Monday, December 25, 2023

USA: Merry Christmas - Snow Globes

With this nice Card from the United States I'm wishing everyone a merry christmas time. 

 

Stamps:

Snow Globes (from a set of 4) - Issued: 19-09-2023
Definitive - "Strawberries" - Issued: 05-05-2017
Christmas Stamps (from a set of 2) - Issued: 31-10-1980

 

Many thanks Yan for this nice Card!


Thursday, December 21, 2023

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

 

Stamp:

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

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Germany: Postal Stationary - "Germania: Myth and Stamp"

Germania stamps are definitive stamps that were issued by the German Empire and the Weimar Republic between 1900 and 1922, depicting Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole. The stamps represent the longest running series in German philately and are in their many variations and derivations an essential part of German philatelic collections. This Postal Stationary was issued during this year's IBRA23 in Essen.

Stamp:

Personalised Stamp

Monday, December 18, 2023

Chile: The 150th Anniversary of German Immigration

German Chileans (Spanish: germanochilenos; German: Deutsch-Chilenen) are Chileans descended from German immigrants, about 70,000 of whom arrived in Chile between 1846 and 1914. Most of these were from Bavaria, Baden and the Rhineland, and also from Bohemia in present-day Czech Republic.

Stamps:

2x The 150th Anniversary of German Immigration (full set) - Issued: 22-08-1996
The 150th Anniversary of Puerto Varas - Issued: 29-11-2002


Sunday, December 17, 2023

Austria: Mail from a different World

In a "world premiere" Austrian Post issued this stamp minisheet in 2006 which contains 0.03 grams of star dust. The powder comes from a 19-kilogram meteorite found in Morocco that was crushed through a special process and put on these stamps by hand. 600.000 pieces of this sheet were put into circulation.

 
Stamp:

Post from another World (m/s) - Issued: 24-03-2006

Friday, December 15, 2023

Germany: 100th Anniversary of the "Ernemannturm"

The Ernemann-Werke is a historic complex of production and administration buildings for the optical industry in Dresden-Striesen. The iconic "Ernemannturm" is part of it and celebrated its 100th Anniverary in 2023. Its named after the former owner of this facility Heinrich Ernemann. The covers below were created for this event. The covers are both transported to "Weißer Hirsch" by funicular railway and to "Oberloschwitz" by suspension railway as seen on the special cachets. 

Stamp:

ATM "Brandenburger Tor" 


Stamp:

ATM "Brandenburger Tor"

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Vatican: The 250th Anniversary of the Pontifical Lateran University + EUROPA 2022

The Pontifical Lateran University (Italian: Pontificia Università Lateranense), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university is known as "The Pope's University". Its Grand Chancellor is the Vicar General to the Holy Father for the Diocese of Rome. As of 2014 the Pontifical Lateran university had students from more than a hundred countries.

Stamps:

The 250th Anniversary of the Pontifical Lateran University - Issued: 21-09-2023
EUROPA 2022 - "Stories & Myths” - Issued: 16-05-2022



Sunday, December 10, 2023

Switzerland: 100 years Disney

 

Stamps:

2x 100 years Disney "Minnie" (from a set of 2) - Issued: 09-11-2023


Many thanks to Hansjürg for sending this cover on first day from Zermatt!

Saturday, December 09, 2023

Luxembourg: SEPAC 2023 - "Traditional markets"

 

Stamp:

SEPAC 2023 - "Traditional markets" - Issued: 12-09-2023

Monday, December 04, 2023

Estonia: Litwinsky House - Joint Issue w/ Israel

The Litwinsky House is an outstanding architectural monument in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was built by Yaakov Elhanan Litwinsky (1852-1916), a well-known businessman who immigrated from Odessa. The house he built with his family at 22 Achad Ha’am Street was one of the most impressive houses in this new neighborhood. Today it is a famous tourist sight.

 

Stamps:

Litwinsky House - Joint Issue w/ Israel - Issued: 28-08-2018
4x Definitives - Post Horn - "2017" Imprint - Issued: 18-01-2017


Many thanks to Simone!





Sunday, December 03, 2023

Slovakia: Solidarity with Ukraine

 

Stamps:

2x Solidarity with Ukraine  - Issued: 16-09-2022