COVER N. 218 -  GERMANY

Postmark: Taucha 04425 22.02.23 

Posted on the  22nd February; Received on the 27th February 2023

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A baby badger  found the way to my letterbox. Thanks a lot Thomas!

Now the funny thing is that the first (and sole) time I ever saw a badger alive was in Germany, which happens to be the country from where the letter originated.

One night I was ridding down a secondary road somewhere in the middle of Bavaria, when this large badger crossed the road forcing me to take some evasive action, which meant driving a bit on the shoulder of the road, so as not to step on his paws.

All the other badgers I have come across, unfortunately, haven't had the same luck  because they were all traffic casualties laying on the side of roads which I happened to be driving  or walking along.

Seeing such a beautiful animal dead on the side of the road is not the best sight, but this may be quite frequent, for  since that first encounter of the third kind in Germany,  I've already come across a handful of road killed badgers.

Stamps

On 07APR2022, Deutsche Post issued the two 0,85 € stamp set that constitutes the 2022 issue of the baby animals series, statd n 2014, from which the baby badger on my cover comes. The companion stamp features a linx. 

The 0,05 € stamp,  is part of the "World of the letter" definitive set, first iteration, issued on 02_DEC2021. The stamp image represents a lotus flower made with letters.

The 0.10€ stamp comes from the "flowers" series initiated in 2005. It was issued on 08JUN2017 and it depicts a Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis).

The Postmark indicates that the letter was mailed from Taucha a town with a population of almost 16,000, in Saxony, in the vicinity of Leipzig.