Three interesting stamps were used. The one in the middle is from a set of Medical Pioneers (issued 10-09-2020).
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Three interesting stamps were used. The one in the middle is from a set of Medical Pioneers (issued 10-09-2020).
This was sent through official Postcrossing. In the cover was this maxicard of the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Borsypil. Boryspil is a city of regional significance located in the Kyiv Oblast. A battle of the Polish-Russian War was fought near the town in 1920.
In the cover was however not only the maxicard but also some mint Ukrainian stamps. I will show all of them on my stamp blog in the next days, but this one I want to show here already today. It honours Frontline Heroes (issued 29-05-2020) and combines the current fight against Covid-19 with the war in the eastern part of Ukraine.
Inside was a postcard of the Maxim Bogdanovich Literature Museum in Minsk, that was sent as official card. This is one of the many museums about Maxim Bogdanovich, who is considered as one of the founders of the modern Belarusian literature. Apparently all texts in the museum are Belarusian only without English translation.
Three older stamps were used on the card. The two right ones are at least Euro stamps, but the left one is a Lira stamp from 1975.
Not a proper collection, but I really like to see Germans on foreign stamps and thus this is a wonderful selection. The two stamps on the left celebrate the Birth Bicentenary of Friedrich Engels (issued 28-11-2020) and the right stamp deals with the Centenary of the Publication of the Chinese Version of The Communist Manifesto (issued 22-08-2020) bearing the image of Karl Marx.
Inside was a postcard of a Powwow dancer. A powwow is a social meeting held by many indigenous communities.
A selection of low value stamps was used as postage.
Everyone knows the Grand Canyon, but have you ever heard of Glen Canyon? I have not. A reason might be that it was flooded in the 1960s and is now mostly submerged beneath the waters of Lake Powell, a major vacation spot.
One of Austria's Christmas stamps of 2020, two definitives and a special postmark from Oberndorf were used on the card.
In the cover was a card showing the Apachen war chief Geronimo on a photograph from the collection of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the USA and one of the largest libraries in the World.
On the second cover are two stamps from a recent set about Fruits and Vegetables (issued 17-07-2020). These two show Eggplants and Figs. A third stamp deals with Energy Conservation (issued 20-10-1977). The postmark is from Castine in Maine, where one of the oldest post offices in the USA is located.
Inside was this postcard, which on the backside says "Visitors to New Mexico's pueblos are often rewarded with scenes like this."
At first I thought the same stamp was used on the second and third cover, but now I realise that this one is actually about Energy Development. Lemons and Blueberries from the Fruits and Vegetables are used as well. The postmark seems to be about Christmas, however I can not read the name of the town.
The postcard in this cover shows Indian paintbrush growing from fossilized sand dunes.
I bought this postcard on Redbubble and sent it myself with the new Vicky stamp issued on 3rd December. I really like this stamp.
We do not actually know, when Beethoven was born, but he was baptised on 17th December 1770. After many German special postmarks about Beethoven were available earlier this year, no new ones appeared after March. However now the date of Beethoven's baptism was celebrated with a new postmark that brings an end to this Beethoven Year that was sadly cut short by Covid-19 before it even really started. I used the Beethoven stamp that was issued on 2nd January.
Like usual I sent it using the special postmark from St. Nikolaus.
Inside was a postcard with a desert view. This would definitely be too hot for me.
One half of the Boon panorama was used as postage.
A Global Forever stamp was used.
Inside was a postcard of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a branch of the National Air and Space Museum and shows exhibits that were formerly stored away including the Space Shuttle Discovery. It opened in 2003.
A used version of one of the four postcard stamps about coral reefs (issued 29-03-2019) was added to the card.