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!

Wilhelm Busch

Yesterday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one of them:

150 years Max and Moritz (issued 02-04-2015)

Max and Moritz is an illustrated story by the German author Wilhelm Busch and was first published in 1865. The stamp shows an illustration of the third prank out of seven.
The works of Wilhelm Busch were often shown on German stamp. The oldest Wilhelm Busch I have in collection were issued on 9th January 1958 and remembered Wilhelm Busch's 50th day of death. The left stamp shows a self portrait of Wilhelm Busch and the right stamp an illustration of the sixth prank.

The next Wilhelm Busch stamp was issued on 15th April 1982 and celebrated his 150th birthday. The stamp shows the Pious Helene. In my collection I have both, a mint stamp and one cancelled with the First Day Special Postmark. The stamp shows an illustration of the third chapter and the postmark one from the fifth chapter.

On 19th April 1990 four stamps were issued to celebrate 125 years of Max and Moritz. The first stamp shows an illustration of Widow Bolte from the first prank, the second stamp shows the second prank, the third stamp one from the third prank and the fourth stamp the illustration of the preface.

The Teacher Lämpel was used on a stamp (issued 09-08-2001) to encourage to lifelong learning. Teacher Lämpel was featured in the fourth prank of Max and Moritz.

The latest stamps of the Federal Republic of Germany showing a character of Wilhelm Busch were issued on 14th June 2007 to celebrate Wilhelm Busch's 175 birthday. The stamps show a sequence of pictures from Hans Huckebein. The First Day Special Postmark shows again a self portrait of Wilhelm Busch.

Not only the Federal Republic of Germany showed characters of Wilhelm Busch. Switzerland featured Max and Moritz on one stamp from a Pro Juventute set about Characters from children's books (issued 26-11-1984).

The other stamps from the set show Heidi by Johanna Spyri, Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren.

The German Federal Post of Berlin issued four stamps about Max and Moritz on 19th April 1990 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the publishing of the story. The stamps show illustrations of the fourth, sixth, seventh and fifth prank.

International Year of Crystallography

Yesterday I got a Slovenian souvenir sheet in a cover.

This is it:

International Year of Crystallography (issued 30-05-2014)
It is a joint issue with Belgium.

Thank You very much Mateja!