USA: Inverted Jenny

I have received wonderful mini sheet and FDC Inverted Jenny!

You can see all information here.

Stamp is issued on 22.09.2013.

This is picture of one of the most famous stamps of the world : inverted Jenny, only a plate of 100 were found by a collector when this stamp was sold! After another collector cut the 100 stamps to make a small package like a 4 block and a 1 in a medallion for his wife! Original stamp is issued on 13.05.1918.


Thank You very much, Charlotte!

Yugoslavia: The 40th Anniversary of AMSJ

AMSJ was founded in Belgrade, in the distant 1921. The Automobile and Motorcycle Association of Yugoslavia is an independent, national association of motorists, managed by its members, where the main task is the protection of all AMSJ members in the field of automobile mobility and tourism, improvement of road safety through numerous preventive-safety activities, and free services for all road users.

AMSJ has become AMSS - The Automobile and Motorcycle Association of Serbia. Stamps are issued on 25.02.1986. On first maxicard you can see rescue helicopter, and on second is road assistance vehicle.

Yugoslavia: Congress of the World Dental Federation in Belgrade

FDI World Dental Federation, established in Paris in 1900 as the Fédération dentaire internationale, is the world's leading organization representing the dental profession. It serves as the principal representative body for over one million dentists worldwide, developing health policy and continuing education programmes, speaking as a unified voice for dentistry in international advocacy, and supporting member associations in oral health promotion activities worldwide. This stamp is issued to commemorate 73rd congress of FDI held in Belgrade. Date of issue is 21.09.1985.

Yugoslavia: National Heroes of Yugoslavian Aviation

Franjo Kluz (left on the stamp) was born in Jošik, near Bosanska Dubica.

In the second half of May 1942, like Rudi Čajavec before him, he defected to the Partisans with his Potez 25 aircraft. From the improvised airfield near Prijedor he carried out a number of sorties against Axis forces, the most notable being the attack on an Ustaša column near Orahovo on 4 June. His plane was destroyed by hostile fire on 6 July.

Kluz became a member of the 1st Air Squadron of YNLA, otherwise known as No. 352 Squadron RAF. On 14 September 1944, he was shot down in his Spitfire and killed by German AAA over Omiš. For his wartime service, Franjo Kluz was posthumously awarded the Order of a People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

Rudi Čajavec (right on the stamp) was a Yugoslav pilot, best known as the first airman of Partisan air force.

After Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and establishment of Independent State of Croatia he came to Banja Luka where he joined resistance movement. On 21 May 1942 he flew his Breguet 19 biplane and defected with his gunner Mišo Jazbec to Partisans. He landed near Partisan-controlled Prijedor.

Partisans immediately started to use their own plane. On 2 July 1942 Čajavec made an air raid on Banja Luka, which included strafing the local airfield, dropping bombs on important city buildings as well as leaflets on city streets. The plane was damaged by anti-aircraft artillery, and Čajavec was forced to crashland on territory controlled by Chetniks. After they have surrounded him, Čajavec committed suicide to avoid being captured.

Stamp is issued on 21.05.1985.

Yugoslavia: The 1100th Anniversary of the Death of St. Methodius

Saints Cyril and Methodius (826-869, 815-885) were two Byzantine Christian theologians and Christian missionaries who were brothers. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, for which they received the title "Apostles to the Slavs". They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.

Stamp is issued on 06.04.1985.

Yugoslavia: Novo Hopovo monastery

The Novo Hopovo Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, the monastery was built by the Despots of the House of Branković. The first reliable mention of the monastery dates back to 1641.
The Novo Hopovo Monastery was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance in 1990, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia.

Stamp is issued on 20.02.1985.

Florence: Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.

The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.

Stamp is  Posta Italiana, Flying cover, issued on 01.12.2014.

Thank you Domitilla!

Serbia: Easter 2016

Serbian Post will issue two Easter stamps on 25.02.2016.

First stamp is fresco Resurrection of Christ, from 18th century.

