Germany - Leipzig Postcard

Thanks to Detlef:
Postcard from Leipzig sent from Germany to Portugal.

Russia - Max Card Gogol

Thanks to Irina:
Maximum postcard from Russia commemorative of 200th Gogol birth day.
A Ukrainian-born writer and thinker (Velyki Sorochintsy, Poltava region), N.V.Gogol is one of the brightest personalities and recognized masters of Russian and world literature. His literary works, aimed at achieving social harmony, have received highest appraisals of his contemporaries and are appreciated by present generations. Being a brilliant folklorist, he also vividly depicted Ukrainian folk customs and traditions of the 19th century.
Gogol's short stories, novels and plays have become for the world literature an impulse to a truthful depiction of reality. The novel "Dead Souls" and the short story "The Overcoat" are considered the foundations of the great 19th-century tradition of realism. His legacy was adopted by such masters of literature as Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The writer's style is recognized by a great ability for accurate and sympathetic character portrayal as well as rollicking satire and extraordinary humour. Many of Gogol's witty sayings have become maxims in the Ukrainian and Russian languages.

Russia - FDC Gogol

Thanks to Irina:
First Day Cover from Russia commemorative of 200th Gogol's birth day.

 Birth Bicentenary of N.V. Gogol.

Date of issue: 1st April 2009
6 (R). multicoloured. N.V. Gogol "Auditor" (1836).
8 (R). multicoloured. N.V. Gogol "Overcoat" (1842).
9 (R). multicoloured. N.V. Gogol "Taras Bulba" (1835).

France - Fête Du Timbre 01-09-2009

Thanks to pharoteliste:
Cover sent from France to Portugal on 01-09-2009.

Italy - Firenze 23-09-2009

Thanks to Giannini Jacopo:
Cover sent from Italy to Portugal on 23-09-2009.

Belarus - 09-10-2009

Thanks to Tamanrejk:
Cover sent from Belarus to Portugal on 09-10-2009.

 Coat of Arms. Smorgon.

Date of issue: 6th September 2009

USA - FDC New York 09-09-2009

Thanks to A. W. Welch:
United States of America - First Day Cover New York 09-09-2009.

Malaysia - Johor 15-10-2009

Thanks to Nurulhuda Kadir:
Cover sent from Malaysia to Portugal with four beautiful stamps.

USA - FDC Christmas In Alaska

United States of America - First Day Cover - Christmas In Alaska - North Pole AK 08-10-1996.

France - Salon Philatélique D'Automne - Paris

Thanks to Stéphane Cotard:
Cover sent from France to Portugal - Salon Philatélique D'Automne - Paris - 08-11-2009.