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2021 marks a very special anniversary: Jews have demonstrably lived on the territory of present-day Germany for at least 1700 years. The anniversary dates back to the year 321 when the Roman emperor Constantine issued a decree allowing Jews to be appointed to offices in the curia and city administration. The document, now preserved in Read More …

A Swiss postcard (postal stationery) from Lausanne to France from 1944. This card went through censorship. Unfortunately, the censorship stamp is washed out. However, the inspection stamp 69 in red is still clearly visible (at least I think it is something like that).  Why now the badly canceled letter as the cover of the month? Read More …

Who does not know it: the division of girls and boys toys or professions. This view on the gender division was also solidified so far by the findings from archaeology/anthropology. It was assumed for a long time that hunting in early human times was mainly done by men. A study from the year 2020 shows Read More …

We are feeling it again right now. Spring is coming and so is the chirping of birds in the morning. Which is why I went in search of bird stamps. In this search for unusual bird-themed stamps (actually, I was looking for a feathered stamp and didn’t find it), I came across this set of Read More …

On March 1, Liechtenstein Post will issue the following stamps Europe stamps – Endangered national wildlife I have already presented Sweden’s European stamp with the green toad as stamp of the month January. On this year’s theme of “endangered national wildlife”, Liechtenstein has put the mouse weasel (CHF 1.50) and the crayfish (CHF 1.50) on Read More …

This time again an item from Vorarlberg – actually from a special enclave in Vorarlberg, the Kleinwalsertal. The cover went from Riezlern in Vorarlberg to Kempten and was postmarked with a ring-bridge postmark – which was in use from 1905-1938 at the post office there – on the 4th of July 1933. Otherwise, this item Read More …

Below you will find various individual documents. First of all, of course, you ask yourself, what could I use them for? You just have to click on the red heading above the document. This opens a file with the description of the document. This contains background information on the subject of the cover that could Read More …

This stamp and its story was something very special for me this month. You can find more information about the stamp here.

A good friend of mine, who sadly passed away last year, was an ardent admirer of Faust by J.W. Goethe. He told me about this Hexeneinmaleins, which I should still know from school, but unfortunately – like so many things – have forgotten. In the scene in the witch’s kitchen, Faust is maltreated by the Read More …

The theme for this year’s Europa stamps is Endangered Wildlife. Sweden started the European series on the 14th of January with a colorful stamp showing a cute European green toad (Buffo viridis). In Sweden, this toad has gone from vulnerable to critically endangered status and there are now only a few remaining in the Skåne Read More …