Paper Folding fun FDC from Hongkong

FDC Name:Paper Folding fun
Issue Date:22nd MAY 2008
Details:Hongkong post post issued its 1st set of children stamps in 2001 .This is the 2nd set of children stamps based on the wining entries of the "Children stamps-Paper folding fun design competition" organised by Hongkong Post in 2006 to encourage creativity through paper folding.A set of six(6) stamps was issued
Remark:This is my 1st FDC from Hongkong posted on the issue date by ordinary mail using only one stamp from the set of six stamps with spacial cancellation but the 2nd FDC posted by registered airmail post with complect set with date cancellation.Thanks to my friend from Hongkong for posting the 2 FDC.The Hongkong post do not allow special cancellation for registered airmail post

Summer Palace of China FDC( set of 3)

FDC Name: The Summer Palace
Issue date: 10th May 2008
Details: Six value set of stamps in nice 3nos of FDC.The details of the individual stamps are as follows

• 1.20 Yuan: Shiqikong Bridge (Seventeen-Arch Bridge)
• 1.20 Yuan: Long Corridor
• 1.20 Yuan: The Marble Boat
• 1.20 Yuan: Garden of Harmonious Interests
• 1.20 Yuan: Yudai Bridge (Jade Belt Bridge)
• 1.20 Yuan: Back Lake

The Summer Palace or Yi he yuan ; literally "Garden of Nurtured Harmony") is a palace in Beijing, China. The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill (60 meters high) and the Kunming Lake. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometers, three quarters of which is water. The central Kunming Lake covering 2.2 square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill. In its compact 70,000 square meters of building space, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.

The Summer Palace started out life as the Garden of Clear Ripples in 1750 (Reign Year 15 of Emperor Qianlong). Artisans reproduced the garden architecture styles of various palaces in China. Kunming Lake was created by extending an existing body of water to imitate the West Lake in Hangzhou. The palace complex suffered two major attacks--during the Anglo-French allied invasion of 1860 (with the Old Summer Palace also ransacked at the same time), and during the Boxer Rebellion, in an attack by the eight allied powers in 1900. The garden survived and was rebuilt in 1886 and 1902. In 1888, it was given the current name, Yihe Yuan. It served as a summer resort for Empress Dowager Cixi, who diverted 30 million taels of silver, said to be originally designated for the Chinese navy (Beiyang Fleet), into the reconstruction and enlargement of the Summer Palace.

• More...Official Website of The Summer Palace
• The cover Designer & cancellation by Xiao Yutian.

Details:Nice 3FDC with complete set of 6 stamps was posted by my friend from China by registered post and reached here today.All these FDC(set of 3) are numbered by the China post & my FDC no is 008390.

Europa 2008-Letter FDC from Poland

FDC Name: EUROPA 2008 - Letter
Issue Date: 5th May 2008.
Remark:This FDC posted by my friend from Poland by ordinary post and reached here today.Nice FDC with very simple cancellation.

Bridge FDC from Taiwan

FDC Name:Bridge
Issue Date:12th MAY'2008
Details:A set of 4 stamps was issued for this Bridge FDC of Taiwan.Nice Special cancellation.

• NT$5.00: Wurih Bridge, Taichung Spanning the Han River, this beautiful cable-stayed bridge is the gateway to Taiwan High Speed Rail's Wurih Station for Taichung City, Taichung County and the Nantou area. Opened to traffic in January of 2004, it has a total length of 179 meters and a width of over 20 meters. This stylish steel bridge has become a new landmark in Wurih Township.
• NT$5.00: Jilu Bridge, Nantou Spanning the Jhuoshuei River, the Jilu Bridge connects Jiji and Lugu Townships. It was opened to traffic in 2004 and has a total length of 967 meters and a width of 24 meters. It was the first side-spar cable-stayed bridge entirely built of concrete in Taiwan. The under-the-bridge illumination creates spectacular nighttime scenery. The bridge supports both transportation and tourism.
• NT$12.00: Shueiyun Bridge, ShueiliSpanning the Shueili River, the bridge has a total length of 96 meters and a width of 3 meters. Completed in 2005, it was the first bridge in Nantou County to fully adopt solar lighting for nighttime illumination. Its colorful flashing lights are a traffic stopper.
• NT$15.00: Sindong Bridge, MiaoliSpanning the Houlong River, this bridge in Gongguan Township is the gateway to Miaoli City. Opened to traffic in 1997, this symmetrical twin-tower cable-stayed bridge has a total length of over 320 meters and a width of 21 meters.

