My Postcard and Cover Blog

The village of Einsiedeln has been staging world theatre performances for a century and celebrates the festival’s centenary this summer. Th...

  Stamps: FAMEX Airshow 2019 - Issued: 24-04-2019 (not a joint issue; Canada was the "Country of Honour") The 200th Anniversary of...

Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated 'Roald'; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen), originally named 'Vilm...

  Stamps: EUROPA 2024 - "Underwater Flora and Fauna" (full set) - Issued: 24-04-2024 Many thanks to Mihnea!

  Stamp: Treasures of the National Museum (m/s) - Issued: 20-10-2023 Many thanks again to Alex!

Haines Junction is a village in Yukon, Canada. It is at Kilometre 1,632 (historical mile 1016) of the Alaska Highway at its junction with th...

Hidilyn "Hidi" Francisco Diaz-Naranjo, born February 20, 1991, is a Filipino weightlifter. On July 26, 2021, at the 2020 Summer Ol...

  Stamps: The 75th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Mauritius (m/s) - Issued: 20-11-2023 Definitives - Makers of India (Shivaji Maha...

Stamps: EUROPA 2024 - "Underwater Flora and Fauna" (full set) - Issued: 26-04-2024 Many thanks to Vera for this nice Cover with fi...

Stamps: International Polar Year 2007-2008 (full set) - Issued: 13-03-2007 Many thanks to Damiao!

Stamps: 2x Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon - Issued: 25-01-2024 Many thanks to Geoff!

  Stamps: Traditional Firearms of Malaysia (single stamps and sheet) - Issued: 27-02-2024 Many thanks to Henry!

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign island country in the Caribbean. It lies at the conjuncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean i...

The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島 Ogasawara-shotō) are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands. Almost the whole area of the i...

Inuvik ("place of man") is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territori...

Stamps: EUROPA 2021 - "Endangered national wildlife" (full set) - Issued: 06-05-2021 Refugee Fund Tax Stamp 2023

In 2024, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) celebrates 75 years of collective defence. Since its creation on 4 April 1949, the transa...

The very first mission of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit was deployed in 1974 to the Lake Chad region (Niger, Chad, Nigeria and Cameroon), ...

In February 2024, the frigate "Hessen" departed from the port of Wilhelmshaven for the Red Sea with about 240 people on board in ...

  Stamps: Fête du Timbre 2024 - "Navigation de plaisance" (m/s) - Issued: 09-03-2024 Fête du Timbre 2024 - "A bord d’un voili...

Stamps: EUROPA 2019 "National Birds" (full set) - Issued: 09-05-2019     Many thanks to Branislav!

Yellowknife (Dogrib: Sǫǫ̀mbak’è) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the norther...

The UK Arctic Research Station is funded by NERC and managed and operated by British Antarctic Survey, and situated in the international re...

Friday the 13th is a 1980 slasher film produced and directed by Sean Cunningham and written by Victor Miller.  The stamp used on the cover b...

  Stamp: EUROPA 2022 - "Stories & Myths” - Issued: 02-05-2022

Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a city in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush...

In a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people's struggle, Pos Malaysia launched a special "Palestin Merdeka" stamp. I...

  Stamp: The 50th Anniversary of the First Europa Stamps (m/s) - Issued: 01-10-2005 Many thanks again to Alex!

Jorge Washington Larrañaga Fraga (8 August 1956 – 22 May 2021) was a Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the National Party (PN) who served a...

  Stamp: The 250th Anniversary of the Commission of National Education - Issued: 13-10-2023 Many thanks to Vera!