as cat value, descriptions and share them with their friends and groups.
* Users can set up blogs, discussions, polls and even events which are occurring in philately, which then inform their friends or stamp groups.
* An internal messaging system which you can embed images into messages and send them to your entire network
* Share your skill set with your friends and have the ability to ask specific friends questions relating to their skills. For example if you have MyPhilately friends who are highly skilled in postmark recognition you can send them messages with postmarks for them to identify.
* MyPhilately Award system - if you see a blog/ comment/ discussion which you feel has helped you or improved your knowledge. You can give them a MyPhilately award. We feel it is the quality of their contributions and how they add to the community.
* Live Chat - members can use a live chat room where they can "talk" to members from all around the globe simultaneously. Members also have the ability to set up private chat rooms where they can "talk" with their friends privately.
Cheers
Dan
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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