Hans Huckebein

On Sunday I visited the Birth House of Wilhelm Busch in Wiedensahl and was able to buy an old souvenir sheet showing his character Hans Huckebein.

This is it:

175th birthday of Wilhelm Busch (issued 14-06-2007)

Hans Huckebein celebrates the 150th anniversary of his first publication in 2017 and a special postmark was available in Wiedensahl.

German Maxicards

Recently I was able to buy two German maxicards.

These they are:

500 years Reformation (issued 13-04-2017)
It is a joint issue with Brazil.

EUROPA (issued 11-05-2017)

Journey to the West

On Saturday I got a stamp set from China on a postcard.

This is it:

Journey to the West (issued 30-03-2017)
- White Dragon Horse Is Reined In
- Zhu Bajie Recruited by Sanzang
- Friar Sand Joins the Pilgrims
- In the Wuzhuang Temple Monkey Steals Manfruit

Thank You very much Mo!

Spanish Stamp Design Contest

On Friday I got a stamp set from Spain on a postcard.

This is it:

Stamp Design Contest (issued 01-02-2017)

Thank You very much Mario!

Estonian Castles

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from Estonia on a postcard.

This is it:

EUROPA (issued 08-05-2017)
- Maarjamäe Castle
- Castle of Keila

Thank You very much Jaan!

Reformation Maxicard from Italy

On Tuesday I got a maxicard from Italy.

This is it:

500 years Reformation (issued 24-04-2017)

Thank You very much Renato!

Belgium during World War I

On Friday I got a stamp from Belgium which I needed to complete its set.

This is the set:

Centenary of World War I (issued 13-06-2016)
- Clandestine Newspapers
- Gebrielle Petit
- Henri Pirenne
- Battle of Tabora
- Deportations

Thank You very much Gerda and William!

Wartburg Castle

On Thursday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one of them:

EUROPA (issued 11-05-2017)

New and Old German Definitives

On Thursday I bought the new German stamps.

This is one set I bought:

Definitives (issued 11-05-2017)
- Water Lily
- St John's Wort

These are the old stamps of the same values:

Dutch Castles

On Saturday I got a stamp set from the Netherlands on a postcard.

This is it:

EUROPA (issued 20-02-2017)
- Doornenburg Castle
- Ammersoyen Castle

Thank You very much William!

World's Longest Stamp

Usually I just show mint stamps and complete sets on this blog, but on Friday I got a stamp from Thailand which I just have to show here.

This is it:

70 years of King Bhumibol's Accession to the Throne (issued 01-04-2017)
This stamp is said to be the longest stamp in the World.

Thank You very much Cherry!