My stamp collection: August 2018

Wednesday 22 August 2018

Marianne l'engagée

On Saturday I got a fabulous FDC from France.

This is it:

Marianne l'engagée (issued 20-07-2018)

Here is a close-up of one of the stamps:

Thank You very much William!

Monday 20 August 2018

Nelson Mandela Stamp from the United Nations

Last Thursday I got my stamp order from the United Nations.

This is one stamp from Geneva I ordered:

Birth Centenary of Nelson Mandela (issued 18-07-2018)

I also bought the FDC of the stamp.

UNISPACE+50 from Geneva

Last Thursday I got my stamp order from the United Nations.

This is one stamp set from Geneva I ordered:

UNISPACE+50 (issued 20-06-2018)
- Earth from space
- Tiangong-1

I also bought the matching souvenir sheet showing a comet.

UNISPACE+50 from New York

Last Thursday I got my stamp order from the United Nations.

This is one stamp set from New York I ordered:

UNISPACE+50 (issued 20-06-2018)
- Milky Way Galaxy
- ISS and space shuttle Endeavour

I also bought the matching souvenir sheet showing Scott Kelly during a spacewalk.

UNISPACE+50 from Vienna

Last Thursday I got my stamp order from the United Nations.

This is one stamp set from Vienna I ordered:

UNISPACE+50 (issued 20-06-2018)
- big red dot on Jupiter
- Aurora Australis as seen from the ISS

I also bought the matching souvenir sheet showing a view of Earth from space.

Sunday 19 August 2018

Harz

Last Thursday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one stamp I bought:

Wild Germany - Harz (issued 09-08-2018)

I also bought the First Day Sheet of the stamp.

Wednesday 15 August 2018

Austria's Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Last Wednesday I got my stamp order from Austria.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Presidency of the Council of the European Union (issued 08-06-2018)
The stars on the stamp are printed with gold foil.
When the picture of the stamp was shown for the first time on the Internet, Croatia was missing in the map of the European Union. Interestingly it was later added.