Latvia Christmas 2013

Ordered: 16th October 2021

Received: 28th October 2021

Avicenna's Canon of Medicine

Ordered: 18th December 2020

Received: 6th January 2021

Archaeological Institute of Indonesia

Last Monday I got a stamp set from Indonesia on a postcard.

This is it:

Centenary of the Archaeological Institute (issued 14-06-2013)

Thank You very much Shinta!

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

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.

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)

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)

Treaty of Utrecht

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

This is one stamp set I ordered:

300 years Treaty of Utrecht (issued 20-06-2013)

Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner

Last Friday I got my stamp order from Portugal.

This is one stamp set I bought:

Birth Bicentenaries of Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner (issued 31-01-2013)

Christianisation of the Samogitians

On Saturday I got my stamp order from Lithuania.

This is one stamp I ordered:

600th anniversary of the beginning of the Christianisation of the Samogitians (issued 05-01-2013)

Milan Edict

On 28th August I got my stamp order from Montenegro, which included my first mint stamps from this country.

This is one stamp I bought:

1700 years Milan Edict (issued 21-06-2013)

Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

On Saturday I got my stamp order from Lithuania.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (issued 15-06-2013)

Postcrossing in Lithuania

On Saturday I got my stamp order from Lithuania.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Postcrossing (issued 05-10-2013)

I also bought the FDC of this stamp.

Diplomatic Relations between Vietnam and Singapore

On Friday I got a cover from Vietnam with many nice Vietnamese stamps inside.

This is one set from the cover:

40 years Diplomatic Relations between Singapore and Vietnam (issued 12-09-2013)
It is a joint issue with Singapore.
- Red Junglefowl
- Grey Peacock-pheasant

Thank You very much Phan!

European Year of Citizens

Today I got my stamp order from Luxembourg.

This is one stamp I ordered:

European Year of Citizens (issued 12-03-2013)

Henry VII

Today I got my stamp order from Luxembourg.

This is one stamp I ordered:

700th death anniversary of Henry VII (issued 12-03-2013)

Hungarian Fauna

On Saturday I got my stamp orders from Croatia, Hungary and the United Kingdom.

This is one Hungarian stamp set I bought:

Fauna (issued 09-04-2013)
- Stoat
- Pygmy Shrew
- European Lynx
- Greater Mouse-eared Bat

I also bought the related souvenir sheet showing a Northern White-breasted Hedgehog.

Croatia and the European Union

On Saturday I got my stamp orders from Croatia, Hungary and the United Kingdom. It was the first time that I got mint stamps of Croatia.

Croatia is a country in Southeast Europe bordering on Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It is a member of the EU, of the UN and of the NATO. The capital of Croatia is Zagreb.

This is one Croatian stamp I bought:

Accession of Croatia to the European Union (issued 01-07-2013)

I also bought the related souvenir sheet.

Lapitch, the Little Shoemaker

On Saturday I got my stamp orders from Croatia, Hungary and the United Kingdom.

This is one Croatian stamp I bought:

Lapitch, the Little Shoemaker (issued 04-09-2013)

Croatian Amphibians

On Saturday I got my stamp orders from Croatia, Hungary and the United Kingdom.

This is one Croatian stamp set I bought:

Amphibians (issued 08-04-2013)
- Fire-bellied Toad
- Fire Salamander
- Olm