Monica's Cover Collection

QATAR

2011-11-02T02:58:00.000-07:00

Thanks Nilesh

SOUVENIRS :D

2011-11-02T02:56:00.001-07:00

from me to me :)

HUNGRIA

2011-11-02T02:50:00.001-07:00

MALASIA

2011-11-02T02:49:00.001-07:00

Thanks Thum

FILIPINAS

2011-11-02T02:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks John

INDONESIA

2011-11-02T02:37:00.001-07:00

Thanks Edy

Thanks Antonius

BIELORRUSIA

2011-11-02T02:36:00.001-07:00

Thanks Sergei

BRASIL

2011-11-02T02:30:00.001-07:00

Thanks Luis

MOLDOVA

2011-11-02T02:19:00.001-07:00

Thanks Tatiana!

SUECIA

2011-11-02T02:18:00.001-07:00

Thanks Peter

INDIA

2011-11-02T02:17:00.000-07:00

Thanks A.

Thanks Aritrim

MARRUECOS

2011-11-02T02:15:00.001-07:00

Thanks Azarrad

UCRANIA

2011-11-02T01:55:00.001-07:00

Thanks Volodymyr

Thanks Victor

RUSIA

2011-11-02T01:54:00.002-07:00

Thanks Victor

FINLANDIA

2011-11-02T01:54:00.000-07:00

Thanks M. Joutsimo

SINGAPUR

2011-11-02T01:53:00.001-07:00

Thanks Terence Wong

BELGICA

2011-11-02T01:52:00.001-07:00

Thanks Thomas

TURQUIA

2011-11-02T01:51:00.001-07:00

Thanks Alex

ARGENTINA

2011-11-02T01:46:00.000-07:00

Gracias Viviana

Gracias Germán

ARGELIA

2011-11-02T01:45:00.001-07:00

Thanks Ouari

NORUEGA

2011-11-02T01:44:00.001-07:00

Thanks Reidar

ALEMANIA

2011-11-02T01:36:00.003-07:00

Thanks Wilfried

AUSTRIA

2011-11-02T01:36:00.001-07:00

Thanks Arnold

Thanks Edna!

SUIZA

2011-11-02T01:35:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my friend Vural

ESLOVAQUIA

2011-11-02T01:30:00.001-07:00

Thanks Michal

Thanks Robert

Thanks Milos

JAPON

2011-11-02T01:29:00.001-07:00

Thanks Yukio

Thanks Chiba Akio

Thanks Mamoru Kitamura

Thanks Yuichi Kato

CANADA

2011-11-02T01:28:00.001-07:00

Thanks Marcelle

Thanks Ferdinand

Thanks Ken

FRANCIA

2011-11-02T01:27:00.003-07:00

Thanks Roland

AUSTRALIA

2011-11-02T01:27:00.001-07:00

Thanks Harold

KOREA

2011-11-02T01:21:00.001-07:00

Thanks Ahn Jung Min

HONG KONG

2011-11-02T01:20:00.001-07:00

Thanks to my friend Trudy

USA

2011-11-02T01:16:00.001-07:00

Thanks to my friend Ira.

Also thanks to A.W. Welch

Thanks Charles Abela

Thanks Mr Carmody

Hi everyone :)

2011-10-30T22:16:00.000-07:00

First, thanks to everyone that kept sending me covers and if I owe you anything please don't hesitate to write, my email is right there.
Now, due to a constant traveling for long periods of time I have not been able to continue with this blog, I am very sorry about this if you came to see your cover published or just to read the blog. I will publish everything that has come to me and later add comments about it, there is not going to be a any order in particular but just try to gather the same sender.
A little about what is going to happen, I am trying to save some money to go to Europe next year, I have never been there (only Moscow a few days)so Spain, France and maybe Italy, if i can save enough, will be my destination. Of course I would love to see more, but the euro is expensive. This translates in less covers and more saving but i think it is going to be worth the last penny.
Please, if you want to exchange a cover tell me, I still love them and I´ll never quit this hobby.
Take care and best wishes.
Mónica

Belgica

2011-01-27T00:16:00.000-08:00

Cover from Belgium thanks to my friend Thomas.

