#163 USA 09/06/23

Thank you, Chele, for sending me this nice US cover, which was posted in Mid Hudson, NY, on June 23, 2009.

#162 Singapore 09/06/19

Jan Ang sent me this beautiful FDC from Singapore. It was posted in Bukit Timah on June 19, 2009.

The FDC commemorates “150 Years of Singapore Botanic Gardens”.

When Sir Stamford Raffles established the first Botanic Gardens in 1822, its main purpose was to evaluate for cultivation, crops that were of potential economic importance. However, without […] sufficient funding, the garden languished and was closed in 1829. It was not until 30 years later, in 1859, that the present Singapore Botanical Gardens was founded by the Agri-Horticultural Society. Today, the Gardens is geared towards entrenching itself as a tropical botanical institution of international renown, a key tourist destination and a flagship park.
(backcover text of FDC)

Thank you very much!

#161 Russia 09/06/23

Cover from Russia, posted in Bozoy on June 23, 2009.

On the left there are three definitives and on the right there are two stamps commemorating the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Ilya Frank (1908-1990) and the physicist Lev Landau (1908-1968).

Thank you, Victor!

#160 Jordan 09/07/06

My first cover from Jordan was sent to me by Jafar, thank you!

The three (uncancelled) stamps commemorate the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Jordan. In addition the registered machine sticker is attached; it reveals the posting date: July 6, 2009, in the Al Abdali district of the capital city Amman.

#159 Brazil 09/02/05

Luis Alberto sent me this nice cover from Brazil, which has attached one 2009 stamp commemorating the Chinese lunar year of the ox and one 1998 stamp commemorating the 24th São Paulo Art Biennial. The letter was posted in Goiânia on February 5, 2009, thank you very much!

#158 South Korea 09/02/10

Thank you, Ahn Jung Min, for this beautiful FDC from South Korea!

It was issued on February 10, 2009, and posted on the same date in Seoul. The four se-tenant stamps are the 3rd part of the “Rivers of Korea” series.

#157 Singapore 09/04/13

This beautiful cover from Singapore was sent to me by Edmund, thank you very much!

It was posted on April 13, 2009, and has attached the set “Greetings – Let’s Celebrate”, which was issued on February 11, 2009.

#156 Ukraine 09/01/16

Vladimir sent me this nice letter from Ukraine, which was posted in Kiev on January 16, 2009.

Thank you very much!

#155 Gibraltar 09/06/16

My first cover from Gibraltar was posted on June 16, 2009. It has attached five stamps, four of which commemorate the Princess of Wales, Diana (1961-1997).

#154 Syria 09/06

Maan sent me this nice cover from Syria (it ’s my first), which was posted in June 2009.

It has attached three stamps of 2008. Two definitives and one stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Hijaz Railway.

Thank you!