The Luxembourg 2024 stamps are here already, and I’ve just realised I forgot to post the 2023 program. Tells you what kind of year it was. Sigh, I’ve pulled up last year and will fix it up and get it ready for later in the month. Lots of edits to complete. But hey, this year is underway.
I suspect if there was a contest for slogan cancels, Luxembourg would rank among the top. Post Luxembourg issues a substantial number and sometimes it’s hard to keep up with them. They are noteworthy and, even when not associated with a stamp, are worth chasing down. I have all of them prepared, but it takes time to research each and post them. They will appear a few at a time in the coming weeks. Here’s a sampling of what to expect:
Cancel hounds should be happy with this year’s offerings.
Normally, this is where I’d write a bit about what I thought last year’s stand out stamps were. But … well. How about we just pretend I didn’t forget to upload 2023 and carry on with this the Luxembourg 2024 stamps and I promise not to fall and damage myself again.
Cheers
Catpaw
March
100 Years FNML – Fédération Nationale de la Mutualité Luxembourgeoise
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Design: Agence Créa
Release date: March 12, 2024
100 Years Diplomatic Relations Luxembourg and Hungary
2 stamps on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
Independent and modern Hungarian diplomacy came into being following the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1918 and the consolidation of Hungary after 1920. Count Olivier Woracziczky, the then head of the embassy in Brussels, was appointed by the Hungarian government as permanent chargé d’affaires accredited to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on 9 February 1924. (From the Hungarian post website. They offer much more detail if you want to read up on this issue. Magyar Posta Zrt. – 100Th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Hungary and Luxembourg)
Hungary issued a joint block.
Designer: Attila André Elekes
Attila has designed 35+ stamps for Hungary. His first design was the 2017 100th Birth Anniversary of Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007).
Release date: March 12, 2024
15 years of Foundation EME
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
EME was formed in 2009 to support fundraising initiatives for the Luxembourg Philharmonic
Designer: Myriam Schmit
Graphic designer Schmit is affectionately known as the “Pink Lady”.
msDesign by myriamschmit
Release date: March 12, 2024
15 Years of Design Friends
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
The non-profit Design Friends is entering its 15th year. About (designfriends.lu)
Designer: Olga Silva
This is Silva’s first stamp.
Release date: March 12, 2024
25 Years Death Madeleine Frieden-Kinnen
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
At this decisive moment when I am facing death, I solemnly declare – which I was not allowed to do in my lifetime – that I have been the victim of a judicial error. I forgive those through whom this misfortune has come and who may themselves have been misled by misunderstandings. I also express my gratitude to all those who, despite appearances, have maintained their trust and esteem for me. I assure them one last time that I deserved that trust and esteem.
In the hope that I will not be denied this ultimate wish, I depart in complete serenity towards this new life, where there is no injustice or false pretence, where everything is clear and true.
Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem*. Madeleine Frieden-Kinnen.
Madeleine Frieden-Kinnen’s last letter that she asked to be read publicly upon her death
RTL Today – Knowledge Bites: The smear campaign that forced Luxembourg’s first female minister into resignation
First female Minister in the Luxembourg government until she was hounded from office.
After a press campaign in the socialist newspaper Tageblatt which accused her of ‘behaviour contrary to moral standards’, she resigned her mandate in 1972. The affair has long haunted political life in Luxembourg and has been the subject of numerous investigations, including “Un monde misogyne et cruel” (A misogynistic and cruel world), by the journalist Yolande Kieffer. Pioneering Women from Luxembourg – Luxembourg (public.lu)
Designer: Anne Mélan
Mélan’s first stamps were the 2014 3 stamp set Federation of Philatelic Societies.
About Me – Anne Mélan (annemelan.com)
Release date: March 12, 2024
75 Years of NATO
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Designer: Agence Créa
Release date: March 12, 2024
Armand Strainchamps (1955 – 2023)
MengPost
8 stamps on souvenir sheet.
Luxembourgish Artist Armand Strainchamps Passes Away Aged 68 (chronicle.lu)
This set is a MengPost release, a personalised stamp. If the stamp appears for sale to the public via PostLuxembourg, rather than a personal issue created by an individual for their own use, it will appear on this page. Some may not consider this an official postal release.
Release date: March 12, 2024
90 Years of FSPL 2024
MengPost
1 stamp, maxi card
Fédération des Sociétés Philatéliques du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg
Home – Fédération des Sociétés Philatéliques du Grand Duché du Luxembourg (fspl.lu)
Release date: March 12, 2024
Prince François 2024
MengPost
1 stamp, maxi-card
Photo: Sophie Margue © Maison du Grand-Duc
Release date: March 12, 2024
May
Asteroid Day – 3 2024
3rd in series
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset with hot foil in silver
Reza Kianpour also designed the previous two stamps in this series Asteroid Day 2023 and Asteroid Day : Defense from Impace 2022
Designer: Reza Kianpour
Release date: May 14, 2024
Summer Olympics in Paris 2024
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
high resolution offset
Designer: Sandra Lieners
Release date: May 14, 2024
EUROPA 2024: Underwater Flora and Fauna
Plesiosaur | Ichthyosaur
2 stamps, FDC, cancel
offset
Luxembourg took a left turn with the theme and took a dive into aquatic dinosaurs found in what is now Luxembourg. From the early Jurassic period about 180-190 million years ago.
Paleo philately has a detailed look at this set as well as the artist. The page includes numerous sketches of the stamp in development. Paleophilatelie.eu – Luxembourg 2024 – Europa-2024 – Marine Animals Top notch site for information.
This year’s special stamps depict two sea dwellers from the age of the dinosaurs. In Luxembourg, several bone remains of long-extinct species have already been found. They include the discovery of a plesiosaur fossil in Sanem in the 1990s as well as that of an ichthyosaur in the Cloche d’Or district of the capital in the early 2020s.
Luxembourg post office info page
Artist: Jean-Marie Poissenot
Release date: May 14, 2024
October
Luxembourg Dragon – Crypto release
Joint release with Austria, Netherlands and Belgium
details coming
Designer: Lisa Filzi.
Release date: October 21, 2024
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