Agriculture and Forestry

This is the last in the series of four stamps and maxicards issued by Liechtenstein on the subject of Agriculture and Forestry. This card depicts Dairy Farming.

Thank you Maria for these nice maxicards.

Agriculture and Forestry

This maxicard is on Horticulture.

Agriculture & Forestry

And today I have for you a maxi card about lumber harvesting in the series of stamps and cards on Agriculture & Forestry.

Agriculture and Forestry

On 20th September 1982 Liechtenstein issued four stamps with their associated maxi cards on the theme of  Human Labour, namely Agriculture and Forestry.  

Today I post this card which is the first of the lot with a 30 Rappen stamp on Agriculture.

Thank you Maria.

Men at Work

The stamp on this maxi card is one of a set of 12 definitive stamps issued by Liechtenstein on 10.9.1984 in a series titled "Men at Work". This particular stamp is about Industry and Research. Each of the stamps has an associated postcard such as this one.

Thank you Merja. 

Liechtenstein National Day

This item is a Maxicard issued by Liechtenstein on 9^th May 1981.  A lovely 80 Rappen Europa CEPT stamp is affixed to the card.  The beautiful Flower Pageant was par of the National Day procession at the Vaduz Castle. This lovely card was given to me by my friend Merja.

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (born 17 March 1839, in Vaduz, in Liechtenstein – died 25 November 1901, in Munich) was a German organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein. Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, who was the son of the Prince of Liechtenstein's treasurer, showed exceptional musical talent at an early age. At the age of only seven Rheinberger became organist at Vaduz Parish Church, and his first composition was performed the following year. In 1851, his father, who had initially been resistant to his son's desire to pursue a musical career, allowed him to enter the Munich Conservatory, where he later became professor of piano and subsequently professor of composition. When the Munich Conservatorium was dissolved he was appointed répétiteur at the Court Theatre, from which he resigned in 1867. Rheinberger married his former pupil, the poetess and socialite Franziska von Hoffnaass (eight years his senior) in 1867. Though the couple would remain childless, their marriage was happy. Franziska wrote the texts for much of her husband's vocal work.
Rheinberger's influences ranged from contemporaries such as Johannes Brahms to composers from earlier times, such as Franz Schubert and Johann Sebastian Bach. He was also influenced by painting and literature (especially English and German). Rheinberger was a prolific composer. His religious works include twelve masses (one for double chorus, three for four voices a cappella, three for women's voices and organ, two for men's voices and one with orchestra), a requiem, and a Stabat Mater. His other works include several operas, symphonies, chamber music, and choral works. Today he is remembered almost exclusively for his elaborate and challenging organ compositions; these include two concertos, 20 sonatas in 20 different keys (of a projected set of 24 sonatas in all the keys), 22 trios, 12 Meditations, 24 fughettos, and 36 solo pieces. His organ sonatas were once declared to be undoubtedly the most valuable addition to organ music since the time of Mendelssohn. They are characterized by a happy blending of the modern romantic spirit with masterly counterpoint and dignified organ style.
Rheinberger died in 1901, and was buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich. During World War II, his grave was destroyed, and his remains were moved to his hometown of Vaduz in 1950. Thank you Merja for this nice maxicard.

Maria Leopoldine Esterhazy

The stamp on this maxi card is in honour of Maria Leopoldine Esterhazy, Princess of Liechtenstein. It was issued on 10^th March 1980. Thank you Merja.

1600th Anniversary of Saint Theodul or Saint Joder

Maria sent me this maxicard with The 80-rappen postage stamp on it. The picture is of the fourth 'Saint Joder' stamp published by the Postal Service in Vaduz. Bishop Saint Joder is shown with a bunch of grapes. 'Saint Joder is the Patron saint of farmers and vintners. The patron saint of Triesenberg, Saint Theodul (or Saint Joder) is once again appearing on a Liechtenstein postage stamp, in especially impressive form. Once again a worthy jubilee is a legitimate occasion for the issuance of a special stamp, this time in celebration of the 1600-year festival of this legendary saint. His history, going back to the year 381, is presented by a scholar, former Deacon Engelbert Bucher (Triesenberg). The horizontal stamp shows the Theodul statue from the parish church of Laterns. The sculpture, of about the year 1500, from the old Vorarlberg forest settlement indubitably belongs to the most beautiful visual images of the saint. The stamp was designed by Bruno Kaufmann and Walter Wachter.