We have received the following news from Bulgaria.
At ‘Christmas Plovdiv 2024’ the Christmas stamp was officially validated. In fact, it was validated by Santa Claus himself, accompanied by Snow White, the Christmas Elf, the artist Kapka Kaneva and, of course, the head of the Regional Department of the Bulgarian Post, Mrs. Ivanova. Santa Claus handed out gifts to the children, and they happily showed him envelopes and cards, adorned with the new stamp. They even danced to Christmas tunes.
The Union of Bulgarian Philatelists has once again demonstrated how such holiday events should be organized. We extend our gratitude to the Bulgarian Post for their cooperation! It is truly heartwarming to see children engaging with postage stamps. After the October celebrations in Dobrich with many, many children, now in Plovdiv we are also showing them the beauty of philately! A big congratulations to everyone who contributed to the organization of this wonderful event.
On Saturday, 7 December, a television crew from the MDR programme ‘Sachsen-Anhalt heute’ visited the group lesson of the Pretzier Young Stamp Friends.
They explored the ‘In the Christmas bakery’ stamp with the Tiptoi pen. The many details of this special stamp were discovered and Rolf Zuckowski’s hit ‘In the Christmas Bakery’ was brought to life. The youth group’s WhatsApp auction also ran in parallel.
Milan Radovanović’s latest book was published in 2023 in Belgrade. It is written in Serbian with the original title Повлачење: Од Ниша До Крфа (1915-1916) – Неми Сведоци translated into English as Retreat: from Niš to Corfu (1915‐1916) – Silent Witnesses.
The part of the material relating to the retreat of the Serbian army and the role of foreign medical and military missions was partially published in Milan Radovanovic’s previous two books: Allies and Serbs in the Great War (1914-1915) – Silent Witnesses and Allies and Serbs in the Great War (1916-1918) – Silent Witnesses. In those works, insufficient attention and space were dedicated to the withdrawal of Serbian refugees, Allied military and medical missions, as well as prisoners of war in enemy territories. Considering what has been written so far, it is evident that this tragic and painful chapter of Serbian history has not received adequate attention, nor have the harrowing events during the march through Montenegro and Albania to Greece in winter—amid Albanian attacks—been fully acknowledged.
The subtitle of this book is also Silent Witnesses, referring to documents, photographs, and correspondence. Among these, wartime correspondence was especially significant as it served as a primary source of news. It caused happiness or unhappiness, joy or sadness, hope or disappointment, for both the soldiers in retreat and their families left behind in Serbia.
A substantial portion of the historical documents used from this period reflect the personal perspectives of foreign participants (the Allies) and examples of postal history.
Available by the author at radmi@sbb.rs, mobile: +381 638024913.
A Christmas Stamp was validated in Bulgaria
We have received the following news from Bulgaria.
At ‘Christmas Plovdiv 2024’ the Christmas stamp was officially validated. In fact, it was validated by Santa Claus himself, accompanied by Snow White, the Christmas Elf, the artist Kapka Kaneva and, of course, the head of the Regional Department of the Bulgarian Post, Mrs. Ivanova. Santa Claus handed out gifts to the children, and they happily showed him envelopes and cards, adorned with the new stamp. They even danced to Christmas tunes.
The Union of Bulgarian Philatelists has once again demonstrated how such holiday events should be organized. We extend our gratitude to the Bulgarian Post for their cooperation! It is truly heartwarming to see children engaging with postage stamps. After the October celebrations in Dobrich with many, many children, now in Plovdiv we are also showing them the beauty of philately! A big congratulations to everyone who contributed to the organization of this wonderful event.
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‘MDR Sachsen-Anhalt heute’ visits the ‘Christmas bakery‘ in Pretzier
Dittmar Wöhlert from the Deutsche Philatelisten-Jugend e.V. sent us yesterday the following report:
On Saturday, 7 December, a television crew from the MDR programme ‘Sachsen-Anhalt heute’ visited the group lesson of the Pretzier Young Stamp Friends.
They explored the ‘In the Christmas bakery’ stamp with the Tiptoi pen. The many details of this special stamp were discovered and Rolf Zuckowski’s hit ‘In the Christmas Bakery’ was brought to life. The youth group’s WhatsApp auction also ran in parallel.
The report can be viewed on Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk at the following link: https://www.mdr.de/video/mdr-videos/c/video-882460.html
A great advertisement for youth work and the Pretzier Young Stamp Friends! Congratulations to Carmen Kauffmann’s team!
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Retreat: from Niš to Corfu (1915‐1916) – Silent Witnesses
Milan Radovanović’s latest book was published in 2023 in Belgrade. It is written in Serbian with the original title Повлачење: Од Ниша До Крфа (1915-1916) – Неми Сведоци translated into English as Retreat: from Niš to Corfu (1915‐1916) – Silent Witnesses.
The part of the material relating to the retreat of the Serbian army and the role of foreign medical and military missions was partially published in Milan Radovanovic’s previous two books: Allies and Serbs in the Great War (1914-1915) – Silent Witnesses and Allies and Serbs in the Great War (1916-1918) – Silent Witnesses. In those works, insufficient attention and space were dedicated to the withdrawal of Serbian refugees, Allied military and medical missions, as well as prisoners of war in enemy territories. Considering what has been written so far, it is evident that this tragic and painful chapter of Serbian history has not received adequate attention, nor have the harrowing events during the march through Montenegro and Albania to Greece in winter—amid Albanian attacks—been fully acknowledged.
The subtitle of this book is also Silent Witnesses, referring to documents, photographs, and correspondence. Among these, wartime correspondence was especially significant as it served as a primary source of news. It caused happiness or unhappiness, joy or sadness, hope or disappointment, for both the soldiers in retreat and their families left behind in Serbia.
A substantial portion of the historical documents used from this period reflect the personal perspectives of foreign participants (the Allies) and examples of postal history.
Available by the author at radmi@sbb.rs, mobile: +381 638024913.
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