Monday, May 12, 2014

Ascension Island

ASCENSION  ISLAND :

Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast. The territory also includes the second "remotest populated archipelago" on earth, behind the Hawaiian Islands, the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago, some 3,730 kilometres (2,300 mi) to the south (about thirty degrees of latitude) and about halfway to the Antarctic Circle.
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My friend H. Booker send me this cover. She help me to get this cover. Really she is a very nice friend. I become so happy after get this cover. This is my first cover from Ascension Island. She send me another cover from Falkland Islands (Malvinas). This one is so special for my collection. The post mark is clear. I like to see the clear postmark on the cover. I like those nice stamps too. Thank u Booker for send me this nice cover.

Monaco

MONACO :

officially the Principality of Monaco is a sovereign city-state, located on the French Riviera in Western Europe. It is bordered by France on three sides; one side borders the Mediterranean Sea. 
It has an area of 2.02 km2 (0.78 sq mi), and a population of 36,371, making Monaco the second smallest, and the most densely populated, country in the world. 
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My friend F. Bergeron send me this nice cover. She is one of the very nice friend. I become so happy after get this cover. She send me few very nice cover from Monaco. This one is so special for my collection. The post mark is so clear. I like to see the clear postmark on the cover. I like the nice stamp too. Thank u Bergeron for send me this nice cover.

Barbados

BARBADOS :


Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and up to 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 431 square kilometres (166 sq mi). It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about 168 kilometres (104 mi) east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 400 kilometres (250 mi) north-east of  Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt.
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My friend Monika send me this cover. Unfortunately the post mark is little clear. I like to see the clear postmark on the cover. But, I liked those nice stamps. She use those very nice stamps. This is my second cover from Barbados. Thank u Monika for send me this nice cover.

Turkey

TURKEY :


officially the Republic of Turkey is a contiguous transcontinental country, located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia, and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea is to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia. Turkey's location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia makes it a country of significant geostrategic importance.
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My friend Vural send me this cover. He send me few nice cover too. Unfortunately the post mark is not clear. I like to see the clear postmark on the cover. But, I liked those nice stamps. He use those very nice stamps. He is one of my best friend. He is very nice man too. Thank u Vural for send me this nice cover.