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{{FDC issue
|fdc-image=LI-Young-Peregrine-Falcons-2025-FDC.jpg
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|country=Liechtenstein
|country-code=[[wikipedia:en:Liechtenstein|LI]]
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|issue-title=Young Peregrine Falcons – Migration now and then
|issue-date=10 November 2025
|withdrawn-date=
|quantity-sold=
|sold-out=
|year=2025
|stamp-type=[[wikipedia:en:Commemorative stamp|Commemorative stamp]]
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|theme=[[wikipedia:en:Peregrine falcon|Peregrine falcons]]; migration; Liechtenstein–Gibraltar joint issue
|text-credit=
|designer=Jonathan Pointer
|printer=Gutenberg AG, Schaan
|printing-process=[[wikipedia:en:Offset printing|Offset printing]]
|colours=Four-colour CMYK
|paper-gum=FSC stamp paper, 110 g/m²; gummed
|perforation=12¼ × 12¼
|stamp-dimensions=25 × 36.667 mm
|issue-format=Mini-sheets of six stamps (2 × 3), containing three of each design
|cover-type=Official [[wikipedia:en:First day of issue|first day cover]]
|cover-producer=[[wikipedia:en:Liechtensteinische Post|Liechtensteinische Post AG]] / Philatelie Liechtenstein
|cover-reference=225.19.52
|limited-edition=No
|edition-limit=
|copy-number=
|cachet=Juvenile peregrine falcon against an Alpine landscape; German issue title and Liechtenstein–Gibraltar joint-issue inscription
|addressed=No
|postmark-type=Pictorial first day cancellation
|postmark-location=[[wikipedia:en:Vaduz|Vaduz]]
|postmark-date=10 November 2025
|postmark-inscription=Ersttag 10. November 2025; 9490 Vaduz
|postmark-notes=Flying peregrine falcon motif. The official brochure credits the postmark design to Jonathan Pointer and gives its size as 32 mm.
|postmark-image=LI-Young-Peregrine-Falcons-2025-postmark.jpg
|postmark-additional-image-1=
|postmark-additional-image-2=
|signed=No
|signed-by=
|signature-details=
|information-sheet=No
|information-materials=
|information-sheet-title=
|information-sheet-image=
|information-sheet-back-image=
|information-sheet-notes=
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|authenticity-certificate-image=
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|fdc-owned=Yes
|condition=Not specified
|collection-comment=Owned, unaddressed official first day cover. The reverse is blank and this copy contains no information card.
}}

'''Young Peregrine Falcons – Migration now and then''' was issued by Liechtenstein on 10 November 2025 as a joint issue with Gibraltar. This owned official first day cover carries the two Liechtenstein CHF 1.90 stamps, [[LI-Mi-2195A]] and [[LI-Mi-2196A]]. Philatelie Liechtenstein lists the cover under product reference 225.19.52.<ref name="LI-cover">{{Cite web
|title=Young Peregrine Falcons – Series on first day cover
|publisher=Philatelie Liechtenstein
|url=https://www.philatelie.li/pi/en/Collecting/Collecting-by-theme/Landscape-Mountains-and-Nature/Young-Peregrine-Falcons-12274.html
|access-date=4 October 2026
}}</ref><ref name="LI-brochure">{{Cite
|title=Official stamp issue of the Principality of Liechtenstein – 4/25
|type=Philatelic brochure
|publisher=Philatelie Liechtenstein
|year=2025
|pages=12–13, 18–19
|url=https://www.philatelie.li/shop/resources/cms/Broschuere_November2025_EN_A5_ANSICHT.pdf
|access-date=4 October 2026
}}</ref>

== Designs and production ==

The designs depict a perched juvenile [[wikipedia:en:Peregrine falcon|peregrine falcon]] and adult falcons flying over an Alpine landscape. The official shop lists the pair as Michel 2195–2196 A and supplies the production details recorded above.<ref name="LI-stamps">{{Cite web
|title=Young Peregrine Falcons – Full sheet
|publisher=Philatelie Liechtenstein
|url=https://www.philatelie.li/pi/en/Collecting/Collecting-by-theme/Landscape-Mountains-and-Nature/Young-Peregrine-Falcons-12594.html
|access-date=4 October 2026
}}</ref>

The brochure specifies FSC stamp paper weighing 110 g/m², with gum.<ref name="LI-brochure" />

== The owned cover ==

The cover is unaddressed. Its cachet depicts a juvenile falcon against a mountain landscape and bears the inscriptions “Der junge Wanderfalke – Migration früher und heute”, “Gemeinschaftsausgabe Liechtenstein – Gibraltar” and “Amtlicher Ersttagsbrief”.

The pictorial cancellation reads “Ersttag 10. November 2025” and “9490 Vaduz”, surrounding a flying falcon. The official brochure credits Jonathan Pointer with its design and records a size of 32 mm.<ref name="LI-brochure" />

The reverse of the cover is blank. This copy contains no information card.

Although the issue was produced jointly with Gibraltar, this particular cover carries only Liechtenstein stamps and a Liechtenstein cancellation.

== Stamps on this cover ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Image
! Identifier
! Face value
! Subject
! Format
! Other catalogues
! Notes
{{FDC stamp row
|image=LI-Mi-2195A.jpg
|identifier=LI-Mi-2195A
|face-value=CHF 1.90
|subject=Juvenile [[wikipedia:en:Peregrine falcon|peregrine falcon]] perched against an Alpine landscape
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Perforated Liechtenstein stamp; Michel 2195A.
}}
{{FDC stamp row
|image=LI-Mi-2196A.jpg
|identifier=LI-Mi-2196A
|face-value=CHF 1.90
|subject=Adult [[wikipedia:en:Peregrine falcon|peregrine falcons]] in flight over an Alpine landscape
|format=[[wikipedia:en:Postage stamp|Stamp]]
|other-catalogues=
|notes=Perforated Liechtenstein stamp; Michel 2196A.
}}
|}

== Related first day cover ==

* [[Liechtenstein and Gibraltar – Young Peregrine Falcons – 2025]]

== References ==

<references />

Liechtenstein – Young Peregrine Falcons – 2025 - Revision history