Endangered Birds from Indonesia

On Tuesday I got a postcard from Indonesia.

The stamps were this:

I got the missing one at the beginning of the year:

Endangered Birds (issued 15-07-2012)
- Siai Scops Owl
- Flores Hawk-Eagle
- Invisible Rail
- Elegant Sunbird (Male)

Thank You Surfia for sending me the complete stamp set!

India's Old Post Offices

On Monday I got two FDCs from South Korea and an Indian postcard with a complete stamp set on it.

The stamp set on the postcard was this:

India's Old Post Offices (issued 12-04-2013)
- Agra H.P.O.
- Mumbai G.P.O.

Thank You very much Saujanya!

South Korea-Germany joint issue FDC

On Monday I got two FDCs from South Korea and a Indian postcard with a complete stamp set on it.

One of the FDCs was this:

Stamp:
130 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and Germany (issued 05-06-2013)
(It is a joint issue with Germany)

The German stamp was issued one day after the South Korean stamp because the 6th June is a important holiday in South Korea.

Thank You so much Joony for the FDCs and the postcards!!

Year of the Snake FDC

On Monday I got two FDCs from South Korea and a Indian postcard with a complete stamp set on it.

One of the FDCs was this:

front side:

back side:

Stamp:
Year of the Snake (from set of two) (issued 03-12-2012)

It is the last stamp of this New Year's series from South Korea.

It is a really great stamp because it glows in the dark.

I was looking so long for one of this stamps and now I got this FDC and five postcards with this stamp.

Thank You so much Joony for the FDCs and the postcards!!

Andorran stamp with mirror

Last year I got my first stamp from Andorra.

Andorra is a country in the Pyrenees bordered by France and Spain. The capital of Andorra is Andorra la Vella. In Andorra are two different postal administrations. These two are the French Post and the Spanish Post. My stamp was issued by the French Post.

EUROPA (issued 07-05-2010)

It is a great stamp, because on it is a little mirror.

Mr Men and Little Miss

At the beginning of the year I got my first stamp set from Guernsey.

Guernsey is the second-largest Channel Island. Guernsey is neither a part of the European Union nor of the United Kingdom, but a British Crown Dependency. The capital of Guernsey is Saint Peter Port. Guernsey issues it's own stamps since 1958.

The stamp set was this:

Mr Men and Little Miss (issued 15-05-2008)
- Mr Happy
- Mr Bump
- Little Miss Naughty
- Mr Greedy
- Mr Strong
- Mr Tickle

Mr Men is a British children's book series written by Roger Hargreaves (1935-1988). The characters are creatures with a distinct temperament, characteristic or body part.
Roger Hargreaves lived awhile on Guernsey.

Sign Language

Last week I got two postcards from Singapore and on both were whole stamp sets.

One of the two is this:

Greetings (issued 17-06-2013)

- Hi!

- Welcome!

- I love You!

- Thanks!

- Good Bye!

Thank You very much Jeremy!

48 years of the Independence of Singapore

Last week I got two postcards from Singapore and on both were whole stamp sets.

One of the two is this:

48 years of the Independence of Singapore (issued 05-08-2013)
- BEATING SARS TOGETHER
- CLEANING AND GREENING OUR CITY
- CONQUERING OUR WATER CHALLENGES
- LIVING TOGETHER IN HARMONY
- FORGING A VIBRANT ECONOMY

This is the first stamp set of a new series on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Independence of Singapore.

Thank You very much Jeremy!

Native Songbirds

On Thursday I bought the new German stamp set.

For the Youth (issued 08-08-2013)
- European Goldfinch
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Blue Tit

Our City in a Garden

Before my trip I got a great postcard from Singapore with a complete stamp set on it.
The stamp set is this:

Our City in a Garden (issued 13-07-2013)

The stamps show animals living and flowers blossoming in Singapore in front of Singapore's Skyline.

In 1963 Singapore's former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew planted the first tree as start of the greening campaign. Over the years more and more plants were planted in Singapore.

On the postcard is also a very special version of the 1st local stamp with real seeds inside.

Thank You very much Jeremy!

Red Cross stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.
One of them is this:

150 years Red Cross (issued 08-05-2013)

Chamois stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.
One of them is this:

Wild animals and hunt (issued 14-03-2013)

The stamp shows a chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) or more precisely a female, a pup and the track of a chamois. The chamois lives in Europe and Asia Minor.The hunting of chamois take place in the high mountains because the animals live there.

The stamp is the second stamp of a series. The first one was issued in 2012.

Nature Protection Society stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.
One of them is this:

100 years of Nature Protection Society of Austria (issued 07-06-2013)

The Nature Protection Society of Austria is the oldest environmental organisation in Austria and has about 80 000 members.
The stamp shows the logo and a kingfisher.

Environment stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.
One of them is this:

Save the Environment! (issued 13-06-2013)

It is a charity stamp in favour of the youth care of the VÖPh.

Cave stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.
One of them is this:

Postojna Cave-Underground Post Office (issued 06-04-2013)
(It is a joint issue with Slovenia)

The Postojna Cave (Slovenian: Postojnska jama; German: Adelsberger Grotte) is located near the city of Postojna in Slovenia and is the second-largest for visitors developed stalactite cave in the world. Between 1900 and 1914 the Royal and Imperial Post had a post office only for the cave

EUROPA stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.
One of them is this:

EUROPA 2013 (issued 06-05-2013)

I also bought a extra one to send it on a postcard to me. But I just used the stamp and kept the rest of the souvenir sheet. 

Pilgrimage stamp from Austria

The last two weeks I was on a trip to Austria and Italy. When I was in Austria I was in a post office where I bought some nice Austrian stamps.

One of them is this:

500 years of pilgrimage in Maria Luggau (issued 31-05-2013)

Maria Luggau is a place of pilgrimage in Carinthia. About 40 000 pilgrims visit it every year.

It is a very special souvenir sheet. The border has a lace pattern.