Request

To my cover-exchanging friends, please try as much as possible to
(1) WRITE THE ADDRESSES USING YOUR OWN HANDWRITING
as these give a more personal touch to the cover
(2) PLEASE DO NOT USE TAPE OR STICKERS ON THE REVERSE;
the Philippine postal service damages the cover with scribbling that highly devalues the aesthetic value of the cover, which is what I am after
(3) PLEASE TRY TO USE COMPLETE SETS
or at least same themes when sending covers, but it is okay if this is not possible or if this would be expensive, and
(4) PLEASE USE SMALL ENVELOPES,
not too small, but maybe around 4"x6" or something like that; big envelopes are not very attractive unless they have many stamps.
Thank you!

26.6.08

Indonesia



Indonesia has always issued beautiful stamps and here we have a cover with a nice, round S/S celebrating the Year of the Rat. The design of the S/S is unmistakenly awesome and the intertwined black and white depictions of rats in a round shape suggest a yin-and-yang symbol, very in line with the Chinese theme; a very clever design! I couldn't find out more about the issue since the English version of the Pos Indonesia has yet to be completed.

This S/S was postmarked at Bogor, a city in West Java that was the capital during British occupation under Stamford Raffles. The date is, unfortunately, unintelligible.
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