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!

6.12.09

Italia



Here are two covers from Italy with beautiful special postmarks. The first one seems to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Cultural Tourism, although I am not to sure exactly what the celebration or the Cultural Tourism is for.

The second cover has a postmark that commemorates the restoration of the old facade of the Parish Church of St. Nicolao, which is located in Valle San Nicolao, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont.

I just wanted to point out that the second cover was received at the Poste Restante counter of the Macau Central Post Office on my birthday, so that makes this cover more special than it already is.

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