The cover was filled with some wonderful things. First of all there were some mint stamps, which I have uploaded to my stamp blog earlier today. Even earlier you would have been able to already see them on my blog about Childhood Heroes on Stamps using the label Belgium.
Next was this funny postcard of a Smurf. Smurfs are small, blue, human-like creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. They were created by Peyo in 1958 and first appeared in the Belgian comic Johan and Peewit published in the Spirou magazine. Already in 1959 the first independent Smurf story was published. Until today more than 100 Smurf characters were created, which appeared in the 31 Smurf comics, video games, movies and TV series. Mainly due to the TV series from the 1980s, which was still shown here in Germany in the early 2000s, Smurfs were among the biggest heroes of my childhood.
After collecting figures of Smurfs as a child, I now love to get stamps with them and so the backside of this card was even more special. Two stamps from one of my favourite sheets of all time were used on it and got clearly cancelled in Ham. I have been looking for these stamps used on a card for years, so this was a wonderful surprise. Follow the link and check out the sheet. It is stunning! After Belgium and Switzerland also Germany will get a Smurf stamp in 2022.
And last but not least also a Christmas card with an old and a recent Christmas stamp was in the cover.
Thank You very much Gerda! Wishing you A Merry Christmas!
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