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!

29.11.10

To Africa and Back

Here are two covers that I sent to Africa and were returned to me unclaimed. I'm not surprised because I found these addresses on old covers from my collection (they were from the 70s and 80s) and I had a great big hunch that they really would be returned to me. I just wanted to see how long it would take and, of course, I wanted to see all the frankings that they would apply. I should have known better than to put such large stamps and M/S's that there was not much space for the frankings and stickers and now the covers are a bit messy... Oh well... These are nice pieces nonetheless. :-)


  1. Sent: 23.07.10 Manila CPO
  2. Dispatched: 27.07.10 Manila Processing Center
  3. Transit: 12.08.10 Johannesburg Mail Center (according to online tracking service)
  4. Arrived: 13.09.10 Abidjan Processing Center
  5. Distributed: 14.09.10 Abidjan 03
  6. First Notice: 14.09.10 Abidjan 03
  7. Second Notice: 22.09.10 Abidjan 03
  8. Returned: 19.10.10 Abidjan Processing Center
  9. Arrived: 04.11.10 Manila Processing Center
  10. Distributed: 09.11.10 Quezon City Central P.O.
  11. Distributed: 09.11.10 Araneta Center P.O.
  12. Received: 15.11.10 by me
TRAVEL TIME: 3 months, 23 days (115 days)


  1. Sent: 23.07.10 Manila Central PO
  2. Dispatched: 27.07.10 Manila Processing Center
  3. Arrived: 19.08.10 Ouaga CNT
  4. Second Notice: 14.09.10 Ouagadougou
  5. Arrived: 21.10.10 Manila Processing Center
  6. Distributed: 26.10.10 Quezon City PO
  7. Distributed: 28.10.10 Araneta Center PO
  8. Received: 08.11.10 by me
TRAVEL TIME: 3 months, 16 days (108 days)



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1 comment:

Master said...

Hi! You have a wonderful blog.
Visit mine to see the beautiful stamps, FDCs, coins, post cards, etc at Lovely Stamp Blog.
Would love to swap too?
Regards

January 23, 2011 at 10:22 PM

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