Latvia

2011-01-27T00:09:00.000-08:00

Excellent lighthouse First Day Cover from Latvia released in 2010. I think they have been releasing one each year at least since 2003 that I know of.Thanks Juris :)

Italia

2011-01-27T00:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks Giovanni for this great cover with special cancellation celebrating the 10th anniversary success of "Geronimo Stilton: Geronimo Stilton is the editor in chief of The Rodent’s Gazette, the most famous daily newspaper on Mouse Island, but his true passion is to write books, which become all bestsellers. He likes to read books, he enjoys listening to classical music, plays golf, even collects antique, 18th century cheese rinds, of all things! He adores his work and his family, but he hates to travel, because he gets airsick, seasick and carsick. Nonetheless, he often gets involved by Thea and his relatives and friends in extreme situations and adventures all around the world". Wikipedia

Eslovakia

2011-01-15T23:24:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone :), so I got these great covers a while back [November last year :( ], but since I am way behind in updating this blog, I am uploading today, so don't think I forgot or that I do not appreciate your cover. Thanks to my friend in Slovakia for this and I hope you got my covers already.

Bangladesh

2011-01-13T23:51:00.000-08:00

Again a first :D, great cover from Bangladesh. Thanks Subrata, I hope you get mine soon :)

Pakistan

2011-01-13T22:45:00.000-08:00

This is a first :) and a very good one indeed, Pakistan 2009 National Year of Environment, they issued 4 triangular shaped stamp with a flower (Jazmin), a tree (Deodar), a bird(Chukar)and a goat-antelope (Markhor), had to google for this last one, was not sure what kind of goat it was. And I believe this four are the national representatives of the country in terms of biodiversity.
There is also another stamp from 2009 with the legend "United for Peace".
One stamp from 2010 commemorating the 2010 Singapore youth olympic games.
And another one with a panoramic view of Gwadar Port.
Thank you very much Mr Shamshad Ahmad.

Japón

2011-01-13T22:10:00.000-08:00

Topics I like to collect in mint condition are trains and ships, and I received this cover with both of those kind of stamps, and the best of them is how old they are, I took a quick look in google if i can see the year of issue but could not find it for the train stamps but the ships have the year 1969, I was not even born yet ;)
ありがとう Mr Kobayashi.

Filipinas

2011-01-13T21:58:00.000-08:00

This excellent cover from Philippines features the complete series commemorating the 300 years of devotion to our lady of Peñafrancia. I am going to quote the Philpost on the issue of this series:
"The Feast of Our Lady of Peñafrancia is a one-week affair that starts on the second Friday of September when the miraculous Ina is transferred from her shrine to the centuries-old Naga Metropolitan Cathedral. This procession is locally called traslacion where the miraculous images of Our Lady of Peñafrancia and of the Divino Rostro journey to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Naga City for a Novena and Holy Masses. This began in 1885 and ushers in the week long festivities in the locality. A nine-day novena and prayers are held in her honor. This event is considered as the biggest and most popular religious event in the Philippines".
Nice, kinda like 12 de diciembre in Mexico the day of La Virgen de Guadalupe.
Thanks to John Paul :)

Canada

2011-01-13T21:53:00.000-08:00

I got this cover from my friend Chris, with an awesome souvenir sheet from 2009 International Year of Astronomy. Thanks :)

Nigeria

2011-01-03T22:33:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, off with the holidays and on with the philatelic cover collection ;D.
Here is my first cover from Nigeria, it took ages to reach me, but when it finally did I could not been happier. Thanks to Etim.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2011-01-01T21:07:00.000-08:00

I start by apologizing to everyone that reads my blog, this December was the most hectic December ever. As you can see, I have not updated anything, but I will be doing so tomorrow, thank you for your patience! Hope you had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :D

Japon

2010-11-17T23:31:00.000-08:00

Excellent cover from Japan with one of the most awesome post stamps I have seen. The stamps are old one from 1966 the others I can't really tell, but the post mark with what I believe is a samurai warrior holding a katana, very nice :D

Sudafrica

2010-11-17T23:24:00.000-08:00

First I have to say, thank you time for not stopping and days for passing, 12 de Noviembre dia del cartero is gone, no more horrible stamps on my covers, this is the last one.
From South Africa with 3 stamps, two of them have the mascot of the world cup, no normal shaped stamps but very nice ones, the other one has a coral fish.
Thanks Marten.

España

2010-11-17T23:09:00.000-08:00

The stamp is part of a very pretty souvenir sheet, called Tapestry National Heritage (I think that is the proper translation) issued on 2010. I personally love souvenir sheets and when I see someone at the post office tear them apart I just look the other way cause I think then they are just wasting them, and when I have to tear one apart I sit there and think about it for half an hour hahaha thinking about the pros and cons, but thats just my philatelic state of mind. Gracias Emilio.

Francia

2010-11-17T22:51:00.000-08:00

Cover from France with a stamp without printed value or year of issue, it says the world 20 g, the special cancellation is nice "Foire Internationale de Caen Les Indiens d'Amerique"
Thanks Jean-Pierre.

