Sweet letter from Japan

I received this letter from Emi,

we are sending emails to each other for

quite some time now and we finally agreed to 

exchage letters! 

Nice classic front

Colorful fun back

and lots of goodies! I've been spoiled!

Stamps, what else?

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Right:

Congo flag and military uniform

Left:

Palace of the nation

(1964)

Indonesia

Right:

Crested Philippine violet 

(1966)

Left:

"Indonesian Traditional Dance Series"

depicts dancers of "Sendratari Ramayana" or Ramayana Ballet. This ballet tells the ancient story of Ramayana. The pictures of the stamps describes characters in Ramayana, here: Garuda

(set of 6, 1962)

Postcards from Poland

Bytom

This postcard shows how this street still looks 

the same after 100 years

Zabrze

 St. Joseph's Church

Theatre

Swimming pool

Mail from the USA

Got two nice letters today,

both from the USA

After months of trying, I finally got a letter

from my dear pen-friend Asierleigh!

This sweet card comes from Margaret,

her cute but naughty pug Mabel chewed on it. 

Card from Texel (NL)

This postcard arrived today!

Thank you Suzanne!

From Texel

Stamps, what else?

Brazil

Fourth national exhibition of orchids 

(1946)

Brazil Portugal joint issue, the design is identical but Brazil released two pairs of stamps (one shown here) while Portugal chose for two stamps with one label each. 

(set of 4, 2012)

Indonesia

Asian International Stamp Exhibition 2007 souvenir sheet

and 

Year of the Dragon stamp 

World environment day 2013 souvenir sheet

and 

Year of the Dragon stamp

(set of 3, 2012)

Great card and a new stamp for my collection!

I received this card from the Postcrossing meeting in Driebergen!

Thank you Helena!

And for once the front matches the back! 

With special made stamp for the meeting

And this is a new addition to my stamp collection

The Beatle stamps were designed by artist Robert S. Thorne and licensed by NEMS Enterprises Ltd., the management company formed by Brian Epstein after signing the Beatles to a five year contract. The stamps were printed in Los Angeles, California, exclusively distributed and copyrighted by Hallmark Merchandisers, Inc., and sold in books of 100 for $0.59 back in 1964

Stamps, what else?

Algeria

Top right:

“WORLD CUP SOCCER 2010 SOUTH AFRICA”

(set of 2, 2010)

Top left:

“2010 Year of Peace and Security in Africa”

Bottom:

“L'Ahellil du Gourara”

is a Berber composition form which contains music, dance and songs and originates in Algeria. You can find Ahelil on the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity since 2005.

The Gourara is a region in Algeria formed by a group of oasis.  

(2010)