Mice from the Åland Islands

On Friday I got my stamp order from the Åland Islands.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Year of the Mouse (issued 24-10-2019)

China Dogs from the Åland Islands

On Friday I got my stamp order from the Åland Islands.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Year of the Dog (issued 10-11-2017)

Roosters from the Åland Islands

On Friday I got my stamp order from the Åland Islands.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Year of the Rooster (issued 11-11-2016)

Suske and Wiske

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from Belgium on three postcards.

This it it:

75 years Suske and Wiske (issued 25-01-2020)
- Op het Eiland Amoras (1945/46)
- De schat van Beersel (1954)
- De klankentapper (1961)
- De kaperkoters (2006/7)
- De planeetvreters (2017)

Thank You very much Gerda!

French Rats

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from France on a cover and postcard.

This is it:

Year of the Rat (issued 20-01-2020)

Thank You very much William!

Birds of Ukraine

Last Wednesday I got my first mint stamps from Ukraine in a cover.

This is one stamp set I got:

EUROPA (issued 22-05-2019)
- Nightingale
- White Stork

Thank You very much Alexander!

Waterfowl at the Danube

Last Wednesday I got my first mint stamps from Ukraine in a cover.

This is one souvenir sheet I got:

Waterfowl at the Danube (issued 26-10-2004)

Thank You very much Alexander!

Seven Wonders of Ukraine

Last Wednesday I got my first mint stamps from Ukraine in a cover.

This is one souvenir sheet I got:

Seven Wonders of Ukraine - Castles, Fortresses and Palaces (issued 29-11-2012)

Thank You very much Alexander!

Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine

Last Wednesday I got my first mint stamps from Ukraine in a cover.

This is one souvenir sheet I got:

Seven Natural Wonders of Ukraine (issued 19-12-2011)

Thank You very much Alexander!

Lviv Oblast

Last Wednesday I got my first mint stamps from Ukraine in a cover.

This is one souvenir sheet I got:

Beauty and Greatness of Ukraine - Lviv Oblast (issued 19-12-2019)

Thank You very much Alexander!

The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats

Once upon a time a Mother Goat lived in the forest together with her seven children. One day she left them at home alone to get food, but warned them about the Big Bad Wolf, who will try to come in to eat them by pretending to be their mother and convincing the kids to open the door. Her white feet and sweet voice however will reveal the real Mother. After she is away, the Wolf tries twice to get in, but both times the young goats realise that it is not her Mother who is at the door. The Wolf himself is not stupid and disguised his gruff voice with honey and black feet with flour.

Now for third time the Wolf is again at the door and says "Let me in children, your mother has something for each and every one of you", this time the children hear the honey-softened voice and see the flour-whited feet and open the door for what they think to be her Mother. As soon as he is inside, the Wolf eats six of the young goats and only the youngest is able to hide in a clock. After that the Wolf is so pigged out that he can not move anymore and falls asleep under a nearby tree.

Later that day the mother comes back home and is shocked to find the open door and just her youngest child. Together they make a plan to get their children and siblings back. With a pair of scissors the mother opens the belly of the Wolf and the six children spring out miraculously unharmed. Together they fill the Wolf with rocks and the Mother uses needle and thread to sew him back up again. After his sleep the Wolf is very thirsty and goes to the river (or well) to drink, but falls in and drowns under the weight of the rocks.

The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats was chosen this year for the new annual welfare stamps about the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (issued 06-02-2020). Apart from the three stamps above I will also keep one self-adhesive coil stamp for my collection.

Unlike the Brave Little Tailor last year this fairy tale was already featured on a West German stamp set, as it was included in the old welfare stamp series about the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in the 1960s. You can see those old stamps here. Four Young Goats and a Big Good Wolf were also shown on one of the Swiss fairy tale stamps of 2018.

Moomins and the Sea

Last Wednesday I got my stamp order from Finland.

This is the FDC I ordered:

#oursea (issued 22-01-2020)
The sea plays a vital role in the Moomin universe, but the Finland's sea, the Baltic Sea, is in fact one of the most polluted seas in the World. These new Moomin stamps are thus issued to promote the #oursea campaign, which was launched to save the Baltic Sea and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first Moomin book.

Rats from Uruguay

Last Monday I got a FDC from Uruguay.

This is it:

Year of the Rat (issued 20-01-2020)

Thank You very much Yue!

Rats from China

On 29th January I got a stamp set from China on a postcard.

This is it:

Year of the Rat (issued 05-01-2020)

The postcard is a maxicard about this issue.

Thank You very much Ningxin!

Rat from Kyrgyzstan

On 27th January I got a maxicard from Kyrgyzstan.

This is it:

Year of the Rat (issued 02-12-2019)

Thank You very much Yue!

Rats from the Philippines

On 24th January I got a stamp set from the Philippines on a postcard.

This is it:

Year of the Rat (issued 13-12-2019)

Thank You very much Mitch!

Rats from Christmas Island and China

On 23rd January I got my stamp order from Australia.

This is one the stamp set I ordered:

Year of the Rat (issued 08-01-2020)

Beside this set I also bought a special folder which includes both a sheet from Christmas Island about the Year of the Rat and two sheets from China (issued 05-01-2020).