#152 Sri Lanka 09/05/22

Thank you, Peter Paul, for this extraordinary cover from Sri Lanka!

It was posted on May 22, 2009, and has attached six stamps of the zodiac series, which was issued on October 9, 2007. The cover itself is a postal stationery depicting a strange creature half lion and elephant. Does anybody know more about this symbol?

#151 Italy 09/03/2?

Lorenzo sent me this cover with these 1991 beautiful stamps commemorating Christopher Columbus (1451-1506).

The letter was posted in Bellusco on March 26 (?), 2009. Thank you for the nice cover!

#150 Switzerland 09/05/11

This nice cover from Switzerland was sent to me by Vural, thank you! It was posted in Geuensee on May 11, 2009.

The left stamp is the 2009 Swiss EUROPA issue and the right one commemorates the Swiss politician Eugène Borel (1835-1892).

#149 Hong Kong 09/05/19

This nice airmail cover was sent to me by Patrick, thank you! It was cancelled on May 16 using a special pictorial postmark, which is available only from a special letter-box.

The stamps commemorate the Collared Scops Owl (Otus bakkamoena), the Chinese Hibiscus, and the butterfly Faunis Eumeus.

#148 Liechtenstein 09/03/31

Cover from Liechtenstein, posted in Vaduz on March 31, 2009.

Thank you, Vural, for sending me this nice cover!

#147 Greece 09/04/23

My first cover form Greece was sent to me by Nikos, thank you!

It was posted in Glyka Nera/Athens on April 23, 2009.

#146 Czech Republic 09/03/13

Milan sent me this beautiful cover from the Czech Republic, which was posted in Opava on March 13, 2009. Thank you!

#145 Germany 09/02/16

Julia sent me this nice letter from Germany, which was posted on February 16, 2009.

The stamp depicts the “Alte Rheinbrücke” (Old Rhine-Bridge) between Bad Säckingen and Stein/Aargau.

#144 Thailand 09/01/15

This nice cover from Thailand was sent to me by Leelas, thank you! It was posted in Bangkok on January 15, 2009.

The top left stamp depicts the Buddhist temple Wat Rajabopit Sathitmahasimaram, the stamps below depict the flowers Utricularia bifida and Plumeria obtusa. The se-tenant stamps on the right commemorate the “50th Anniversary of Thailand-Turkey Diplomatic Relations”.

#143 Portugal 09/04/04

Nuno sent me this nice cover from Portugal, which was posted in Pombal on April 04, 2009. Thank you!

The stamp depicts a Macaco-Diana and commemorates the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.

The special postmark commemorates the 7th anniversary of the forum www.selos-postais.com.