Second stamp is also fresco Resurrection of Christ, but this one is from 19th century.

 There is also nice matching FDC, with painting on silk from 14th century - Descending to Hades.

Singapore Flyer

My first postcard from Singapore!

The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore. The Flyer has an overall height of 165 metres and was the world's tallest Ferris wheel until the 167.6 m High Roller opened on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Construction having taken about 2,5 years.

First stamp is Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus), issued on 06.06.2007.
Second stamp is ATM label, Singapore SG50, issued on 14.08.2015, in celebrating the nation's Golden Jubilee.

Thank You veru much Fedor & Nastia!

Yugoslavia: The 100 Years of Birth of Miloje Milojević

Miloje Milojević was a Serbian composer, musicologist, music critic, folklorist, music pedagogue, and music promoter. Together with Petar Konjović and Stevan Hristić, Miloje Milojević represented a generation of composers who introduced modern styles and a high compositional technical level to Serbian music. Throughout his life he preserved his affinity toward the national style—toward folklore as a foundation of art music. Stamp is issued on 27.10.1984.

Austria: Haus des Meeres (House of the Sea)

Nina and I have recently visited our friends in Vienna. One of the places we visited with them in Vienna  is an aquarium Haus des Meeres. There we bought this 3D postcard and send it to my parents.

The Haus des Meeres is a public aquarium in Vienna, Austria. It is located in Esterhazy Park in downtown Mariahilf district, one block south of the busy Mariahilfer Straße. The Haus des Meeres houses over ten thousand aquatic beings on an area of around 4,000 square meters inside a tall concrete flak tower built during World War II.

Here is few pictures done by me during our visit.

Stamp is St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, issued on 01.03.2015.

Irises by Vincent van Gogh

Some of the best known works of all time were painted by the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist, Vincent Willem Van Gogh (1853 -1890). Irises is among the most recognized of his pieces.

On May 8, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh committed himself to the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Remy, France after many instances of hospitalization and self-mutilation. During his stay he painted some 130 paintings with the surrounding gardens and clinic becoming his main subjects for painting. Among these were the famous The Starry Night and Irises.

Irises is on the list of the most expensive paintings ever sold, selling for 54 million dollars in 1987. Currently Irises is on display at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California.

Stamps:
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata), issued on 02.02.2015.
The 90th Anniversary of Japanese Diet, issued on 29.11.1980.
Philatelic Week: Lakeside, S. Kuroda, issued on 20.04.1967.


Thank You Mari!

Germany: St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim

The Church of St. Michael is an early-Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany. Church was built between 1010 and 1020 on a symmetrical plan with two apses that was characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque art in Old Saxony It has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985. It is now a Lutheran church.

Stamps:

Microworld: Agrimonia eupatoria, issued on 03.12.2015.
Tagetes, issued on 07.07.2005.


Thank You Holger!

Japan: Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a series of landscape prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai (1760–1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji from different locations and in various seasons and weather conditions. The original thirty-six prints were so popular that Hokusai expanded the series by ten. This card is View from Tago-no-ura at Ejiri Tōkaidō.

Stamp is Biccyu Matsuyama Castle, issued on 10.12.2014.

Thank You Harumi!

Russia: What does the fox say?

Beautiful postcard with foxes by Ivan Shumeiko. Postcard is called What does the fox say?

 Russian military stamps are awesome as always:  The 70th Anniversary of Victory in WWII - Armored Trains: Fighter of the German invaders (17P) and Moskvich (19P), issued on 30.04.2015.


Thank You very much Dmitriy!

Russia. On guard over the Soviet Fatherland!

Very nice Soviet propaganda poster from 1957.

Stamps:

Volcanoes of Kamchatka: Acidic crater lake of Troickogo, issued on 20.06.2002.
Russia is winner of the 2014 ice hockey world championships, issued on 07.10.2014.
Domestic Sorts of the Horses: Vladimir – heavy draft horse, issued on 07.11.2007.

Thank You Alexandra!

