My stamp collection: 2014

Tuesday, 30 December 2014

World Record stamp

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one set:

Evacuation 75th Anniversary (issued 10-09-2014)

The £2 stamp has set a record for "Most words on a postage stamp" with a total of 2183 legible words.

Gibraltar and World War I

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one set:

World War I Centenary (issued 19-02-2014)

Year of the Horse

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one set:

Year of the Horse (issued 30-01-2014)

Christmas in Gibraltar

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one souvenir sheet:

Christmas (issued 03-11-2014)

The Music of Gibraltar

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one set:

EUROPA 2014 (issued 02-05-2014)

The Queen's Grandchildren

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one set:

The Queen's Grandchildren (issued 01-05-2009)
- Peter Phillips
- Zara Phillips
- Princess Beatrice of York
- Princess Eugenie of York
- Prince William of Wales
- Prince Henry of Wales
- The Lady Louise Windsor
- Viscount Severn

Earl and Countess of Wessex

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one souvenir sheet:

Royal Visit of TRH The Earl & Countess of Wessex (issued 14-09-2012)

Diana

Today I got some stamps of Gibraltar as belated Christmas present.

This is one set:

Princess of Wales Tribute (issued 31-03-2007)

Monday, 29 December 2014

Stories from the Great War FDC

Today I got a cover from Guernsey and inside was a FDC.

This is it:

Stories from the Great Wat (issued 11-11-2014)

Thank You very much Denise!

Friday, 26 December 2014

Malta and World War I

As Christmas present I got this year some online ordered stamps: my first stamps from Malta, some from Luxembourg and some from Guernsey.

One stamp set from Malta is this:

World War I Centenary (issued 07-11-2014)

Maltese music

As Christmas present I got this year some online ordered stamps: my first stamps from Malta, some from Luxembourg and some from Guernsey.

One stamp set from Malta is this:

EUROPA 2014 (issued 09-05-2014)

Hans Christian Andersen

As Christmas present I got this year some online ordered stamps: my first stamps from Malta, some from Luxembourg and some from Guernsey.

Malta is an island country in South Europe. The capital of Malta is Valletta. Malta became independent from the United Kingdom in 1964, but has its own stamps since 1860.

One stamp set from Malta is this:

200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen (issued 03-03-2005)
It is a joint issue with Denmark.
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Scissors and paper cutting
- Ugly Duckling, pen and inkwell
- Moroccan travelling boots and drawing of Villa Borghese

Guernsey's Stories from the Great War

As Christmas present I got this year some online ordered stamps: some from Guernsey, my first stamps from Malta and some from Luxembourg.

One set from Guernsey is this:

Stories from the Great War (issued 11-11-2014)

Guernsey's music

As Christmas present I got this year some online ordered stamps: some from Guernsey, my first stamps from Malta and some from Luxembourg.

One set from Guernsey is this:

EUROPA 2014 (issued 08-05-2014)

Penny and the Dragon

As Christmas present I got this year some online ordered stamps: some from Guernsey, my first stamps from Malta and some from Luxembourg.

One set from Guernsey is this:

EUROPA 2011 (issued 04-05-2011)
With the EUROPA 2011 stamps of Guernsey Keith Robinson continues the story of Penny the Postie which he started one year before also with the EUROPA issue. This book is called Penny and the Dragon.