Till Eulenspiegel

Today I visited the Eulenspiegelmuseum in Schöppenstedt. There I bought I bought two special covers of Germany's two Till Eulenspiegel stamps.

The first one is a First Day Cover from 1977. The stamp was issued on 13th January.

On the second cover is a special postmark from Schöppenstedt. The stamp was issued for the 500th anniversary of the first publication of Till Eulenspiegel (issued 07-07-2011).

Year of the Ox from Hong Kong

After over one month without new mint stamps and complete stamp sets I finally got a new stamp set from Hong Kong on Wednesday.

This is it:

Year of the Ox (issued 17-01-2009)

Thank You very much Zinfandel!

Malaysia's Giant Pandas

This is the 300th post on my blog! Thank You everybody for the nice stamps I got mint, on postcards and on covers!

Some weeks ago I got a stamp set from Malaysia on two postcards.

This is it:

International Cooperative Project On Giant Panda (issued 25-02-2015)

Thank You very much Matthew!

Rivers of China and France

Yesterday I got a stamp set from China on a postcard.

This is it:

50 years diplomatic relations with France (issued 27-01-2014)
It is a joint issue with France.

Thank You very much Dong!

Serbian Toys

Today I got two stamp sets from Serbia on two postcards.

This is one of them:

EUROPA (issued 16-04-2015)

Thank You very much Brane!

Serbian Goats

Today I got two stamp sets from Serbia on two postcards.

This is one of them:

Year of the Sheep (issued 19-02-2015)

Thank You very much Brane!

Moomin Toys

Yesterday I got two stamp sets on postcards: one from Finland and one from Ukraine.

This is the Finnish set:

EUROPA (issued 08-05-2015)
The stamps show old Moomin toys produced in the 1950s by Atelier Fauni. The featured characters are Hemulen’s aunt, Moomintroll, Fillyjonk, Sniff, Stinky and Moominpappa.

Thank You very much Sini!

Ukrainian Children's Books

Yesterday I got two stamp sets on postcards: one from Ukraine and one from Finland.

This is the Ukrainian set:

EUROPA (issued 30-04-2010)
The stamps show the children's books "Mare's Head" and "Gold Shoe".

Thank You very much Sergey!

Germany's Childish Past

Yesterday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one of them:

EUROPA (issued 07-05-2015)

Germany and Israel

Yesterday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one First Day Sheet:

50 years Diplomatic Relations with Israel (issued 07-05-2015)
It is a joint issue with Israel.

The FDS features the German and the Israeli stamp (issued 07-05-2015).

Red Chamber Dream

On Monday I got a stamp set from China on a postcard.

This is it:

Red Chamber Dream (issued 21-06-2014)

Thank You very much Mo!

Australia and World War I

On Saturday I got a stamp set from Australia on a postcard.

This is it:

World War I Centenary (issued 14-04-2015)
The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on 25th April 1915 on the Gallipoli Peninsula.
On 19th May Ottoman forces tried to push the Allied troops back to the sea. Lance Corporal Albert Jacka later received Australia's first Victoria Cross for helping to repel this assault.
Later in August the Australian 1st Brigade made a diversionary attack at Lone Pine during an Allied offensive.
Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick transported wounded men, of which there were many during the campaign, on the back of his donkey to a dressing station. After three weeks he was killed.
From 18th to 20th December the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps was withdrawn from Gallipoli as the victory was deemed unachievable.

Thank You very much Nareeda!

Belgium's Old Toys

Today I got my first mint Belgian stamp set in a cover.

Belgium is a country in Europe. It is bordering on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. It is a Benelux country and a member of the EU, of the NATO, of the UN and of the OECD. The capital of Belgium is Brussels.

This is it:

EUROPA (issued 13-04-2015)

Thank You very much William!

ANZAC from Australia

Today I got an Australian stamp set on a postcard.

This is it:

ANZAC (issued 07-04-2015)
It is a joint issue with New Zealand.

Thank You very much Nareeda!

Lest We Forget!

Today I got a complete stamp set from New Zealand on a postcard.

This is it:

ANZAC (issued 07-04-2015)
It is a joint issue with Australia.
Exactly 100 years ago British and French forces landed on the Ottoman peninsula Gallipoli. They tried to open the Dardanelles strait to the Allied fleets to get access to the Ottoman capital Constantinople, today's Istanbul. The campaign ended in January 1916 with an Ottoman victory. 8700 Australians and 2700 New Zealanders lost their lives in the battle. The anniversary of the campaign is remembered every year on 25th April as ANZAC Day in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga.

Thank You very much Sharon!

Belgian Exile Government in Saint-Adresse

Today I got a stamp set from France. One stamp was sent on a cover and the other stamp on a postcard.

This is it:

Belgian Exile Government in Saint-Adresse (issued 23-03-2015)
It is a joint issue with Belgium.
After German forces occupied Belgium a Belgian Exile Government was installed in Saint-Adresse in October 1914. It stayed there until November 1918. The leader of the government was Charles de Broqueville. The Belgian King Albert I stayed in the non-occupied part of Belgium and never visited Saint-Adresse.

Thank You very much William!

Swedish Toys

Today I got a souvenir sheet from Sweden and my first stamps from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This is the souvenir sheet from Sweden:

EUROPA (issued 26-03-2015)

Thank You very much William!

Mali Blu u Zemlji Zmajeva

Today I got my first stamps from Bosnia and Herzegovina and a souvenir sheet from Sweden.

This is one souvenir sheet from Bosnia and Herzegovina:

EUROPA (issued 26-04-2010)
The stamps show the children's book Mali Blu u Zemlji Zmajeva.

Thank You very much William!

International Theatre Festival 1998

Today I got my first stamps from Bosnia and Herzegovina and a souvenir sheet from Sweden.

This is one stamp from Bosnia and Herzegovina:

EUROPA (issued 05-05-1998)

Thank You very much William!

Famous Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Today I got my first stamps from Bosnia and Herzegovina and a souvenir sheet from Sweden.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in Southeast Europe bordering on Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine), which is divided in 10 cantons, and the Republika Srpska. The capital of the country is Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina has three postal operators, BH Pošta, Hrvatske pošta Mostar (Croatian Post)and Pošta Republike Srpske.

My stamps were issued by BH Pošta.

This is one set:

EUROPA (issued 15-04-1996)

Thank You very much William!