COVER N. 463 - GERMANY

Postmark: Dachau 12 85221 29.05.2024

Posted on the 29th May; received on the 4th June 2024

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Alex kindly sent me  a cover with this year's Deutsche Post Europa stamp. Danke sehr, Alex!

I have to say that Deutsch Post took a rather different approach in what regards the design of its stamp.

In  fact, rather than using the stamp to highlight one or more particular  species falling under the scope of the common heme, as I expect all the other postal administrations to do, the German issue  fills the stamp with the theme itself, literally,...

In a way, if we consider that the Europa issues can be seen as a huge multinational stamp exhibition,  the German issue can be looked upon as the  first of the exhibition pieces on display, informing the viewer of what he or she is about to see. Good for philatelic exhibitions too, I presume and definitely, an unexpected approach to the theme.

The 85 cent stamp, with the legend Unterwasser Fauna und Flora (Underwater Fauna and Flora) was issued on 02MAY20024

the 5 and 10 cent satmps are part of the  "world of letters" current definitive series, started in 2021. The 5 cent pertains to the first issue, dated of 02DEC2021 and the 10 cent to the 2022 set, issued on 02NOV2022.