Thursday, September 28, 2023

Greenland: Aasiaat

Aasiaat is a town in the Qeqertalik municipality in western Greenland, located on its namesake island in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 2,980 as of 2021, it is Greenland's fifth-largest town.

Stamps:

2x First Day In School - Issued: 10-08-2020
Aviation (from a set of three) - Issued: 13-05-2015

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Luxembourg: The 25th Anniversary of the European Institute of Cultural Routes

The European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR) is the technical agency of the Cultural routes of the Council of Europe programme and hosts the Secretariat’s programme. It is responsible for the coordination of a network of over 20 European academic institutions aimed at encouraging research on Cultural Routes and hosts a specialised documentation centre at its headquarters located at Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg.

 

Stamp:

The 25th Anniversary of the European Institute of Cultural Routes  - Issued: 16-05-2023

 

 

Friday, September 22, 2023

Italy: EUROPA 2023 - "Peace - the highest value of humanity"


 Stamp:

 EUROPA 2023 - "Peace - the highest value of humanity" - Issued: 09-05-2023


Many thanks to Marcello!

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Germany: Lufthansa's new Boeing 787-900 "Dreamliner" Testflights Frankfurt a.M. <-> Munich

Between 2022 and 2027, the Lufthansa Group will receive a total of 32 Boeing 787-900 "Dreamliners". The first were delivered in late August 2022 and tested on flights between Frankfurt a.M. and Munich Airport. The first Dreamliner was christened on October 17th 2022 and the inaugural flight took place from Berlin via Paderborn to Frankfurt. Later, the first public test flight was LH 96 on October, 19th 2022 from Frankfurt to Munich as shown on the cover below. The cancellation on the stamp shows "Frankfurt - Flughafen - IPZ 1" (Frankfurt Airport), after a flight of about an hour the cover arrived at Munich Airport which can be seen on the added "Briefzentrum 85" cancel. The red special postmark was applied to indicate this testflight.

Stamp:

For the Youth 2022 - "Amphibians" (from a set of 3) - Issued: 04-08-2022

 

I'm also happy about this cover below showing the flight the other way back from Munich to Frankfurt Airport.

Stamp:

For the Youth 2022 - "Amphibians" (from a set of 3) - Issued: 04-08-2022



Tuesday, September 19, 2023

USA: Waterfalls

 

Stamps:

Waterfalls (from a set of 12) - Issued: 13-06-2023


Many thanks to Antoinette!

Friday, September 15, 2023

Malaysia: Chinese New Year - "Year of the Rabbit"

Stamps:

Chinese New Year - "Year of the Rabbit" (full set of 3) -Issued: 23-02-2023 w/ First-Day-Cancellation


Stamp:

Chinese New Year - "Year of the Rabbit" m/s -Issued: 23-02-2023 w/ First-Day-Cancellation

 

 Thanks a lot Henry!

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Estonia: Paintings - "Danse Macabre" by Bernt Notke

"Danse Macabre" is a painting by Bernt Notke. A fragment of the late fifteenth-century painting, originally some 30 meters (98.4 ft) wide, is displayed in the St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn. It is regarded as the best-known and as one of the most valuable medieval artworks in Estonia. As the painting, this stamp also got a very high face value of 6,00 EUR ($6,38). It's also quite large, with a size of 30,0mm x 141,00 mm.


Stamps:

Paintings - "Danse Macabre" by Bernt Notke - Issued: 18-05-2023
The 100th Anniversary of the Eesti Pank - Issued: 03-05-2019

 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Liechtenstein: "Peace. For every child"

In 2022 the Post of Liechtenstein and UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) issued this stamp to help children from Ukraine, who had to leave their homes because of the horrible war. For every sold stamp 0.50 CHF went into UNICEF projects to support these children. This cover was sent from the city of Balzers.

Stamps:

2x "Peace. For every child"  - Issued: 28-03-2022


Monday, September 11, 2023

Germany: International Stamp Fair (IBRA23) in Essen, Germany

The 33rd International Stamp Fair in Essen took place from 25 to 28 May 2023. The following prepaid cover was sold at the Booth of Deutsche Post. To note the postmark on the backside indicates "Essen - Messe" (eng: "Essen - Fair") only available at the Stamp Fair itself. 



Stamps:

International Stamp Exhibition "IBRA 2023" - Issued: 04-05-2023
Backside: Definitves Stamps "Flowers - Eranthis hyemalis" - Issued: 08-06-2017

Sunday, September 10, 2023

France: Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

 

Stamp:

Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) (m/s) - Issued: 27-03-2023 with First Day Cancellation


Many thanks to Eric!

Monday, September 04, 2023

Japan: Japan National Rugby Team World Cup 2019

This offical personalized Rugby stamp was issued in 2019 as a set of 5 different Stamps. The matching postmark from Higashiosaka-Hanazono, Osaka prefecture was put into circulation in 2019, too. It shows the Hanazono Rugby stadium at the foot of Mt. Ikoma, Rugby Players and Cherry blossoms. Many thanks to Masako for the explanations.

Stamps:

Japan National Rugby Team - Issued: 09-07-2019
International Writing Letter Week (from a set of 5) - Issued: 07-10-2022

Sunday, September 03, 2023

Germany: EUROPA 2023 - "Peace - the highest value of humanity"

 

Stamp:

EUROPA 2023 - "Peace - the highest value of humanity" - Issued: 04-05-2023 w/ postmark from the "Philatelieshop" in Dresden


Thanks Jan for your help!