Europa Stories & Myths on cover from Germany

 

Wonderful FDC Europa 2022: Stories & Myths from Germany, issued on 5th May.

Thank you, Holger!

Two German prepaid covers with ATM labels and special postmark

 

Last year i received these two fantastic prepaid ATM covers, with special postmark dedicated to 200 years of discovery of Antarctica by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. Both covers are prepaid covers with printed design of ATM labels issued in 2008 and 2010. There's also additional labels from 2017. Both covers have beautiful special postmark dedicated to Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian naval officer, and his discovery of Antarctica 200 years ago. 

Thank you so much, Holger!

Europa CEPT 2020 Ancient Postal Routes on cover from Germany

 

This years theme for Europa CEPT stamps is Ancient Postal Routes, and German Post issued this souvenir sheet with one stamp on 7.5.2020. for this join issue of all European postal operators. This cover was sent of first day of issue with nice special postmark with postal horn.

Thank you, Jens!

Arctic cover from German research vessel Polarstern on MOSAiC expedition

RV Polarstern (Polar Star) is a German research icebreaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven. Polarstern was commissioned in 1982 and is mainly used for research in the Arctic and Antarctica. On September 20, 2019, she sailed from Tromsø, Norway, for a 12 to 14 month-long Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition across the Arctic. She settled in an ice floe on October 4, 2019 and will drift in it past the North pole eventually reaching open water in the Fram Strait. This fantastic cover was sent on 13.12.2019. and i received this cover two months later.

 For the first time a modern research icebreaker will operate in the direct vicinity of the North Pole year round, including the nearly half year long polar night during winter. In terms of the logistical challenges involved, the total number of participants, the number of participating countries, and the available budget, MOSAiC represents the largest Arctic expedition in history. During its one-year-long journey, the central expedition ship, the research icebreaker Polarstern from Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), will be supported and resupplied by the icebreakers Akademik Fedorov and Kapitan Dranitsyn (Russia), Oden (Sweden) and Xue Long II (China). In addition, extensive operations involving helicopters and other aircraft are planned.


Thank you so much, Jens, for this fantastic cover!

Astrophysics on two first day covers from Germany

I received earlier this year two nice first day covers from Germany, both dedicated to same edition of Astrophysics, issued on 1.7.2019, but cancelled with two different postmarks. Upper cover was sent Berlin, and lower from Bonn.

Thank you Holger and Jens!

Europa CEPT 2019 National Birds on FDC from Germany

Deutsche Post issued one stamp for Europa CEPT 2019 National Birds theme on 2.5.2019, with pair yellowhammer birds. The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Most European birds remain in the breeding range year-round, but the eastern subspecies is partially migratory, with much of the population wintering further south. The male yellowhammer has a bright yellow head, streaked brown back, chestnut rump, and yellow under parts. Other plumages are duller versions of the same pattern. The yellowhammer is common in open areas with some shrubs or trees, and forms small flocks in winter.


Thank you so much, Holger, for this beautiful FDC and mint stamp inside!

Cover sent by US military post in Germany

This cover is sent by US military post in Germany, from one of many US military facilities in Germany. APO is short for Army Post Office and AE is used for armed forces in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada (AP is for the Pacific; and AA is the Americas excluding Canada), and number behind them is a ZIP-code. Nice army related stamps on right side: Purple heart, issued on 11.10.2014. and World War I - Turning the Tide, issued on 27.7.2018. 

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members – the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion. 

Additional stamp on left side is definitive stamp Grapes, issued on 24.2.2017.


Thank you, Kathy!

Atmospheric Phenomena on First day cover from Germany

This German First day cover is dedicated to atmospheric phenomena, and it's issued on 7.2.2019. On first stamp you can see rainbow and on the second one mirroring of the sun. Stamps are cancelled with beautiful postmark in Bonn.


Thank you so much Jens!

Endangered animals in Germany: Harbour porpoise

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of six species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest marine mammals. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. On this cover you can see both version of stamp Endangered animals in Germany: Harbour porpoise, both gummed and self-adhesive. Stamp is issued on 2.1.2019, and postmarked at World Money Fair, held in Berlin in first three days of February.


Thank you, Holger!

Germany: Special cancellation Oktoberfest 2018

Oktoberfest is the world's largest beer festival and traveling funfair. Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October, with more than six million people from around the world attending the event every year. The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since the year 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations that are modeled after the original Munich event.

I received this beautiful cover with special cancellation for this event, a sender used wonderful beer stamps issued for The 500th Anniversary of the German Beer Purity Law, on 7.4. 2016.

Thank you Jens!

Europa Bridges on cover from Germany

I received cover from Germany with stamp Europa 2018: Bridges, issued on 3.5.2018. On this stamp you can see "Rheinkniebrücke" in Düsseldorf in the front and the Oberkasseler Brücke in the background. These are two of the of the 7 bridges built (between 1951 and 2002) in Düsseldorf to cross the Rhine river. Second stamp is definitive flower stamp Common bluebell, issued on 8.6.2017.