Austria

2010-11-17T22:41:00.000-08:00

I got an excellent cover from Austria with the EUROPA 2009 stamp x2 ;). With special cancellation with the name of Maria Theresia von Österreich.
Thank you very much Edna.

India

2010-11-04T23:09:00.000-07:00

Excellent cover from India, with different characters, and one with the Rath Yatra Puri, wich means the Car festival of Puri issued on 2010. I liked this cover a lot, thanks Nikin.

USA

2010-11-04T23:03:00.000-07:00

Sunday Funnies :D, thanks John. I wish all the USA covers came with hand postmark like this.

Mauricio

2010-11-04T22:57:00.000-07:00

A very nice cover from my friend Hemal, came all the way from the Indian Ocean in the island of Mauritius, nice :), first one from there, with two stamps from 2005, one from 2000 (the fish)with no postmarking, and one atm.

Argentina

2010-11-04T22:53:00.000-07:00

First Day Cover commemorating the "Rugby Junior World Championship". I have seen rugby on tv, but i just don't understand it :(. Great cover thank you very much Viviana!

Eslovakia

2010-11-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

Another great cover with EUROPA 2009 this time from Slovakia. Thanks Milos!
I thinks this EUROPA collections is going to take me more time than I thought, but I always remember myself that in phylately nothing is urgent :)

Japon

2010-10-31T02:32:00.000-07:00

I also love Japan, I would be completly happy if I could live there...for a while.
かとさん　ありがとおございます

Grecia

2010-10-31T02:27:00.000-07:00

A great cover from greece, thanks Konstantinos.
(see the huge stamp from the mail man)

Francia

2010-10-31T02:22:00.000-07:00

I just love cartoons, I have done so all my life :), and I have Minnie to prove it haha
Thanks a lot Herve!! :D

Guatemala

2010-10-31T02:15:00.000-07:00

Another beautiful cover from my friend Haroldo, with again another excellet little piece of art in watercolour showing a street in Cobán :D...oh yeah the stamps haha
one from 2009 with the singer José Ernesto Monzon, and the other from 2010 with the volcano and lagoon Ipala - Chiquimula
Gracias Haroldo!!

Argelia

2010-10-31T02:12:00.000-07:00

Protection des Pôles et Glaciers from Algeria :D
Thanks a lot Ouari.
I still need a lot from this theme please help out :D

Camerun

2010-10-31T02:09:00.000-07:00

My first cover from Cameroun with 2 stamps commemorating the visit of Pope Benedict XVI on 2009.
Thank you very much Marc!!! :D

Hong Kong

2010-10-31T00:46:00.001-07:00

I got a registered First Day Cover, about Honk Kong´s participation in Expo 2010 Shanghai China, great cover with an awesome souvenir sheet :)

Chile

2010-10-31T00:41:00.000-07:00

It poured rain on my "Preservar las Regiones Polares y los Glaciares" cover from my friend Gonzalo, really :( , anyway, I still need the souvenir sheet ;)

Panama

2010-10-31T00:26:00.000-07:00

Cover from my friend Freddy with a souvenir sheet issued on 2008 listing four "Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio" (United Nations Millennium Development Goals)
-End poverty and hunger
-Universal education
-Gender equality
-Child health

Eslovenia

2010-10-31T00:14:00.000-07:00

EUROPA 2009 Slovenia :D, and chinese Year of the Tiger.
Now this is the first cover I am posting with a stamped image of a mail man being chased by a dog, 12 november is the day of the post man/woman and they stamp all the letters with this and it says "12 DE NOVIEMBRE DIA DEL CARTERO COOPERA CON EL". So I get all my covers with this stamp, at least they are careful enough to put it someplace blank or on the back.

India

2010-10-31T00:12:00.000-07:00

Registered cover from India with one of the stamps from the souvenir sheet International Year of Biodiversity 2010, thanks Anand!

Rusia

2010-10-31T00:08:00.000-07:00

Very interesting cover from Russia I got the other day, thanks for spending the time doing it I really appreciate it, :D I hope you get the one I sent soon.

China

2010-10-30T23:30:00.000-07:00

From my friend Wei Xu, an excellet cover with an excellent souvenir sheet issued on 2008 with different bird species from China.
(from left to right and top to bottom)
-Taiwan Blue Magpie
-Koslow's Bunting
-Yellow-bellied Tragopan
-Black-fronted Laughing Thrush
-Golden Pheasant
-White-tailed Ground Jay

España

2010-10-30T23:26:00.000-07:00

Registered cover with a souvenir sheet on the theme fashion (is there such a theme?) anyway, issued on 2009 the 4 dresses are from a collection in the Museo Manuel Piña. Gracias Adolfo!!

