Indian Covers

I received these two covers from India in the latest monthly Cover Exchange on StampBoards. 

On the first cover, the minisheet depicts Horses of India whilst the single stamp commemorates the Goa Liberation Golden Jubilee.

On the second cover, the block of four stamps depict images of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of India.

The single stamp is of the Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India.

Thank you to my exchange partner for these. 

A Post Card from Canada

A Post Card from Canada arrived this week as part of the Post Card Exchange on StampBoards.

The concept of the Post Card Exchange is the same as that of the Cover Exchange.

The image on the post card is from the Tulip Festival in Ottawa and as the message reads it certainly is very colorful !

The stamp is the recent Year of the Snake stamp paying the correct rate for a Post Card from Canada to Australia.

Thanks goes to my Post Card Exchange partner for the month.

If you would like more information about the Post Card Exchange or the Cover Exchange please visit StampBoards.

It's not hard to use real stamps !

It's not hard to use real stamps! Here is a parcel I received this week from South Australia. The person who sent this to me is a regular sender, but was not near his normal Post Office.

Still he made the effort to use real stamps on his parcel to me, complete with lovely hand cancels from Brighton Post Office South Australia.

It isn't that difficult and if we all made the effort our parcels and letters would look far more attractive and possibly even foster more collectors into the future.

Year of the Snake (Annee Du Serpent)

Year of the Snake (Annee Du Serpent) - I received this in the mail this week from a Canadian member of StampBoards.

Lovely strip of five stamps celebrating the Year of the Snake, tied to the cover with a very decorative postmark from Winona, Ontario "Home of the Peach Festival".

Trio of covers from the United Kingdom

This trio of covers from the United Kingdom came to me through the September Cover Exchange on StampBoards.

This first one is from the London 2012 Olympic Games with the Bradley Wiggins gold medal stamp. 

This second cover commemorates the London 2012 Paralympic Games and utilises the entire mini-sheet.

This third cover uses the commemorative mini-sheet to celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.

Thanks to my exchange partner for sending these covers across. 

December 12 Christmas Cover from the United Kingdom

The unique date of 12 December 2012 has no doubt inspired a flurry of philatelic activity amongst collectors.

This cover was received this month, a little creased and minor tear, but the stamp and postmark intact and clearly visible.

Thank you to BarbadosStamps for this cover!

Cover from the United Arab Emirates

Another recent arrival from the Monthly Cover Exchange on StampBoards was this from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

This is the first ever item of mail I have ever received from the UAE and I am impressed by the quality of stamps and the subject matter portrayed.

Thank-you to my exchange partner for this lovely addition to my collection.