Cyprus and TRNC

I received wonderful surprises from Luca last week - Cyprus and Turkish Cyprus covers :)))
The first cover shows Cape Greco lighthouse; its one of the two lighthouse stamps in a set, issued in 2011.

The second is this year's European football championship issue of Northern Cyprus.Actually there is a third cover from Luca, which is so fantastic i'll leave it for next time when i have more time to write about it xD Thank you thank you thank you!!

EUROPA 2012 - Macedonia

This year macedonian post issued three europa stamps - as far as i know their worth is ridiculously high for everyday usage, which makes it that much more precious to have this cover in my collection!

Hvala bossita :)

P.S. - as it turns out the third stamp was covered with the sticker??!! Blimey. Why would anyone do that...

Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela

wow i was really hopeful when i started this blog..! High time to introduce some of the covers received...i am starting with a letter from my dear friend who travelled through south america with me and saw me off at the caracas airport. some weeks later he sent me a letter...which took 15 months to arrive! better late than never eh? It was sent from Santa Elena de Uairén, a small town near the border with Brazil and Guyana.

The stamp is a joint venezuela-france issue from 2009, showing the venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda :)

EUROPA 2012 - Latvia

Europa stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations (continuously since 1956) and bear the special EUROPA logo. Each year a different theme is chosen, which builds awareness of the common roots, culture and history, as well as promotes the common goals.

This is my 1st Europa cover for this year - ossuusso was kind to send covers from her short trip to Latvia in March. The theme for this year's Europa issue is 'Visit...' so we can see the main sights of the individual countries on the stamps ( it must be difficult to choose only a few..!)

Latvians suggest you to visit the National Opera in Riga :)

Thank you Heidi!

Year Of The Dragon - Canada

My 1st entry, a fantastic Year Of The Dragon cover from Canada - thank you Jaime :)

Welcome To My Covers Blog!

I am thinking now...what possessed me to start another blog?! Its a contageous thing. Even if noone reads my blog for days I still have a feeling of purposefulness, a sense of doing something that I will look back on with joy and fond memories. That, and I don't exchange many covers so perhaps I will be better in updating than on my postcards blog...! I hope my modest collection will still be worth checking out ;)