Afars and Issas Moliere; Cuba generals, snail, dinosaur skeleton; Barbuda Churchill (2 sets); Rwanda Marconi; Sharjah Beethoven; Colombia Bolivar; Panama Bolivar souvenir sheet; Haiti Bolivar; Soviet Union Rustaveli souvenir sheet
Question 1: In what territory in Europe did residents propose a national anthem in Esperanto and set to the tune of "O Tannenbaum"?
Question 2: What country besides Germany sent supplies for Germany in World War II by submarine to the u-boat base in France that, with its surrounding fortified area, did not surrender to the Allies until after the unconditional surrender of Germany? The u-boat base issued its own now very expensive stamps.
Once again I have to acknowledge Frenchlover's expansion of my knowledge, meaning he cannot participate in this giveaway.
The winner will submit the first response with the correct answers to both questions received before or at 10 AM, US eastern time. Entrants can submit multiple entries and correct entries can be split among answers. Once I have acknowledged that an answer is correct only the second answer need be submitted. If no one submits both correct answers or the second correct answer if the first is acknowledged, the first response with 2 attempted answers (can be submitted in 2 entries by one person) wins. My declaration of the winner is final.
1.) Could be Neutral Morensat, or Amikejo, a small region between the Netherlands and Prussia. In 1906, they became the first Esperanto state in the world.
2.) Japan.
Stamps were issued by the submarine base in Lorient, and overstamped with Festung Lorient.
Quote: "MS2007"1.) Could be Neutral Morensat, or Amikejo, a small region between the Netherlands and Prussia. In 1906, they became the first Esperanto state in the world.
2.) Japan.
Stamps were issued by the submarine base in Lorient, and overstamped with Festung Lorient.
You were fast.
I started the research 15 mins ago, found about Lorient and the Festung Lorient stamps but that was all.
I admit that I lost this round, but I am still curious about the dinosaur skeleton in this giveaway. What type it is?
Quote: "MS2007"1.) Could be Neutral Morensat, or Amikejo, a small region between the Netherlands and Prussia. In 1906, they became the first Esperanto state in the world.
2.) Japan.
Stamps were issued by the submarine base in Lorient, and overstamped with Festung Lorient.
You were fast.
I started the research 15 mins ago, found about Lorient and the Festung Lorient stamps but that was all.
I admit that I lost this round, but I am still curious about the dinosaur skeleton in this giveaway. What type it is?
It helped that I am able to google in German as this is all part of German history, which obviously has more articles in German than in English. Especially for the stamps. Although, not sure if any of my answers is correct, it was exciting to read about.
Status changed to Solved(Coinman48, 19 Aug 2021, 01:47)
Quote: "Coinman48"Giobruno, Here's a scan of the Cuban set with dinosaur skeleton.
Will
I hate to correct you but I have to say that's no dinosaur. It's a ground sloth, a type of giant mammal from the Ice Age; they were common in South America and are related to modern-day sloths. And a quick Google shows that the species in particular written on the stamp lived in Cuba.
Just to add, in the middle stamp it's an ammonite shell (an extinct type of mollusk, they died with the dinosaurs) and on the bottom stamp it's a living species of snail native from Cuba (just a quick Google search).
Wow, these were ask and answered before I even saw them. Still check regularly for the next questions and try to find the answers. Great fun. And still proud of the fact I won one of the early rounds!
Giobruno, Thanks for the information about the sloth and others. The stamps were in my collection because of the birth centennial of the Cuban naturalist, I guess you would call him. I'm not that knowledgeable on what I would call the more minor stamps I had. I guess I forgot some stuff too in the past 30 years.
Quote: "Coinman48"Giobruno, Thanks for the information about the sloth and others. The stamps were in my collection because of the birth centennial of the Cuban naturalist, I guess you would call him. I'm not that knowledgeable on what I would call the more minor stamps I had. I guess I forgot some stuff too in the past 30 years.
Will
Thanks.
And today you deserve a double thanks. This morning I picked your second and third letters (first one arrived last week).
Will 
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