2009 Darwin

"The year 2009 marks two fundamental anniversaries in the fields of biology and modern science: 200 years since the birth of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of his seminal work, On the Origin of Species." read more here.

Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, providing logical explanation for the diversity of life. (in WIKI)

Issue date:
2009 / 02 / 12

Corals

Hello!

Today I'll show you a registered cover sent from Tuvalu! Do you know where it is located?

Well... according to WIKI... Tuvalu is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia.

Interesting , isn't it? Not common at least!

On the cover you can see 8 stamps belonging to the 2006 - Definitives: Corals 12v. (complete set bellow).

Take care y'all!!!!

January 2009

Hello Fellow Collectors,

Today I'll present you the new Portuguese stamps issued in January 2009!

IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN PORTUGUESE HISTORY AND CULTURE

Issue:
2009 / 01 / 27

Stamps:
2 x €0,32
Painter Henrique Pousão (1859 – 1884)
Writer Soeiro Pereira Gomes (1909-1949)

Format:
40 x 30,6 mm - 30,6 x 40mm

Perforation:
13 x Cross of Christ

THE FIRST 10 YEARS OF THE EURO

1 January 2009 marked the 10th anniversary of the creation of the euro, one of the most significant landmarks of the European project and modern history.

Issue:
2009 / 01 / 28

Stamps:
€0,47 - 230 000
€1,00 - 245 000


Format:
40 x 30,6 mm

Perforation:
13 x Cross of Christ

Portugal - Stamp Release Program

Here is the gigantic Portuguese Stamp Release Program f0r 2009!

HISTORY AND CULTURE
100 Years of the Birth of Soeiro Pereira Gomes
150 Years of the Birth of Henrique Pousão

PORTUGUESE THEATRE
100 Years of the Birth of António Pedro

DATES OF HISTORY
800 Years of Instituição da Ordem dos Frades Menores Capuchinhos (Franciscanos)
900 Years of the Birth of D. Afonso Henriques

THEMATICS
African inheritance in Portugal
Palácio de Belém
Palace of Belém
Portugal 2010 (100 Years of the Republic)
The Stamps and the Senses (it will include a stamp in Braille in the 200 years of the birth of Luis Braille)
The Jazz in Portugal
Lusitano horse
Traditional bread of the Portuguese Regions
10 Years of the Introduction of the Euro
Here it has Stamp (For popular voting chosen thematic "Science in Portugal")
School Mail
Christmas 2009

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Europa 2009 – Astronomy
Joint Issue with Turkey (ceramics)
Joint Issue with Iran (Eagles)
Joint Issue with Brazil (100 Years of the birth of Carmen Miranda)

DEFINITIVE STAMPS
Urban Public transports - 3rd group

AZORES
Lagoons
Europa 2009 - Astronomy

MADEIRA
Tropical and Subtropical fruits of Madeira
Europa 2009 - Astronomy

ATM stamps
Recycling
Healthful food/Promotion of the Physical Activity

Happy 2009!!!

Hello! How are you all?

Today is new years eve and well... what can I talk to you about?

1st of all

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Canadian 2008 s/s Year of the Rat!

Well... I'll talk to you about the Lunar New Year! What do you say?

C'mon... Let us all shout:
Away with the Rat enters the Ox!!!!

New Zealand 2009 s/s Year of the Ox

"People born in the Year of the Ox are patient, speak little, and inspire confidence in others. They tend, however, to be eccentric, and bigoted, and they anger easily. They have fierce tempers and although they speak little, when they do they are quite eloquent. Ox people are mentally and physically alert. Generally easy-going, they can be remarkably stubborn, and they hate to fail or be opposed. They are most compatible with Snake, Rooster, and Rat people."

Hong Kong 2009 s/s Year of the Ox

I was born is the lunar year of the Monkey and what experts say about me?

"Monkey: Clever and skilful to the point of genius, practical and given to detail, you generally have a low opinion of others. Your best relationships are with the dragon, rat and ram and worst with the tiger"

People born in the year of the Ox aren't dragon, rat or ram... but sure aren't tigers... so even so... maybe I'll still get lucky!!! LOL!!!

Getting serious again... Hope you've enjoyed these new S/Ss that will be issued only in January by each of the countries' POs.

Wishes of a happy 2009 with lots of stamps to collect... preferably on my topics and at an affordable price! Stamp new issues are just getting more and more expensive each year... worldwide... It's a stampyn global warming!!!

Take care y'all!

Official vs. Non-official

Hello!

Today I'm posting about Official versus Non-official First Day Covers.

Official FDCs are the ones issued by the countries' Postal Agency, like the one I'm showing you bellow, issued 30.4.1973:

PORTUGAL: Europa CEPT issue of 1973

On the same day, a Portuguese national collectors' association, named CFP and probably one of the biggest in the country, also issued its FDC, with of course a different cachet.


Some more examples of other FDCs issued by the CFP:

In my personal opinion, all cachet makers have their space in the philatelic market, the US is a good example of that... with so many makers!!! Yes... I know that the official US PO FDCs are blank ones, wich leaves more market room for all the makers!

Our Portuguese official PO FDCs are not blank but with a chachet.... And that is probably the reason why, here in Portugal, today no one makes any cachet FDCs! We all buy the oficial ones or none at all!

So... I leave here an enormous congratulation to all former cachet makers of Portugal and all the still active cachet makers in the world... that still give us the chance to pick a FDC from a huge variety of diferent cachet images :) Thank you all!!!

Annual Stamps Book - PT

Hello Fellow Collectors,

The year of 2008 is almost ending... and the Portuguese PO will not issue any more stamps this year: not even a Xmas issue! Yes, terrible, I know!

Well... If you're interested in acquiring all the sets and s/s issued this year, you can buy the Annual Book with a face value of 108.23 Euro, numbered and authenticated by the publisher in a limited issue of 12.000 copies!

I can thank Santa for mine :) ehehe!

See you soon! Bye!