LAST Day Covers from Youth Olympic Village ...

Cover from Panama ...

Many thanks Freddy Quiroz for this nice cover with nice stamps ;-))) I'm also glad to see the Panama flag at the back of cover.

Cover from France ...

Thanks Eduardo Sudnicki for the nice cover ;-)))

Cover from Goa, India ...

Thanks Elton D'Souza for the nice cover and minisheets ;-)))

Cover from Brunei ...

Thanks Susan Chee for the nice cover ;-)

Cover with YOG postmarks ...

This is self-addressed cover, with both YOG pictorial and slogan postmarks. The cover was sent on 14 Aug (Sat), the first day of issue of YOG stamps. However, there was no mail collection and delivery on Saturday. The mail was only collected on 16 Aug (Mon) and therefore, cancelled with slogan postmark on 16 Aug.

I'm glad that the picture on the slogan postmark matched with that on the stamp. FYI, there are 6 different designs of YOG slogan postmarks from 4 cancellation machines. You may refer to my previous post on YOG slogan postmarks here. These slogan postmarks will be used until 30 Sept.

Cover from Youth Olympic Village (YOV) ...

I'm thrilled to receive cover from Youth Olympic Village (YOV) today ! The cover was cancelled with special YOV postmark dated 26 Aug - last day of YOG. The postmark was simple and nice. For your information, entrance to YOV was opened only to athletes and personnel with valid passes, entrance by public or persons without valid passes were strictly prohibited.

The YOG had finally come to an end ! The 1st Winter YOG will be held in 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria while the 2nd Summer YOG will be held in 2014 in Nanjing, China.

YOG "lighthouse" cauldron is lit till today ...

Cover from France ...

Thanks Yves Stagnaro for this nice cover, sent from Nice, France ;-) The cover took 8 days to reach Singapore. It is great to see so many stamps with face values in French francs, not Euro. Unfortunately, the postman had vandalised the cover by cancelling on the stamps with pen : ( Also, there is a Marianne stamp with value "A" (???)

My first cover from Mauritius ...

Many thanks David Onsiong for this awesome cover, sent from Port Louis, Mauritius ;-) The cover was franked with World Cup stamps from 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa & 1994 World Cup in USA. On the top left of cover, there are also fish definitive stamps, issued in 2000.

Cover from Macau ...

Thanks Filipe Correa Lemos for this nice cover from Macau ;-) This cover took 4 days to arrive in Singapore.

Cover from Poland ...

Thanks Roman Sudzik for this nice horse cover ;-) The cover took 10 days to arrive in Singapore.

Roman used horse stamp issued in 2007 (4 stamps in complete set). The special postmark was to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Battle in Cycowen (15-16 Aug 1920, Bitwa pod Cycowen) between Polish and Bolshevick.

Cover from Italy ...

Many thanks Giovanni for this awesome cover with special postmark of Giostra della Quintana ;-)))

The Giostra della Quintana is a knight historical ring jousting tournament. It takes place in the Town of Foligno, in central Italy. The challenges takes place in June (1st Challenge) during a Saturday night and September (the counter-challenge) the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of September.

Giovanni affixed stamp of Italia 2009 - the Aqueduct Bridge of Segovia, Spain. The Aqueduct Bridge of Segovia is a Roman aqueduct and one of the most significant and best-preserved ancient monuments left on the Iberian Peninsula. It is the foremost symbol of Segovia, as evidenced by its presence on the city's coat of arms. The Aqueduct Bridge also appears on the reverse of 5 Euro banknote.

Cover from Neuburg, Germany ...

Thank you very much Dr. Frank Scheibner for this nice cover and impressive postmarks ;-) The cover took 17 days to arrive in Singapore.

Cover from Taiwan ...

Thank you very much Paul ! The cover took 7 days to reach Singapore.

Cover from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ...

Thank you very much Ronny ! The cover took 8 days to reach Singapore.

Postcard from Cameron Highlands, Malaysia ...

Thank you very much, KKKhor ! The postcard was sent from Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

A Great Cover from Italy ...

A big *THANK YOU* to Giovanni for sending me this great souvenir from Milan ;-))) The cover was sent on 6 Aug and took 10 days to arrive in Singapore !

Youth Olympic Village (YOV) ...

Give way to YOG vehicles or be fined $130 ...

Everyone - Official Theme Song of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG)

YOG theme song "Everyone" is sung by artists from 5 continents:

Tabitha Nauser (Asia, 18 yo Singaporean): singer and artiste who was the second runner-up in the 2009 season of Singapore Idol (Season 3)

Jessica Mauboy (Oceania, 21 yo Australian): R&B singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame in 2006 as a contestant on Australian Idol

Steve Appleton (Europe, 21 yo British): singer, songwriter and record producer

Jody Williams (Africa, 20 yo South-African): Pop/R&B singer who won the fourth season of the Idols (South Africa) competition in 2007 at age 17, youngest winner of the competition so far.
Sean Kingston (America, 20 yo Jamaican American): Kingston was born in Miami in the United States and spent part of his childhood in Jamaica. He returned to the U.S. to pursue a music career and debuted in 2007 with Sean Kingston.

Ken Lim (Singapore): Executive Producer and song writer of "Everyone", a respected album producer, composer, publisher, artist manager and concert promoter from Singapore who came under the spotlight in 2004 as a chief judge of the Singapore Idol.

Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games ...