My Postcard and Cover Blog

This cover below commemorates the first balloon mail flight in Ettelbrück, Luxembourg, carried by the balloon "Feierwôn LX-BOT" (w...

In May 2025, the Eurovision Song Contest takes to the stage in Basel, returning to its country of birth – the first Eurovision was held on ...

Narsarsuaq is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It had 123 inhabitants in 2020. There is a thriving tourism i...

Stamps: Street Art - "Acrobats (bloc stamp) + The Juggler" - Issued: 08-03-2025 Many thanks to Eric!

In November 2024, Lufthansa marked the 30th anniversary of its direct flight connection between Germany and Tokyo. The milestone highlighted...

Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) (Polish: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, UMCS) is a public research university, i...

In 2025, the Technische Universität (TU) Clausthal is celebrating its 250th anniversary. Founded in 1775 as a mining school, the university...

Stamps: Dog Breeds of Vietnam  (full set) - Issued: 10-10-2024 Many thanks to Andrei!

The "Planet" is a state-of-the-art naval research vessel operated by the German Navy and is considered the most modern research sh...

Every year on March 21st, World Glacier Day highlights the importance of glaciers and their alarming retreat due to climate change. One str...

Raffles Institution is the oldest English medium school in Singapore, with a history that paralleled the nation's history. 2023 marked...

This special cover was issued by the Luxembourg Post on the occasion of the 2024 International Stamp Fair in Ulm. In the bottom left corner,...

From November 30, 2024, Lufthansa started to fly twice a week from Frankfurt to Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland in northern Finland, for...

In celebration of the 2024 Araw ng Kalayaan and the 125th anniversary of the First Philippine Republic of 1899, the Philippine Postal Corp. ...

The Year of the Snake is one of the 12 signs in the Chinese zodiac, and it occurs every 12 years. People born under this sign are often cons...

Stamps: Sports (full set of 4) - Issued: 10-07-2020 Many thanks to Su Wu-Chang!

  Stamps: The 150th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) (from a set of 10) - Issued: 09-10-2024 International Letter-Writing Wee...

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands is an overseas territory of France. It consists of: Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), the French claim on ...

The Venice Foundation for Peace Research was instituted on 3 November 1999. According to Article 2 of its statute, it has the aim of “carryi...

  Stamps: Micro Shells of Thailand (full set) - Issued: 26-09-2024 Many thanks to Andrei!

Originally issued in 2016 as part of the new “Swiss railway stations” definitive stamps set the two designs, of Lucerne and Brig railway st...

  Stamps: EUROPA 2024 - "Underwater Flora and Fauna" - Issued: 26-04-2024

Stamps: MERCOSUR 2023 - "Video Games" - Issued: 13-12-2023 Many thanks to Damiao!

  Stamps: 50 Years of the Cyprus Thalassaemia Association - Issued: 04-04-2023 70 Years of the Pancyprian Greek Teachers Organization (POED)...

Stamps: 3x The 150th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) - Issued: 09-10-2024 Thanks a lot Mohamed!

Alluitsup Paa is a small settlement in southern Greenland, located in the Kujalleq municipality. It lies along the coast of the north atlant...

In July 2024 Lufthansa Cargo expanded its reach in Asia by adding a new destinations in China to its freighter network. The airline’s B777F ...

Iqaluit is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is the territory's largest community and its only city, and the northern...

On January 27, 2025, the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and...

  Stamps: Summer Olympic Games - Paris, France (from a set of 4) - Issued: 26-08-2024 Many thanks to Tk Cho!