Thank you Melanie!

Registered cover from Germany

I received another registered cover from Germany with a lot of interesting stamps:

Merry Christmas, issued on 08.11.2007.
Greta Garbo, from set International movie-stars, issued on 11.10.2001.
Film Reel, from set International movie-stars, issued on 11.10.2001.
EUROPA Stamps - The Circus, issued on 02.05.2002.
The 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Hermann Hesse, issued on 04.07.2002.
Berlin's Museum Island, issued on 08.08.2002.
Flowers - Krokus (Elves Crocus), issued on 11.08.2005.

Cover and stamps from Germany

I received another cover from Germany with stamps for my collection. Stamps used on cover are:
Common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), issued on 08.06.2017.
Human hair (from set Microworlds), issued on 13.07.2017.

Inside cover was two sets of stamps, and one stamp from third set, which pair i received earlier:
Common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) issued on 08.06.2017.
Baby Animals (Wild boar and European Polecat) issued on 01.03.2017.
Astrophysics (Gravitational waves and Satellite Gaia) issued on 07.12.2017.


Thank you Lars!

Registered cover from Germany

I received registered cover from Germany. This cover was opened by custom workers and ruined by this ugly yellow tape. Fortunately, they ruined only one stamp. They always open covers and parcels like neanderthals and put this tape with their legs. And then you must pay for customs, taxes and opening! What a theft!

Stamps on cover:
Numeral 2, issued on 02.11.2013.
Olympic Games - Salt Lake City, issued on 07.02.2002.
The 1000th Anniversary of Kronach, issued on 16.01.2003.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, issued on 27.12.2002.
Flowers - Tulip, issued on 08.09.2005.
Sports - Charity Stamps, issued on 08.02.2001.
Viktualienmarkt, Munich, issued on 07.08.2003.
Townhall, Grimma, issued on 28.09.2000.

Christmas cover and postcard from Germany

I received from Germany cover with new German Christmas stamp issued on 02.11.2017. Second stamp is definitive flower stamp from 07.07.2005. Inside was nice folded Christmas card. Thank you Lars!

Registered cover and stamps from Germany

I received another fine registered cover from my German friend Lars. He sent me beautiful stamps on cover and inside cover. Stamps on cover:

Human hair, from set Microworld, issued on 13.07.2017.
Christmas - Alter Paintings, issued on 02.11.2017.
Vitamin C, from set Microworld, issued on 13.07.2017.
Opel Manta, from set Classic cars, issued on 13.04.2017.
Dr. Sommer & Bello being Interviewed, from set Themes by Loriot, issued on 13.04.2017.
Mecklenburg Lake Plateau, from set Wild Germany, issued on 02.11.2017.
The 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Theodor Mommsen, issued on 02.11.2017.

Inside was this beautiful mini sheet The 50th Anniversary of Sports Charity Stamps, issued on 11.05.2017. I really like black background on this stamps.

This is mini sheet Bundestag and the Bundesrat, issued on 03.09.2009.

Old and Endangered Breeds in Germany, issued on 01.09.2016.

Thank you Lars!

Registered cover from Germany

I received registered cover from Germany. Cover was prepaid, but three stamps are added for additional postage. Prepaid stamps are from series Germany's Most Beautiful Panoramas, issued on 01.07.2015. Chiemsee lake is on stamps. Below that is three real stamps: First is definitive stamp Common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), issued on 08.06.2017. Second is Art glass by Theo Baumann, from set of two stamps German Designs, issued on 08.12.2016. And last stamp is Vitamin C, from set Microworld, issued on 13.07.2017. Inside cover was two beautiful Austrian stamps, and you can see them in my previous post.

Thank you very much Lars!

Christmas postcard from Germany

Another fine Christmas postcard in collection :)

Stamp is Daffodil, issued on 02.01.2006.

Thank you Julka!

Le Chat Noir

This is Théophile Steinlen's 1896 poster, advertising a tour to other cities of Le Chat Noir, a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. It opened on 18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard de Rochechouart by the impresario Rodolphe Salis, and closed in 1897 not long after Salis' death (much to the disappointment of Picasso and others who looked for it when they came to Paris for the Exposition in 1900).

Le Chat Noir is thought to be the first modern cabaret: a nightclub where the patrons sat at tables and drank alcoholic beverages while being entertained by a variety show on stage. The acts were introduced by a master of ceremonies who interacted with well-known patrons at the tables. Its imitators have included cabarets from St. Petersburg (Stray Dog Café) to Barcelona (Els Quatre Gats).

Stamps on postcard:
Centaurium, issued on 03.07.2014.
Obelix, issued on 01.09.2015.


Thank you Ute!

Cat postcard from Germany

What a lovely cat from Germany! We are big cat lovers, a we love cat postcards!

Stamps are Wild Germany - Saxon Switzerland National Park, issued on 02.06.2016.


Thank you Melanie!