Remark:Posted on the issue date by my friend from Taiwan.But he has posted the FDC by regular post but using the complete set of stamps which is good enough for the registered post.The reason for this I do not know.

SHRI SHIRDI SAI BABA-First Day Cover(FDC)

FDC Name:SHRI SHIRDI SAI BABA
Isuue Date:20th MAY'2008
Details:I am just a droplet for giving details about him So Please visit these sites http://www.saibaba.org/ & http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/
Remark:This is one of my best FDC posted to me on the issue date by my friends.I have also sent these FDC by registered post to lot of my friends.I love "BABA".He gives blessing to all and everybody.He only gives do not take any thing (these materialist illusions) from us.

Bridges of Taiwan FDC

FDC Name: Bridges Of Taiwan
Issue Date: 12th MAY 2008
Remark:Nice 4v FDC on Bridges from Taiwan posted on the issue date by my friend and reached today 21st MAY'2008

Mateorological Phenomena FDC from POLAND

Name of FDC: The Meteorological Phenomena
Date of Issue: 25 April 2008
Details:Since the earliest times people used to watch carefully the nature, trying to foretell by the clouds or animal's behavior, for example, the oncoming storm, rain or drought. Nowadays we just look at the TV weather forecast while planning an excursion or simply choosing the suitable dress for tomorrow and to be sure if we would need an umbrella. The weather influences our general frame of mind, but we have no influence on it, either. Not infrequently the nature shows us its tremendous power in the floods or hurricanes, for example. But there are also many meteorological phenomena that may pass unwatched for us, and sometimes it is simply worth to look at the sky to see something beautiful and unusual.The meteorological phenomena as to their nature: hydrometers (rain, hail, frost, tornado), lithometeors (dust or sand blizzards or whirls), photometers (halo, rainbow, mirage), electrometeors (storm, lightning, aurora borealis)n parameters (such as the air temperature, humidity, and pressure together with the wind speed) and the data, provided by the radars, air probes and satellites the complex analysis (today mostly computer-aided) is executed of their complicated mutual influences.
1st Stamp-1.35 ZŁ: Sand blizzard: The sand being carried up high above the ground level by the strong, hot wind. It can be very arduous for the inhabitants of the desert areas.
2nd Stamp-1.35 ZŁ: Lightnings: The atmospheric electric discharges, born in the high rainclouds (cumulonimbus) in the result of the great temperature gradient and the strong wind. The lightning in fact is an electric spark, zeroing the charge difference between the cloud and the earth or between two individual clouds.
3rd Stamp-2.40 ZŁ: Rainbow:An arch of the diffracted sunlight. It emerges in the result of refraction, diffraction and the total internal reflection of solar rays in the small raindrops in the atmosphere. It is visible only if the Sun shines from behind of the observer and is sufficiently low (less than 40 degrees) above the horizon.
4th Stamp-2.40 ZŁ: Tornado:A great funnel shaped whirl of air and liquefied water vapor, reaching up to the clouds. It rotates with enormous speed (400 km/h, for example, and creates giant difference of pressure inside. If it touches the earth, it destroys everything on its way, leaving behind a few hundreds meter wide trace of ruins on a distance of some 10-20 km.
Remark:FDC was issued on 25th APR'2008 but posted on 13th MAY'2008 by regd post.

