My Postcard and Cover Blog

The 58th JAPEX took place from 3rd to 5th November 2023. One of the Commemorative Exhibits was the "Ukrainian Stamp Exhibition". T...

This cover was supposed to be transported by hot-air balloon from Sonthofen, Germany (southernmost town in Germany) to the town of Christkin...

Belfort is a city in northeastern France, situated approximately 25 km (16 mi) from the Swiss border. Belfort hosted the Tour de France on m...

Germania stamps are definitive stamps that were issued by the German Empire and the Weimar Republic between 1900 and 1922, depicting Germani...

The Ernemann-Werke is a historic complex of production and administration buildings for the optical industry in Dresden-Striesen. The iconic...

Bird Island Research Station is an important centre for research into bird and seal biology. Lying off the north-west tip of South Georgia ,...

The International Stamp Fair (Internationale Briefmarken-Börse) in Ulm, Germany took place from Thursday, 26. October to Saturday, 28. Octob...

The "Stettin" is a steam icebreaker built by the shipyard "Stettiner Oderwerke" in 1933. The economy of the city of Stet...

Norderney is one of the seven populated East Frisian Islands off the North Sea coast of Germany. The island is 14 by 2.5 kilometres, having ...

The East German uprising of 1953, also known as the East German Uprising or the June 17th Uprising, was a significant event in the history o...

The "Schleizer Dreieck" is a 3.805 km (2.364 mi) motorsports circuit with an average width of 10 m (33 ft) and elevation changes o...

  Stamps: The 110th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of China (from a set of 4) - Issued: 08-10-2021 Many thanks to Su Wu-Chang!

 Stamp:   Flowers - Chrysanthemum - Issued: 24-04-2020

The Asian International Stamp Exhibition is a regional philatelic exhibition established by FIAP since 1977, aiming to develop the philatel...

On April 24th Pos Malaysia issued a stamp series featuring the well-known lime flavours frequently used in Malaysian cooking. The three sta...

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) (German: Technische Universität München) is a research university with campuses in the cities Mun...

These nice stamps on this FDC from Indonesia were issued as a joint Issue between Singapore and Indonesia to celebrate the 50th Anniversary...

The Zugspitze at 2,962 m (9,718 ft) above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Ge...

Like every year the german post issued a stamp series dedicated to Welfare. This year's Welfare Stamps Theme is "Town Musicians of...

The Girl with the Wine Glass (Dame en twee heren) is a painting by Johannes Vermeer from 1659-1660. Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (1632 – ...