Showing posts with label Liechtenstein. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liechtenstein. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 October 2011

Liechtenstein




I've never had a card from Liechtenstein before, nor do I have any Liechtenstein stamps that I know of, until now, of course.

The card shows a farmhouse in the rural lifestyle museum in Schellenberg.  It is one of the oldest dwellings in Liechtenstein, built in 1518.  It was built in a block design and could be, and was, taken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

The stamps:  top left - one of the "Brand Liechtenstein" issue of stamps (as is the sticker down the middle); bottom left - one of the"Views of Villages" series; bottom right - a stamp commemorating the 150 anniversary of the oldest traditional bank in Liechtenstein, the Liechtensteinische Landesbank.  If you read the code on the stamp with a smart phone and it will take you to the bank's anniversary site.

I am embarrassed to admit that it was quite a while before I realised the stamp at the top right was in fact printed on the card.  Time to visit the optician, I think.

This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
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