My Postcard and Cover Blog

Lithuanian Post issued two stamps for the 2017 EUROPA theme "Castles". The stamps on this cover below are showing ancient documen...

The history of Liechtenstein’s postal service began 200 years ago with a mail collection station in Balzers . On 1 September 1817, the k.k....

I will end the year of 2017 with a new country on my Blog. Some weeks ago I received two nice Covers from Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the wor...

Canada Post and India Post issued joint stamps to commemorate Diwali as well as cultural and historic bilateral ties. Diwali or Deepavali ...

The 2017 UCI Road World Championships were held in 2017 in Bergen , Norway. It was the 90th UCI Road World Championships and the second to ...

The 13th National Games of China were held in Tianjin and Luoyang, Henan in August-September 2017. It is the premier sports event in China ...

On 24 May 2017, Åland Post and Posti Finland jointly issued stamps on the theme Sauna traditions. The Finnish sauna is a substantial part o...

On this nice Cover from India you can see a nice mini-sheet as India-Portugal Joint Issue featuring "Dandiya Dance" of India and ...

The stamp on this nice Cover is from the series "Latvijas arhitektūra" issued by Latvia Post (Print-run: 150.000). It shows the n...

The Polarstern expedition PS107 to the Arctic (Tromsø – Tromsø) started on 23 July 2017 and led particularly to study areas in the central ...

Paamiut, formerly known as Frederikshåb, is a town in southwestern Greenland in the Sermersooq municipality. It is located on the coast of ...

Another country that issued a Postcrossing stamp is Switzerland. Three stamps have been issued with Demoninations of 1,00 CHF, 1,50 CHF an...

Korea Post issued this nice set of stamps showing must-see tourist destination in Korea. This is the third edition of this series and it fe...

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. ...