Cover and stamps from Mongolia

Received a letter with stamps from Mongolia:




A very nice envelope and stamps. The stamp on the left is issued in year 2007, for Year of the Pig.
The one in the middle is issued in 2000 (1 July). Aspects of Buddha. T 577 and similar vert designs. Multicoloured. P 12. It is in blocks of 10:
2847 550t. Yamantaka
2848 550t. Mahakala
2849 550t. Inscr “Esura”
2850 550t. Begze
2851 550t. Shridevi
2852 550t. Vajrapani
2853 550t. Kubera
2854 550t. Siti Mahakala
2855 550t. Yama
2856 550t. Inscr “Sritzaturtuka”
The one shown above in the middle is the 10th stamp of the mentioned block, with inscription "Sritzaturtuka". I did some search in the web but couldn't find much details of this issue.

For the stamp on the right most I also couldn't locate much details. If anyone can provide any details of the above nice stamps, do feel free to leave your comments. Thanks.

China - 2008 Olympics

This is a second set of the same issue I put up earlier:-
Serial number: 2007-22
Date of issue: August 8th, 2007

The Beijing 2008 Olympics moscots are made of some of China's popular animals ie. the panda, Tibet Antelope, swallow, fish, and the Olympic Flame. Their name are makde up of Chinese characters which express the phrase "Welcome to Beijing", which is Beijing(北京) Huan(欢) Ying(迎) Ni(你) in Chinese.

The mascots are thus called in two-syllable name as Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini.

Of course there are more to what these moscots means. Please refer to the following:
http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/beijing2008/graphic/n214068254.shtml

Envelope - Chinese Tea art

This is an interesting envelope, with information about Chinese tea drinking and some of the utensils used. This is from a tea house which I received sometime ago. The front of the envelope has a drawing of the tea port, and the back has more drawings and further details.

China stamp : Wild Camels

This set of stamp is titled "Wild Camel". The set of two stamps are issued on 20-Feb-1993. It's a set of two, with face value of 0.60 & 1.20 yuan respectvely.

The wild camel, is also known as two-humped wild camel, which is the ancestor of domestic camels. They live is desert and can subsist on coarse and sparse food. The wild camel is now listed under the 1st category of the State Protected Species in China.

China Stamps: Olympics and Ancient Sports

1) China has issued quite a number of sets of stamp for the coming 2008 Olympics. I have recently acquired the following which were issued in 2007.


The Games of The XXIX Olympiad - Olympic Sports(II)
Serial number: 2007-22
Values in set: 6
Date of issue: August 8th, 2007
Denomination: 720 fen
Designer: Ma Gang
Size of stamps: 30 * 40 mm
Perforation: 13.5 * 13
Size of sheet: 216 * 156 mm
Sheet composition: 20 for Sheet I;12 (2 sets) for Sheet II
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

This set of stamps depicting the six games, i.e. Diving, shooting, athletics, volleyball, BMX, and Weightlifting

2) Incidentally, I also have a set of stamps which depicts olden sports in China issued more than 20 years ago: Sports of Ancient China


The 4 stamps:- 4-1 Bow and arrow
4-2 weiqi
4-3 chuiwan (ball hitting) 捶丸 , an ancient Chinese ball and club game.
4-4 cuju (ball-kicking) 蹴鞠 , an ancient Chinese sport similar to today’s football (soccer).

Technical details:-
Scott No: 2070-73
Serial number: T113
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: December 20, 1986
Denomination: 76 fen
Designers: Zhou Jingxin
Size of stamps:Value 1, 4 : 30*40mm;Value 2, 3: 40*30mm
Perforation:Value 1, 4: 11.5*11;Value 2, 3: 11*11.5
Sheet composition:Value 1, 4: 50(10*5);Value 2, 3: 50(5*10)
Print: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

The 2006 Hong Kong Definitive Stamps

Recently received a letter from Hong Kong, decided to find out more about the definitive stamp set currently in used for my own knowledge.


This is one of the set of 16 definitive stamps which is the third set of definitive stamps issued by Hong Kong Post since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

For more details of this set of stamp, please refer to:
http://www.hongkongpoststamps.com/eng/stamps/definitive_stamps/2006/introduction.htm

Non-denominated Postage Stamps from Taiwan

Bought some stamps and covers from an exhibition. Interestingly found one cover with 'Non-denominated Postage stamps'. This is issued by Taiwan on July 20, 1991: