Tai Sui God

On Tuesday I got a postcard from Thailand with a complete stamp set on it.

The stamp set is this:

Tai Sui God (issued 07-02-2013)

The stamps are covered with Gold, Vermeil (a combination of Silver, Gold and other metals) and Silver, so they are very special and really great.

Thank You very much Ta!

Joos van Cleve "Geburt Christi"

On Monday I got a postcard from Austria.

On the postcard is a great stamp with First Day Special Postmark:

Christmas (issued 15-11-2013)

The Stamp shows the painting "Geburt Christi" painted by Joos van Cleve. The painting is today in the Museum of Art History in Vienna.
Joos van Cleve was born in 1485 as Joos van der Beke. He was a Dutch painter and his paintings were in the houses of rich people in whole Europe. Today his paintings are in the most significant museums in the world. He died in 1540.
When I saw this stamp it reminds me of the German Christmas carol "O du Fröhliche".
Lyrics:
O du fröhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Welt ging verloren, Christ ist geboren:
Freue, freue dich, o Christenheit!

Thank You very much Marco!

Fashion

On Monday I got two postcards from Singapore. On each was a complete stamp set.

On one card was this set:

Fashion (issued 08-11-2013)
(It is a joint issue with France)

Thank You very much Jeremy!

Definitives- Vanishing Trades

On Monday I got two postcards from Singapore. On each was a complete stamp set.

On one card was this set:

Definitives- Vanishing Trades (issued 16-10-2013)
- Dairy Man
- Beaded Slippers Maker (?)
- Kachang Puteh Seller
- Lantern Maker
- Songkok Maker
- Goldsmith
- Cobbler
- Knife Sharpener
- Ice-Ball Seller
- Parrot Astrologer

Thank You very much Jeremy!

The Three Kings FDC

On Monday I received a FDC sent by me to Berlin to get the special postmark.

The FDC is this:

Christmas (issued 02-11-2013)

I have also a mint stamp and a FDS.

Table Tennis

On Monday I got a postcard from China and on the card was a complete stamp set.

The stamp set is this:

Table Tennis (issued 27-09-2013)
(It is a joint issue with Sweden)

Table Tennis is originated from the United Kingdom. It is also called Ping Pong and is honoured China's national game.
The man on the blue stamp is Jan-Ove Waldner. He is the first living foreigner on a Chinese stamp.

Thank You very much Kun!

The Three Kings

On Tuesday I bought the new German stamps.

On of them is this:

Christmas (issued 02-11-2013)

The stamp shows the Three Kings. Their names are Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. They were guided by the Star of Bethlehem to Bethlehem where they gave gold, myrrh and frankincense to the Christ Child. The Day of the Three Kings is the 6th January.
The stamp shows also the Star of Bethlehem. In Germany we have a nice carol about the Star of Bethlehem.
Lyrics:
Stern über Bethlehem, zeig uns den Weg,
führ uns zur Krippe hin, zeig wo sie steht.
Leuchte du uns voran, bis wir dort sind,
Stern über Bethlehem, führ uns zum Kind.

I bought also a First Day Sheet.

front side:

back side:

Christmas Mood

On Tuesday I bought the new German stamps.

On of them is this:

Christmas Mood (issued 02-11-2013)

The stamp shows fir trees. In Germany we have a nice carol about fir trees. It is called “O Tannenbaum”.
Lyrics:
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu/grün sind deine Blätter!
Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
Wie treu/grün sind deine Blätter!

English Version:
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!
They are green when summer days are bright,
They are green when winter snow is white.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us!

Willy Brandt

On Tuesday I bought the new German stamps.

On of them is this:

100 birthday of Willy Brandt (issued 02-11-2013)

Willy Brandt was born in 1913 in Lübeck. He resisted the National Socialist Dictatorship and went into exile to Norway and Sweden in 1933. After the Second World War he assisted the rehabilitation of the democracy in Germany and from 1957 and 1966 he was the Governing Mayor of Berlin. From 1966 he was the Foreign Minister of Germany and from 1969 Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1971 he got the Nobel Peace Price. He died in 1992.

I bought also a First Day Sheet.

front side:

back side:

Heinrich Hertz

On Tuesday I bought the new German stamps.

On of them is this:

125 years Beams of Electric Power (issued 02-11-2013)

The Beams of Electric Power were discovered by Heinrich Hertz.
Heinrich Hertz was born in 1857. He is one of the greatest physicians in the world and from 1885 to 1889 he was the most significant scientist at  the “Technischen Hochschule Karlsruhe”. Hermann von Helmholtz presented Hertz’ report about the Beams of Electric Power at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in 1888. Heinrich Hertz died in 1894.

I bought also a First Day Sheet.

front side:

back side: