December 2021 – Puzzle
The stamp of this month´s puzzle is a blue water lily. The ancient Egyptians thought that in its center sits the sun god Ra, and when the rose is open, therefore the light shines.
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The stamp of this month´s puzzle is a blue water lily. The ancient Egyptians thought that in its center sits the sun god Ra, and when the rose is open, therefore the light shines.
The stamp of the month December 2021 is not a Christmas stamp. Instead, I chose two stamps – both of which have the same motif – but each with a different intention. The new German definitive stamp at 5 Ct is a water lily folded from letters, in which the stamps are writing pens – Read More …
Now it comes again the Christmas season and with it the Christkindl and in anglo-Saxonian countries also Santa Claus. Santa visits children and brings them presents. However, he not only comes home but also to pediatric clinics. The cover of the month is indeed an FDC commemorating the anniversary of a pediatric clinic in Great Read More …
Here we tell little stories about various individual documents. First of all, of course, you ask yourself, what could I use them for? This is noted in the corresponding PDF. The PDF can also be downloaded – if the font here on the homepage is too small. You just have to click on the red Read More …
The stamp of the month 2021 is a stamp from Syria. Unfortunately, I have not been able to research much more about the background of this stamp beyond the purely technical details and that it was issued to mark Syrian Culture Day, which is held annually on November 23. This Culture Day coincides with the Read More …
The first cover of the month in December is a postcard from 1902. It is an embossed card with the large Liechtenstein coat of arms, the text of the national anthem and Liechtenstein coins (crowns) from that time (including the Vereinstaler from 1862). Always with the image of the prince at that time – Read More …
Today a philatelically not particularly valuable envelope, poor stamp quality, stamps not particularly valuable and on top of that the postmark is illegible, so nothing is known about place of dispatch. So why then cover of the month – simply because it is beautiful. Who still “draws” the address so beautifully on a letter today? Read More …
Here’s a puzzle to go with the science article from this month. Full stands in football stadiums.
Even though the pandemic has become quite annoying, it can also be used to examine certain phenomena in sports more closely – such as, for example, the influence of stands filled with fans in one’s own football stadium and whether the ominous home field advantage is based on this. This study was now possible because Read More …
We are now back in the season with the long dark evenings. These can be made more beautiful not only with philately but also with games. A game that is widespread all over the world is dominoes. Its origin is unclear, but it is thought to be Chinese. It probably came to Europe with Marco Read More …