#534 Germany 12/01/24

Thank you, Simon, for sending this very nice cover from Hamburg, Germany! It was posted on January 24 and arrived on January 26, 2012.

The cover is a postal stationery, which was issued on May 4, 2006. It commemorates the 800th anniversary of the Godesburg. This German castle was founded on October 15, 1210. The cover depicts an aquatint print by Friedrich Salathé reproducing a painting by Karl Bodmer (1809-1893).

#476 Germany 11/03/18

The Carsten Fuchs company sent me this nice cover on March 18. It arrived on March 21, 2011.

The two 2010 stamps at the top commemorate a truss (Fachwerk) building in Eppingen. It depicts the Baumann house, which was built in 1582. The stamp was issued on October 7, 2010.

The bottom stamp is part of the set “Four Elements” and is entitled “fire”. It was issued on March 3, 2011.

#453 Germany 10/08/25

Alfred sent me this nice cover from Essen, Germany, thank you!

It was posted on August 25 and arrived on August 27, 2010.

The mini-sheet commemorates historic motor sports.

#422 Germany 10/03/29

This nice cover from Dresden, Germany, was sent to me by Hans, thank you! It was posted on March 29 and arrived on April 2, 2010.

The imprinted stamp commemorates the sailing ship “Großherzogin Elisabeth“. The cover commemorates the 125th anniversary of the Kiel Week.

#370 Germany 10/02/13

Thank you, my German friend for sending this nice cover from Vaterstetten! The cover was posted on February 13 and arrived on February 16, 2010.

The attached stamp was issued on September 4, 2008. It commemorates the “Alte Rheinbrücke” (Old Bridge over Rhine) between Bad Säckingen and Stein in Aargau. It is a German/Swiss joint issue.

#348 Germany 10/01/25

Manfred sent me this cover from Wiesbaden (Briefzentrum 65) in Germany.

It was posted on January 25, 2010, and has attached a stamp commemorating the 500th birthday of John Calvin (1509-1564). The stamp was issued on July 2, 2009.

#313 Germany 10/01/22

This nice cover from Germany was sent to me by Jan from Vaterstetten, thank you!

It was posted on January 22, 2010. The left stampis part of the 2007 set “pets” and depicts two guinea pigs. The right stamps are definitives depicting a Tagetes flower and the Erfurt Cathedral.

#297 Germany 10/01/02

This very nice FDC from Berlin, Germany, was sent to me by Heino, thank you!

It was issued and posted on January 2, 2010, and commemorates the European Capital of Culture 2010: Essen on behalf of the whole Ruhr Area (therefore the stamp inscription “Ruhr 2010″).

In order to fulfill the postage, Heino attached a € 0.15 ATM stamp depicting the Brandenburg Gate.

#217 Germany 09/11/12

Konrad sent me this nice FDC from Berlin, thank you! It has attached the two Christmas stamps of 2009; issue date: November, 12.

The stamps depict initials of the “Hoya-Missal”, which is a Gothic missal written between 1420 and 1430 at the Utrecht school of Zweder van Culemborg.

#170 Germany 09/03/08

Igor sent me this nice cover, thank you!
It is a postal stationery commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Bietigheim Enz Valley Bridge. The two additional stamps are the tulip definitive and one ATM. The special cancellation has the date March 08, 2009, and commemorates the lighthouse Balje and the stranded fire-ship.

#145 Germany 09/02/16

Julia sent me this nice letter from Germany, which was posted on February 16, 2009.

The stamp depicts the “Alte Rheinbrücke” (Old Rhine-Bridge) between Bad Säckingen and Stein/Aargau.

#137 Germany 09/05/06

Tim sent me this nice letter from Germany, which was delivered by the private post organisation “Morgenpost“.

The stamp of 52 cent was issued in 2007 and depicts a bus of the Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH. In addition to the stamp there is a machine label attached. The letter was posted in Heidelberg on May 6 and the Morgenpost handed it over to TNT post, which applied a meter marking on May 7.

Thank you for this interesting letter!

#124 Germany 09/01/19

Cover from Germany, posted on January 19, 2009. The right stamp commemorates the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732-1808), who constructed the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Germany 08/12/03

Cover from Germany , posted in Merseburg on December 3, 2008. The stamp commemorates the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), who created the famous character Nils Holgersson (depicted on the stamp).

Germany 08/11/10

Cover from Germany, posted at the Briefzentrum 40 (Düsseldorf) on November 10, 2008. The special cancellation commemorates the Messe Düsseldorf (trade fair Düsseldorf).

This nice cover with a German ATM stamp was sent to me by Igor, thank you!

Edit: Igor noted that the ATM stamp is a misprint, the value should be imprinted on the yellow field!