Portugal and Ceuta

Ordered: 18th December 2020

Received: 6th January 2021

Cherry Blossom in the USA and Japan

Received: 20th October 2020

Thank You very much Sam-Quito!

Rhine Falls

Last Tuesday I got a stamp set from Switzerland on a postcard.

This is it:

Rhine Falls (issued 05-03-2015)

Thank You very much Meike!

Glowing 112 from Croatia

On Friday I got my stamp order from Croatia.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Emergency Telephone Number (issued 11-02-2015)
The 112 on the stamp glows in the dark.

Reintroduction of the Iberian Lynx in Portugal

Last Friday I got my stamp order from Portugal.

This is one souvenir sheet I bought:

Reintroduction of the Iberian Lynx in Portugal (issued 30-04-2015)

Laws of Heredity

Last Friday I got my stamp order from Portugal.

This is one stamp set I bought:

150 years of the Discovery of the Laws of Heredity (issued 04-08-2015)

Teresa Teng

On Monday I got the stamps I had ordered in an online stamp shop.

This is one Taiwanese stamp set I ordered:

Teresa Teng (issued 15-04-2015)

Latvian Declaration of Independence

Last Thursday I got my stamp order from Latvia.

This is one stamp I ordered:

25th anniversary of the Latvian Declaration of Independence (issued 29-04-2015)

Fairy Tale Princesses from Serbia

On Thursday I got a cover from Serbia. Inside were a Serbian stamp set and another single stamp.

This is the stamp set:

Fairy Tale Princesses (issued 04-11-2015)
- The Frog Prince
- Snow White
- The Beauty and the Beast
- Sleeping Beauty

Thank You very much Anna!

Centenary of the Armenian Genocide

On Wednesday I got my first stamps of Armenia, which I had ordered more than a month ago.

Armenia is a country in the South Caucasus bordering on Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran. In 1991 Armenia became independent from the Soviet Union. Yerevan is the country's capital.

This is one stamp set I ordered:

Centenary of the Armenian Genocide (issued 24-12-2015)

To commemorate the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide in 2015 the Armenian Post issued a new series of definitive stamps showing a Forget-me-not. Unfortunately only these three stamps of the second set were still available in mint condition, so I had to buy the FDC of the first set, which was issued on 29th January 2015.

I also bought this related prepaid postcard.

Melkonian Orphanage in Nicosia

On Wednesday I got my first stamps of Armenia, which I had ordered more than a month ago.

This is one stamp I ordered:

Melkonian Orphanage in Nicosia (issued 02-04-2015)
It is a joint issue with Cyprus.

Van Resistance and Mount Musa Resistance

On Wednesday I got my first stamps of Armenia, which I had ordered more than a month ago.

This is one stamp set I ordered:

Van Resistance and Mount Musa Resistance (issued 29-10-2015)

200 years Luxembourg

Today I got my stamp order from Luxembourg.

This is one stamp I ordered:

200 years Luxembourg (issued 03-03-2015)

Green Week in Berlin

This year I got stamps as Christmas present including some stamps from Latvia.

This is one stamp I got:

Green Week in Berlin (issued 15-01-2015)

Mattie the Goose-boy

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

This is one Hungarian souvenir sheet I bought:

Mattie the Goose-boy (issued 24-03-2015)

Lucky Luke

On Thursday I got my stamp order from Belgium.

This is one stamp set I bought:

Lucky Luke - Friend and Enemy (issued 13-04-2015)
- Lucky Luke
- Jolly Jumper
- Rantanplan
- Joe Dalton
- Ma Dalton
- Hank Bully
- Jesse James
- Indian
- Billy the Kid
- Calamity Jan

RMS Lusitania

On Tuesday I got my order from An Post, the postal operator of the Republic of Ireland, with my first mint Irish stamps.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

Centenary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania (issued 07-05-2015)

Special Covers from Heligoland

On Sunday I visited a special post office in Clausthal-Zellerfeld and was able to buy two special covers for my collection.

Stamp:

Saltwater Fishes (from set of three) (issued 04-08-2016)

with a special postmark about the 125th anniversary of the Biologische Anstalt Helgoland

Stamps:
Supplemental Stamp 8c (issued 03-12-2015)
175 years Stamps (issued 01-09-2015)
with a special postmark about the 150th anniversary of Heligoland's first stamps

Goats from Guernsey

On Friday I got a cover from Guernsey Post with three free souvenir sheets inside.

This is one of them:

Year of the Goat (issued 28-01-2015)

Thank You very much Guernsey Post! ^___^

Centenary of Nili

On Monday I got my stamp order from Israel.

This is one stamp block I ordered:

Centenary of Nili (issued 08-12-2015)