USA: Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States after New York City.Situated in Southern California, Los Angeles is known for its mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, sprawling metropolis, and as a major center of the American entertainment industry. Los Angeles lies in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 3,000 m.

Stamps are Elvis Presley, issued on 12.08.2015.


Thank You Michael!

Christmas maxicard from Liechtenstein

My friend Giuseppe sent me my first mail from Liechtenstein! This is maxicard Christmas Carols: Come, All Ye Shepherds, from set of four. Issue date 16.01.2015.

Stamp format
38 x 32 mm

Perforation
12 x 12 3/4

Design
Oskar Weiss, Muri b. Bern

Printing
4-colour offset CMYK,
FM screening, UV coating
Gutenberg AG, Schaan

Paper
Special stamp paper
UPM Raflatac, 110 g/m2, white
Unik OBA free/perm/K80W,
self-adhesive (water-soluble)

Thank You very much Giuseppe!

Cheshire Cat

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat popularised by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and known for its distinctive mischievous grin. While most often celebrated in "Alice"-related contexts, the Cheshire Cat predates the 1866 novel and has transcended the context of literature and become enmeshed in popular culture, appearing in various forms of media, from political cartoons to television, as well as cross-disciplinary studies, from business to science. One of its distinguishing features is that from time to time its body disappears, the last thing visible being its iconic grin.

 

A lot of nice stamps on this cover:

Acer platanoides - Norway Maple, issued on 14.01.2012
White gazebo, island Khortytsia, issued on 15.01.2016.
Christmas and New Year, issued on 02.12.2015.
Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, Zaporizhzhya, issued on 15.01.2016.
Robinia pseudoacacia - Acacia, issued on 14.01.2012.
The 100th Anniversary of the Ilya Muromets Airplane, issued on 17.06.2014.
Passanger carriage 61-788, issued on 27.07.2012.

Thank You Dasha!

France: Pyrénées

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain. It separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extends for about 491 km from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea.

For the most part, the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the microstate of Andorra sandwiched in between. The Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre have historically extended on both sides of the mountain range, with smaller northern portions now in France and larger southern parts now in Spain.

There's a lot of old nice stamps on this cover:

Famous Frenchmen: Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), issued on 14.02.1970.
Famous Frenchmen: Général Delestraint (1879 - 1945), issued on 16.10.1971.
Famous Frenchmen: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), issued on 22.05.1961.
Famous Frenchmen: Pierre Puget (1620-1694), issued on 22.05.1961.
Stained glass window of St. Madeleine Church at Troyes, issued on 09.09.1967.
Tapestry Lurçat "The moon and the bull", issued on 21.11.1966.


Thank You Helene!

Moorish idol

The Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus), is a marine fish species, the sole extant representative of the family Zanclidae in order Perciformes. A common inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, the Moorish idol is notable for its wide distribution throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Stamp is The 20th Belarusian Energy and Ecology Congress, issued on 01.04.2015.

Birthday postcard from Austria

I have received this funny postcard from Austria for my birthday, nice surprise LOL!

Stamp is 125th birthday of Friedrich Kiesler, issued on 22.09.2015.


Thank You Martin!

Germany: Harz Narrow Gauge Railways

The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways or HSB is a network of 1,000 mm gauge railways in the Harz mountains, in central Germany. It connects the principal towns of Wernigerode, Nordhausen and Quedlinburg and several smaller towns in the area with about 140 kilometres of track, much of which is steeply graded and picturesque. The most popular destination on the network is the Brocken, an old Soviet listening post on top of the tallest peak in the Harz mountains, accessed by a spiral railway line, the Brocken Railway.

This nice set of stamps is Germany's Most Beautiful Panoramas: Dresden, issued on 03.04.2014.


Thank You Wenz!

Finland: Moomin

Another fine Moomin postcard from Finland! The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white, roundish fairy tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses.

This beautiful stamp is Winter Greetings - Snowman, issued on 20.01.2014.


Thank You Eeva!