Saturday, July 21, 2012
First Latvian lighthouse
Svetlana from Latvia sent me my first Latvian lighthouse postcard. I am really happy about it! The lighthouse is situated in the sea on an artificially made island. It was built in 1884, from 1993 it works with the help of solar batteries.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Europa Cept cover and lighthouses from Lithuania
Ausra sent me new Europa cept stamp on cover, the stamp was issued in 2006. Cover was posted on 28th of June and it arrived to Tallinn on 1st of July. Inside of the envelope were 2 new lighthouse postcards, showing one of the two lighthouses of Nida. Nida is one of the most beautiful resort towns on the Baltic sea,located on the Curonian Spit. Nida harbour has the status of international inland waterways harbour.
Second lighthouse postcard shows Pervalka lighthouse or Lighthouse Of Horses, located in the Curonian Lagoon, in Lithuania.
Labels:
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Europa Cept,
Lighthouse,
Lithuania,
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Macedonian cover
Ana from Macedonia sent me nice cover with older, 2003 issue, whole set of stamps. I love these covers, they make my day. The cover has place in my collection, thank you!
Cover with lighthouse stamps
Agi sent me this beautiful cover with Croatian lighthouses, issued in 2012. Cover was posted on 29th of June and it arrived to Tallinn on 9th of July.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Europa Cept from Aland
Liisa sent me new to my collection Europa Cept stamp from Aland. Cover has clear postmark as from philately book and the stamp is nice. Inside the cover was beautiful postcard showing Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Finland
Thank you Liisa, hope to swap with you again!
Stepping Stones lighthouse
Alessandra sent me one of her nearby lighthouses, the Stepping Stones lighthouse on Long Island. The lighthouse is located in western Long Island Sound off Great Neul. Construction on the lighthouse began in 1875 and was completed in 1876. Thi high of the lighthouse is 46 feet.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Stage Harbor Light
Thisone is official postcrossing postcard, sent from Singapore. It shows Stage Harbor Light at Harding's Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The lighthouse was built in 1880 and today it continues to guard Stage Harbor.
Thanks!
Unknown lighthouse
Claudia from Ireland sent me this beautiful lighthouse postcard. Unforunately it does not say where the lighthouse is located or the name. If someone knows, please let me know!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Titanic cover
Another nice Titanic themed cover, really beautiful minisheet issued by Canadian Post. Received it on 7th of May, but it is not never too late to show beautiful covers :)
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
Europa Cept 2012 cover from Ireland
Indian cover and lighthouse
Received beautiful cover from India, especially I like the stamp with pigeon, but other stamps are fine too.
The postcard shows Kaup Light House, located on the beach at Kaup, near Manipal.
Thank you!
Exotic country - Vietnam
Jo sent me cover from Vietnam, really exotic country for me. Cover has many Dragon year stamps, wow!
Cover was sent on 07th of April and arrived on 28th.
Thank you Jo!
Cover was sent on 07th of April and arrived on 28th.
Thank you Jo!
Cover from Russia
Received cover with new stamps from Russia.The Russian post issued new stamp on 7th of Februar, the stamp is dedicated to P.N.
Nesterov, legendary Russian military pilot, hero of World War I and founder of
aerobatics. The stamp features a portrait of Nesterov and an airplane "Moran-K".
Many thanks!
Many thanks!
Travelling envelope
I really like the idea of travelling envelope and my last envelope arrived home some days ago. It started his way from Tallinn to Russia, then Hong Kong and then Japan.I like stamps with traditional costumes, so this cover is one of my favourites. I started to collect stamps, because of our Estonian traditional costumses stamps. They are wonderful, hope you all agree. You can see all the stamps on Eesti Post
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