My stamp collection

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

On Saturday I got my order from Polish Post.

This is one stamp set I ordered:

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (issued 16-11-1987)
- The Nightingale
- The Match Girl
- Thumbelina
- The Wild Swan
- The Snow Queen
- The Brave Toy Soldier

Poland at the EXPO

On Saturday I got my order from Polish Post.

This is one souvenir sheet I ordered:

EXPO (issued 28-05-2015)

Opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort

On Friday I got a Chinese and a German stamp set on two postcards.

This is the Chinese one:

Opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort (issued 16-06-2016)

Thank You very much Mo!

Marine Fishes from Germany

On Friday I got a Chinese and a German stamp set on two postcards.

This is the German one:

Marine Fish (issued 04-08-2016)
- Atlantic Herring
- Atlantic Cod
- European Plaice

Thursday, 15 September 2016

Historic and Endangered Domestic Animal Breeds

Some time ago I bought the new German stamps, including Germany's only souvenir sheet of 2016.

This is it:

Historic and Endangered Domestic Animal Breeds (issued 01-09-2016)
- German Saddleback
- Rhön Sheep

Historic and endangered domestic animal breeds have valuable characteristics, which might be useful in the future. But in the course of the industrialisation the agriculture started to concentrate on breeds which had the best output and so the historic breeds began to disappear. Today a breed with unique genetics becomes extinct every two weeks. In Germany the GEH aims at the conservation of the historic and endangered domestic animal breeds, because they are an irrecoverable treasure.

When the Team "Erlebnis: Briefmarken" was in my hometown recently, I bought two special covers about the stamps.

Thursday, 1 September 2016

Puppetry in Thailand and Vietnam

On Tuesday I got a stamp set from Thailand on a postcard.

This is it:

40 years Diplomatic Relations with Vietnam (issued 05-08-2016)
It is a joint issue with Vietnam.
- Thai Rod Puppetry performing "Phra Mahachanok"
- Vietnamese Water Puppetry performing "Lake of the Restored Sword"

Thank You very much Kwanjira!

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Krapina Neanderthal Museum

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

This is it:

Krapina Neanderthal Museum (issued 07-11-2012)

The Krapina Neanderthal Museum was opened in 2010 near the site in Krapina where the Neanderthals remains were discovered. It focuses on the prehistory and protohistory of the humanity and the Neanderthals of Krapina. It is considered to be one of the most interesting evolutionary museums in Europe.

Thank You very much Antonella!

Monday, 8 August 2016

Dinosaurs of Brazil

Finally the set is complete! I got the first stamp of this Brazilian set in November 2014 and the last stamp last Tuesday.

This is the complete set:

Prehistoric Animals (issued 12-10-2014)

Thank You very much Silvia!

Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Emperor Franz Joseph I

Last week I was in Austria and there I visited the philatelic shop in Salzburg.

There I bought this stamp:

100th death anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I (issued 27-08-2016)

Franz Joseph became the Emperor of Austria in 1848 at the age of 18 after his uncle Ferdinand I abdicated in the course of the Revolutions in the Austrian Empire. In 1854 he married Elisabeth "Sisi", the duchess of Bavaria. During his life he had to suffer many strokes of fate. His first child Sophie died in 1857, his brother Maximilian was executed in Mexico in 1867, his only son Rudolf committed suicide in 1889, Sisi was killed in 1898 and his nephew and the heir apparent Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914 in Sarajevo. Although he did not want a war he wanted to demonstrate power against the Kingdom of Serbia and agreed to an ultimatum. After 68 years on the throne Franz Joseph I died in 1916 in Schönbrunn Palace.

Postcrossing in Austria

Last week I was in Austria and there I visited the philatelic shop in Salzburg.

There I bought this FDC:

Postcrossing (issued 21-05-2016)

When I recently ordered Austrian stamps online, I also bought the mint stamp.

Postcrossing in Russia

Last week I got a cover from Russia and inside was a mint stamp.

This is it:

Postcrossing (issued 25-03-2016)

In the cover was also the FDC of the stamp.

Thank You very much Anastasia!

Salamanca

Last week I got a cover from France and inside were two Spanish souvenir sheets.

This is one of them:

Salamanca - UNESCO World Heritage (issued 12-05-2016)

Thank You very much William!

Tribunal Constitucional

Last week I got a cover from France and inside were two Spanish souvenir sheets.

This is one of them:

35 years Tribunal Constitucional (issued 23-07-2015)

Thank You very much William!

Board Games in Singapore

Some time ago I got a Singaporean stamp and last week I got the other stamps from the set.

This is the complete set:

Traditional Board Games (issued 27-04-2016)

Thank You very much Van!

Monday, 1 August 2016

A FDC signed by Björn Ulvaeus!

Last Saturday I got my ordered stamps from the Åland Islands.

This is the FDC I ordered:

My Åland - Björn Ulvaeus (issued 08-07-2016)
The FDC was signed by Björn Ulvaeus, the former member of ABBA.

Åland's Toy Monkey

This is the 450th post on my blog! Thank You everybody for the nice stamps I got mint, on postcards and on covers!

Last Saturday I got my ordered stamps from the Åland Islands.

This is one of them:

EUROPA (issued 08-05-2015)
The stamp also celebrates the Year of the Monkey.

Witch-hunt in Åland

Last Saturday I got my ordered stamps from the Åland Islands.

This is one of them:

350th anniversary of the Witch-hunt in Åland (issued 08-04-2016)

Andorra's Euro Coins

I recently got a stamp set of the French Post in Andorra on a postcard and a cover.

This is it:

Euro Coins of Andorra (issued 09-01-2016)

Thank You very much William!

Spain's New King

Last Saturday I got a Spanish souvenir sheet on a cover.

This is it: