Österreichischer Sammlerverein der Liechtensteinischen Philatelie
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 …
This first day cover from 7.4.1941 is a registered letter sent by express courier. This letter was cancelled in Vaduz with a bridge postmark – Swiss-type with hours. This stamp bears two stars to the right and left of the bridge, which is 9.3 mm high. Liechtenstein is written in brackets at the bottom. This Read More …
Another card from Sieghard’s collection as cover of the month. It is a card that was posted at the Mauren “postal depot office” to be taken to Nendeln, where it was postmarked on 31.5.1908 with a 10 h stamp for postcards abroad to be sent to Walenstadt in Switzerland. The content of the card is Read More …
In my search for the cover of the month, I did not travel back in time this time. I was fascinated by the fact that Liechtenstein issued Christmas stamps with Christmas baubles as a motif again this year. The stamps are beautifully traditional in terms of the motifs on the baubles: cosy motifs reminiscent of Read More …
The cover of the month of September 2023 is a registered letter from Vaduz to Grellingen in Switzerland. In long-distance traffic, postage of 20+20 centimes would have been necessary here. However, it is a letter sent by the sales office for postage stamps (also recognizable by the bridge cancel, which was only used in this Read More …
A cover of the month of July 2023 shows us a letter from Liechtenstein from 1941. More precisely, a first-day cover with the “Madonna of Dux” stamp, which has a high nominal value of 10 francs. On the first day of issue of the stamp – 7 July 1941 – the letter was also sent Read More …
Today’s cover of the month is a so-called letter card (or card letter) sent on 13.6.1941 by a Dr. Wirtz (possibly an ophthalmologist) to a Mrs. Rosa Zarotti in Eglisau in the district of Bülach in the Unterland of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland. The card is postmarked with 20 Rp. – Gentian motif Read More …
This time I present again a letter which was made available to me by Sieghard. It is a so-called precursor letter, i.e. a letter with Austrian stamps cancelled in Liechtenstein. These precursor letters existed until the issue of the first own Liechtenstein stamps in 1912. In this case it is a letter dated 7.8.1899 from Read More …
Just a short post today. I wanted to end the year by thanking all ÖSVLPH members who provide feedback and suggestions for improving the website or contributing articles. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! As a small thank you here now the New Year wishes probably from the year 1918 from Vaduz. Unfortunately, the date on the Read More …
Today I am happy to present again a contribution of our member Werner Rath. He shows us stamps of the landscape issue of Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1906 with different perforations. I must admit, I myself was not really interested in perforations, but by reading up for this contribution, I have learned again a lot. The perforation Read More …