U.S.A Postman

New York : Statue of LIberty & New York City.

2012-06-03T18:48:00.001-07:00

9-10-11 cover from USA

2012-06-02T13:28:00.000-07:00

USA : International Day of Peace

2012-01-10T12:48:00.000-08:00

USA : 9/11 Memorial First Day for Public cover : Cover #17

2012-01-09T12:41:00.000-08:00

Aerial Special Despatch Centenary of First Official Air Mail.

2012-01-08T18:51:00.000-08:00

Slovakia - Cover #14

2012-01-05T16:37:00.000-08:00

Belgium Cover # 13

2011-12-05T17:48:00.000-08:00

Thank you very much Gaby.

Uruguay Cover #12

2011-12-05T17:47:00.000-08:00

Thankyou Jorge for sending me.

Very nice Post Office Box stamps and Cancellation.

Cover # 11 : Slovakia

2011-11-19T07:12:00.000-08:00

Cover # 10 : Japan

2011-11-19T07:10:00.000-08:00

Thanks Kiyoshi.

I will mail you one to your address.

Four Corners of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah.

2011-11-06T13:03:00.000-08:00

Thanks Ririfoi.

The Four Corners is a region of the United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, northwestern corner of New Mexico, northeastern corner of Arizona and southeastern corner of Utah. The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states meet, where the Four Corners Monument is located.

The majority of the Four Corners region is part of semi-autonomous indigenous American Indian nations, the largest of which is the Navajo Nation, followed by Hopi, Ute and Zuni Indian nations. The Four Corners region is mostly rural, rugged and arid. In addition to the monument, commonly visited areas within Four Corners include Monument Valley, Mesa Verde National Park and Canyon de Chelly National Monument. The most populous city in the Four Corners region is Farmington, New Mexico, followed by Durango, Colorado.

Click following if you want to see on actual point on google maps.

4 Corners

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More reading at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners

Thanks
Neil

Library of Congress, Washngton DC.

2011-10-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and number of books.

The Library of Congress was built by Congress in 1800, and was housed in the United States Capitol for most of the 19th century. After much of the original collection had been destroyed during the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson sold 6,487 books, his entire personal collection, to the library in 1815.

The collections of the Library of Congress include more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America, including the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, a Gutenberg Bible (one of only four perfect vellum copies known to exist); over 1 million US government publications; 1 million issues of world newspapers spanning the past three centuries; 33,000 bound newspaper volumes; 500,000 microfilm reels; over 6,000 comic book titles; films; 5.3 million maps; 6 million works of sheet music; 3 million sound recordings; more than 14.7 million prints and photographic images including fine and popular art pieces and architectural drawings; the Betts Stradivarius; and the Cassavetti Stradivarius.

The Library developed a system of book classification called Library of Congress Classification (LCC), which is used by most US research and university libraries.

The Library serves as a legal repository for copyright protection and copyright registration, and as the base for the United States Copyright Office. Regardless of whether they register their copyright, all publishers are required to submit two complete copies of their published works to the Library if requested—this requirement is known as mandatory deposit. Parties wishing not to publish, need only submit one copy of their work. Nearly 22,000 new items published in the U.S. arrive every business day at the Library. Contrary to popular belief, however, the Library does not retain all of these works in its permanent collection, although it does add an average of 10,000 items per day. Rejected items are used in trades with other libraries around the world, distributed to federal agencies, or donated to schools, communities, and other organizations within the United States. As is true of many similar libraries, the Library of Congress retains copies of every publication in the English language that is deemed significant.

The Library of Congress states that its collection fills about 838 miles (1,349 km) of bookshelves, while the British Library reports about 625 kilometers (388 mi) of shelves.[ The Library of Congress holds about 147 million items with 33 million books against approximately 150 million items with 25 million books for the British Library

Want to read more about LOC. Then click following wikipedia link..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress

Is it not interesting.!!

France - Cover #9

2011-10-17T13:27:00.000-07:00

Thanks Francios for sending me this beautiful cover.

Thanks for posting my cover on your blog.
(http://coversandstamps.blogspot.com/2011/08/plantes-dhawai-hawaiian-plants.html)

Croatia - Postcard

2011-10-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

Thanks Josip again for sending me postcard.

Croatia - Cover #8

2011-10-17T13:15:00.000-07:00

Thanks Josip for sending me cover from Croatia.

Very Nice Miniature Sheet.

I send you 2 cover with airplane stamps and it will have 100th Anniversary of Airmail flight. You can see your cover in following image. Both cover will have different special cancellation related to 100th anniversary.

Brazil - Cover #7

2011-10-17T13:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks Pedro for sending me cover.

You can see Pedro blog at http://ppozzato-post.blogspot.com/

Capitol, Washington DC. First Day Postcard Owney Postal Dog

2011-10-06T12:47:00.000-07:00

Cover # 6 :Greece

2011-10-03T17:28:00.000-07:00

Thank you for this cool cover, Mr. Spyros from Crete Island, Greece.

The cover is a standard airmail cover with 4 stamps on it.

The two blue stamps are stamps that depict two different Greek islands.

The stamp in the left-most corner has an old wood sailing ship depicted on it.

The final stamp is a stamp that depicts a group of statues in the triangular top part of an old building, possibly an artist's version of the Parthenon.

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits (such as its own dialect, poetry, and music). Crete was the centre of the Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), the earliest "high culture" civilization in Europe, which built the first palaces in Europe.

World War II Memorial

2011-09-30T11:52:00.000-07:00

Postcard Mailed from Mail Boat

2011-09-23T07:19:00.000-07:00

My one postcard reached CROATIA.

http://stamps-croatia.blogspot.com/2011/10/postcard-from-usa-new-york.html#comments

Jefferson Memorial

2011-09-07T14:52:00.000-07:00

Lincoln Memorial

2011-09-07T12:26:00.000-07:00

FDR Memorial, Washington DC.

2011-09-07T12:23:00.000-07:00

Washington Monument

2011-09-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Thanks for reading.

Thanks
USAPostman

Pony Express 151 Anniversary Cover - Official Cover, Carried on Horses

2011-09-05T15:27:00.000-07:00

Hello Readers,

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the original Pony Express.

To celebrate, the NPEA designed a cover that would be mailed, by horse back, from the starting point to the end of the Pony Express route.

Riders left St. Joseph, Mo., on Aug. 17, and the last rider arrived in Sacramento on Aug. 27.

The ride was originally set for June 7-17, but was rescheduled due to an outbreak of equine herpes virus. The 10-day 24-hour-a-day event includes more than 600 riders stationed at intervals to relay the designed leather mailbag during the 1,966-mile ride.

The original young riders traveled alone on horseback and were exposed to unpredictable dangers and weather conditions as they raced westward to deliver the mail. Mark Twain said of the young men: "The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance." Mail service along the Pony Express route was a much-needed service that provided valuable news and information prior to the stringing of telegraph wires across the country and the transcontinental railroad.

Though the Pony Express was only in business 18 months (1860 through mid 1861), the Pony Express epitomized the American spirit, and according to some historians also helped win much needed federal aid for a more economic postal system.

It also helped contribute to the economy of such small towns and communities along the route including Stagecoach, Ft. Churchill, Stagecoach, Dayton, Carson City, Genoa and all settlements dotting the rider's route.