Archive for the ‘Slovenia’ Category

#976 Slovenia 15/07/14

Slovenia 150714This beautiful cover from Slovenia was sent by Daniela, thank you! It was posted in Cerklje na Gorenjskem on July 14 and arrived on July 20, 2015.

The two stamps on the left are part of the set “Birds of Slovenia” (issued on May 29, 2015); they depict the stock dove (Columba oenas) and the black stork (Ciconia nigra).

The right stamp is part of a set, which commemorates coats of arms of nobility. It was issued on September 26, 2013. The stamp depicts the coat of arms of Herberstein.

#870 Slovenia 14/11/21

Slovenia 141121Joze has sent this nice cover from Slovenia, thank you! It was posted in Ljubljana on November 21 and arrived on December 1, 2014.

The stamps are part of the set “Birds of Slovenia”, which was issued on May 30, 2014. They depict the common merganser (Mergus merganser), the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni), and the Eurasian crag martin (Hirundo rupestris).

#811 Slovenia 14/04/02

Slovenia 140402This nice cover from Slovenia was sent by Stanko, thank you! It was posted on April 2 in Maribor.

The stamp is part of the set “Marsh Plants”, which was issued on March 25, 2011. The stamp depicts the hare’s-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).

#490 Slovenia 11/07/25

Thank you, Saša, for sending this beautiful cover from Velenje, Slovenia. It was posted on July 25 and arrived on July 28, 2011.

The mini-sheet on the left was issued on May 27, 2011, and commemorates the Slovenian musician Johann Gerstner (1851-1939). The top right mini-sheet commemorates the 80th anniversary of the KUD Pošta Maribor Brass Band. The stamp was issued on March 25, 2011. Finally, the bottom stamp was issued on March 25 too; it commemorates the Carthusian monastery in Bistra near Vrhnika.

#293 Slovenia 09/12/09

Thank you, Primož, for this nice cover from Slovenia!

It was posted in Radovljica on December 9, 2009. The attached stamps are part of the beetles set (issued September 25, 2009). They depict a stag beetle (Lucanus cervus), the Rosalia longicorn (Rosalia alpina), and the Hermit Beetle (Osmoderma eremita).

#285 Slovenia 09/11/30

This cover from Slovenia was posted in Ljubljana on November 30, 2009.

The stamp is part of the squirrel set, which was issued on March 23, 2007. It depicts the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).

Thank you, Željko, for sending me this cover from Slovenia!