A lovely reply arrived yesterday from Luxembourg. I had written to Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg to wish them a Merry Christmas.
The envelope is the same as usual from the Luxembourg Royals. The postmark says "Our Heart for Cancer Children."
The four stamps of Grand Duke Henri are from a set released in 2010. It's kind of interesting that these stamps are a decade old now. And these are actually the old kind that you have to lick or get wet to stick. Countries stopped making this kinds of stamps a number of years ago, so, it interesting to see this still in use. I assume the Royal Family is just trying to use up the old stamps. Looking at other envelopes from the Luxembourg Royal Family, those with multiple stamps use 1,40€ in postage. So, they actually could have used only 3 of these stamps here.
The back features a blue crown. The crowns used on Royal Stationery are never just random. This crown is the same one used on the Luxembourg Royal's Coat of Arms.
The flat card features the same crown along with a typed message. This is pretty identical to last year's Christmas reply, although the wording has been changed.
Luxembourg January 2020
Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg wish to thank you for your so kind greetings and send you their best wishes for Christmas and a prosperous Year 2020.
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