The Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Gangwon 2024 (Korean: 강원 2024), is a winter multi-sport event, cultural festival, and fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympics currently being held between 19 January and 1 February 2024 in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
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Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 - Gangwon - Issued: 12-12-2023
Many thanks to Wonsik Kang for this nice FDC!
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Swedish Football (from a set of 6) - Issued: 26-03-2004
Many thanks to Henrik!
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53rd National Day - Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik (stamp + m/s) - Issued: 00-11-2023
Many thanks to Alexander, its my first cover from Oman!
This cover was cancelled on 24th August - Independence Day of Ukraine
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Standing Together for Peace - Help for the People of Ukraine - Issued: 31-03-2022
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The 75th Anniversary of Macedonia Philharmonic Orchestra - Issued: 17-10-2019
Many thanks to Eric for this great Card!
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The 150th Anniversary of Railway in Japan (from a set of 10) - Issued: 21-09-2022
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Birds - "Extinct Species" (full set) - Issued: 09-10-2023
Many thanks to Patrik for this Cover - my first from Mauritius!
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The 100th Anniversary of the World Cycling Championships - Issued: 30-08-2021
Many thanks to Wesley!
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3x The 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of Spain - Issued: 14-11-2022
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The 150th Anniversary of the Province of Tarlac (full set) - Issued: 29-05-2023
Many thanks to Ani!
The Polarstern expedition PS136 started on 22 May 2023 in Bremerhaven, Grmany and led to the Fram Strait between Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago. The expedition wanted to contribute to various large national and international research and infrastructure projects (FRAM, MUSE, iFOODis, HiAOOS, ICOS-D, SIOS) as well as to the new research programme „Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future” („Erde im Wandel – Unsere Zukunft nachhaltig gestalten”) of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). The cruise ended on 19 June 2023 in Tromsø, Norway.
Source: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57718/1/Expeditionsprogramme_PS136.pdf
To note, the Alfred Wegener Institute will no longer process collectors mail send to the Polarstern due to the "ever-increasing workload". This is very sad news for any Polarmail collector.
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Definitive Issue - "Flowers" - Issued: 03-01-2005
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Ships - Visit of HMS Queen Elizabeth (m/s) - Issued: 10-05-2018
Many thanks Alexander for this great Cover!
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The original hook-and-loop fastener was conceived in 1941 by Swiss engineer George de Mestral, which he named velcro. The idea came to him one day after returning from a hunting trip with his dog in the Alps. He took a close look at the burs of burdock that kept sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur. He examined them under a microscope, and noted their hundreds of "hooks" that caught on anything with a loop, such as clothing, animal fur, or hair. To note this minisheet got a small piece of a real hook-and-loop fastener on it.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook-and-loop_fastener
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Swiss Inventions - Hook and Loop Fastener - Issued: 07-09-2023
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EUROPA 2023 - "Peace - the highest value of humanity" - Issued: 09-05-2023
In August 2023, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen began his new mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission has been named "Huginn" after one of Odin's two ravens. On 11th August, Posta Faroe Islands and Tusass Greenland issued a joint issue consisting of a souvenir sheet printed in combined offset and steel engraving. His return to earth is expected in January 2024.
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to ISS - Issued: 11-08-2023
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to ISS - Issued: 11-08-2023
Happy New Year everyone!
With this nice Card from the United States I'm wishing everyone a merry christmas time.
Many thanks Yan for this nice Card!
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EUROPA 2023 - "Peace - the highest value of humanity" - Issued: 09-05-2023
Germania stamps are definitive stamps that were issued by the German Empire and the Weimar Republic between 1900 and 1922, depicting Germania. Germania is the personification of the German nation or the Germans as a whole. The stamps represent the longest running series in German philately and are in their many variations and derivations an essential part of German philatelic collections. This Postal Stationary was issued during this year's IBRA23 in Essen.
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German Chileans (Spanish: germanochilenos; German: Deutsch-Chilenen) are Chileans descended from German immigrants, about 70,000 of whom arrived in Chile between 1846 and 1914. Most of these were from Bavaria, Baden and the Rhineland, and also from Bohemia in present-day Czech Republic.
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In a "world premiere" Austrian Post issued this stamp minisheet in 2006 which contains 0.03 grams of star dust. The powder comes from a 19-kilogram meteorite found in Morocco that was crushed through a special process and put on these stamps by hand. 600.000 pieces of this sheet were put into circulation.
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Post from another World (m/s) - Issued: 24-03-2006
The Ernemann-Werke is a historic complex of production and administration buildings for the optical industry in Dresden-Striesen. The iconic "Ernemannturm" is part of it and celebrated its 100th Anniverary in 2023. Its named after the former owner of this facility Heinrich Ernemann. The covers below were created for this event. The covers are both transported to "Weißer Hirsch" by funicular railway and to "Oberloschwitz" by suspension railway as seen on the special cachets.
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ATM "Brandenburger Tor"
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The Pontifical Lateran University (Italian: Pontificia Università Lateranense), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university is known as "The Pope's University". Its Grand Chancellor is the Vicar General to the Holy Father for the Diocese of Rome. As of 2014 the Pontifical Lateran university had students from more than a hundred countries.
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2x 100 years Disney "Minnie" (from a set of 2) - Issued: 09-11-2023
Many thanks to Hansjürg for sending this cover on first day from Zermatt!
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SEPAC 2023 - "Traditional markets" - Issued: 12-09-2023
The Litwinsky House is an outstanding architectural monument in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was built by Yaakov Elhanan Litwinsky (1852-1916), a well-known businessman who immigrated from Odessa. The house he built with his family at 22 Achad Ha’am Street was one of the most impressive houses in this new neighborhood. Today it is a famous tourist sight.
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Many thanks to Simone!
UEFA EURO-2020 European Football Championships (full set) - Issued: 11-06-2021
Many thanks to Sabri!
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