COVER N. 648 - INDONESIA

Postmark: Malang 25.09.25  

Posted on the 25th September;  Received in October 2025

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At long last I'm finally able to drag my leg up a flight of stairs so that I can go to the room where I keep the desktop computer I use, which is the same as saying that I am now able once again to update my blog.

Ever since the stupid accident that has kept me grounded, mail has been piling up, and I have quite a few letters and postcards to post here. In order to gain time and go through the lot as fast as I can, I will limit comments to a minimum, but I'm sure it will take some time to get back on track.

I apologise to all the friends who have sent me circuits which I have been not yet forwarded. I am still not able to go out in the street all by myself, so I still have not sent all the circuits I have received, although a few are already on their way, thanks to my dear wife's agreeing to do a "technical stop" on our way back from a physiotherapy session. 

I still have 4 or 5 to dispatch, what I'll do as soon as possible.

On the negative side of things I have noticed that CTT, the Portuguese postal operator is no longer issuing stamps denominated in Euros and has now turned to using only letter codes. This is a philatelic disgrace because I can no longer combine stamps of different issues to send other collectors as I many times do.

Stamp issues here usually have 4 stamps (Domestic 20g; Domestic next day 20g;  Europe 20g; International 20g). Most times a single stamp souvenir sheet (20 g domestic registered mail tariff) is also issued, solely as a way of making the issue more expensive for the collector, since  from an usability point of view, at least with the frequency it is used, this is totally unnecessary.... 

The corolary of this is that unfortunately I will probably  have to start using but one stamp on my letters from now on, so I ask for my fellow collector's  comprehension, but there's simply nothing I can do...

So, back to today's cover, with my many thanks to Irene:

Ratu Boko Palace is an archaeological site located in the island of Java, Indonesia.  

The legend on the edge of the two x 2500 Rupiah stamp issue dated of 20MAR2013 dedicated to this important Indonesian landmark, which Irene used on this nice cover,  reads " Ratu Boko Palace: The lost masterpiece palace complex from the 8th century, the only Hindu and Buddhist mixed architecture archaeological site.

Postmark from Malang. East Java.