A stamp dealer cover from US
November 23rd, 2009 admin
Last week I received this cover along with my order from US stamp dealer. It’s nice that he used real stamps for the postage, but sadly the postmaster had an artistic moment with blue ink pen. Besides the US lighthouses stamp issue, the cover has several stamps from the 1974 set to commemorate UPU centenary. In

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Next on the line I have a cover from Malaysia sent by Elaine. One thing that never ends to amaze me when receiving covers, postcards etc. around the world, are postage rates in various countries. A registered letter from Malaysia to Finland cost 2.50 ringgits, a equivalent of 0.50€. If I would have sent
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