Ornate Wrasse

On Friday I got a souvenir sheet from Monaco on a cover.

This is it:

WWF - Ornate Wrasse (issued 15-09-2016)

Thank You very much William!

Rural Architecture in Spain

On Thursday I got a stamp set from Spain on three postcards.

This it is:

Rural Architecture (issued 10-10-2016)
- Waterwheels
- Andalusian Farmhouses
- "Cigarral" Country Houses

Thank You very much Belén!

Salon Philatélique d'Automne

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from France.

This is it:

70 years Salon Philatélique d'Automne (issued 07-11-2016)

Thank You very much William!

Think Green in Italy

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from Italy.

This is it:

EUROPA (issued 09-05-2016)

Thank You very much William!

Events in Luxembourg

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from Luxembourg.

This is it:

Commemorative Series (issued 03-03-2016)
- Luxembourg Maritime Register
- Port of Mertert
- Centre for Equal Treatment

Thank You very much William!

French Contacts with Portugal

On Monday I got a stamp set from France.

This is it:

950 years Luso-French Contacts (issued 24-10-2016)
It is a joint issue with Portugal.
- Arc de la Rue Augusta in Lisbon
- Rue Royale in Paris

Thank You very much William!

Stamps from the Salon Philatélique d'Automne

William recently visited the 70th Salon Philatélique d'Automne. In the course of this week I got among others a complete stamp set from Andorra's French Post and four stamps with First Day Postmarks, two from Andorra and two from France.

Coat of Arms (issued 02-01-2010)

Lavender (issued 04-11-2016)
Sheepdog (issued 04-11-2016)

Brive-La-Gaillarde (issued 07-11-2016)

Réouverture de la Bièvre (issued 07-11-2016)

Thank You very much William!

The Movies of Aardman

Today I got my order from Isle of Man Post.

This is one stamp set I ordered:

40 years of Aardman (issued 12-08-2016)
- Morph on the Isle of Man - Laxey tram
- Wallace & Gromit on their motorcycle from "A Close Shave"
- Shaun the Sheep at his home in Mossy Bottom Farm
- Timmy, the little lamb of Shaun the Sheep's flock
- Shaun the Sheep from the classic episode "Draw the Line"
- Wallace & Gromit from the film "A Grand Day Out", where they travel to the Moon
- Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss from the short film 'Creature Comforts'
- Morph on the Isle of Man - Laxey Wheel

Battle of Jutland

Today I got my order from Isle of Man Post.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Centenary of the Battle of Jutland (issued 17-02-2016)

Annunciation to the Shepherds

On Wednesday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one of them:

Annunciation to the Shepherds (issued 02-11-2016)

The Hortus Deliciarum, where the illustration is taken from, is a medieval encyclopedia. It was written between 1167 and 1185 by Herrad of Landsberg, which is why it was the first encyclopedia that was evidently written by a woman. It was one of the most celebrated illuminated manuscripts of the period. The original copy was destroyed during the Siege of Strasbourg in 1870, but it was possible to reconstruct parts of the manuscript as its miniatures had been copied by Christian Maurice Engelhardt in 1818.