LATVIA FDC-Akmenraga Baka Light House

FDC Name:Akmenraga Baka Light house.

Issue Date:10th MAY 2008

Details:Translating directly the name of this place, it would be 'stone cape', so you can only guess if there will be stones and cape. Yes it is so, from old times the seaside is full with stones, which stand on their place, only seacoast has gone somewhere else in some places. Formerly this place was very dangerous for boats, because many times they could run on aground. Therefore in the end of 19th century here was built this red lighthouse, which hasn't survived from those times. This, almost 40 meters high lighthouse still works and is open for visitors.

Remark:Nice FDC posted on the issue date by my friend from Lativa,Good postmark,Recived here on 17th MAY 2008,Very fast delivery by Postal department.

Taiwan FDC- Cactus

FDC Name:Cactus.

Issue Date:30th APRIL'2008.

Details:The cactus family is a group of unusual looking plants with distinctive habits and gorgeous blossoms. Almost all of the families are native to the Americas. After being cultivated here in Taiwan for many years, a few species now grow naturally on beaches and other wild places.

1. NT$5.00: Red Pitaya (Hylocereus undatus)Commonly known as red pitaya or night blooming cereus, the stems of Hylocereus undatus are jointed, each with three prominent angled ribs. They can develop aerial roots on one side to clamber up walls, tree trunks, cliff surfaces or dykes.
2. NT$5.00: (Thelocactus bicolor)It has a globular shaped stem with neat rows of beautiful spines (modified leaves). Its colorful flowers are very showy and are larger than the globose stem itself. This stunningly beautiful cactus is often cultivated as an ornamental.
3. NT$12.00: Easter Cactus (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri)Aptly named “joint-leaf cactus” in Chinese, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri features flat, segmented leaf-like stems. Its stem segments have smooth undulations instead of sharp teeth along the margins. Its flowers are funnel-shaped with radial symmetry.

More details about "Cactus"- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus

Remark:Nice FDC posted on the issue date by registered post by my Taiwan Friend & reached today.Very good 3v-set stamps on the FDC.

China FDC- Olympic Expo Beijing 2008

FDC name:Olympic Expo Beijing 2008
Issue Date:30th APRIL'2008
Details: Two value stamps was issued.Which are as follows,
1.20 Yuan (2-1): Inheriting Olympic Spirit
1.20 Yuan (2-2): Inspiring Beijing City

• Olympic Expo Beijing 2008-Olympex is the first Olympic Cultural Event jointly sponsored by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), and China Post Group, and organized by China Post Group.
• OEB 2008 will be an international Olympic cultural event with the greatest scope, widest coverage and highest level in the Olympic history.With "Inheriting Olympic Spirit, Inspiring Beijing City" as its theme, OEB 2008 will intensively display the Olympic Movement and the Olympic history, and promote Olympic movement and culture. By showcasing Olympic stamps, coins, pins and works of arts, OEB 2008 will enhance people's understanding of the Olympic value of "Friendship, Respect, Excellence", as well as the Olympic spirit of "Faster, Higher, Stronger". As a platform for international culture exchange, OEB 2008 will fully demonstrate the three concepts of "Green Olympic, High-Tech Olympic and People's Olympic".
• OEB 2008 will serve as a window through which the rest of the world will have a better understanding of Olympic culture and China, so the friendship and cooperation between the peoples in the world will be further deepened.OEB 2008 will be held in Beijing Exhibition Centre, coinciding with the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. We will strive to make all the preparatory work with great enthusiasm. We are looking forward to meeting friends from all over the world in Beijing.
• Official Website of Olympic Expo Beijing 2008

Remark:Posted on the issue date by my Chinise friend by regestered post and recived today.As officila FDC is not avaible he has posted the self made FDC.

