Österreichischer Sammlerverein der Liechtensteinischen Philatelie
Dear puzzle friends, here you will find the first puzzle from the year 2023. A stamp with first day cancel. Maybe also something for die-hard philatelists, because the stamp has the date imprint 2022, but was issued only in January 2023. Otherwise, I was very fascinated by the stamp, because it shows how our brain Read More …
I have long hesitated to show these stamps already in January, because the Day of Fertility in Italy and also San Marino – from where the stamps come – is celebrated only on May 7. For this occasion, in fact, these stamps were issued in 2016. But they also have a justification in January: the Read More …
Now it’s here again, the Christmas season. A time to rest, recover and pause. If it weren’t for the permanent guilty conscience that you should actually do some sport so as not to neglect your physical health. But on these cold days that is even more difficult…. A new study published this month in one Read More …
The postage stamp that you can puzzle together this month can be found in the blog for the Extraordinary Postage Stamp of the Month December 2022. This time again a little more difficult, because the puzzle pieces must be rotated (with the arrow keys). More difficult because the Postage stamp is designed to be simple. Read More …
The postal workers in Austria were given a new “look” from 2018 onwards. As a consequence their uniforms were completely replaced by new ones designed by Maina Hoermanseder. Thus, 12,000 complete clothing outfits had to be “disposed”. In the spirit of sustainability, however, Austrian Post did not throw away these clothes but has been using Read More …
You would hardly believe it. But there are also stamps that read like a book. Even represent a small book. This “book stamp” appeared in 2010 on the occasion of the 75th Book Week in the Netherlands. The stamp in the form of a 3 by 4 centimeter book has 8 pages. The mini book Read More …
The stamp you can puzzle together this month, you can find in the blog for the stamp of the month of August. This time again a little easier, because the puzzle pieces do not have to be rotated, but there are some more of them.
A possible answer to this question that troubles many parents may be provided by an article published on April 28th in the Journal of Neuroscience by researchers at Standford University. In their paper, they report that they scanned the brains of 7- to 16-year-olds in a computed tomography scanner while they listened to the voices Read More …
This stamp, which you can puzzle together this month, can be found in the July Stamp of the Month blog. It is not the stamp of the month itself – but one of the set – which you can find here. A little bit more complicated since the pieces can be turned – using the Read More …
Especially in this day and age, when we sorely miss peace, we also miss the stamps of Iceland, the issuance of which was discontinued by the Icelandic Post Office in 2020. The innovations of the stamps designed in Iceland have always fascinated me. Like the one from 2008 that impressively depicts the peace theme. It Read More …