Indonesia and Japan

Hello Fellow Collectors,

Today I'm showing you 2 very nice covers. Hope you like them!

1st cover is from Indonesia!

And the 2nd is from Japan! 

If you guys have any details about the stamps please let me know! Thank you!

Happy collecting!!!

Japan...

Hello!

How are you today?

This FDC was sent to me from Japan... I have no information about this issue! Is it Hello Kitty? I think so, but I'm not sure!!!

Have any idea?

You can see the complete set bellow (sorry for the poor quality of the image but my scanner went berserk!):

For me it's always a reason to celebrate when I receive a FDC from Japan since it seems to be so rare and difficult to get one.

Do you receive many Japanese FDCs?

I wonder if there are any Japanese collectors reading my blog?

Japanese cover

New Year of the Pig 2007

Hello! Hope you're having a great weekend around your stamps! On the upper right corner of cover above you can see 2 equal stamps issued last year to commemorate the New Year of the Pig 2007 they belong to a set of 4 stamps.

The numbers at the top of the stamps are for the New Year's lottery in Japan.

I guess the sender of this cover didn't win the lottery otherwise he wouldn't send them to me! eheh!

Wishes of a good weekend's end! See you soon!

Merry Xmas

From Japan

Today I have a nice Christmas Postcard to show you. It was sent from Japan and it's a UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) card... If you are planning on sending Christmas cards why not buying some from Unicef and help the children they support, great idea isn't it?


The stamps used were: the one on the left... I have no information about it... maybe Eric with his new Japanese stamps catalogue could help! Eric... if you are reading this please give me some help here!! Thank you!
The one on the right was issued 1975: 9th World Petroleum congress in a 1v set.

Thank you Fukiko!

Sanjusangendo Hall - Japan

Above you can see a front view of a Japanese Postcard showing "A thousand and one images of Buddha" at Sanjusangendo Hall in Kyoto.

Sanjusangendo is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama District, built in 1164. Some interesting images here.


On the back you can see 4 stamps. The left 2 stamps are from a set of 4 about "Wedding of Crown Prince" issued on April 1959.

Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko FDC

The last 2 stamps were issued on the Philatelic week years 1968 and 1972.

Nagoya Castle - Japan

Hello! Today I'm showing you one postcard of an aerial view of the Nagoya Castle. It's located in Nagoya Aichi, Japan. According to Wiki there's another castle named Nagoya in Hizen Province, interesting fact isn't it?
It was built around 1525. On top of the castle there are two golden imaginary tiger-headed fishes, motif used as a talisman for fire prevention. *Need to get some for my own home... you can't have too many fire protection, can you? More images and videos here.


On the back you can see 3 stamps... Of the 1st I didn't find any information... know anything about it? Issue date? Design? The 2nd and 3rd stamps belong to a 2v stamp set issued in 1971 about the Japanese National printing house. They are all very nice, aren't they?

Take care!

Wakayama - Japan

Hello! Today I'll show you one postcard I've received from Japan. It was sent from Wakayama (the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan) and it depicts the Kinkakuji Temple... What is that? you may ask... Well... it was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu... Wikipedia is really a friendly and powerful tool, isn't it?... If you want you can read more here.

On the back there were 2 stamps that I think are simple but very nice. Very much Japanese-like, don't you agree?

Just to let you know that this isn't a postcard blog per se but if I find something interesting I'll show it to you all, agree?

Bye for now!