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The hares we have in central Europe don't change color like the ones in Arctic regions and if the snow gets very deep may have trouble surviving. Photo on the German stamp of 2006 shows them digging up grass.  (Thanks Alexey for the translation. K.) |
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Three cute white rabbits playing in the moon-lit snow, Latvia 2001. Does anyone know if there is a fairy tale or a legend behind this motive? One of three stamps in a set done by the artist Valda Batraks.  |
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it's just a Christmas issue, "Happy Christmas"  |
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| Edited by Alexey - 12/30/2017 01:58 am |
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The mail truck/bus made it up to alpine villages even in deep snow, 1964. This is such a fine stamp by Pilch that it may already be among the engravers.  (HI, Alexey, Grandmother had one of the lovely small boxes decorated with a lacquer miniature - it was exquisitely painted! And thanks for the other Latvian animals in the snow. K.) |
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so saw the Russian mail Austrian diplomat Sigismund Herberstein.  The present illustration of a book about his journey.  |
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Bringing the mail up into alpine villages in the winter can be quite strenuous, even today. It could be the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain at the left.  |
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Stylized snow falls on this 2010 "Christmas in Hvidovre" cinderella. Hvidovre is a suburb of Copenhagen which according to Wikipedia, has been occupied by humankind "since Prehistoric times".  |
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The winter of 1830-31 was especially severe in Scotland, making travel and mail delivery treacherous. V-s of geese had already begun coming north when the worst snowfall hit.  (Hi Bookbob, That's a cute Cinderella; do you have any snow stamps not associated with Christmas? K.) |
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Teams of huskies are very reliable for bringing supplies and mail in Canada's north.  |
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Alderney (Bailiwick of Guernsey) 27th October 2011 Christmas "Winter Wonderland" The Alderney Train  Designed - The Potting Shed Printed - Austrian State Printing Works, Vienna |
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Lebanon Issued 2000 Snowy Cedars   As with many definitives from other countries, this series poses many questions in correctly identifying the sheet vs. booklet, watermarked vs. unwatermarked, gloss vs. matt, plus value digit size, perf and presence or otherwise of "secret" markings (cedar/posthorn and fleuron). |
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