Alemania - Germany

2010-10-30T23:20:00.000-07:00

The 3 stamps are from 2010, and seeing the stamp on Mother Teresa I am thinking in starting a new theme on her, I am going to have to research the countries that at any time issued a stamp with Mother Teresa, wish me luck! :)

India

2010-10-30T23:16:00.000-07:00

I got this First Day Cover from India, this exchange was part of an activity from myphilately.com, we had to put a block of the same stamp and postmark it in the center, I got a great cover I must say. Thanks Raju!!

Argentina

2010-10-30T22:59:00.000-07:00

De mi gran amigo Germán. Gracias!
This excellent cover of huge dimensions (14x30 cm), features a mini sheet with a series called "Juegos Infantiles Tradicionales 2003" ( traditional children´s games)
-El elástico
-La escondida
-La mancha
-Martín pescador
if you see the picture closely I think you have played some of this games, at least I did :)
From 2010 we have the series UPAEP. "Juegos populares: el Truco y las Bochas"and "Copa del mundo hockey femenino Rosario" (world cup female hockey)

China

2010-10-16T11:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my friend Hai Huang for this architecture cover, complete series issued on 2008 celebrating The 140th Birth Anniversary of Sun Yat-sen, you can see from left to right:
-Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall
-Dr.Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum
-Sun Yat-sen Villa
-Sun Yat-sen Universiry

Austria

2010-10-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

Last one for now,on the theme Erhaltung der Gletscher und Polarregionen ;) this from Austria, thanks Edna!!

Francia

2010-10-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my friend Eric for this great cover. La protection des pôles :D

Brasil

2010-10-10T19:59:00.000-07:00

Another PPRG cover now from Brazil, Obrigado Ricardo!!. And I need less and less, but still a lot to go, please help complete the collection!

Latvia

2010-10-10T19:56:00.000-07:00

I got this cover from my friend Atis, thanks!!. Preserve The Polar Regions and Glaciers :D, what else can I say :D.

Italia

2010-10-10T19:48:00.000-07:00

Registered cover from Giovanni, thanks a lot!. It has a lot going on and I love it, cars, cartoons, a sand feeling stamp and a definitive.

Canada

2010-10-10T19:44:00.000-07:00

Cover with a souvenir sheet commemorating 100 years of the Canadian Navy (1910-2010).Thanks Ken.

Chile

2010-10-10T19:37:00.000-07:00

With a complete series issued in 2001 commemorating the 150 years of the fire department in Chile, there is also a souvenir sheet, I didn't get that one :(. The other stamp is from 2009 celebrating 120 years of the Philatelic Society in Chile... nice :).
Gracias Gonzalo!

China

2010-10-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

Cover from my friend Wei Xu, excellent as always. Souvenir sheet with the title "The 600th Anniv. of Zheng He's Voyages to Western Seas".

Croacia

2010-10-10T19:13:00.000-07:00

An excellent cover from Croatia featuring a complete series issued in march of 2010, about fruits, it fools the eye because you think it is perforated to make a circle form stamp, but they are not, the dots are printed ;. The other stamp from 2010, just below the fruit ones, is from a series of 4 stamps with the picture of some embroidery design. The last is from 2004 is a croatian town named Virovitica with the picture of The Pejačević Palace. Thanks Josip!!!

Chipre -Cyprus

2010-10-10T00:55:00.000-07:00

Keeping with the first timers, a cover from Cyprus. 2 stamps, one with the South Africa World Cup theme ;), and the other a very nice stamp that I think is kinda what we do in México with the Tuberculosis stamps, to help the cause that in Cyprus is Refugees, nice :)
Thanks Nasia!!

Tunez

2010-10-10T00:44:00.000-07:00

Again a first and a very nice one. Thanks to my friend Hamadi, both stamps from 2010 one about dates and the other a gate named Bab Jedid built a long, long, long, time ago, that I hope to visit one day.

Liechtenstein

2010-10-10T00:29:00.000-07:00

My first from Liechtenstein :D thanks to my friend Vural.

México

2010-10-10T00:20:00.000-07:00

I got this cover from a fellow Mexican, and it's very interesting because he used stamps from 1977 and 1978 which cover the expenses to send an ordinary domestic letter of less than 20 grams. I think this is awesome because I didn't know one could do that! (use stamps so old). Thanks for the cover and the knowledge José.

Israel

2010-10-10T00:15:00.000-07:00

First Day Cover commemorating the 70 years of Industry at the Dead Sea. Great cover :D
Gracias Alberto!

