My Postcard and Cover Blog

On 8th September Latvijas Pasts issued the latest in their annual series commemorating Latvian Lighthouses. This issue features the Lighth...

On 14 July 2017,   Pos Indonesia  issued three (3) stamps and one minisheet dedicated to Postcrossing . These colourful stamps are illustra...

Schönbrunn Palace (German: Schloss Schönbrunn) is a former imperial summer residence located in Vienna, Austria. The 1,441-room Baroque pa...

The 2017 G20 Hamburg summit was the twelfth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20), which was held on 7–8 July 2017, at Hamburg Messe, in the...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organisation comprising ten Southeast Asian states which...

Fix und Foxi, created by the comic book editor Rolf Kauka , is one of the most successful and best known German comic series. The weekly ma...

The Rooster is the tenth sign of the twelve year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac (and similar zodiacal systems) relate...

Our Lady of Fatima is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary based on the famed Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd ...

Every year, 3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to de...

Kastelholm Castle (Swedish: Kastelholms slott) is a Swedish-buil medieval castle located in Sund, Åland, Finland, approximately 25 kilometr...

Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe, one of the three Baltic states . The capital of Latvia is Riga. For this year...

For this year's EUROPA Issue the french Post put together three castles on one stamp. You can see  Castles of the Loire Valley , Chamb...

Today, on the 21st of August 2017, a total solar eclipse crosses the USA from Oregon to South Carolina. On this day, the Moon completely o...

The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger - DGzRS) is responsible for Searc...

Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo (22 July 1932 – 20 October 2014), known professionally as Oscar de la Renta, was a Dominican fashion designer....

In Denmark there are three major Marriage Milestones: Gold is 50 years, Silver is 25 and Cooper is 12½ years. Prince Frederik of Denmark we...

This is my first Cover from Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. ...

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...

Switzerland issued two different stamps for the 2017 EUROPA theme. The stamps show three different Castles in  Bellinzona : Sasso Corbaro, ...

Liechtenstein issued two different stamp for this year's EUROPA theme . The first stamps shows Vaduz Castle. Vaduz Castle (German: Schl...

After last year  the Canadian Post issued also this year a series of stamps dedicated to Star Trek . This series is called "Year 2...

I received this nice card from a friend of mine. He was hiking with friends on the " Greater Patagonian Trail " in Chile. It is a...

Ukraine issued two different stamps for the EUROPA 2017 theme. The stamps show Medzhybizh Fortress (left) and Olesko Castle (right). The fi...

BIO Hespérides (A-33), is a Spanish polar research vessel. It was built in 1990, by Bazán Shipyards of Cartagena (Spain). Hespérides is us...

This Cover was also mailed from the International Stamp Fair in Essen. It arrived some days ago and shows the contribution of San Marino to...

Churfirsten is a mountain range of peaks that rise up to 2,306 metres above sea level over Lake Walen, Switzerland. They form the natural b...

Another nice Cover with the 2017 EUROPA Theme stamp. This comes from Guernsey, an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy....