Yet another beautiful cover from my dear friend Alfred. Simply love the pictorial postmarks on all your covers. Will be sending you more covers and hope u will like my covers as much as I love your covers. Looking forward to more friendly exchanges with all my philatelic friends.
A beautiful cover with postmark of Pope Benedict XVI. Thanks Alfred for this beautiful postmark that will truly be a great addition to my Christian collection. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.
Information:
Pope Benedict XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on 16 April 1927 is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and, as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship. He succeeded Pope John Paul II.
Benedict XVI is theologically conservative, and his teaching and prolific writings defend traditional Catholic doctrine and values. After a long career as an internationally noted academic, serving as a professor of theology at varius German Universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977. In 1981, he settled in Rome when he became Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one of the most important offices of the Roman Curia. At the time of his election as Pope, he was also Dean of the College of Cardinals, and as such the primus inter pares among the cardinals.
For more reading:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI
Thanks Riccardo for this very beautiful cover. This is truly an example of a very good cover regardless the fact that it is only franked with one stamp. Im sure Holger (Cover Guru) will agree. LOL..
The quality of a cover is not judged on the number of stamps but rather it is judged based on the quality of the stamp or stamps, perfect HAND cancelled postmarks, air label, and the condition of the cover itself. Riccardo uses a hard cardboard inside to ensure the cover will not be damaged. Besides that, neat hand writting is a BONUS. More stamps? That will obviously be a BIG BONUS for me and even better if they are of my themes.
However, yet again I have to stressed everyone collects cover on a different basis. Some wants cover that is franked with stamps regarding their theme, some look for postmarks while some insists to have the correct postage. Whatever one's interest is, cover collecting is very exciting and truly adds spice to the world of PHILATELY.
PS: Holger, if you are following my blog, thanks for advicing me so much on covers... You see, Im actually learning... LOL
Christian Cover
Thanks Matteo for this very beautiful Christian cover. This is a really good example of thematic covers. However, it would have been even better if the cover was hand canceled. For cover collectors, hand cancellation is a very important element we focused on. Nway, its still a great cover 4 me and will certainly b in my Christian cover collection.Olympic Cover
I have been very bz wif work for the past weeks, hence m rather far behind when it comes to updating my blog. Really sorry to disapoint my readers. Im certainly trying my best to update my blog as frequently as possible. Sorry Matteo for the late post and hope u dont mind Im posting both your covers at the same time. Above is another thematic cover featuring Olympic stamps. Magnificient stamps, my fren. Cant thank u enough and hope u can get the MNH complete set me. LOL... OMG, Im definitely greddy when it comes to stamps..
Also included was unexpected SUPRISES by Matteo, a set of very beautiful bird stamps MNH complete set (1995) and 2 very beautiful mint postcards.
Also included was unexpected SUPRISES by Matteo, a set of very beautiful bird stamps MNH complete set (1995) and 2 very beautiful mint postcards.
MNH Stamps
Postcards
PS: Dear Matteo, just cant thank u enough and looking 4ward to more friendly trades with u... always ready 2 help u with Malaysian stamps.
Thanks Riccardo for this very beautiful cover. An example of a very good cover with perfect cancellation, air label, and hand written address. Best of all, the cover arrived in a very good condition. Hope to have more friendly trades with u.
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