Chinese Karl Marx Stamps bought in Trier

Museums in Brazil

Received: 19th June 2021

Thank You very much Kyung!

Discovery of Porto Santo

Ordered: 18th December 2020

Received: 6th January 2021

The Art of Magic

Received: 20th October 2020

Thank You very much Sam-Quito!

Polish Animated Cartoon

Last Saturday I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Polish Animated Cartoon (issued 30-05-2018)

I also bought the FDC of this issue.

Scooby-Doo

Last Wednesday I got my stamp order from the USA.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Scooby-Doo! (issued 14-07-2018)

Sparkling Christmas

Last Tuesday I got a cover from Brunei.

Inside was this souvenir sheet from the USA:

Sparkling Christmas (issued 11-10-2018)

Thank You very much Beb!

Railway in Monaco

On Friday I got my stamp order from Monaco.

This is one stamp I bought:

150 years Railway in Monaco (issued 19-06-2018)

Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre

On Friday I got my stamp order from Monaco.

This is one stamp I bought:

Marine Turtle Rehabilitation Centre (issued 07-03-2018)

The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats

Once upon a time a Mother Goat lived in the forest together with her seven children. One day she left them at home alone to get food, but warned them about the Big Bad Wolf, who will try to come in to eat them by pretending to be their mother and convincing the kids to open the door. Her white feet and sweet voice however will reveal the real Mother. After she is away, the Wolf tries twice to get in, but both times the young goats realise that it is not her Mother who is at the door. The Wolf himself is not stupid and disguised his gruff voice with honey and black feet with flour.

Now for third time the Wolf is again at the door and says "Let me in children, your mother has something for each and every one of you", this time the children hear the honey-softened voice and see the flour-whited feet and open the door for what they think to be her Mother. As soon as he is inside, the Wolf eats six of the young goats and only the youngest is able to hide in a clock. After that the Wolf is so pigged out that he can not move anymore and falls asleep under a nearby tree.

Later that day the mother comes back home and is shocked to find the open door and just her youngest child. Together they make a plan to get their children and siblings back. With a pair of scissors the mother opens the belly of the Wolf and the six children spring out miraculously unharmed. Together they fill the Wolf with rocks and the Mother uses needle and thread to sew him back up again. After his sleep the Wolf is very thirsty and goes to the river (or well) to drink, but falls in and drowns under the weight of the rocks.

The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats was chosen this year for the new annual welfare stamps about the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (issued 06-02-2020). Apart from the three stamps above I will also keep one self-adhesive coil stamp for my collection.

Unlike the Brave Little Tailor last year this fairy tale was already featured on a West German stamp set, as it was included in the old welfare stamp series about the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in the 1960s. You can see those old stamps here. Four Young Goats and a Big Good Wolf were also shown on one of the Swiss fairy tale stamps of 2018.

Innovation in the IDF

On Friday I got my stamp order from Israel.

This is one stamp set I ordered:

Innovation in the IDF (issued 27-05-2018)
- Iron Dome
- Cyber Defence

70 years Independence of Israel

On Friday I got my stamp order from Israel.

This is one stamp I ordered:

70 years Independence of Israel (issued 09-04-2018)

Archivo General de Indias

On 14th December I got my stamp order from Spain.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Archivo General de Indias (issued 29-10-2018)

View of Greenland

Last Tuesday I got my stamp order from Greenland.

This is one stamp I ordered:

sepac (issued 25-05-2018)

Gunnar Sønsteby

Last Saturday I got my stamp order from Norway.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Birth Centenary of Gunnar Sønsteby (issued 15-06-2018)

FDC from Italy and Card from SMOM

On 19th October I got a cover from Italy and both the cover itself and the card inside were interesting philatelic additions to my collection.

The cover is a FDC of this stamp:

75 years Battle of Anzio (issued 22-06-2019)

The card inside was a participation card of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta for the Veronafil.

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta or SMOM is a Roman Catholic order based in Rome. The first stamps of the SMOM were issued back in 1966. Today the stamps are issued for both postal and charitable reasons. The order has over 50 bi-lateral postal agreements and mail with SMOM stamps can only be sent to these countries.

The stamp on the card was issued on 5th December 2018 to commemorate the 150th death anniversary of Gioacchino Rossini.

Thank You very much Davide!

Professor Balthazar

On Friday I got my stamp order from Croatia.

This is one stamp I ordered:

50 years Professor Balthazar (issued 03-05-2018)
Professor Balthazar is the main character of a Croatian animated television series for children. He is an old inventor, who solves all problems of his fellow citizens with the help of his magic machine. In total 59 episodes were produced with Professor Balthazar between 1968 and 1977.

I also bought the FDC of this stamp.

Croatia's Success at the Football World Cup in Russia

On Friday I got my stamp order from Croatia.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Croatia's Success at the Football World Cup in Russia (issued 31-08-2018)

Football World Cup in Russia

On Friday I got my stamp order from Croatia.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Football World Cup in Russia (issued 14-06-2018)

Croatia's First Stamp

On Friday I got my stamp order from Croatia.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Centenary of the First Croatian Stamp (issued 06-09-2018)