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Thursday, 30 January 2020

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Last Tuesday I got my stamp order from New Zealand.

This is one stamp set I bought:





The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (issued 12-11-2014)
- Smaug
- Bilbo Baggins
- Gandalf
- Thranduil
- Bag End (with ground wood from the Hobbiton Party Tree)
- Bard the Bowman
- Tauriel

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Last Tuesday I got my stamp order from New Zealand.

This is one stamp set I bought:




The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (issued 01-11-2013)
- Thorin Oakenshield
- Gandalf
- Tauriel
- Bilbo Baggins
- Legolas Greenleaf
- Bard the Bowman

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Last Tuesday I got my stamp order from New Zealand.

This is one stamp set I bought:




The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (issued 01-11-2012)
- Bilbo Baggins
- Gollum
- Gandalf
- Thorin Oakenshield
- Radagast
- Elrond

Rats from New Zealand

Last Tuesday I got my stamp order from New Zealand.

This is one stamp set I bought:



Year of the Rat (issued 04-12-2019)

Saturday, 18 January 2020

Children's Books in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and 

Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.The Croatian Post Mostar is one of the three postal administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 1993 and operates mainly in Croat-majority areas of the country. Its headquarters is in Mostar.

This is one stamp set I ordered:


EUROPA (issued 04-05-2010)

Tintilinić and Thumbelina

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp set I ordered:


Fairy Tales (issued 02-04-2005)
- Tintilinić by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić
- Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen

Birds of Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:


EUROPA (issued 30-04-2019)
The souvenir sheet includes this year's EUROPA stamps of the Croatian Post Mostar. The Croatian Post Mostar takes part in the Europa Stamps Bird Project, so the stamps can be scanned to listen to the birds.
- Great Tit
- Eurasian Blue Tit

Year of the Snake in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Year of the Snake (issued 10-02-2013)

I also bought the maxicard of this stamp.


200 years Bicycle

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


200 years Bicycle (issued 12-06-2017)

Edict of Milan

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


1700 years Edict of Milan (issued 26-01-2013)

Gold Coin of Nero

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Gold Coin of Nero (issued 31-10-2014)
The stamp is embossed.

Konjic Mithraeum

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Archaeological Treasure - Konjic Mithraeum (issued 12-05-2012)

Giuseppe Verdi

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi (issued 10-10-2013)

Moon Landing

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


35 years Moon Landing (issued 20-07-2004)

I also bought the maxicard of this stamp.


Railway between Metkovic and Mostar

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Railway between Metkovic and Mostar (issued 14-06-2005)

Old Bridge in Mostar

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one stamp I ordered:


Reconstruction of the Old Bridge in Mostar (issued 23-07-2004)

Stamp Day

On Wednesday I got my stamp order from the Croatian Post Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina with my first stamps of this postal administration.

This is one maxicard I ordered:


Stamp Day (issued 09-09-2002)

Friday, 3 January 2020

Vincent van Gogh's Field with Poppies

Yesterday I bought the first new German stamps of the year.

This is one stamp I bought:


Treasures of German Museums (issued 02-01-2020)
The stamp shows Vincent van Gogh's Field with Poppies from the Kunsthalle Bremen.

Yesterday I was in Bremen where a small stamp event was organised for the issue of the stamp. There I was able to buy this special limited edition cover.


Ludwig van Beethoven

Yesterday I bought the first new German stamps of the year.

This is one stamp I bought:


250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven (issued 02-01-2020)

I also bought the First Day Sheet of this stamp.



Bonn and Siebengebirge

Yesterday I bought the first new German stamps of the year.

This is one maxicard I bought:


Bonn and Siebengebirge (issued 02-01-2020)

Year of the Rat Maxicards from Vietnam

 On Tuesday I got two maxicards from Vietnam in a cover.

These they are:



Year of the Rat (issued 08-12-2019)
The cards were signed by the stamp designer.

Thank You very much Phan!