Paspor Filateli Indonesia 2012

Pameran bertajuk “World Stamp Championship – Indonesia 2012″ yang diselenggarakan di JCC Jakarta, berlangsung pada 18-24 Juni 2012. Ketika masuk ke dalam arena pameran, pengunjung bisa mendapatkan sebuah buku kecil bertuliskan Philatelic Passport dari pusat informasi, atau bisa juga minta gratis ke stand Pos Indonesia. Buku paspor filateli ini berisi halaman-halaman dengan nama negara peserta pameran, lengkap dengan keterangan lokasi, jumlah penduduk, bahasa, dan tahun pertama kali perangko diterbitkan di negara tersebut.

paspor filateli 2012

Setiap orang yang berkunjung, bisa membeli prangko di masing-masing stand/booth negara yang diinginkan. Kemudian ditempel pada Philatelic Passport di halaman yang sesuai dengan negara tempat perangko tersebut berasal. Lalu dapat dicap pos atau stempel khusus di stan negara tersebut tanpa biaya tambahan.

arab saudi kilang minyak

Di booth Arab Saudi pengunjung bisa membeli sebuah perangko dengan harga Rp.3000. Sepertinya ini booth dengan harga perangko paling murah :)

 

Diremix dari http://asambackpacker01.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/keliling-dunia-dalam-2-hari/ dan http://www.ginanjarisme.com/2012/07/word-stamp-championship-indonesia-2012.html

Tin Can Mail

On the remote country of Tonga in the South Pacific, there’s a very special island. It’s name is Niuafo’ou, but it’s most commonly known as Tin Can Island for the way mail was delivered and sent for many years.

 

The concept of Tin Can Mail started in 1882 in this island when William Travers, a plantation manager, found himself without a way to receive mail from the rest of the world. The island had no harbour and was very steep so ships wouldn’t go there. So he came up with the idea that mail could be delivered inside of the ships biscuit tin cans that would be thrown overboard when they were passing by! He proposed this to the Tongan postal authorities and soon mail started to be delivered this way. But, don’t think this was an easy feat! With strong sea currents and distances of over a mile, this meant that to retrieve mail they could have to swim up to 6 hours!

 

Eventually the Tin Can Mail became extremely popular and also a tradition and soon ships started to come with passengers just to watch this incredible way of mail delivery. In 1928, Walter George Quensell produced rubber stamps saying “TIN CAN MAIL” that started being applied to all outgoing letters – over one million and a half, Quensell claimed.

 

This method of mail delivered continued for over 100 years and it only ended in 1983 when a small airport was built in the island. Nonetheless, the Tin Can Mail history will live forever with special Niuafo’ou stamps – created by the Tonga postal services -, and on the hands of many collectors who are lucky enough to have a letter with the “TIN CAN MAIL” stamp.

tin can mail letter

postcrossing.com/blog/2009/08/16/tin-can-mail

To Mr. Cheng from Eric Ericson

To Mr. Cheng from Eric Ericson

Perhaps some of you wondered what kind of objects could be sent through mail. Well, here’s a cool project that tests the limits of postal services (and their patience too!): To Mr. Cheng.

Artist Eric Ericson, from Sweden, spent a few years sending all kinds of unwrapped objects through the mail: food, a skeleton, a baby doll, books, vinyl records, a pair of glasses, individual playing cards… you name it. The items sent to:

Mr. Cheng

Mail Box 303

Rosa Luxemburg Str 15

10178 Berlin

Deutschland / Germany

Source: postcrossing.com/blog/2009/06/04/to-mr-cheng

First Postcard on Postcrossing from ORV Countries

Here are firsties from Oman, Reunion, Vatican, and Virgin Islands.

First Postcard on Postcrossing from P Countries

Here are the firsties on postcrossing from Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Portugal, and Puerto Rico.

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Filateli 102

* Soaking – removing stamps out of paper *

First of all, bear in mind not all stamps should be soaked! Good cancelations, special issues, old letters – they should be kept intact. Don’t kill a good a philatelic piece!

1) Cut stamps off the envelopes. Leave a border large enough to avoid cutting the stamps.

2) Separate the stamps removed from colorful envelopes. Those stamps should not be soaked with the others. The ink in the water can damage the other stamps.

3) Put your stamps in the water. The water can be at room temperature or warm for a quicker result. But never hot! The bowl must be large enough to allow stamps to flow, they shouldn’t get attached to each other. Help them to sink into the water. When putting them in the water, put them face up.

The majority of stamps will separate easily from paper after some minutes, others will take more time. Don’t try to accelerate the procedure by trying to remove the paper with your hands, you may damage the stamp.

4) When the stamp is free from the paper, use special tongs to pick it and put it in another bowl with clean water to rinse. Let it there for some minutes.

5) Place the stamps in a towel or clean absorbent paper to air-dry for 15 to 20 minutes.

6) Dry and flatten the stamps. You can use a stamp drying book or use flatt absorvent paper and then place it under heavy books and leave them for 2 or 3 days.

Home recipe tips:
-> some people put a bit of kitchen salt in the soaking water to avoid color damages, others mild detergent to remove grease

* Sticker stamps *

Some sticker stamps cannot be removed from paper. In this case you should cut the stamps leaving a border large enough to avoid damaging the stamps.