Sri Lanka FDC-Ancient Sri Lanka

FDC Name:Proto-Historic Era & Early Anuradhapura Era
Issue Date: 30th APRIL'2008.
Remark:Nice SRI LANKA FDC posted on the issue date.This is my 1st real posted FDC from Sri Lanka.A set of 6 stamps was used on the front side & additional postage was used on back side.Today I received the FDC.

LATVIA-FDC EUROPA

FDC Name:EUROPA
Date of Issue : 26th APRIL'2008
Details:More details about the EUROPA you will get from their official website- www.ec.europa.eu/ and www.europa.eu/abouteuropa/index_en.htm
Remark:Very good FDC posted on the issue date by my friend from Lativa by registered post.

China FDC- Scenery on the Qiandao Lake

FDC Name:Scenery on the Qiandao Lake

Date of Issue: 16th APRIL'2008

Details:Set of two stamps was issued

• 1.20 Yuan: Beautiful Qiandao Lake


• 1.20 Yuan: Green Islands on the Qiandao Lake


• The Qiandao (Thousand Islands) Lake (Chinese: 千岛湖), located in Chun'an County of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is a man-made lake built in 1959 to store water for the Xin'anjiang Hydropower Station. The lake covers an area of 573 sq km and over 1000 islands of different shapes and sizes are scattered on it; hence the name. With a vast expanse of water and beautiful scenery, the lake is really a natural landscape scroll. The islands scattered on the lake look like pearls on a jade plate. In the open part, it's a vast expanse of misty, rolling waters; while in the narrow part, the waterway zigzags, just like a maze. Around the lake are mountains covered with lush trees, in which birds sing and flowers blossom. It is a brilliant pearl in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta. With its charming landscape, it has attracted numerous Chinese and foreign tourists.

Remark: Nice 2 nos FDC with Miniature sheet and set of stamps posted on the issue date by registered post reached here on 30th APR'2008.FDC no:004143 & 045086.Only drawback was there as franking was done on the miniature sheet.

China FDC- Boao, Hainan

FDC Name:Boao Forum, Hainan
Date Of Issue:13th APRIL'2008
Details:Two stamps are issued

• Dongyu Island
• Venue of Boao Forum for Asia
• Founded in 2001, the Boao Forum for Asia (Chinese: 博鳌亚洲论坛; Abbreviation: BFA) is a non-government, non-profit international organization. It has grown into a high-level forum for leaders in government, business and academia in Asia and other continents to share visions on the most pressing issues in this dynamic region and the world at large. Since 2002, the Forum has been held annually in Boao, Hainan Province, and the BFA International Conference Center on the nearby Dongyu Island is the permanent site. As the Forum brings new opportunities to Hainan, the seaside city of Boao has served as a bridge linking Hainan with the world and become an epitome of Hainan's reform and opening-up, and economic achievements since the province was established 20 years ago
• For more detail Please visit:Official Website of Boao Forum for Asia

Remark:Nice FDC posted on the issue date by registered post and received in India on 30th APRIL'2008.Total 200000 FDC was printed my FDC no is 046583.

China FDC-Sutong(Suzhou-Nantong) Yangtze Highway Bridge

FDC Name:Sutong(Suzhou-Nantong) Yangtze Highway Bridge
Date of Issue:12th APRIL'2008
Details:The Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze Highway Bridge (Chinese: 苏通长江公路大桥), located between Suzhou and Nantong in Jiangsu Province and with a total length of 32.4 km, is the largest and most complicated bridge project in China's bridge-building history. Programmed by the Ministry of Communications of China, it is an important passage for national arterial highways to bridge over the Yangtze River, as well as an integral component of the highway framework of Jiangsu Province. This cable-stayed bridge has the world's longest span, deepest foundation, highest tower and longest cable. It is of great significance to perfecting the arterial highway networks of Jiangsu and the country at large, promoting the overall development in areas along the Yangtze River and improving shipping safety in the Yangtze River.

• More Information about this Bridge-Please Click:Official Website

Remark:Excellent FDC posted on the issue date by my China Friend by registered post and reach India on 30th APRIL'2008.