Österreichischer Sammlerverein der Liechtensteinischen Philatelie
The cover of the month April is possibly an April Fool’s joke, as it is also a bit late and I can’t really make any sense of the postmark. Hence my call to the net: can anyone help me with this? This is a Liechtenstein postal stationary with the stamp motif chamois at 10 centimes Read More …
Once again, the caregivers at Obdorf elementary school gave us the opportunity to organize an afternoon activity with stamps for 6-8-year-olds. After their homework, the children came to us in the “workroom” and we first looked at stamps with them using magnifying glasses. The children told us what they saw on the stamps: at one Read More …
On May 17, 2024, the French postal service issued a special stamp that captures the essence of a beloved French tradition – the baguette. Released the day after the patron saint of bakers, St. Honorius of Amiens, this new “scratch-and-sniff” stamp goes beyond visual appeal. It offers a delicious bakery scent that brings the experience Read More …
The ‘Palais Idéal’ in Hauterive is a national monument in France and attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world every year, including us on our current holiday in France. We actually only went to see it because we saw a miniature sheet commemorating the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death on 22 April Read More …
Here we tell little stories about various individual covers. The PDF contains background information on the topic of the cover, which could be the subject of an exhibit with the respective cover (whether it is thematic, open philately or social philately). Sometimes you will wonder whether the connections between cover and topic are not very Read More …
Here we tell little stories about various individual covers. The PDF contains background information on the topic of the cover, which could be the subject of an exhibit with the respective cover (whether it is thematic, open philately or social philately). Sometimes you will wonder whether the connections between cover and topic are not very Read More …
Even today, there are still special stamps, as Canada Post proved in March 2024. It took the total solar eclipse occurring on 8 April as its theme. On this day, it will be visible for the first and only time this century in parts of the three largest countries in North America – Mexico, the Read More …
This stamp, or in this case sheet of the month, caught my eye because of its bright colours. Yellow and pink. Yellow suits Swiss Post, but pink? That’s why I read up on what’s behind these Swiss stamps. They were issued to mark the 175th anniversary of Swiss Post. It has been in existence since Read More …
While there is still snow on the mountains, I wanted to show these stamps with a zeppelin – more precisely the airship LZ127 “Graf Zeppelin” – crossing the snow-covered mountain peaks of Liechtenstein. The stamps are special in that they are the first to feature zeppelins on Liechtenstein stamps and could only be used for Read More …
