In the month of January 2022, I had a hard time choosing which is my stamp of the month. I finally decided on the stamp from Estonia, which has as its theme the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This is despite the fact that I am not a fan of sports or the Olympics in their current organized form. But I am a fan of beautifully designed stamps that also contain a statement. (You can see the other stamps that also impressed me below). Without looking at the history of this stamp, it fascinated me. For the following reason: I find the symbolism very beautiful. Out of the old tradition springs something new. This is represented by a ski jumper jumping out of a “typical old Chinese” landscape ink drawing of the Olympic sports venues into the new world, which colorfully and with elements of “modern” art represents new and old Olympic sports. 
- Date of issue: 2022-01-06
- Size: 37 x 44.75 mm
- Colors: Multicolor
- Designers: Jaan Saar
- Printing house: AS Vaba Maa
- Perforation: 13
- Printing: Offset lithography
- Value: 1.90 €
- Edition: 20,000
Stamp from Slovakia, which also combines tradition with modernity. The Year of the Tiger – as tradition – and modern winter sports. But especially good: the joint representation of the para-Olympic Games with the Olympic Games.
Fancy Belgian stamp series on which iconic coins from Leopold I onwards are depicted.
Belgian se-tenant: 100 years of the League of Birds, on the right Marquise de Pierre, founder of the League.