POSTCARD N.95 - GERMANY

Postcrossing postcard sent on the 22nd November , received on the 3rd December 2022

Postcard image: a fox...
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The fox said "Lass uns was unternehmen!" (Let's do something) and I, not knowing what to do, decided I'd post its charming face on my covers and postcards blog. Thank you so much Darryl, for this pretty foxy card.

Baby animals have the added charm of all things infant. Exploring the theme, Deutsche Post has started in 2014 an yearly series dedicated to baby animals, with two stamps being issued each year . For the 2021 issue, which began circulating on 10JUN2022  the two animals chosen were the Foil Sheet-Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex), a wild goat that inhabits the European alps, which can be seen on the stamp used on this postcard, and the European Hamnster (Cricetus cricetus) a critically endangered species, whose distribution area encompasses  Belgium and Alsace in the west, Russia in the east, and Bulgaria in the south. 

The almost imperceptible postmark can only be read with the help of a loupe, but I think it reads Briefzentrum 40, what indicates that the postcard was mailed from Düsseldorf.