USA

2010-10-09T23:57:00.000-07:00

This two covers are from the same person (Thanks Javier!)and I really liked them, the first one uses stamps from 1972, 1992 and 2008, it would have been nice to have something from the 80's don't you think?
The second cover uses mostly definitive stamps from 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008 and there is a 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c and 10c, nice ;). The other two staps are Kwanzaa issued on 2009 and Horse Racing issued on 1973.
Both covers with nice red postmarking.

USA

2010-10-09T23:51:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I´m back :D
I got this covers a while back, they where all hand stamped on july 16 2010 in Columbus, Ohio, commemorating the First Day of Issue of the series Sunday Funnies, which you all already know I love :). Thanks Michael and thanks A.W. :D

10-10-10

2010-10-08T17:57:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!

care to trade a cover with the postmark dated 10-10-2010??

send me a message!!

uploading today!

take care

Monica

VACATION

2010-10-01T18:10:00.000-07:00

I HAVE BEEN ON A LONG VACATION AND I WILL UPLOAD A TON OF LETTERS SOON, C YA ALL

200 AÑOS

2010-09-15T21:45:00.000-07:00

VIVA MÉXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Latvia

2010-09-13T23:07:00.000-07:00

From Latvia arrived this cover the other day and i have to mention that it took less than 2 weeks to arrive, wich is a first considering the distance and the postal service here in México, anyway i liked it very much the envelope and the stamps thank you very much Juris :) i hope we can continue to trade more.

Eslovakia

2010-09-13T22:53:00.000-07:00

This very nice covers are from Slovakia, on the top we can see 3 stamps:
the first one, journalist, politician and political scientist from Slovakia, Milan Hodža.
second and third, from a series called Sights of our Homeland
- Castle of Topoľčianky
- Castle Betliar

on the bottom there are 2 stamps from a series called Seven Saints
- St. Gorazd
- St. Clement
All stamps issued on 2010, needless to say i liked them a lot :)
Thank you very much Róbert, your covers are on the way :)

Canada

2010-09-13T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, i got this cover from Canada, a commemorative series called Roadside attractions, there are four stamps in the series, the one missing is a goose. It would have been an excellent cover but the excessive postmarking kinda ruins it. Thank you very much Gregg.

USA

2010-09-03T22:45:00.000-07:00

Recently I went on vacation to California, and i made a lot of gifts to myself :), 2 of them are the ones you are looking right now :D
-Simpsons complete set
-Sunday Funnies complete set
I don´t have words to describe :~), oh but I have anger because the postal workers or someone tried to steal the stamp! please look closely to Marge in the lower corner :(

Moldova

2010-09-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers :D, how great this cover is??????? THANKS TATIANA!

EUROPA 2009 slowly but they keep on comming, thanks to all of you :), actually this time thanks to Tatiana!. In the stamps we can see Galileo Galilei and Nicolae Donici.
I also got the booklet ;)

Italia

2010-09-03T22:28:00.000-07:00

Since I am not an expert in cover collecting, I was wondering, if you have a regular envelope with the stamp and the postmark commemorating the stamp, is that a FDC? or does it has to be the whole package? envelope, stamp and postmark?...In the meantime here is a cover from my friend Fabio :)(thanks!!), the stamp is the painting by Caravaggio "David with Goliath´s head" , it looks so real, issued on 2010.

USA

2010-09-03T22:22:00.000-07:00

Now it's complete :D the other part of the design is Rube Foster, quoting wikipedia "Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 - December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro Leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981". Nice ;) Thanks again Ira!

Francia

2010-08-31T23:07:00.000-07:00

I took my time to upload this cover because I wanted the explanation to be accurate and formal in every way. But when I see it and hold it in my hands I just can't think of anything else but, "No manches esto esta excelente" while smiling at it(sorry I think in spanish)so all the planning and everything resumes to that ;).
The souvenir sheet issued on 2009 commemorates several things:
-Henry Dunant 1828-1910
-La Bataille de Solferino 24 juin 1859
-Georges Braque 1882-1963
-Les Conventions de Genève
-Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge

On the top part is a painting and an explanation "C'est à la suite de la bataille de Solferino qu'Henry Dunant créera la Croix-Rouge"(It was after the Battle of Solferino, that Henry Dunant created the Red Cross).
Thanks Eric! :D

Sudafrica

2010-08-31T22:58:00.000-07:00

And another cover with the theme Preserve The Polar Regions and Glaciers :D this one from South Africa i just love the theme, from the depth of it ( bringing awareness to global warming) to the colors and the wide variety of animals in the designs. And again "Please help me out!" I still need 7 million covers from the other countries that issued this... ok not that many haha :) but please help. Thanks Richard!!