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I wish you all the best for the coming year,
and lots of fun with your collections

Günter

• There are three postal stationery items from PAKISTAN. They get numbers 001 - 003.
• There is a new entire from PERU. It gets number 001.
• There is a new postcard from the PHILLIPPINES. It gets number 001.
• There are ten new phonecards from CHINA, PR. They get numbers 046 to 055.
• There are two new entires from ROMANIA. They get number 021 and 022, respectively.
• There is a new phonecard from RUSSIA. It gets number 001. With this new country there are phonecards from 34 countries in this catalogue.
• There is a new commemorative cancel from SINGAPORE. I am not sure if it is a real commemorative cancel as I have only got a scan, I am not even sure if it is from Singapore, but for the time being I listes it as such. If anyone has more information or a real copy on a cover, please inform me ! Just click here:
• There is a new postcard from SLOVAKIA. it gets number 001.
• There are two new postcards from the former SOVIET UNION. They get numbers 001 and 005, respectively.
• There are two really hard to find postal stationery cards from the SOVIET UNION. They get numbers 011 and 020, respectively.
• There is a ver interesting variety of commeorative cancel SOVIET UNION # 014. It gets number 014a.
• There is a new postcard (I suppose from the 1930ies, unfortunately I cannot give the date) from SPAIN. It gets number U 001.

• There is a new phonecard from MALAYSIA. It gets number 001.
• There is another one from MICRONESIA. It also gets number 001. I have information about 33 countries having issued phonecards with a Volleyball topic now.
• I can show a full sheetlet of commemorative stamp MEXICO 001.
• There is an interesting drawing ofNETHERLANDS the Volleyball symbol on the souvenir sheets 004 - 015 from MONGOLIA. You can see it checking out number 004.
• There is a new Maximum card from MOZAMBIQUE. It gets number 001. The interesting fact is that it was produced on a postcard from KOREA, NORTH (# 001).
• There is a new local stamp from NETHERLANDS. It gets number 004.
• There is a new label (privately ordered) from NETHERLANDS. It gets number 001.
• There is a new sheetlet with 18 Cinderella labels from NETHERLANDS. It gets number 002.
• I have re-organized the postcard section of the NETHERLANDS. There are also seven new postcards in this section.

• There are 22 new postcards from ITALY (thanks for the information to Mauro Gilardi). They get the following numbers: U 002, 022 - 024, 027 - 029, 033 - 046 and 048.
• There is an interesting version of commemorative stamp KOREA, NORTH, with shifted perforation. It gets number 007c.
• There is a new Maximum card from LUXEMBOURG. It gets number 001.
• There is a new postcard from KOREA, SOUTH. It gets number 002.
• There are two new commemorative cancels from KOREA, SOUTH. They get numbers 017 and 019, respectively.

• The new ITEM OF THE MONTH (JANUARY) is online. Check it out !
• There are twelve new postcards from FRANCE. They get numbers 022 002 / 003 / 004 / 005, 044 002 / 003 / 004, 014 001, 080 001, 066 001, 029 001 and 033 001,  respectively.
• I have created a new section inside the French postcard section for the postcards issued in occasion of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, showing the Olympic stadium in COLOMBES, where the first Olympic Volleyball Games were held on July 18^th, 19^th and 20^th. So far, I can show nine cards in this section.
• I could add a very interesting Cinderella label from GERMANY (# 002). The interesting fact is that these labels were issued for the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, where Volleyball was not an official sport.
• There is a new and very interesting telephone card from ITALY. it gets number 003.
• There is a new Cinderella label from ITALY. It gets number 003.
• There is a new Maximum card from URUGUAY. It gets number 001.
• There are three new commemorative cancels from JAPAN. They get numbers 353, 354 and 355, respectively.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
TO ALL THE FRIENDS OF VOLLEYBALL PHILATELY
wishes you Gunter

• There are three new postcards from FRANCE. They get numbers 035 001, 022 001 and 083 003, respectively.

• There are eight new phonecards from BRAZIL. They get numbers 005, 006, 010 to 014, respectively.
• There are two new matchbook labels from CANADA. They get numbers 004 and 005, respectively.
• There is a new artist's print from CHAD. It gets number 002s.
• There are three new phonecards from CHINA, PR. They get numbers 045, 046 and 047, respectively.
• There is a new matchbook label from CHINA, PR. It gets number U 014.
• There are three new postcards from FRANCE. They get numbers 077 001, 043 001 and 044 001 respectively.

• Thanks to a tip from Mauro Gilardi I moved the former Italian postcard 017 to ISRAEL, where it gets number 001.ording to information from Mauro Gilardi I could move the former cachet cancel CHINA, PR # 021, 022 and 023 to the commemorative cancel section. They get numbers CHINA, PR 033, 034 and 035, respectively.

• There is a new Maximum card from ANDORRA - SPANISH POST. It gets number 001.
• There is a new postcard from BRAZIL. It gets number U001.
• There is a new commemorative cancel from CHINA, PR. It gets number 077.
• After receiving confirmation from the UPU I had to put stamps # 004 - 010 from CONGO into the Cinderella section. They are illegal issues and have no philatelic value. They get numbers CONGO 001 - 007.
• There are two versions of stamp INDONESIA 006. Although the round stamp itself seems to be the same, the surrounding border has a different colour. If anyone has more information about this stamp, please let me know !
• There is a new Sepak Takraw commemorative cancel from INDONESIA. It gets number 001.
• There is a new postcard from ITALY. It gets number U001.
• There is a very interesting item from JAPAN - a metal engraving of souvenir sheet 003. It gets number 003d.
• There are several new commemorative cancels from JAPAN. They get numbers 339 to 343 and 345 to 352. I am not sure if # 347 is also Volleyball. What is your opinion ?
• There is a new meter cancel from BELGIUM. It gets number 3.1.
• There is a new postal stationery card from JAPAN. It gets number U003.
• There is a very interesting postcard from JAPAN. It gets number 002. If someone has more information on this postcard or knows any detail why Volleyball is shown on it - please contact me !

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