Category: Item of the Month

Liechtenstein’s customs union with Switzerland took place on February 1, 1921. After Liechtenstein had already terminated the postal treaty with Austria in March 1920, all Liechtenstein stamps were now denominated in Swiss currency. The first truly independent Liechtenstein postage stamps in Swiss currency therefore all date from 1921, including the “Cover of the Month”. It Read More …

Have you ever seen a stamp with a magnifying glass? No? Then you really must take a look at the Spanish souvenir sheet from 2020. On it, a hand “holds” a small real magnifying glass, giving the impression that you are looking at stamps from a stamp album together with two philatelists depicted on a Read More …

This time a special cover from the inflation period, provided by Clemens from his Postreiter exhibit. The cover is a special feature among the “Postreiter” postcards. It is a correctly franked local cover dated 19.4.1923 from Lörrach-Stetten, franked with “stamps” cut out of postal stationery (75 Pf Postreiter and 10 Pfennig Germania). The letter was Read More …