Joint Issue Canada-Japan

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is the name of a book published in 1908 and written by Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author.

Canadian issue 2008

According to WIKI "The novel is very popular in Japan, and Anne is an icon there. Many Japanese couples have wedding ceremonies on the grounds of the Green Gables farm and some girls arrive with red-dyed hair and pigtails, to look like Anne."

Japanese issue 2008


How famous is Anne of Green Gables in your country?

Joint Issue China-Mexico

ANOTHER VOLCANO...
NOW FROM MEXICO

Issue date:
22 Nov. 2007

Top Stamp - Gongga Shan:

The highest mountain in Sichuan, China. It is situated in the Daxue Shan mountain range. It is the easternmost 7000m peak in the world and the third highest peak outside of the Himalaya/Karakoram.

Bottom Stamp - Popocatépetl:

Is an active volcano and the second highest peak in Mexico. Popocatépetl comes from the Nahuatl words popōca 'it smokes' and tepētl 'mountain', thus Smoking Mountain.

Thank you Blog Contributor Soccer.

Portugal-Morocco Joint Issue

This year both Portugal and Morocco issued a set of 2 stamps characterized by a common design.

This is called a Twin Issue since it's a joint issue where design and issue date (26 August 2007) are identical for both countries involved.

PORTUGAL / MOROCCO

As you can see by the images, there is a similar design between:

- Left Portuguese stamp 0,30Euro and the right stamp of 7,8Dh from Morocco. They depict the Tower El Kamra in Assilah. Town conquered by the Portuguese in 1471 and posteriorly recovered by Moulay Ismaîl Ben Chrif in 1691.

- The other 2 stamps show the Silves Castle in Portugal. The town was occupied by the Moors in 713. The town was finally taken from the last Muslim King Ibn Afan by Paio Peres Correia, Grand-Master of the order of Santiago in 1242. Some images of the Castle here.

Take care!

Joint Issue Portugal-Peru

Stronger bonds between Portugal and Peru

On 10th Aug. Portuguese Post Office issued one stamp depicting the architect and painter Raul Maria Pereira (Sabrosa, Portugal 1877-1933 Lima). This year is his 130 anniversary.

On the background of the stamp you can see the "Casa de Correos y Telégrafos" (Post Office House) located in Lima, Peru designed by him.

Technical details of the issue:

facial value: € 0,75
size: 30,6x40 mm

I'm planning on making a joint FDC Portugal-Peru so if you can send me unused FDC of the Peruan issue please email me and I'll return with the Portuguese FDC. Thank you.

One curiosity... Sabrosa is also the birthplace of explorer Ferdinand Magellan... His maritime voyage became known as the first successful attempt at circumnavigation of the Earth. And even stranger... "Sabrosa" is also track 8 on the Beastie Boys' 1994 album Ill Communication... Well... I don't like that much of them but who doesn't know their songs?!? Barbara Ann, Good Vibrations, Surfin'USA, California Girls... and may others!! Do people still listen to their music?