Covers

Last Saturday (29/08/2009), a preview sale was organized in Gent. I've been there to send some covers similar to the one you see here:


These are the persons who will receive this cover with the special stamp 'Maurice Béjart (1927-2007) - Life is dancing!':

1. Lars Overballe (Denmark)*
2. André de Mélo (Portugal)
3. Andrzej Bek (Poland)
4. Luis Toribio (Spain)
5. Vladimir Gritsay (Russia)
6. Eric Contesse (France)
7. Lunder Tadej (Slovenia)
8. Robert Brnka (Slovakia)
9. Viaceslavas Kuznecovas (Lithuania)
10. Stefan Zugravu (Romania)
11. Vural Oguz (Switzerland)
12. Ali Nasseri (Iran)
    
13. Mehdi Yarahmadi (Iran)
14. Aniruddha Chatterjee (India)
15. A.N. Nayak (India)
16. Myron dela Paz (Macau)
17. Ben Cooper (Australia)*
18. José Luiz Peron (Brazil)*
19. Edy Nugroho (Indonesia)
20. Matthew Cassetta (Trinidad)
21. K. Veeraraghavan (India)
22. Gabriel Hoffman (Argentina)

Covers with other stamps were sent to:

1. Ravindra Ratnapala (Sri Lanka)
2. Robert Brnka (Slovakia)
3. Tristan Juvet (Canada)
4. Ahmet Demir (Turkey)
5. Edward Hong (Hongkong)
6. Ouari Khemissi (Algeria)
   

I hope you all like what you get :)

* with WWF stamps for return envelope

WWF Netherlands

I bought two new covers from the Netherlands last week, franked with the 1984 WWF stamp (Panda symbol) from the Netherlands. Here are the two covers:

The first cover commemorates the first scheduled flight Amsterdam-Newcastle on October 29, 1984. The second cover has a special postmark of the WWF Exhibition in the castle of Zeist (Netherlands) on September 18-19, 1984.


To my surprise, and happiness, the seller of these covers also used the 2 WWF stamps issued by the Netherlands (in 1971 and 1984) on the envelope in which the items have been sent to me. Thank you very much Jos for this nice gesture!

WWF Netherlands Antillen

Two very nice First Day Covers from Netherlands Antillen, picturing the White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

For more information: http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/whitetaileddeer.htm

Parrots from Brazil

Special thanks to my friend Luis Alberto for this wonderful cover from Brazil! I already talked about the parrots pictured on the stamps in a previous post.

WWF Belgium

I recently discovered these official stamps from Belgium with WWF logo... These 'Duostamps' are in fact issued by Belgian Post, and therefore official stamps, but these are not taken up in the catalogue because they are not part of the official stamp program. There are various motifs, like Lucky Luke, Smurfs, Pink Panter, Thorgal and Peanuts. (http://www.post.be/site/nl/residential/stamps/philately/stamps/duostamp/index.html)


The Duostamps are comparable with the 'My stamps', because the tab on the right is in fact the stamp, where as the left part is in fact a tab without any value.

You and me can create similar stamps with pictures we like ourselves. A set of 5 stamps costs 4.99 euro; a sheet of 15 stamps is sold for 14.50 euro.

Australia Day

Today is an 'all Australia day', as I have bought and received some Australia (WWF) items lately. And all very nice items, Australian Post has done a great job if you ask me :)

First I want to show you some items I bought on the internet last May: stamps, First Day Covers, Maxicards and Numiscover. All items picture endangered Australian dolphins and were issued on May 26, 2009. You're right, I'm talking about the latest Australian WWF issue! :)

Here are the pictures of the items:

The stamps picture following animals:

1. 55c: Spotted Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncus);
2. $ 1.35: Hourglass Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger);
3. $ 1.40: Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) ;
4. $ 2.05: Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus).

Very nice stamps, not only on the internet but also in a stamp album! :)


Now I want to show some items that were sent to my by Ben. Thanks a lot Ben for these great stamps!!

First we have a real sent 2006 WWF FDC 'Australian Whales'. The whales pictured on the stamps are:

1. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae);
2. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus);
3. Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus);
4. Southern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon planifrons).

Then we have the 1998 WWF FDC from Australia, picturing different Australian birds.


These wonderfully coloured stamps picture:

1. Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops);
2. Orange-bellied Parrot (Neophema chrysogaster);
3. Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii);
4. Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae).

Ben used this pre-paid envelope to send me the birds FDC:


That's all for now. No Dolphin cover or other Australia WWF item has reached me so far... but if I get one, you'll see it here! :)

First cover from Argentina - and a fantastic one!

My first cover from Argentina is what I call a direct hit! A clean cover, franked with 5 (!!) WWF stamps and cancelled with a very nice 'filatelia' postmark... Thank you very much Gabriel for a new masterpiece in my WWF collection!

This set was issued in 2002 and pictures these animals (left to right, top row first):

1. Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)
   (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ozotoceros_bezoarticus.html)
   
   
2. Vicugna (Vicugna vicugna)
   (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Vicugna_vicugna.html)
   
   
3. Southern puda (Puda puda)
   (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pudu_puda.html)
   
   
4. Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri)
   (http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Catagonus_wagneri.html)

End of vacation - start of new philatelic season

Hello to you all! :-)

Now that my vacation has already ended, it's about time to get back to my stamps and covers collection - AND to my blog :)

I didn't receive many covers during this last month, but well I think that's normal because I can imagine that people (including me) want to enjoy other things during their vacation. But for me it's time to restart my philatelic activities...

Some 10 minutes ago I ordered lots of new stamps from Belgian Post offices, so let's hope I get these stamps soon so I can catch up with what I have to do. :)



The first cover I want to show you is one sent by André and picturing turtle doves from Madeira. I already spoke about these stamps in a previous post. Thank you very much André for this beautiful cover and the used WWF stamps from Portugal that were put inside!