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Monday, 30 September 2019

Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki

On 16th September I got a souvenir sheet on a postcard from Finland.

This is it:


Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki (issued 08-09-2004)
Sammallahdenmäki is a Bronze Age burial site consisting of 36 granite burial cairns. It provides a unique insight into the funerary practices and social and religious structures of Northern Europa 3000 years ago. The Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki is since 1999 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Thank You very much Sini!

Union of Lublin

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


450 years Union of Lublin (issued 01-07-2019)

Kraków - European Capital of Culture

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Kraków - European Capital of Culture (issued 26-04-2000)

Poland in the European Union

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


15 years of Poland in the European Union (issued 01-05-2019)

Moon Landing on Polish Souvenir Sheet

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


50 years Moon Landing (issued 20-07-2019)

Miracle on the Vistula River

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


85 years Miracle on the Vistula River (issued 12-08-2005)

Warsaw Uprising

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


75 years Warsaw Uprising (issued 01-08-2019)

Defense of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


80 years Defense of the Polish Post Office in Gdańsk (issued 01-09-2019)

Beginning of World War II

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


80 years Beginning of World War II (issued 01-09-2019)

Wieluń

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


70 years Attack on Wieluń (issued 01-09-2009)

Never again!

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Never again! (issued 27-01-2018)

Polish Bird

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


EUROPA (issued 24-04-2019)

Lech Walesa

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Lech Walesa (issued 31-08-2010)

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


5 years Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (issued 19-04-1948)

Democratic Reforms in Poland

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


30 years Democratic Reforms (issued 04-06-2019)

Polish Parliamentarism

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


550 years of Polish Parliamentarism (issued 29-06-2018)

Stanislaw August Poniatowski

On 16th September I got my stamp order from Poland.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Polish Kings and Princes - Stanislaw August Poniatowski (issued 23-10-2000)

Saturday, 21 September 2019

Tyrannosaurus Rex

On 10th September I got a stamp set from the USA on a postcard.

This is it:



Tyrannosaurus Rex (issued 29-08-2019)
Two of the stamps are printed with a lenticular effect.

Thank You very much Tristan!

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

On 6th September I got my stamp order from Belgium.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


450th death anniversary of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (issued 26-08-2019)

Birds of Belgium

On 6th September I got my stamp order from Belgium.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


EUROPA (issued 17-06-2019)
The souvenir sheet includes this year's EUROPA stamps from Belgium. Belgium takes part in the Europa Stamps Bird Project, so the stamps can be scanned to listen to the birds.
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Golden Oriol

In June I already got two postcards from Belgium, which were sent with these stamps and the special postmark. The cards were also signed by Kris Maes, the designer of the stamps.



Thank You very much for the cards Gerda!

Clara Schumann

On 5th September I bought the new German stamps.

This is one stamp I bought:


200th birthday of Clara Schumann (issued 05-09-2019)

Alexander von Humboldt

On 5th September I bought the new German stamps.

This is one stamp I bought:


250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt (issued 05-09-2019)

Smart Card

On 5th September I bought the new German stamps.

This is one stamp I bought:


50 years Smart Card (issued 05-09-2019)
Gold foil is added to the stamp.

Birds of Guernsey

On 4th September I got my stamp order from Guernsey.

This is the stamp set I ordered:




EUROPA (issued 01-04-2019)
The set includes this year's two EUROPA stamps from Guernsey. Guernsey takes part in the Europa Stamps Bird Project, so the stamps can be scanned to listen to the birds.
- Puffin
- Linnet (EUROPA stamp)
- Bullfinch
- Goldfinch (EUROPA stamp)
- Starling
- Kingfisher

I also bought the souvenir sheet of this issue, which only includes the two EUROPA stamps.


Monday, 16 September 2019

Barbary Partridges in Gibraltar

On 28th August I got my stamp order from Gibraltar.

This is one stamp set I ordered:


EUROPA (issued 05-02-2019)
The stamps show Barbary Partridges. Gibraltar is taking part in the Europa Stamps Bird Project, so these stamps can be scanned to listen to the birds.

I also bought the souvenir sheet of this issue.


Battle of Trafalgar

On 28th August I got my stamp order from Gibraltar.

This is one stamp set I ordered:




Bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar (issued 31-01-2005)
Actual timber from the original HMS Victory is affixed to the £1.60 stamp. Similar stamps have been issued in Ascension Island, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Kiribati, Naura, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia and Tristan da Cunha.

Enlargement of the European Union

On 28th August I got my stamp order from Gibraltar.

This is one stamp set I ordered:



Enlargement of the European Union (issued 15-09-2003)

King Henry VIII and his Wives

On 28th August I got my stamp order from Gibraltar.

This is one stamp set I ordered:





500 years of King Henry VIII's Succession to Throne (issued 11-01-2009)
- Catherine of Aragon
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Catherine Howard
- Catherine Parr
- King Henry VIII
- The Mary Rose