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!

25.3.10

India भारत गणराज्य



An interesting thing about the second cover is that it was missent from India in November 2008 and it arrived in my mailbox April 2009! Quite surprising, especially since this wasn't sent via book post (surface mail)! I suspect that the letter was mistakenly sent to Singapore and then, because it was a missent letter, it was kept under a pile of boxes or it found itself under a rug before it resurfaced and was finally forwarded to me..... six months later!

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