Österreichischer Sammlerverein der Liechtensteinischen Philatelie
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 …
Here we tell little stories around various single covers. The PDF can also be downloaded – if the font here on the homepage is too small. You just have to click on the red headline. This will open the file with the description of the document. The PDF contains background on the subject of the Read More …
Here we tell little stories around various single covers. The PDF can also be downloaded – if the font here on the homepage is too small. You just have to click on the red headline. This will open the file with the description of the document. The PDF contains background on the subject of the Read More …
And it’s over again! – A short report This weekend the presentation of the block commemorating 150 years of the Feldkirch-Schaan-Buchs railway line took place. We from the ÖSVLPH were there with an information stand and three exhibits – The Vorarlberg Railway – Flora on the Railway Embankment – Railway Medicine. The event was well Read More …
The first cover of November is again a cover from Liechtenstein. It is a registered letter from Triesenberg (LI) to Altsätten (CH) dated 12 Feb. 1933. Interesting about this cover is among other things the use of a temporary or wanderer cancel. This postmark was used in Triesenberg in 1933 only from 26 January – Read More …
174 years ago exactly on September 21, 1847, Lady Gomm, wife of the Governor of Mauritius, wrote invitations to a masquerade ball on September 30, 1847. Among others, she also sent an invitation to Mr. Adam Esq. Junr.. She franked these letters with the new 1 penny stamps for local and intra-local mail traffic of Read More …
How do I get on the topic of gratitude this month? Actually, via the stork from the science section. To the Egyptians, it was clear that young storks cared for their aging parents, bringing them food and even carrying them through the air. The Greeks took up this story and formed from it the “stork Read More …
A howling wolf as a symbol of the Carpathian forest crying due to illegal logging. Endangered nature beautifully depicted artistically. Quite a difficult puzzle, because everything is so gloomy / sad.
And again it is a C.E.P.T. stamp that I have chosen as stamp of the month. Probably because the topic “Endangered Species” concerns me so much and I am enthusiastic about stamps taking up current social issues and communicating the topics artistically. In this case, it’s the deforestation of large forests in the Carpathian Mountains, Read More …
Which television film in recent years has left a real lasting impression on me? A crime thriller, a history documentary, a novel adaptation? No, none of the above. It is a Terra-X documentary in which, among other things, the journey of the young stork Borni from Rhineland-Palatinate to its winter quarters in Africa is shown. Read More …