Cover#177 Czech, Year of the Monkey issue of HongKong, IOM.

Sent: 15/03/2016

Arrived: 30/03/2016

This one is a special minisheet as the monkey on the right one is made of gold-plated metal. And please take a look at the face value of each stamp. 50 dollar Hongkong. Well, Hongkong Post had a good job for this one. They gain lot of money from Lunar Year collectors, who are the most from China or chineses.

And this one is Monkey year issue from tiny island: Isle of Man. As tradition, the monkey on stamp is very cute, as the last year: Year of the Goat.

Thank you, Trung!

PC#148 Japan, UNESCO site: Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration

Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration

UNESCO site
Date of Insscription: 2013

The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped, stratovolcano, known around the world as Mount Fuji, rising above villages and tree-fringed sea and lakes has long been the object of pilgrimages and inspired artists and poets. The inscribed property consists of 25 sites which reflect the essence of Fujisan’s sacred and artistic landscape. In the 12th century, Fujisan became the centre of training for ascetic Buddhism, which included Shinto elements. On the upper 1,500-metre tier of the 3,776m mountain, pilgrim routes and crater shrines have been inscribed alongside sites around the base of the mountain including Sengen-jinja shrines, Oshi lodging houses, and natural volcanic features such as lava tree moulds, lakes, springs and waterfalls, which are revered as sacred. Its representation in Japanese art goes back to the 11th century, but 19th century woodblock prints of views, including those from sand beaches with pine tree groves have made Fujisan an internationally recognized icon of Japan and have had a deep impact on the development of Western art.

Source: unesco.org

Sent: 16/3/2016

Arrived: 28/3/2016

Thank you Fumie!

PC#147 Indonesia, Monkey in traditional culture,

I really dont know much about this monkey in Indonesia traditional culture but it's very interesting.

Sent:29/2/2016

Arrived: 25/3/2016

Thank you Shinta!

Cover#176 Malaysia, Year of the Monkey 2016 FDC,

 Some mail really takes a long journey for a short distance to reach home. This one arrived today.

Sent: 26/1/2016

Arrived: 22/3/2016

Thank you Belinda.

PC#146 Czech, Easter card,

 As I am not a Christian. I dont know which day is the Eater but I think it passed several days for this year as I got this one today.

Sent: 7/3/2016

Arrived: 21/3/2016

Thank you Trung!

Cover#175 Germany, Vehicule FDC,

Thank you so much Dustin for this fdc.

Cover#174 Czech, New record: Regis mail with Monkey year and EUROPA 2015 stamps,

This one is my best quick one I ever got. It took only 5 days to reach destinataire for an international mail. Bravo the post! My new record.

Sent: 4/3/2015

Arrived: 10/3/2015 

 This MS Year of the Monkey of Indonesia has an error. Instead of 2567, they printed "2566" (the last year) on top of MS. As my information I got from my friend, Indonesia Post has decided to cancel all of this then reprint new MS with corrected information but untill now, it seems that Indonesia Post has ignored that. Im not sure if they still sell the error MS to public but no correct MS is sold.

And from Isle of Man, this one has error in the size of Queen head too. The larger one (right one) is on the stamp on the sheet of 50, another on the sheet of ten. I would not never remake it if not read the infos fro IOM post.

And the last ones, Monkey Year Stamps of Canada. I must say This is the most beautiful issue for Year of the Monkey this year. Canada post always fascinates my eyes by its products.

Thank Trung for these awesome stamps!

PC#145 Malaysia, Star Wars card with Monkey year stamps,

Sent: 26/2/2016

Arrived: 10/3/2016

Thank you Giap Kuan!

PC#144 USA, Year of the Monkey 2016,

I got this red-shanked  douc langur card today. I think this one is very interesting and coloful face.

Sent: 10/2/2016

Arrived: 4/3/2016

Thank you, Byobu!

Cover#173 Christmas Island, Year of the Monkey cover,

Sent: 19.2.2016

Arrived: 4.3.2016

Thanks, Krystiina!

PC#143 Indonesia, Sunset on Merapi from Ratu Boko Temple,

Thank you so much Shinta for picking this one for me and for reading cafully all my profile. I adore sunset, especially on the ocean. I was born and grew up in a city not far the beach but unfortunately, it's a bit difficult to see the sunset from the beach here as ocean is on east of my country.
And I rarely got something with the mark "Missent to...". Now I have another one.

Sent: 1/2016

Arrived: 2/3/2016

Thank so much Shinta!