August 2021 – Puzzle
And since the stamp of the month of July is so colorful and gives such a positive impression, you can puzzle it together and enjoy it for a long time.
Author: DVW-CMB
July 2021 – Tall Ships Race
This beautiful souvenir sheet designed by Juha Pykäläinen appeared on the occasion of the national maritime folk festival Sail Åland on July 22-25, 2021, showing the Western Harbour with sailing ships visiting Mariehamn (the capital of the Åland Islands). The sailing ship Pomerania recalls Åland’s own shipping traditions. This souvenir sheet is accompanied by a Read More …
August 2021 – Czeslaw Slania
Why this time such a simple stamp on a joint issue of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands (designer M. Mörck). Simply because I am – after some research – impressed by the engraver Czeslaw Slania. Slania is known around the world for his artistic achievements and craftsmanship. He has engraved more than 1,000 (!) Read More …
Applied Philately – No. 32 – 34
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 …
August 2021 – Reviving club life
Over the summer – based on declining corona incidence numbers – club meetings started to take place again in presence. At one of our neighboring clubs – the Stamp Club Bludenz – the day of the week has shifted. In Bludenz they now meet every 1st Tuesday of the month in the Remise – 7pm Read More …
August 2021 – Write again! – but on what?
Since I am now trying to go among the philatelists, I thought, now and then writing a letter would not be bad. Especially older people – but sometimes also young ones – are happy about this nostalgic way to send greetings or to learn something more about my current life. With a letter, you can Read More …
August 2021 – Only at a closer look….
Today I present again a EUROPA stamp (C.E.P.T.). EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/companies and bear the official EUROPA logo. They are intended to emphasize postal cooperation in Europe and to promote philately. By now, I also know why these stamps are among the most collected and popular stamps in the Read More …
August 2021 – Battle of the polar bear against the walrus
The accompanying image was previously dismissed as a legend: a polar bear kills a walrus by throwing down a block of stone or ice. This would mean that polar bears use tools to reach their prey, and the use of tools is a sign of intelligence….. And are bears intelligent? Actually something that children have Read More …
September 2021 – 50 years of e-mail
This special stamp from Liechtenstein Post is dedicated to the fact that e-mail has now been around in this world for 50 years. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson in the USA sent a message from one computer to another for the first time. He chose the @ sign – which is also the motif of the Read More …
August 2021 – A very old letter from Vaduz
This letter dates from the reign of Count Caspar of Hohenems during the 30 Years War. More precisely, it is a folded letter dated 18 June 1622, which is one of the earliest known letters from Vaduz. It was written by the bailiff Emmerich Ringolt in Vaduz and sent by messenger post to Count Caspar Read More …