Jefferson Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

FDR Memorial, Washington DC.

Cover # 3: England!

Thank you Ms. Termes! 


     This cover is a commemorative cover celebrating the 25th anniversary of D-Day. On June 6, 1944, now better known as D-Day, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of well-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. 


     When asked about D-Day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower said it was  a fight in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained ground in Normandy. 

     The D-Day cost was high -more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded- but many more went on to march into Germany. The cover has stamps from both Canada and England on it.

Cover # 1: Poland!

I got my first cover today! It is from Poland, and it is from Polpostman.Thank you, Mr. Bek, for sending me such a cool cover as my first cover.

It is an FDC that celebrates the 200th aniversary of Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin's birth. 

"The poet of the piano", Chopin was a great Polish composer and pianist. Chopin was born in  Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, he grew up in Warsaw and completed his musical education there. 

As an adult, he moved to Paris. He supported himself as a composer and piano teacher, giving few public performances.  For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39. 

The vast majority of Chopin's works are exclusively for solo piano, the most notable exceptions being his two piano concertos. His compositions are technically demanding but emphasize nuance and expressive depth