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This great Cover arrived from the far north. Many thanks to Henrik, who send this cover from his latest trip to Svalbard. There are two points to mention on this cover. First the stamp seems to be a personalised issue from Svalbard (from the offical 'Postal Norge'). The second point is the cancel. Its not from the local post office (you can see it here). As I'm told you can ask for the cancel at the local Radisson Blue Hotel. You can try to make your own cover and send a prepared letter to: Radisson Blue Polar Hotel, Box 554, NO-9171, Longyearbyen.
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Personalised Issue "Svalbard" - Issued: unknown
♁ 78° 12′ N, 15° 38′ O
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Mandarin Phonetic Symbols Part II (Bloc of 10) - Issued: 16-11-2023
Many thanks to Su Wu-Chang!
In 2021 Estonia and Brazil were jointly issuing stamps to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries. The stamp features the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília which was designed by the world-famous architect Oscar Niemeyer and houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, as well as the building of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tallinn, designed by the architects Mart Port, Raine Karp, Uno Tölpus, and Olga Kontšajeva.
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The 100th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Brazil - Joint Issue w/ Brazil - Issued: 10-11-2021
Many thanks to Joao and Simone!
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The 140th Anniversary of Thai Postage Stamps (from a set 4) - Issued: 20-09-2023
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The 140th Anniversary of Thai Postage Stamps (full set) - Issued: 20-09-2023Many thanks to Xu Wei and Hydryne!
On Friday, 20 October 2023, the german navy frigate "Baden-Württemberg" left her home port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany with the crew "Delta" to take part in the mandated foreign mission "UNIFIL" (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) off the Lebanese coast. Blue helmets from the UNIFIL mission have been working for peace between Lebanon and Israel since 1978. This makes the mission one of the oldest peacekeeping operations of the United Nations (UN). In January 2024 the mission ended. I'm very happy to receive the cover below sent from Limassol, Cyprus with a nice Cachet from the mission.
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National Teachers' Month 2023 (full set) - Issued: 05-09-2023
Many thanks to Vanessa!
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Renewable Energies (full set) - Issued: 12-10-2023
Many thanks Mourad!
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The 100th Anniversary of Veterinary Medical Education in Bulgaria - Issued: 13-10-2023
Many thanks to Emil!
In 2022 Deutsche Post started to issue a new series called "Marvel Superheroes". Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009. The first issue of this series was the "Spiderman" stamp and second was "Black Panther". In 2023 "Ironman" and "Captain Marvel" were issued. The series will be continued in 2024 and also in 2025.
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February 25, 2023 marked the 125th anniversary of the birth of Temirbek Zhurgenov, a prominent statesman and public figure, teacher and journalist who made an invaluable contribution to the development of education, culture and literature in Kazakhstan. Today, The Kazakh National Academy of Arts, several schools and colleges in the Kyzylorda Region, as well as streets in Astana and Almaty are named after him.
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2x The 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898-1938) - Issued: 00-00-2023
Thanks a lot Pyotr!
This year the 2024 UEFA European Football Championships will take place in my homeland Germany. Back in 2016 Portugal won the tournament for the first time, following a 1–0 victory after extra time over the host team, France, in the final played at the Stade de France. This victory was commemorated on this nice minisheet which can be seen below on a great registered Cover from Portugal.
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Portugal - Winner of the UEFA European Football Championship 2016 (m/s) - Issued: 12-07-2016
Many thanks Jose!
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